Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,076
2	Dorothy	846
3	Helen	785
4	Margaret	620
5	Ruth	546
6	Mildred	420
7	Evelyn	360
8	Marjorie	332
9	Betty	329
10	Frances	303
11	Virginia	298
12	Maxine	286
13	Doris	276
14	Lois	257
15	Irene	247
16	Marie	238
17	Alice	236
18	Florence	215
19	Lucille	207
20	Elizabeth	201
21	Gladys	199
22	Jean	181
23	Edna	177
24	Anna	171
25	Bernice	170

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wilma	168
27	Esther	167
28	Hazel	161
29	Pauline	146
30	Edith	145
31	Phyllis	141
32	Viola	139
33	Grace	136
34	Thelma	135
35	Ethel	134
36	Vera	131
37	Lillian	130
38	Kathryn	128
39	Lorraine	125
40	Eleanor	124
40	Louise	124
42	Leona	121
43	Ruby	120
44	Arlene	118
44	June	118
46	Gertrude	116
47	Marian	115
48	Geraldine	110
49	Martha	107
50	Vivian	106
51	Norma	103
52	Catherine	102
53	Elsie	100
54	Genevieve	97
55	Velma	96
56	Clara	93
57	Katherine	89
58	Agnes	86
58	Eva	86
58	Marguerite	86
58	Opal	86
62	Rose	85
63	Pearl	83
64	Barbara	82
64	Ellen	82
66	Charlotte	81
67	Violet	79
68	Mabel	76
69	Jane	74
70	Josephine	73
71	Erma	72
72	Marion	71
73	Dolores	70
74	Marcella	67
75	Fern	66
75	Harriet	66
77	Eileen	65
78	Myrtle	64
79	Beulah	63
79	Emma	63
81	Jeanette	62
82	Alma	60
82	Kathleen	60
82	Patricia	60
85	Laura	59
85	Verna	59
87	Shirley	58
88	Wanda	57
89	Ann	56
89	Bertha	56
89	Juanita	56
92	Darlene	55
93	Loretta	53
94	Audrey	52
94	Jeanne	52
94	Mae	52
97	Lucile	51
97	Rita	51
99	Jennie	49
99	Sylvia	49