Most Popular Baby Names of 1919
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1919 in the US: 65,836 girls were named Mary and 53,522 boys were named John, about 1 in 17 girls and 1 in 18 boys born that year. It was Mary's 40th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 40th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 1,130,117 girls and 980,122 boys born in 1919, with 5,557 different girl names and 4,808 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1918
- The girls' top 10 had the same names as in 1918; the boys' top 10 had the same names as in 1918.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Norma (#98 to #83), Juanita (#85 to #73) and Willie (#70 to #61).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Eddie (#117 to #99), Johnnie (#110 to #95) and Theodore (#64 to #54).
- 1 girl name and 3 boy names left the top 100, among them Kathleen (#99 to #101) and Allen (#98 to #101).
- 663 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1919
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1918, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1919
| # | Name | Babies | In 1918 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 65,836 | #1 |
| 2 | Helen | 33,706 | #2 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 31,733 | #3 |
| 4 | Margaret | 26,238 | #4 |
| 5 | Ruth | 24,562 | #5 |
| 6 | Mildred | 17,300 | #6 |
| 7 | Virginia | 15,636 | #7 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 15,287 | #9 |
| 9 | Frances | 15,106 | #8 |
| 10 | Anna | 14,498 | #10 |
| 11 | Evelyn | 13,321 | #11 |
| 12 | Marie | 12,008 | #12 |
| 13 | Alice | 11,141 | #13 |
| 14 | Florence | 10,482 | #14 |
| 15 | Betty | 10,106 | #21 |
| 16 | Irene | 9,712 | #16 |
| 17 | Lillian | 9,516 | #15 |
| 18 | Doris | 9,433 | #19 |
| 19 | Rose | 9,195 | #17 |
| 20 | Louise | 8,812 | #18 |
| 21 | Gladys | 8,717 | #22 |
| 22 | Edna | 8,404 | #23 |
| 23 | Catherine | 8,335 | #20 |
| 24 | Ruby | 8,334 | #27 |
| 25 | Martha | 8,322 | #25 |
| 26 | Josephine | 8,104 | #24 |
| 27 | Lucille | 7,856 | #29 |
| 28 | Ethel | 7,809 | #28 |
| 29 | Edith | 7,767 | #30 |
| 30 | Eleanor | 7,611 | #26 |
| 31 | Thelma | 7,558 | #32 |
| 32 | Hazel | 7,430 | #33 |
| 33 | Marjorie | 7,335 | #34 |
| 34 | Grace | 7,195 | #31 |
| 35 | Annie | 7,146 | #36 |
| 36 | Pauline | 6,973 | #35 |
| 37 | Jean | 6,799 | #37 |
| 38 | Esther | 6,248 | #38 |
| 39 | Gertrude | 6,014 | #39 |
| 40 | Lois | 5,976 | #42 |
| 41 | Beatrice | 5,856 | #40 |
| 42 | Bernice | 5,793 | #41 |
| 43 | Clara | 5,404 | #43 |
| 44 | Marion | 5,158 | #45 |
| 45 | Emma | 5,087 | #46 |
| 46 | Sarah | 5,022 | #52 |
| 47 | Elsie | 4,995 | #49 |
| 48 | Julia | 4,950 | #48 |
| 49 | Ann | 4,924 | #44 |
| 50 | Agnes | 4,901 | #47 |
| 51 | Katherine | 4,846 | #50 |
| 52 | Bertha | 4,754 | #51 |
| 53 | Jane | 4,527 | #53 |
| 54 | Rita | 4,515 | #58 |
| 55 | Eva | 4,484 | #55 |
| 56 | Pearl | 4,273 | #56 |
| 57 | Ida | 4,163 | #57 |
| 58 | Viola | 4,129 | #59 |
| 59 | Bessie | 4,106 | #61 |
| 60 | Barbara | 4,084 | #60 |
| 61 | Willie | 4,051 | #70 |
| 62 | Lorraine | 3,976 | #69 |
| 63 | Anne | 3,975 | #54 |
| 64 | June | 3,963 | #66 |
| 65 | Vera | 3,848 | #68 |
| 66 | Kathryn | 3,825 | #63 |
| 67 | Myrtle | 3,816 | #62 |
| 68 | Geraldine | 3,727 | #77 |
| 69 | Nellie | 3,726 | #65 |
| 70 | Stella | 3,700 | #67 |
| 71 | Laura | 3,663 | #64 |
| 72 | Vivian | 3,640 | #72 |
| 73 | Juanita | 3,636 | #85 |
| 74 | Violet | 3,597 | #83 |
| 75 | Jessie | 3,530 | #75 |
| 76 | Alma | 3,438 | #73 |
| 77 | Sylvia | 3,412 | #71 |
| 78 | Mabel | 3,405 | #74 |
| 79 | Charlotte | 3,353 | #78 |
| 80 | Minnie | 3,272 | #88 |
| 81 | Lillie | 3,262 | #89 |
| 82 | Marian | 3,261 | #76 |
| 83 | Norma | 3,199 | #98 |
| 84 | Phyllis | 3,189 | #80 |
| 85 | Maxine | 3,183 | #87 |
| 86 | Wilma | 3,170 | #82 |
| 87 | Ella | 3,158 | #84 |
| 88 | Genevieve | 3,155 | #81 |
