Most Popular Baby Names of the 1910s

Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records, 1910 to 1919

Mary and John were the most popular baby names of the 1910s: 478,636 girls were named Mary and 376,311 boys John from 1910 to 1919. The tables rank the 100 names given to the most babies of each sex, out of 8,256 girl names and 6,997 boy names in the records for those years. Social Security lists a name in a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.

Year by Year

The top 100 girl and boy names of each year of the 1910s, with what changed from the year before.

Top 100 Girl Names, 1910 to 1919

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	478,636
2	Helen	248,154
3	Dorothy	207,475
4	Margaret	189,234
5	Ruth	173,675
6	Mildred	123,998
7	Anna	118,998
8	Elizabeth	116,811
9	Frances	105,599
10	Virginia	94,322
11	Marie	92,086
12	Evelyn	91,492
13	Alice	85,866
14	Florence	81,465
15	Lillian	75,914
16	Rose	74,690
17	Irene	68,968
18	Louise	67,973
19	Edna	66,897
20	Catherine	65,823
21	Gladys	65,812
22	Ethel	63,662
23	Josephine	61,355
24	Ruby	60,308
25	Martha	59,508
26	Grace	57,973
27	Hazel	57,068
28	Thelma	57,011
29	Lucille	56,147
30	Edith	56,059
31	Eleanor	54,163
32	Doris	53,249
33	Annie	52,301
34	Pauline	50,075
35	Gertrude	49,565
36	Esther	49,212
37	Betty	44,894
38	Beatrice	44,515
39	Marjorie	44,452
40	Clara	44,346
41	Emma	41,819
42	Bernice	40,346
43	Bertha	40,120
44	Ann	39,506
45	Jean	39,284
46	Elsie	39,274
47	Julia	39,259
48	Agnes	39,255
49	Lois	38,179
50	Sarah	38,120
51	Marion	37,974
52	Katherine	36,884
53	Eva	34,909
54	Ida	34,792
55	Bessie	33,859
56	Pearl	33,834
57	Anne	33,478
58	Viola	33,076
59	Myrtle	32,432
60	Nellie	30,879
61	Mabel	30,783
62	Laura	30,549
63	Kathryn	29,235
64	Stella	28,526
65	Vera	28,289
66	Willie	28,179
67	Jessie	27,834
68	Jane	27,740
69	Alma	27,515
70	Minnie	27,486
71	Sylvia	25,655
72	Ella	24,913
73	Lillie	24,651
74	Rita	23,850
75	Leona	23,825
76	Barbara	23,704
77	Vivian	23,634
78	Lena	23,624
79	Violet	23,157
80	Lucy	23,117
81	Jennie	23,068
82	Genevieve	22,830
83	Marguerite	22,658
84	Charlotte	22,548
85	Mattie	22,243
86	Marian	22,158
87	Blanche	21,977
88	Mae	21,530
89	Ellen	21,500
90	Wilma	21,384
91	Juanita	20,878
92	Opal	20,386
93	June	19,244
94	Geraldine	18,990
95	Beulah	18,874
96	Velma	18,631
97	Theresa	18,348
98	Carrie	18,067
99	Phyllis	17,885
100	Maxine	17,800

Top 100 Boy Names, 1910 to 1919

#	Name	Babies
1	John	376,311
2	William	303,017
3	James	275,070
4	Robert	239,185
5	Joseph	179,300
6	George	176,609
7	Charles	173,535
8	Edward	125,720
9	Frank	116,017
10	Thomas	91,619
11	Walter	89,145
12	Harold	79,721
13	Henry	79,667
14	Paul	78,216
15	Richard	74,603
16	Raymond	71,820
17	Albert	68,207
18	Arthur	67,478
19	Harry	65,874
20	Donald	57,001
21	Ralph	52,522
22	Louis	50,600
23	Jack	49,526
24	Clarence	49,196
25	Carl	48,454
26	Willie	47,690
27	Howard	46,596
28	Fred	44,345
29	David	43,853
30	Kenneth	43,248
31	Francis	41,053
32	Roy	40,340
33	Earl	40,273
34	Joe	38,250
35	Ernest	37,134
36	Lawrence	36,354
37	Stanley	35,908
38	Anthony	35,627
39	Eugene	35,161
40	Samuel	34,166
41	Herbert	33,860
42	Alfred	32,635
43	Leonard	31,878
44	Michael	30,858
45	Elmer	28,600
46	Andrew	28,152
47	Leo	26,656
48	Bernard	25,628
49	Norman	25,033
50	Peter	24,935
51	Russell	24,842
52	Daniel	23,978
53	Edwin	23,697
54	Frederick	23,542
55	Chester	23,500
56	Herman	22,598
57	Lloyd	21,743
58	Melvin	21,739
59	Lester	21,509
60	Floyd	21,472
61	Leroy	21,275
62	Theodore	21,106
63	Clifford	20,886
64	Clyde	19,864
65	Charlie	19,834
66	Sam	18,544
67	Woodrow	18,355
68	Vincent	18,285
69	Philip	18,166
70	Marvin	17,821
71	Ray	17,792
72	Lewis	17,787
73	Milton	17,522
74	Benjamin	17,310
75	Victor	17,157
76	Vernon	16,967
77	Gerald	16,522
78	Jesse	16,293
79	Martin	16,097
80	Cecil	15,987
81	Alvin	15,499
82	Lee	15,380
83	Willard	15,364
84	Leon	15,280
85	Oscar	14,869
86	Glenn	14,304
87	Edgar	14,080
88	Gordon	13,641
89	Stephen	13,502
90	Harvey	13,304
91	Sidney	12,793
92	Claude	12,792
93	Everett	12,748
94	Arnold	12,586
95	Morris	12,484
96	Wilbur	12,411
97	Warren	12,012
98	Wayne	11,572
99	Allen	11,493
100	Homer	11,471

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