Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	73,984
2	Dorothy	39,087
3	Helen	34,822
4	Margaret	28,468
5	Ruth	25,783
6	Virginia	19,032
7	Mildred	17,880
8	Betty	17,638
9	Frances	15,993
10	Elizabeth	15,800
11	Anna	14,476
12	Evelyn	14,278
13	Doris	13,152
14	Marie	12,501
15	Alice	11,955
16	Marjorie	11,209
17	Florence	10,720
18	Irene	10,624
19	Lillian	9,770
20	Rose	9,352
21	Martha	9,264
22	Louise	9,180
23	Catherine	8,887
24	Gladys	8,814
25	Jean	8,592
26	Ruby	8,333
27	Edna	8,302
28	Josephine	8,135
29	Eleanor	8,054
30	Thelma	7,839
31	Lucille	7,698
32	Ethel	7,603
33	Edith	7,589
34	Hazel	7,341
35	Grace	7,230
36	Annie	7,209
37	Pauline	7,142
38	Lois	6,899
39	Bernice	6,190
40	Barbara	6,013
41	Beatrice	5,968
42	Esther	5,926
43	Marion	5,814
44	Shirley	5,695
45	Clara	5,606
46	Gertrude	5,349
47	Jane	5,188
48	Rita	5,157
49	Katherine	5,156
50	June	5,155
51	Norma	5,102
52	Emma	5,072
53	Ann	5,058
54	Sarah	5,024
55	Elsie	4,879
56	Agnes	4,798
57	Juanita	4,779
58	Julia	4,737
59	Bertha	4,608
60	Phyllis	4,590
61	Lorraine	4,533
62	Geraldine	4,523
63	Eva	4,325
64	Kathryn	4,201
65	Pearl	4,175
66	Viola	4,160
67	Ida	4,146
68	Vivian	4,103
69	Marian	4,064
70	Anne	4,007
71	Laura	3,998
72	Wilma	3,824
73	Myrtle	3,791
74	Willie	3,748
75	Bessie	3,678
76	Vera	3,631
77	Maxine	3,630
78	Alma	3,589
79	Charlotte	3,587
80	Nellie	3,513
81	Violet	3,469
82	Audrey	3,434
83	Kathleen	3,419
84	Patricia	3,380
85	Mabel	3,336
86	Stella	3,335
87	Nancy	3,323
88	Sylvia	3,297
89	Ella	3,237
90	Genevieve	3,235
91	Jessie	3,225
92	Leona	3,210
93	Lucy	3,157
94	Lillie	3,118
95	Ellen	3,064
96	Minnie	2,998
97	Elaine	2,922
98	Marguerite	2,897
99	Jennie	2,889
100	Eileen	2,862

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	58,216
2	Robert	52,779
3	William	51,862
4	James	49,750
5	Charles	29,242
6	George	27,476
7	Joseph	26,182
8	Edward	20,817
9	Frank	16,705
10	Richard	16,376
11	Thomas	15,308
12	Harold	13,811
13	Donald	13,776
14	Paul	13,169
15	Walter	13,004
16	Raymond	12,645
17	Henry	11,411
18	Jack	10,757
19	Arthur	10,527
20	Albert	10,158
21	Harry	9,731
22	Kenneth	8,959
23	Ralph	8,860
24	Warren	7,798
25	David	7,765
26	Eugene	7,717
27	Howard	7,713
28	Clarence	7,332
29	Louis	7,247
30	Carl	7,077
31	Earl	6,754
32	Roy	6,545
33	Fred	6,496
34	Willie	6,492
35	Francis	6,293
36	Joe	6,204
37	Lawrence	5,977
38	Ernest	5,697
39	Leonard	5,650
40	Anthony	5,239
41	Stanley	5,231
42	Herbert	5,217
43	Alfred	4,925
44	Samuel	4,754
45	Bernard	4,485
46	Norman	4,479
47	Michael	4,198
48	Elmer	4,146
49	Daniel	4,087
50	Leo	4,066
51	Andrew	4,015
52	Russell	3,946
53	Melvin	3,887
54	Edwin	3,750
55	Leroy	3,749
56	Chester	3,549
57	Peter	3,548
58	Lloyd	3,536
59	Marvin	3,490
60	Gerald	3,382
61	Frederick	3,376
62	Clifford	3,262
63	Floyd	3,255
64	Herman	3,219
65	Theodore	3,172
66	Lester	3,076
67	Ray	3,075
68	Vernon	3,069
69	Clyde	3,022
70	Vincent	2,779
71	Lewis	2,712
72	Philip	2,703
73	Alvin	2,686
74	Leon	2,616
75	Milton	2,588
76	Charlie	2,574
77	Jesse	2,486
78	Martin	2,461
79	Cecil	2,456
80	Glenn	2,449
81	Wayne	2,417
82	Benjamin	2,412
83	Victor	2,407
84	Gordon	2,382
85	Sam	2,367
86	Lee	2,354
87	Harvey	2,287
88	Wallace	2,095
89	Willard	2,077
90	Edgar	2,014
91	Arnold	1,982
92	Oscar	1,978
93	Dale	1,956
94	Allen	1,937
95	Everett	1,913
96	Claude	1,887
97	Stephen	1,868
98	Virgil	1,830
99	Roger	1,803
100	Wilbur	1,755