Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	867
2	Dorothy	761
3	Helen	752
4	Ruth	591
5	Margaret	575
6	Mildred	417
7	Evelyn	322
8	Frances	291
9	Alice	277
10	Marie	257
11	Florence	246
12	Marjorie	236
13	Irene	235
14	Esther	232
15	Lucille	224
16	Gladys	216
17	Edna	208
18	Doris	204
19	Anna	195
19	Elizabeth	195
19	Virginia	195
22	Lois	194
23	Bernice	191
24	Hazel	185
25	Maxine	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wilma	171
27	Thelma	149
28	Leona	148
29	Pauline	144
30	Lillian	143
31	Grace	142
32	Vera	138
33	Kathryn	137
34	Eleanor	131
34	Elsie	131
36	Viola	130
37	Martha	128
38	Louise	124
39	Marian	122
40	Edith	118
41	Ethel	117
42	Gertrude	114
43	Velma	109
44	Mabel	108
45	Agnes	107
46	Catherine	104
47	Ruby	103
48	Clara	100
49	Opal	98
50	Rose	97
50	Violet	97
52	Vivian	91
53	Betty	85
53	Eva	85
55	Pearl	84
56	Charlotte	83
56	June	83
58	Myrtle	82
59	Josephine	79
60	Laura	78
61	Genevieve	75
62	Bertha	72
63	Ellen	70
63	Emma	70
63	Fern	70
63	Geraldine	70
63	Marguerite	70
68	Erma	69
68	Katherine	69
70	Jean	68
71	Alma	66
71	Ann	66
73	Beulah	65
73	Norma	65
75	Nellie	64
76	Phyllis	63
77	Jessie	60
78	Verna	57
79	Eileen	56
79	Mae	56
81	Arlene	55
82	Loretta	54
83	Ella	52
84	Ida	51
84	Marcella	51
86	Blanche	50
87	Luella	49
88	Jennie	48
88	Lola	48
90	Harriet	47
90	Hilda	47
90	Olive	47
93	Jane	46
94	Irma	45
94	Lorraine	45
94	Marion	45
97	Inez	44
98	Beatrice	43
98	Dolores	43
98	Julia	43
98	Neva	43