Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,213
2	Dorothy	985
3	Helen	788
4	Margaret	671
5	Ruth	665
6	Betty	461
7	Mildred	409
8	Virginia	401
9	Evelyn	367
10	Marjorie	344
11	Doris	335
12	Maxine	327
13	Frances	312
14	Lois	272
15	Alice	265
16	Marie	240
17	Florence	222
17	Irene	222
19	Lucille	221
20	Jean	220
21	Elizabeth	207
22	Esther	189
23	Gladys	185
24	Wilma	181
25	Thelma	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	170
26	Bernice	170
26	Hazel	170
26	Marian	170
30	Edna	164
31	Pauline	149
31	Phyllis	149
33	Viola	147
34	Arlene	144
35	Leona	139
36	Lillian	137
37	Grace	134
37	June	134
39	Eleanor	133
39	Kathryn	133
41	Edith	132
42	Martha	131
43	Ethel	129
43	Norma	129
45	Ruby	128
46	Vivian	127
47	Shirley	123
48	Charlotte	118
49	Catherine	116
49	Geraldine	116
49	Vera	116
52	Velma	110
53	Barbara	105
53	Violet	105
55	Lorraine	103
56	Louise	101
57	Gertrude	99
57	Opal	99
59	Agnes	96
60	Genevieve	94
61	Kathleen	91
62	Pearl	90
63	Clara	88
64	Elsie	87
64	Rose	87
66	Josephine	82
66	Marcella	82
68	Ellen	80
68	Eva	80
68	Marguerite	80
71	Mabel	78
72	Marion	77
73	Jane	75
73	Patricia	75
75	Fern	73
75	Jeanne	73
77	Darlene	72
78	Beulah	67
78	Eileen	67
80	Laura	65
81	Katherine	64
82	Elaine	63
82	Juanita	63
84	Emma	62
85	Bertha	61
85	Dolores	61
87	Audrey	59
87	Jeanette	59
87	Rita	59
90	Wanda	57
91	Alma	56
91	Donna	56
91	Erma	56
91	Harriet	56
91	Ida	56
96	Beatrice	55
96	Luella	55
98	Joyce	54
99	Loretta	53
100	Eunice	52
100	Verna	52