Name Yearbook

Top Baby Names of the 1920s

In the 1920s, Mary was the most popular name for babies recorded as girls (701,755 babies) and Robert for babies recorded as boys (576,374).

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1920s
1	Mary	701,755
2	Dorothy	368,875
3	Helen	290,404
4	Betty	283,096
5	Margaret	245,011
6	Ruth	218,520
7	Virginia	169,554
8	Doris	151,193
9	Mildred	147,155
10	Frances	140,391
11	Elizabeth	139,672
12	Evelyn	124,166
13	Anna	123,895
14	Marie	110,564
15	Alice	110,526
16	Jean	105,999
17	Shirley	98,602
18	Barbara	97,210
19	Irene	92,836
20	Marjorie	91,221
21	Florence	88,295
22	Lois	88,133
23	Martha	86,788
24	Rose	85,305
25	Lillian	83,160
26	Louise	82,895
27	Catherine	78,881
28	Ruby	76,738
29	Eleanor	74,760
30	Patricia	74,732
31	Gladys	72,561
32	Annie	69,468
33	Josephine	69,223
34	Thelma	68,767
35	Edna	68,629
36	Norma	65,241
37	Pauline	64,075
38	Lucille	63,883
39	Edith	62,989
40	Gloria	62,859
41	Ethel	62,806
42	Phyllis	61,871
43	Grace	60,060
44	Hazel	58,984
45	June	56,482
46	Bernice	55,842
47	Marion	55,178
48	Dolores	51,990
49	Rita	50,587
50	Lorraine	49,939
51	Ann	49,810
52	Beatrice	49,230
53	Esther	49,230
54	Juanita	48,547
55	Clara	48,183
56	Jane	48,049
57	Geraldine	48,044
58	Sarah	46,769
59	Emma	46,538
60	Joan	45,351
61	Joyce	44,174
62	Nancy	43,807
63	Katherine	42,745
64	Gertrude	42,459
65	Elsie	42,098
66	Julia	40,331
67	Agnes	39,222
68	Wilma	39,127
69	Marian	38,978
70	Bertha	38,571
71	Eva	38,048
72	Willie	37,814
73	Audrey	37,550
74	Theresa	36,666
75	Vivian	36,572
76	Wanda	36,007
77	Laura	35,991
78	Charlotte	35,752
79	Ida	35,619
80	Elaine	34,907
81	Anne	34,511
82	Marilyn	34,202
83	Kathryn	33,791
84	Maxine	33,743
85	Kathleen	33,597
86	Viola	33,251
87	Pearl	32,774
88	Vera	32,541
89	Bessie	32,158
90	Myrtle	30,569
91	Alma	30,434
92	Beverly	30,205
93	Violet	30,022
94	Nellie	29,689
95	Ella	29,521
96	Lillie	29,382
97	Jessie	29,289
98	Jeanne	29,119
99	Eileen	28,588
100	Ellen	28,391

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1920s
1	Robert	576,374
2	John	564,052
3	James	515,301
4	William	512,402
5	Charles	298,031
6	George	261,945
7	Joseph	243,809
8	Richard	222,599
9	Edward	197,348
10	Donald	191,816
11	Thomas	161,107
12	Frank	151,830
13	Harold	133,585
14	Paul	132,384
15	Raymond	124,212
16	Walter	119,809
17	Jack	115,983
18	Henry	104,552
19	Kenneth	99,490
20	Arthur	97,112
21	Albert	94,431
22	David	88,736
23	Harry	86,183
24	Eugene	84,755
25	Ralph	84,466
26	Howard	70,348
27	Carl	69,851
28	Willie	67,993
29	Louis	67,693
30	Clarence	66,574
31	Earl	63,602
32	Roy	63,259
33	Fred	62,742
34	Joe	62,676
35	Francis	59,096
36	Lawrence	56,867
37	Herbert	56,531
38	Leonard	53,793
39	Ernest	53,653
40	Alfred	50,156
41	Anthony	50,054
42	Stanley	49,456
43	Norman	49,364
44	Gerald	44,520
45	Daniel	43,407
46	Samuel	43,362
47	Bernard	42,408
48	Billy	42,096
49	Melvin	40,583
50	Marvin	39,589
51	Warren	38,775
52	Michael	37,893
53	Leroy	37,871
54	Russell	37,208
55	Leo	36,960
56	Andrew	35,952
57	Edwin	35,255
58	Elmer	34,919
59	Peter	34,066
60	Floyd	33,157
61	Lloyd	33,125
62	Ray	32,045
63	Frederick	31,512
64	Theodore	31,287
65	Clifford	31,242
66	Vernon	29,432
67	Herman	29,011
68	Clyde	28,957
69	Chester	28,435
70	Philip	27,268
71	Alvin	26,872
72	Lester	26,513
73	Wayne	26,402
74	Vincent	26,237
75	Gordon	25,622
76	Leon	25,577
77	Lewis	25,328
78	Charlie	25,176
79	Glenn	25,157
80	Calvin	24,785
81	Martin	24,243
82	Milton	24,198
83	Lee	23,556
84	Jesse	23,170
85	Dale	22,752
86	Cecil	22,528
87	Bill	22,288
88	Harvey	21,785
89	Roger	21,753
90	Victor	21,498
91	Benjamin	21,028
92	Wallace	20,916
93	Ronald	20,894
94	Sam	20,844
95	Allen	20,092
96	Arnold	19,531
97	Willard	18,440
98	Gilbert	18,233
99	Edgar	18,037
100	Oscar	17,740

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