Popular baby names of 1913

In 1913, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (36,642 babies) and John for boys (29,329). Social Security records show 1,137,112 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 3,707 girls' names and 3,261 boys' names.

1913 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 30.6% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Barbara, Juanita, Emily, Georgia.
New in the boys' top 100: Willard, Allen.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912
1	Mary	36,642	–
2	Helen	18,888	–
3	Dorothy	14,674	–
4	Margaret	14,486	–
5	Ruth	12,609	–
6	Mildred	9,921	–
7	Anna	9,687	–
8	Elizabeth	9,505	–
9	Frances	7,694	–
10	Marie	7,353	–
11	Alice	6,934	–
12	Evelyn	6,683	↑1
13	Florence	6,279	↓1
14	Rose	6,171	↑1
15	Virginia	6,036	↑5
16	Lillian	6,015	↓2
17	Louise	5,577	–
18	Edna	5,558	↓2
19	Gladys	5,428	–
20	Ethel	5,369	↓2
21	Irene	5,335	↑1
22	Catherine	5,302	↓1
23	Ruby	4,913	–
24	Josephine	4,822	↑4
25	Grace	4,669	↓1
26	Thelma	4,595	–
27	Hazel	4,589	↓2
28	Martha	4,538	↑1
29	Edith	4,366	↑2
30	Annie	4,267	↓3
31	Lucille	4,098	↑1
32	Esther	4,090	↑1
33	Gertrude	4,015	↓3
34	Eleanor	3,938	↑5
35	Pauline	3,636	↑3
36	Clara	3,633	↓2
37	Beatrice	3,567	–
38	Emma	3,474	↓3
39	Bertha	3,345	↓3
40	Elsie	3,209	↑2
41	Agnes	3,206	↓1
42	Julia	3,195	↑2
43	Sarah	3,178	↓2
44	Doris	3,049	↑4
45	Bernice	3,036	↑6
46	Ann	2,998	↑1
47	Bessie	2,952	↓4
48	Marjorie	2,922	↑8
49	Ida	2,916	↓4
50	Eva	2,891	↓1
51	Marion	2,854	↑4
52	Viola	2,847	–
53	Myrtle	2,843	↓3
54	Katherine	2,794	↓1
55	Pearl	2,756	↓1
56	Mabel	2,741	↓10
57	Anne	2,684	↑1
58	Nellie	2,645	↑1
59	Lois	2,560	↑4
60	Jean	2,545	↑4
61	Jessie	2,475	↑4
62	Laura	2,454	↓5
63	Minnie	2,332	↓3
64	Alma	2,297	↓2
65	Willie	2,264	↓4
66	Kathryn	2,246	↑5
67	Betty	2,240	↓1
68	Vera	2,209	–
69	Stella	2,205	↑4
70	Ella	2,071	↓1
71	Lillie	2,030	↓4
72	Sylvia	2,013	↑5
73	Lena	1,973	↓1
74	Leona	1,911	↑2
75	Mattie	1,868	↓5
76	Blanche	1,856	↓1
77	Lucy	1,856	↑1
78	Marguerite	1,822	↑1
79	Mae	1,814	↓5
80	Jennie	1,809	↑1
81	Jane	1,759	↑8
82	Violet	1,751	↑1
83	Vivian	1,727	↑1
84	Genevieve	1,684	↑8
85	Beulah	1,641	↓5
86	Opal	1,629	↓1
87	Charlotte	1,603	↑4
88	Ellen	1,579	↓2
89	Velma	1,556	↓1
90	Carrie	1,517	↓8
91	Fannie	1,488	↓4
92	Wilma	1,469	↑7
93	Marian	1,452	–
94	Barbara	1,451	new
95	Juanita	1,443	new
96	Hattie	1,434	↓6
97	Theresa	1,403	–
98	Inez	1,395	↑2
99	Emily	1,386	new
100	Georgia	1,382	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912
1	John	29,329	–
2	William	23,538	–
3	James	20,832	–
4	Robert	15,684	–
5	Joseph	14,471	–
6	George	13,874	–
7	Charles	13,191	–
8	Edward	9,474	–
9	Frank	9,237	–
10	Thomas	7,096	–
11	Walter	6,890	–
12	Henry	6,391	–
13	Harold	6,157	–
14	Paul	5,966	–
15	Harry	5,458	↑1
16	Albert	5,449	↑1
17	Arthur	5,422	↓2
18	Raymond	5,310	–
19	Richard	5,107	–
20	Louis	4,258	–
21	Clarence	4,046	–
22	Ralph	3,963	↑1
23	Carl	3,935	↑1
24	Willie	3,760	↓2
25	Donald	3,702	↑2
26	Howard	3,663	↓1
27	Fred	3,624	↓1
28	Jack	3,538	–
29	David	3,282	–
30	Francis	3,205	↑5
31	Earl	3,110	↑3
32	Roy	3,090	↓1
33	Kenneth	3,065	–
34	Ernest	2,940	↓2
35	Lawrence	2,853	↑3
36	Samuel	2,850	↓6
37	Joe	2,806	↓1
38	Anthony	2,781	↓1
39	Herbert	2,723	–
40	Michael	2,607	↑2
41	Stanley	2,595	↑2
42	Alfred	2,577	↓2
43	Eugene	2,525	↓2
44	Woodrow	2,333	↑2
45	Elmer	2,323	↑2
46	Leonard	2,276	↓1
47	Andrew	2,222	↓3
48	Leo	2,031	↑1
49	Frederick	1,996	↑2
50	Russell	1,946	↑6
51	Peter	1,934	↓3
52	Bernard	1,916	↑8
53	Herman	1,905	↓3
54	Daniel	1,878	↓1
55	Edwin	1,825	↓1
56	Chester	1,765	↓1
57	Norman	1,748	↑4
58	Floyd	1,740	↑1
59	Lester	1,736	↓1
60	Theodore	1,650	↓8
61	Melvin	1,642	↑10
62	Charlie	1,618	↓5
63	Leroy	1,582	↑3
64	Clyde	1,537	↑1
65	Sam	1,527	↓2
66	Vincent	1,527	↑6
67	Lloyd	1,521	↑3
68	Clifford	1,520	↓6
69	Philip	1,484	–
70	Benjamin	1,466	↓3
71	Milton	1,419	↓7
72	Lewis	1,384	↓4
73	Ray	1,328	↑4
74	Cecil	1,276	↑2
75	Martin	1,259	–
76	Oscar	1,249	↓3
77	Marvin	1,236	↑6
78	Lee	1,228	–
79	Jesse	1,214	↓5
80	Victor	1,177	↑1
81	Leon	1,160	↓2
82	Alvin	1,144	↑4
83	Vernon	1,143	↑7
84	Gerald	1,142	↑3
85	Glenn	1,122	↓1
86	Stephen	1,097	↑2
87	Edgar	1,087	↓2
88	Claude	1,076	↑1
89	Morris	1,073	↓7
90	Sidney	1,073	↓10
91	Wilbur	1,044	↑1
92	Arnold	1,032	↑7
93	Harvey	1,028	↓2
94	Gordon	1,017	↓1
95	Maurice	994	–
96	Homer	987	↑2
97	Everett	948	↓1
98	Alexander	937	↓1
99	Willard	926	new
100	Allen	903	new

Every name given in 1913

All 6,968 names Social Security recorded for 1913, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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