The 1910s Baby Name Report

14,831,454 babies, 13,528 unique names — the risers, fallers, and brand-new arrivals of the 1910s

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👑 #1 girls: Mary 👑 #1 boys: John 7,429 debuts

Top girls

  1. Mary478,636
  2. Helen248,154
  3. Dorothy207,475
  4. Margaret189,234
  5. Ruth173,675
  6. Mildred123,998
  7. Anna118,998
  8. Elizabeth116,811
  9. Frances105,599
  10. Virginia94,322

Top boys

  1. John376,312
  2. William303,018
  3. James275,070
  4. Robert239,185
  5. Joseph179,300
  6. George176,609
  7. Charles173,534
  8. Edward125,720
  9. Frank116,017
  10. Thomas91,619

Full top-50 rankings for the 1910s →

🚀 Fastest risers

  1. Woodrow #955 → #67 (+888)
  2. Bette #1,164 → #365 (+799)
  3. Theda #1,210 → #449 (+761)
  4. Quentin #1,139 → #424 (+715)
  5. Darlene #1,288 → #597 (+691)
  6. Roslyn #1,176 → #579 (+597)
  7. Deloris #1,102 → #551 (+551)
  8. Beverly #843 → #297 (+546)
  9. Marilyn #1,032 → #503 (+529)
  10. Seymour #759 → #257 (+502)

📉 Biggest fallers

  1. Bess #328 → #572 (−244)
  2. Maud #234 → #438 (−204)
  3. Lulu #283 → #468 (−185)
  4. Hettie #324 → #495 (−171)
  5. Will #77 → #240 (−163)
  6. Ed #120 → #267 (−147)
  7. Lettie #329 → #476 (−147)
  8. Roosevelt #121 → #262 (−141)
  9. Dovie #299 → #417 (−118)
  10. Birdie #259 → #373 (−114)

✨ Never recorded before the 1910s

Pershing (461) Woodroe (381) Yoshio (349) Normand (292) Marco (276) Hiroshi (276) Arlin (261) Nello (260) Cosmo (254) Beverley (243)

7,429 names appeared in SSA records for the first time ever in the 1910s.

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What were the most popular baby names in the 1910s?
Mary was the #1 girl name and John the #1 boy name in the 1910s, out of 14,831,454 recorded births.
What baby name rose fastest in the 1910s?
Woodrow made the biggest jump in the 1910s, climbing 888 spots to #67.
How many new baby names appeared in the 1910s?
7,429 names were recorded by the SSA for the first time ever in the 1910s.