Most Popular Baby Names of 1915
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1915 in the US: 58,187 girls were named Mary and 47,576 boys were named John, about 1 in 17 girls and 1 in 18 boys born that year. It was Mary's 36th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 36th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 983,852 girls and 848,575 boys born in 1915, with 4,965 different girl names and 4,388 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1914
- Evelyn joined the girls' top 10; Thomas joined the boys' top 10.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: June (#132 to #96), Rita (#87 to #71) and Maxine (#114 to #98).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Willard (#92 to #58), Wayne (#111 to #97) and Ray (#74 to #67).
- 3 girl names and 4 boy names left the top 100, among them Carrie (#91 to #103) and Maurice (#94 to #101).
- 1,242 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1915
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1914, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1915
| # | Name | Babies | In 1914 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 58,187 | #1 |
| 2 | Helen | 30,866 | #2 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 25,154 | #3 |
| 4 | Margaret | 23,054 | #4 |
| 5 | Ruth | 21,878 | #5 |
| 6 | Mildred | 15,254 | #7 |
| 7 | Anna | 15,119 | #6 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 14,103 | #8 |
| 9 | Frances | 12,786 | #9 |
| 10 | Evelyn | 11,595 | #11 |
| 11 | Marie | 11,363 | #10 |
| 12 | Virginia | 10,952 | #14 |
| 13 | Alice | 10,525 | #12 |
| 14 | Florence | 10,105 | #13 |
| 15 | Lillian | 9,546 | #16 |
| 16 | Rose | 9,375 | #15 |
| 17 | Irene | 8,323 | #22 |
| 18 | Louise | 8,313 | #17 |
| 19 | Catherine | 8,181 | #18 |
| 20 | Edna | 8,144 | #19 |
| 21 | Gladys | 7,857 | #20 |
| 22 | Josephine | 7,606 | #23 |
| 23 | Ethel | 7,379 | #21 |
| 24 | Ruby | 7,237 | #24 |
| 25 | Martha | 7,216 | #27 |
| 26 | Hazel | 7,092 | #29 |
| 27 | Grace | 7,044 | #25 |
| 28 | Eleanor | 7,036 | #28 |
| 29 | Lucille | 7,006 | #30 |
| 30 | Thelma | 6,762 | #26 |
| 31 | Edith | 6,761 | #31 |
| 32 | Pauline | 6,334 | #34 |
| 33 | Esther | 6,321 | #35 |
| 34 | Doris | 6,292 | #36 |
| 35 | Gertrude | 6,077 | #32 |
| 36 | Annie | 5,936 | #33 |
| 37 | Beatrice | 5,342 | #38 |
| 38 | Clara | 5,285 | #37 |
| 39 | Marjorie | 5,119 | #45 |
| 40 | Emma | 5,044 | #39 |
| 41 | Elsie | 4,967 | #46 |
| 42 | Bernice | 4,937 | #43 |
| 43 | Ann | 4,895 | #40 |
| 44 | Julia | 4,831 | #42 |
| 45 | Agnes | 4,795 | #44 |
| 46 | Bertha | 4,785 | #41 |
| 47 | Lois | 4,775 | #51 |
| 48 | Jean | 4,603 | #54 |
| 49 | Katherine | 4,488 | #48 |
| 50 | Marion | 4,456 | #50 |
| 51 | Sarah | 4,415 | #47 |
| 52 | Anne | 4,333 | #53 |
| 53 | Betty | 4,181 | #62 |
| 54 | Ida | 4,125 | #49 |
| 55 | Eva | 4,079 | #52 |
| 56 | Pearl | 3,976 | #56 |
| 57 | Bessie | 3,888 | #55 |
| 58 | Myrtle | 3,865 | #60 |
| 59 | Viola | 3,855 | #57 |
| 60 | Kathryn | 3,778 | #63 |
| 61 | Laura | 3,723 | #59 |
| 62 | Mabel | 3,683 | #58 |
| 63 | Nellie | 3,679 | #61 |
| 64 | Stella | 3,657 | #65 |
| 65 | Vera | 3,460 | #68 |
| 66 | Jessie | 3,356 | #64 |
| 67 | Sylvia | 3,284 | #70 |
| 68 | Minnie | 3,270 | #67 |
| 69 | Jane | 3,264 | #71 |
| 70 | Alma | 3,248 | #69 |
| 71 | Rita | 3,063 | #87 |
| 72 | Willie | 3,041 | #66 |
| 73 | Jennie | 3,015 | #77 |
| 74 | Leona | 2,972 | #79 |
| 75 | Ella | 2,954 | #72 |
| 76 | Genevieve | 2,928 | #76 |
| 77 | Lena | 2,927 | #75 |
| 78 | Vivian | 2,857 | #81 |
| 79 | Lucy | 2,814 | #73 |
| 80 | Wilma | 2,773 | #95 |
| 81 | Charlotte | 2,757 | #88 |
| 82 | Violet | 2,752 | #82 |
| 83 | Barbara | 2,704 | #82 |
| 84 | Lillie | 2,687 | #74 |
| 84 | Marguerite | 2,687 | #84 |