| 89 | Shirley | 3,149 | #97 |
| 90 | Leona | 3,033 | #79 |
| 91 | Lucy | 3,007 | #90 |
| 92 | Ellen | 2,929 | #92 |
| 93 | Jennie | 2,928 | #91 |
| 94 | Lena | 2,872 | #93 |
| 95 | Mattie | 2,856 | #100 |
| 96 | Marguerite | 2,836 | #86 |
| 97 | Blanche | 2,668 | #96 |
| 98 | Opal | 2,652 | #94 |
| 99 | Mae | 2,634 | #95 |
| 100 | Nancy | 2,628 | #102 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1919
| # | Name | Babies | In 1918 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 53,522 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 43,969 | #2 |
| 3 | James | 42,392 | #3 |
| 4 | Robert | 41,025 | #4 |
| 5 | Charles | 25,192 | #5 |
| 6 | George | 25,170 | #6 |
| 7 | Joseph | 24,266 | #7 |
| 8 | Edward | 18,536 | #8 |
| 9 | Frank | 15,701 | #9 |
| 10 | Thomas | 13,434 | #10 |
| 11 | Walter | 12,879 | #11 |
| 12 | Richard | 12,441 | #12 |
| 13 | Harold | 12,021 | #13 |
| 14 | Raymond | 11,384 | #15 |
| 15 | Paul | 11,305 | #14 |
| 16 | Henry | 10,613 | #16 |
| 17 | Donald | 9,904 | #18 |
| 18 | Albert | 9,607 | #19 |
| 19 | Arthur | 9,540 | #17 |
| 20 | Harry | 8,990 | #20 |
| 21 | Jack | 8,263 | #21 |
| 22 | Ralph | 7,709 | #22 |
| 23 | Willie | 6,942 | #29 |
| 24 | Howard | 6,843 | #26 |
| 25 | Clarence | 6,825 | #23 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 6,796 | #27 |
| 27 | David | 6,716 | #28 |
| 28 | Louis | 6,661 | #24 |
| 29 | Carl | 6,474 | #25 |
| 30 | Fred | 6,091 | #33 |
| 31 | Earl | 5,975 | #31 |
| 32 | Roy | 5,970 | #32 |
| 33 | Eugene | 5,892 | #35 |
| 34 | Francis | 5,726 | #30 |
| 35 | Joe | 5,709 | #34 |
| 36 | Ernest | 5,296 | #37 |
| 37 | Stanley | 5,238 | #36 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,205 | #38 |
| 39 | Leonard | 5,010 | #41 |
| 40 | Herbert | 4,960 | #40 |
| 41 | Anthony | 4,737 | #39 |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,615 | #42 |
| 43 | Samuel | 4,472 | #43 |
| 44 | Elmer | 3,982 | #44 |
| 45 | Bernard | 3,915 | #47 |
| 46 | Michael | 3,909 | #45 |
| 47 | Andrew | 3,851 | #46 |
| 48 | Norman | 3,809 | #49 |
| 49 | Leo | 3,802 | #48 |
| 50 | Russell | 3,645 | #50 |
| 51 | Daniel | 3,526 | #52 |
| 52 | Edwin | 3,450 | #55 |
| 53 | Chester | 3,432 | #54 |
| 54 | Theodore | 3,424 | #64 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,422 | #57 |
| 56 | Melvin | 3,384 | #56 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,375 | #53 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,238 | #51 |
| 59 | Floyd | 3,121 | #61 |
| 60 | Clifford | 3,040 | #60 |
| 61 | Herman | 3,027 | #65 |
| 62 | Lester | 3,020 | #62 |
| 63 | Marvin | 2,997 | #68 |
| 64 | Frederick | 2,932 | #59 |
| 65 | Vernon | 2,929 | #66 |
| 66 | Charlie | 2,891 | #70 |
| 67 | Clyde | 2,884 | #67 |
| 68 | Victor | 2,751 | #63 |
| 69 | Ray | 2,722 | #69 |
| 70 | Gerald | 2,689 | #72 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,531 | #71 |
| 71 | Vincent | 2,531 | #73 |
| 73 | Milton | 2,448 | #76 |
| 74 | Lewis | 2,429 | #74 |
| 75 | Sam | 2,384 | #75 |
| 76 | Alvin | 2,383 | #80 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,356 | #78 |
| 78 | Cecil | 2,300 | #82 |
| 79 | Benjamin | 2,279 | #79 |
| 80 | Leon | 2,250 | #77 |
| 81 | Martin | 2,204 | #81 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,189 | #86 |
| 83 | Warren | 2,180 | #90 |
| 84 | Glenn | 2,153 | #84 |
| 85 | Harvey | 2,028 | #88 |
| 86 | Gordon | 2,017 | #85 |
| 87 | Willard | 2,014 | #83 |
| 88 | Oscar | 1,991 | #87 |
| 89 | Edgar | 1,986 | #89 |
| 90 | Wayne | 1,955 | #91 |
| 91 | Woodrow | 1,808 | #58 |
| 92 | Claude | 1,772 | #95 |
| 92 | Everett | 1,772 | #93 |
| 94 | Arnold | 1,767 | #92 |
| 95 | Johnnie | 1,716 | #110 |
| 96 | Sidney | 1,715 | #94 |
| 97 | Stephen | 1,693 | #96 |
| 98 | Wilbur | 1,689 | #97 |
| 99 | Eddie | 1,660 | #117 |
| 99 | Morris | 1,660 | #101 |
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