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Top Baby Names 1920's


Most Popular Names of the 1920s
  Male Female
Rank Name Number Percent Name Number Percent
1 Robert 576,102 5.0688 Mary 701,474 5.6586
2 John 563,724 4.9599 Dorothy 368,695 2.9742
3 James 515,057 4.5317 Helen 290,240 2.3413
4 William 512,100 4.5057 Betty 283,021 2.2830
5 Charles 297,911 2.6211 Margaret 244,920 1.9757
6 George 261,789 2.3033 Ruth 218,421 1.7619
7 Joseph 243,654 2.1438 Virginia 169,493 1.3673
8 Richard 222,539 1.9580 Doris 151,133 1.2191
9 Edward 197,252 1.7355 Mildred 147,118 1.1868
10 Donald 191,769 1.6873 Frances 140,339 1.1321
11 Thomas 161,038 1.4169 Elizabeth 139,614 1.1262
12 Frank 151,681 1.3346 Evelyn 124,105 1.0011
13 Harold 133,480 1.1744 Anna 123,826 0.9989
14 Paul 132,313 1.1641 Marie 110,511 0.8915
15 Raymond 124,131 1.0922 Alice 110,467 0.8911
16 Walter 119,720 1.0533 Jean 105,964 0.8548
17 Jack 115,910 1.0198 Shirley 98,564 0.7951
18 Henry 104,465 0.9191 Barbara 97,177 0.7839
19 Kenneth 99,428 0.8748 Irene 92,790 0.7485
20 Arthur 97,068 0.8540 Marjorie 91,179 0.7355
21 Albert 94,353 0.8302 Florence 88,248 0.7119
22 David 88,686 0.7803 Lois 88,100 0.7107
23 Harry 86,128 0.7578 Martha 86,736 0.6997
24 Eugene 84,730 0.7455 Rose 85,265 0.6878
25 Ralph 84,413 0.7427 Lillian 83,113 0.6704
26 Howard 70,288 0.6184 Louise 82,854 0.6684
27 Carl 69,805 0.6142 Catherine 78,833 0.6359
28 Willie 67,937 0.5977 Ruby 76,691 0.6186
29 Louis 67,630 0.5950 Eleanor 74,728 0.6028
30 Clarence 66,521 0.5853 Patricia 74,725 0.6028
31 Earl 63,547 0.5591 Gladys 72,536 0.5851
32 Roy 63,203 0.5561 Annie 69,397 0.5598
33 Fred 62,712 0.5518 Josephine 69,184 0.5581
34 Joe 62,628 0.5510 Thelma 68,716 0.5543
35 Francis 59,058 0.5196 Edna 68,599 0.5534
36 Lawrence 56,827 0.5000 Norma 65,217 0.5261
37 Herbert 56,494 0.4971 Pauline 64,057 0.5167
38 Leonard 53,755 0.4730 Lucille 63,841 0.5150
39 Ernest 53,597 0.4716 Edith 62,931 0.5076
40 Alfred 50,125 0.4410 Gloria 62,827 0.5068
41 Anthony 50,022 0.4401 Ethel 62,752 0.5062
42 Stanley 49,418 0.4348 Phyllis 61,845 0.4989
43 Norman 49,342 0.4341 Grace 60,027 0.4842
44 Gerald 44,492 0.3915 Hazel 58,951 0.4755
45 Daniel 43,404 0.3819 June 56,471 0.4555
46 Samuel 43,352 0.3814 Bernice 55,794 0.4501
47 Bernard 42,382 0.3729 Marion 55,160 0.4450
48 Billy 42,099 0.3704 Dolores 51,981 0.4193
49 Melvin 40,556 0.3568 Rita 50,557 0.4078
50 Marvin 39,560 0.3481 Lorraine 49,924 0.4027
51 Warren 38,742 0.3409 Ann 49,789 0.4016
52 Michael 37,880 0.3333 Esther 49,202 0.3969
53 Leroy 37,851 0.3330 Beatrice 49,194 0.3968
54 Russell 37,197 0.3273 Juanita 48,523 0.3914
55 Leo 36,928 0.3249 Clara 48,158 0.3885
56 Andrew 35,927 0.3161 Jane 48,042 0.3875
57 Edwin 35,223 0.3099 Geraldine 48,020 0.3874
58 Elmer 34,893 0.3070 Sarah 46,743 0.3771
59 Peter 34,045 0.2995 Emma 46,516 0.3752
60 Floyd 33,128 0.2915 Joan 45,351 0.3658
61 Lloyd 33,114 0.2914 Joyce 44,167 0.3563
62 Ray 32,031 0.2818 Nancy 43,807 0.3534
63 Frederick 31,502 0.2772 Katherine 42,720 0.3446
64 Theodore 31,275 0.2752 Gertrude 42,429 0.3423
65 Clifford 31,228 0.2748 Elsie 42,067 0.3393
66 Vernon 29,408 0.2587 Julia 40,313 0.3252
67 Herman 28,990 0.2551 Agnes 39,210 0.3163
68 Clyde 28,925 0.2545 Wilma 39,120 0.3156
69 Chester 28,402 0.2499 Marian 38,964 0.3143
70 Philip 27,251 0.2398 Bertha 38,551 0.3110
71 Alvin 26,851 0.2362 Eva 38,024 0.3067
72 Lester 26,492 0.2331 Willie 37,800 0.3049
73 Wayne 26,391 0.2322 Audrey 37,536 0.3028
74 Vincent 26,219 0.2307 Theresa 36,661 0.2957
75 Gordon 25,604 0.2253 Vivian 36,559 0.2949
76 Leon 25,567 0.2249 Wanda 36,000 0.2904
77 Lewis 25,315 0.2227 Laura 35,985 0.2903
78 Charlie 25,158 0.2214 Charlotte 35,741 0.2883
79 Glenn 25,146 0.2212 Ida 35,597 0.2872
80 Calvin 24,778 0.2180 Elaine 34,895 0.2815
81 Martin 24,224 0.2131 Anne 34,498 0.2783
82 Milton 24,189 0.2128 Marilyn 34,194 0.2758
83 Lee 23,550 0.2072 Kathryn 33,770 0.2724
84 Jesse 23,163 0.2038 Maxine 33,727 0.2721
85 Dale 22,727 0.2000 Kathleen 33,583 0.2709
86 Cecil 22,511 0.1981 Viola 33,225 0.2680
87 Bill 22,275 0.1960 Pearl 32,765 0.2643
88 Harvey 21,780 0.1916 Vera 32,525 0.2624
89 Roger 21,742 0.1913 Bessie 32,145 0.2593
90 Victor 21,487 0.1891 Myrtle 30,560 0.2465
91 Benjamin 21,001 0.1848 Alma 30,421 0.2454
92 Ronald 20,927 0.1841 Beverly 30,204 0.2436
93 Wallace 20,885 0.1838 Violet 30,014 0.2421
94 Sam 20,811 0.1831 Nellie 29,666 0.2393
95 Allen 20,068 0.1766 Ella 29,498 0.2380
96 Arnold 19,519 0.1717 Lillie 29,359 0.2368
97 Willard 18,420 0.1621 Jessie 29,276 0.2362
98 Gilbert 18,223 0.1603 Jeanne 29,112 0.2348
99 Edgar 18,025 0.1586 Eileen 28,580 0.2305
100 Oscar 17,723 0.1559 Ellen 28,376 0.2289