| 86 | Marian | 2,612 | #90 |
| 87 | Blanche | 2,590 | #80 |
| 88 | Ellen | 2,581 | #86 |
| 89 | Mae | 2,486 | #85 |
| 90 | Opal | 2,482 | #89 |
| 91 | Mattie | 2,434 | #78 |
| 92 | Juanita | 2,398 | #94 |
| 93 | Theresa | 2,309 | #93 |
| 94 | Velma | 2,287 | #92 |
| 95 | Beulah | 2,268 | #96 |
| 96 | June | 2,139 | #132 |
| 97 | Sophie | 2,112 | #100 |
| 98 | Maxine | 2,110 | #114 |
| 99 | Emily | 2,091 | #98 |
| 100 | Phyllis | 2,088 | #113 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1915
| # | Name | Babies | In 1914 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 47,576 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 38,563 | #2 |
| 3 | James | 33,773 | #3 |
| 4 | Robert | 28,737 | #4 |
| 5 | Joseph | 23,051 | #5 |
| 6 | George | 22,307 | #6 |
| 7 | Charles | 21,960 | #7 |
| 8 | Edward | 15,889 | #8 |
| 9 | Frank | 15,006 | #9 |
| 10 | Thomas | 11,490 | #11 |
| 11 | Walter | 11,255 | #10 |
| 12 | Harold | 10,444 | #14 |
| 13 | Paul | 10,328 | #13 |
| 14 | Henry | 10,138 | #12 |
| 15 | Richard | 9,143 | #17 |
| 16 | Raymond | 8,981 | #16 |
| 17 | Albert | 8,825 | #15 |
| 18 | Arthur | 8,564 | #18 |
| 19 | Harry | 8,470 | #19 |
| 20 | Donald | 7,116 | #23 |
| 21 | Ralph | 6,816 | #21 |
| 22 | Carl | 6,613 | #24 |
| 23 | Louis | 6,518 | #20 |
| 24 | Clarence | 6,267 | #22 |
| 25 | Howard | 6,103 | #26 |
| 26 | Fred | 5,778 | #28 |
| 27 | Jack | 5,749 | #27 |
| 28 | Kenneth | 5,681 | #30 |
| 29 | Francis | 5,594 | #31 |
| 30 | Willie | 5,434 | #25 |
| 31 | David | 5,394 | #29 |
| 32 | Roy | 5,052 | #32 |
| 33 | Earl | 4,908 | #33 |
| 34 | Stanley | 4,807 | #39 |
| 35 | Ernest | 4,787 | #38 |
| 36 | Anthony | 4,722 | #37 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 4,688 | #35 |
| 38 | Joe | 4,648 | #34 |
| 39 | Samuel | 4,351 | #35 |
| 40 | Herbert | 4,341 | #42 |
| 41 | Eugene | 4,321 | #43 |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,231 | #41 |
| 43 | Michael | 4,079 | #40 |
| 44 | Leonard | 3,993 | #45 |
| 45 | Elmer | 3,802 | #46 |
| 46 | Andrew | 3,573 | #44 |
| 47 | Leo | 3,527 | #47 |
| 48 | Bernard | 3,302 | #50 |
| 48 | Peter | 3,302 | #48 |
| 50 | Norman | 3,262 | #54 |
| 51 | Russell | 3,250 | #49 |
| 52 | Frederick | 3,159 | #52 |
| 53 | Edwin | 3,151 | #53 |
| 54 | Chester | 3,043 | #56 |
| 55 | Daniel | 3,002 | #55 |
| 56 | Herman | 2,983 | #51 |
| 57 | Lester | 2,943 | #57 |
| 58 | Willard | 2,889 | #92 |
| 59 | Floyd | 2,824 | #58 |
| 60 | Melvin | 2,780 | #59 |
| 61 | Clifford | 2,741 | #62 |
| 62 | Lloyd | 2,653 | #66 |
| 63 | Clyde | 2,518 | #63 |
| 64 | Theodore | 2,504 | #64 |
| 65 | Vincent | 2,491 | #61 |
| 66 | Leroy | 2,450 | #60 |
| 67 | Ray | 2,365 | #74 |
| 68 | Sam | 2,339 | #67 |
| 69 | Philip | 2,328 | #68 |
| 70 | Lewis | 2,307 | #72 |
| 71 | Benjamin | 2,241 | #70 |
| 72 | Marvin | 2,227 | #75 |
| 73 | Milton | 2,225 | #69 |
| 74 | Victor | 2,211 | #76 |
| 75 | Charlie | 2,193 | #65 |
| 76 | Cecil | 2,181 | #79 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,111 | #82 |
| 78 | Gerald | 2,085 | #81 |
| 79 | Martin | 2,070 | #73 |
| 80 | Vernon | 2,060 | #83 |
| 81 | Alvin | 2,006 | #78 |
| 82 | Leon | 1,977 | #85 |
| 83 | Woodrow | 1,966 | #71 |
| 84 | Lee | 1,916 | #84 |
| 85 | Edgar | 1,895 | #87 |
| 86 | Stephen | 1,850 | #80 |
| 87 | Glenn | 1,842 | #91 |
| 88 | Oscar | 1,788 | #77 |
| 89 | Everett | 1,731 | #90 |
| 90 | Gordon | 1,717 | #88 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,691 | #97 |
| 92 | Wilbur | 1,685 | #96 |
| 93 | Morris | 1,660 | #86 |
| 94 | Sidney | 1,615 | #89 |
| 95 | Harvey | 1,613 | #95 |
| 96 | Claude | 1,605 | #93 |
| 97 | Wayne | 1,517 | #111 |
| 98 | Homer | 1,487 | #101 |
| 99 | Allen | 1,458 | #105 |
| 100 | Gilbert | 1,452 | #104 |
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