Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1914

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	624
2	Helen	580
3	Dorothy	566
4	Margaret	394
5	Ruth	369
6	Mildred	323
7	Evelyn	216
8	Frances	193
9	Marie	185
10	Alice	175
11	Esther	172
12	Florence	168
13	Elizabeth	158
14	Lucille	157
15	Irene	155
16	Gladys	148
17	Marjorie	146
18	Virginia	144
19	Bernice	142
19	Doris	142
21	Maxine	130
22	Lois	129
23	Edna	125
24	Hazel	121
25	Viola	120

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	118
27	Wilma	116
28	Eleanor	113
28	Thelma	113
30	Grace	111
31	Edith	109
32	Ethel	98
33	Mabel	97
34	Kathryn	94
35	Lillian	93
36	Pauline	91
37	Louise	90
38	Martha	89
38	Vera	89
40	Gertrude	87
41	Ruby	86
41	Velma	86
43	Elsie	82
44	Leona	81
45	Clara	79
46	Agnes	75
47	Catherine	67
47	Rose	67
49	Opal	66
50	Genevieve	63
51	Eva	61
51	Marian	61
53	Pearl	60
54	Ann	58
55	Vivian	57
56	Charlotte	55
56	Katherine	55
58	Josephine	54
58	Phyllis	54
58	Violet	54
61	Beulah	53
61	Blanche	53
63	Erma	50
64	Nellie	49
65	Bertha	48
65	Fern	48
65	Jean	48
65	Marguerite	48
65	Myrtle	48
70	Laura	47
71	Ellen	46
71	Geraldine	46
71	Verna	46
74	Betty	45
75	Marcella	44
76	Emma	43
76	Olive	43
78	Hilda	42
78	Jane	42
80	Ella	41
81	Alma	40
81	Lucile	40
83	Minnie	39
84	Arlene	38
85	Bessie	37
85	Ida	37
85	Loretta	37
85	Sylvia	37
89	Eunice	36
90	Jeanette	35
90	June	35
92	Norma	34
93	Beatrice	33
94	Lola	32
94	Marion	32
96	Inez	31
97	Lorraine	30
97	Naomi	30
99	Alberta	29
99	Georgia	29
99	Harriet	29