Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,077
2	Dorothy	854
3	Helen	801
4	Ruth	585
5	Margaret	569
6	Mildred	447
7	Evelyn	380
8	Virginia	311
9	Marjorie	306
10	Frances	296
11	Doris	265
12	Marie	264
13	Maxine	263
14	Lucille	248
15	Irene	246
16	Alice	245
17	Florence	232
18	Lois	226
19	Esther	217
20	Gladys	209
21	Elizabeth	208
22	Edna	191
23	Bernice	182
24	Wilma	175
25	Anna	173

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	171
27	Betty	166
27	Hazel	166
29	Thelma	161
30	Eleanor	156
31	Lillian	151
32	Pauline	147
33	Martha	144
34	Ruby	142
35	Louise	139
36	Viola	134
37	Marian	133
38	Leona	131
39	Vera	130
40	Edith	129
41	Arlene	126
42	Ethel	125
43	Gertrude	123
44	Kathryn	117
45	Jean	116
45	June	116
47	Velma	115
48	Agnes	110
49	Josephine	108
50	Catherine	104
50	Clara	104
52	Phyllis	103
53	Mabel	102
54	Vivian	101
55	Elsie	100
56	Geraldine	99
57	Fern	94
58	Opal	91
58	Violet	91
60	Eva	90
60	Rose	90
62	Genevieve	86
63	Charlotte	85
63	Jane	85
63	Marion	85
66	Marguerite	79
67	Pearl	74
68	Katherine	71
68	Marcella	71
68	Norma	71
71	Bertha	70
72	Ellen	69
73	Loretta	68
73	Myrtle	68
75	Eileen	66
75	Harriet	66
75	Lorraine	66
78	Barbara	65
79	Ann	64
80	Beulah	63
80	Verna	63
82	Laura	60
82	Nellie	60
84	Alma	55
85	Emma	54
85	Luella	54
87	Dolores	53
87	Julia	53
87	Wanda	53
90	Blanche	52
91	Bessie	51
91	Jeanette	51
91	Naomi	51
94	Beatrice	50
95	Erma	49
95	Georgia	49
97	Inez	48
98	Eunice	47
99	Shirley	46
100	Rosemary	45