Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,144
2	Dorothy	1,015
3	Betty	826
4	Helen	758
5	Ruth	551
6	Margaret	550
7	Virginia	437
8	Marjorie	425
9	Doris	419
10	Evelyn	333
11	Mildred	315
12	Frances	268
12	Lois	268
14	Jean	247
15	Maxine	234
16	Alice	230
17	Phyllis	222
18	Irene	211
19	Norma	195
20	Elizabeth	194
21	Florence	191
21	Shirley	191
21	Wilma	191
24	Marie	184
25	Anna	179

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lucille	175
27	Gladys	170
28	Arlene	158
29	Esther	152
30	Bernice	148
31	Martha	142
32	Eleanor	141
33	Edna	139
34	Marian	135
35	Thelma	134
36	Hazel	132
37	Pauline	131
38	June	127
38	Patricia	127
40	Vivian	126
41	Barbara	125
41	Lillian	125
43	Lorraine	124
44	Geraldine	120
45	Kathryn	118
46	Grace	116
47	Marcella	110
47	Ruby	110
49	Viola	109
50	Edith	108
51	Catherine	105
51	Gertrude	105
51	Leona	105
54	Ethel	103
55	Charlotte	102
56	Bette	101
57	Jeanne	100
58	Louise	97
59	Elsie	96
59	Vera	96
61	Darlene	93
62	Bonnie	91
63	Rose	89
63	Velma	89
65	Wanda	87
66	Elaine	86
67	Eileen	84
68	Kathleen	83
68	Violet	83
70	Agnes	81
70	Donna	81
70	Juanita	81
73	Marilyn	79
74	Dolores	77
75	Clara	76
75	Ellen	76
75	Fern	76
75	Genevieve	76
79	Katherine	73
80	Pearl	72
81	Opal	69
82	Josephine	68
82	Marion	68
84	Eva	67
85	Mabel	65
86	Laura	63
86	Rita	63
88	Jane	61
88	Marguerite	61
90	Carol	60
90	Jeanette	60
92	Beulah	59
93	Harriet	58
94	Rosemary	57
95	Joan	55
96	Audrey	53
97	Delores	52
97	Lavonne	52
97	Nellie	52
100	Eunice	51