Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	70,983
2	Dorothy	36,643
3	Helen	35,097
4	Margaret	27,994
5	Ruth	26,102
6	Mildred	18,060
7	Virginia	17,314
8	Elizabeth	15,908
9	Frances	15,883
10	Anna	14,581
11	Betty	14,016
12	Evelyn	13,838
13	Marie	12,743
14	Doris	11,892
15	Alice	11,596
16	Florence	10,731
17	Irene	10,072
18	Lillian	10,049
19	Louise	9,179
20	Rose	9,011
21	Catherine	8,878
22	Gladys	8,819
23	Martha	8,709
24	Marjorie	8,658
25	Eleanor	8,497
26	Ruby	8,336
27	Edna	8,331
28	Josephine	8,093
29	Lucille	7,989
30	Ethel	7,868
31	Thelma	7,814
32	Edith	7,773
33	Jean	7,714
34	Hazel	7,308
35	Annie	7,268
36	Pauline	7,180
37	Grace	7,172
38	Lois	6,560
39	Esther	6,068
40	Bernice	5,928
41	Beatrice	5,804
42	Gertrude	5,797
43	Marion	5,745
44	Clara	5,470
45	Katherine	5,276
46	Emma	5,238
47	Barbara	5,106
48	Jane	5,054
49	Ann	5,041
50	Sarah	5,031
51	Elsie	4,993
52	Rita	4,979
53	June	4,911
54	Agnes	4,907
55	Julia	4,889
56	Shirley	4,713
57	Bertha	4,604
58	Eva	4,498
59	Viola	4,292
60	Geraldine	4,265
61	Juanita	4,238
62	Pearl	4,204
63	Laura	4,171
64	Vivian	4,128
65	Anne	4,114
66	Ida	4,090
67	Kathryn	4,082
68	Myrtle	3,955
69	Norma	3,949
70	Lorraine	3,928
71	Bessie	3,906
72	Phyllis	3,852
73	Marian	3,845
74	Willie	3,816
75	Vera	3,785
76	Nellie	3,762
77	Violet	3,694
78	Wilma	3,670
79	Charlotte	3,624
80	Alma	3,584
81	Maxine	3,507
82	Stella	3,492
83	Mabel	3,364
84	Jessie	3,329
85	Sylvia	3,317
86	Genevieve	3,258
87	Minnie	3,244
88	Ella	3,232
89	Leona	3,166
90	Lillie	3,162
91	Kathleen	3,158
92	Ellen	3,076
93	Marguerite	3,055
94	Lucy	3,018
95	Nancy	2,982
96	Mattie	2,902
97	Jennie	2,808
98	Lena	2,785
99	Mae	2,730
100	Eileen	2,718

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	56,913
2	William	50,146
3	Robert	48,679
4	James	47,908
5	Charles	28,309
6	George	26,891
7	Joseph	25,587
8	Edward	20,097
9	Frank	16,430
10	Richard	15,010
11	Thomas	14,936
12	Harold	13,678
13	Walter	13,294
14	Paul	12,570
15	Raymond	12,193
16	Donald	11,941
17	Henry	11,305
18	Arthur	10,236
19	Albert	9,997
20	Jack	9,599
21	Harry	9,406
22	Ralph	8,556
23	Kenneth	7,840
24	Howard	7,466
25	David	7,444
26	Clarence	7,221
27	Carl	7,010
28	Louis	6,966
29	Willie	6,887
30	Eugene	6,867
31	Earl	6,533
32	Roy	6,355
33	Fred	6,298
34	Francis	6,241
35	Joe	6,071
36	Lawrence	5,727
37	Ernest	5,566
38	Leonard	5,511
39	Warren	5,492
40	Stanley	5,314
41	Herbert	5,249
42	Alfred	5,006
43	Anthony	4,944
44	Samuel	4,654
45	Elmer	4,206
46	Bernard	4,163
47	Norman	4,109
48	Leo	4,054
49	Andrew	4,026
50	Michael	4,003
51	Russell	3,901
52	Daniel	3,897
53	Edwin	3,734
54	Melvin	3,717
55	Chester	3,698
56	Leroy	3,549
57	Peter	3,497
58	Lloyd	3,454
59	Clifford	3,291
60	Frederick	3,275
61	Floyd	3,260
62	Marvin	3,244
63	Theodore	3,219
64	Gerald	3,157
65	Vernon	3,144
66	Herman	3,109
67	Ray	3,086
68	Clyde	3,069
69	Lester	3,068
70	Charlie	2,785
71	Philip	2,700
72	Lewis	2,688
73	Vincent	2,661
74	Milton	2,592
75	Leon	2,554
76	Alvin	2,523
77	Cecil	2,459
78	Martin	2,439
79	Jesse	2,420
80	Glenn	2,375
81	Victor	2,349
82	Lee	2,321
83	Benjamin	2,309
84	Sam	2,283
85	Gordon	2,277
86	Wayne	2,180
87	Harvey	2,165
88	Willard	2,089
89	Edgar	2,029
90	Oscar	2,006
91	Arnold	1,911
92	Claude	1,893
93	Wallace	1,877
94	Allen	1,866
95	Everett	1,827
96	Stephen	1,771
97	Gilbert	1,763
98	Wilbur	1,741
99	Johnnie	1,727
100	Homer	1,722