Top baby names of the 1920s

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Mary701,756
  2. Dorothy368,876
  3. Helen290,403
  4. Betty283,097
  5. Margaret245,010
  6. Ruth218,521
  7. Virginia169,554
  8. Doris151,192
  9. Mildred147,155
  10. Frances140,391
  11. Elizabeth139,672
  12. Evelyn124,166
  13. Anna123,894
  14. Marie110,564
  15. Alice110,526
  16. Jean105,999
  17. Shirley98,601
  18. Barbara97,210
  19. Irene92,836
  20. Marjorie91,221
  21. Florence88,295
  22. Lois88,133
  23. Martha86,788
  24. Rose85,305
  25. Lillian83,159
  26. Louise82,895
  27. Catherine78,881
  28. Ruby76,737
  29. Eleanor74,760
  30. Patricia74,732
  31. Gladys72,561
  32. Annie69,468
  33. Josephine69,223
  34. Thelma68,767
  35. Edna68,629
  36. Norma65,241
  37. Pauline64,075
  38. Lucille63,883
  39. Edith62,989
  40. Gloria62,859
  41. Ethel62,806
  42. Phyllis61,871
  43. Grace60,060
  44. Hazel58,984
  45. June56,483
  46. Bernice55,842
  47. Marion55,178
  48. Dolores51,988
  49. Rita50,587
  50. Lorraine49,939

Boys

  1. Robert576,375
  2. John564,051
  3. James515,302
  4. William512,402
  5. Charles298,031
  6. George261,946
  7. Joseph243,809
  8. Richard222,598
  9. Edward197,347
  10. Donald191,817
  11. Thomas161,109
  12. Frank151,830
  13. Harold133,585
  14. Paul132,384
  15. Raymond124,213
  16. Walter119,809
  17. Jack115,983
  18. Henry104,552
  19. Kenneth99,490
  20. Arthur97,112
  21. Albert94,432
  22. David88,737
  23. Harry86,183
  24. Eugene84,755
  25. Ralph84,466
  26. Howard70,348
  27. Carl69,851
  28. Willie67,993
  29. Louis67,693
  30. Clarence66,574
  31. Earl63,602
  32. Roy63,259
  33. Fred62,743
  34. Joe62,676
  35. Francis59,096
  36. Lawrence56,867
  37. Herbert56,531
  38. Leonard53,793
  39. Ernest53,653
  40. Alfred50,156
  41. Anthony50,054
  42. Stanley49,456
  43. Norman49,364
  44. Gerald44,521
  45. Daniel43,407
  46. Samuel43,362
  47. Bernard42,410
  48. Billy42,096
  49. Melvin40,583
  50. Marvin39,589