Baby Names That Peaked in the 1910s

These names were never more popular than in the 1910s. Helen peaked in 1917, when 34,251 babies recorded as girls got the name.

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Peak	Babies that year
1	Helen	1917	34,251
2	Margaret	1916	24,953
3	Ruth	1915	21,878
4	Frances	1918	16,132
5	Evelyn	1919	13,321
6	Mildred	1913	9,921
7	Irene	1916	9,035
8	Josephine	1916	8,127
9	Eleanor	1915	7,036
10	Lucille	1915	7,006
11	Catherine	1914	6,613
12	Pauline	1915	6,334
13	Bernice	1917	5,546
14	Marion	1917	5,371
15	Louise	1912	5,116
16	Ruby	1911	3,372
17	Anne	1914	3,365
18	Thelma	1911	3,166
19	Genevieve	1915	2,928
20	Beatrice	1910	2,459
21	Olga	1916	1,685
22	Miriam	1917	1,614
23	Winifred	1917	1,526
24	Fern	1916	1,332
25	Lorene	1919	1,300
26	Jeannette	1916	1,082
27	Angeline	1915	922
28	Estelle	1911	864
29	Antoinette	1914	830
30	Eleanore	1916	724
31	Adele	1914	709
32	Reba	1915	662
33	Dorothea	1913	658
34	Irma	1911	615
35	Elinor	1916	580
36	Edythe	1915	542
37	Helene	1914	538
38	Sybil	1919	515
39	Berniece	1918	476
40	Loraine	1919	414
41	Iona	1918	404
42	Rosella	1916	387
43	Jewell	1910	362
44	Avis	1912	358
45	Theda	1919	356
46	Fay	1911	339
47	Clarice	1913	319
48	Concetta	1914	306
49	Sibyl	1919	299
50	Philomena	1915	284
51	Harriette	1917	281
52	Ferne	1916	247
53	Elda	1915	241
54	Albina	1917	227
55	Rowena	1917	224
56	Evalyn	1918	222
57	Syble	1919	218
58	Elvera	1919	217
59	Vernice	1919	214
60	Maurine	1913	213
61	Freida	1919	202
62	Odessa	1910	194
63	Florene	1919	176
64	Elna	1917	173
65	Rubye	1912	158
66	Corine	1910	156
67	Berneice	1918	154
68	Allene	1912	152
69	Yetta	1913	149
70	Evelyne	1919	148
71	Jannie	1910	142
72	Antonette	1915	141
73	Mozelle	1913	139
74	Velda	1914	135
75	Oleta	1913	133
76	Hildegarde	1915	124
77	Laverna	1919	120
78	Lilyan	1915	120
79	Mozell	1916	117
80	Bethel	1917	116
81	Garnet	1911	116
82	Alvera	1917	107
83	Estell	1910	105
84	Myrtis	1912	105
85	Dorotha	1912	102
86	Kathlyn	1914	101
87	Eloisa	1919	100
88	Versie	1914	99
89	Velva	1913	96
90	Carmel	1914	94
91	Adell	1910	86
92	Santa	1915	85
93	Stephania	1916	85
94	Vergie	1911	82
95	Dorathy	1918	79
96	Victory	1918	78
97	Dimple	1919	77
98	Georgetta	1918	77
99	Clarabelle	1919	76
100	Mafalda	1915	76

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Peak	Babies that year
1	Joseph	1914	18,829
2	Raymond	1919	11,384
3	Ralph	1918	8,162
4	Carl	1915	6,613
5	Francis	1915	5,594
6	Stanley	1916	5,130
7	Lloyd	1918	3,742
8	Chester	1918	3,692
9	Howard	1912	3,212
10	Victor	1918	3,183
11	Edwin	1915	3,151
12	Vernon	1919	2,929
13	Willie	1910	2,897
14	Willard	1915	2,889
15	Russell	1914	2,568
16	Leon	1918	2,442
17	Woodrow	1913	2,333
18	Arnold	1916	1,858
19	Wilson	1918	1,381
20	Hubert	1916	1,348
21	Milton	1912	1,319
22	Wilbur	1913	1,044
23	Sidney	1912	1,003
24	Maurice	1913	994
25	Lyle	1918	993
26	Morris	1912	960
27	Merle	1918	795
28	Edmund	1914	792
29	Wilfred	1917	772
30	Leroy	1910	733
31	Nick	1917	705
32	Angelo	1914	643
33	Salvatore	1914	635
34	Loyd	1919	604
35	Eddie	1910	595
36	Quentin	1919	567
37	Wilbert	1914	545
38	Johnnie	1910	502
39	Clifton	1913	497
40	Irving	1911	431
41	Armand	1918	351
42	Julius	1910	350
43	Bruno	1915	348
44	Thaddeus	1918	328
45	Elwood	1913	322
46	Elton	1915	317
47	Elvin	1915	301
48	Pershing	1918	295
49	Merrill	1915	261
50	Pasquale	1914	226
51	Casimir	1919	220
52	Ellsworth	1914	219
53	Sol	1913	218
54	Winfred	1917	214
55	Everette	1919	211
56	Hershel	1919	206
57	Isadore	1913	200
58	Alphonse	1913	197
59	Russel	1913	196
60	Clair	1913	191
61	Delmer	1919	188
62	Wilton	1919	185
63	Grady	1911	173
64	Clement	1912	172
65	Booker	1910	159
66	Isidore	1914	156
67	Meyer	1912	143
68	Murray	1911	139
69	Hyman	1911	137
70	Solomon	1911	129
71	Milford	1913	128
72	Casimer	1917	127
73	Elden	1916	123
74	Florian	1917	121
75	Eldred	1917	120
76	Carlyle	1918	115
77	Elwin	1914	109
78	Dempsey	1919	107
79	Olen	1913	106
80	Carmine	1912	105
81	Americo	1917	104
82	Arvid	1916	100
83	Santo	1915	99
84	Regis	1917	98
85	Guido	1914	88
86	Constantine	1915	86
87	Sigmund	1912	83
88	Masao	1918	81
89	Verl	1917	79
90	Werner	1916	79
91	Norwood	1919	76
92	Al	1910	73
93	Woodroe	1918	72
94	Arne	1916	69
95	Basil	1911	69
96	Coy	1910	69
97	Wilford	1911	69
98	Buford	1910	63
99	Hughes	1916	61
100	Hilbert	1914	60

Baby Names That Peaked in the 1910s

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