Popular baby names of 1915

In 1915, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (58,187 babies) and John for boys (47,576). Social Security records show 1,832,427 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 4,967 girls' names and 4,390 boys' names.

1915 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 30.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: June, Maxine, Phyllis.
New in the boys' top 100: Wayne, Homer, Allen, Gilbert.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914
1	Mary	58,187	–
2	Helen	30,866	–
3	Dorothy	25,154	–
4	Margaret	23,054	–
5	Ruth	21,878	–
6	Mildred	15,254	↑1
7	Anna	15,119	↓1
8	Elizabeth	14,103	–
9	Frances	12,786	–
10	Evelyn	11,595	↑1
11	Marie	11,363	↓1
12	Virginia	10,952	↑2
13	Alice	10,525	↓1
14	Florence	10,105	↓1
15	Lillian	9,546	↑1
16	Rose	9,375	↓1
17	Irene	8,323	↑5
18	Louise	8,313	↓1
19	Catherine	8,181	↓1
20	Edna	8,144	↓1
21	Gladys	7,857	↓1
22	Josephine	7,606	↑1
23	Ethel	7,379	↓2
24	Ruby	7,237	–
25	Martha	7,216	↑2
26	Hazel	7,092	↑3
27	Grace	7,044	↓2
28	Eleanor	7,036	–
29	Lucille	7,006	↑1
30	Thelma	6,762	↓4
31	Edith	6,761	–
32	Pauline	6,334	↑2
33	Esther	6,321	↑2
34	Doris	6,292	↑2
35	Gertrude	6,077	↓3
36	Annie	5,936	↓3
37	Beatrice	5,342	↑1
38	Clara	5,285	↓1
39	Marjorie	5,119	↑6
40	Emma	5,044	↓1
41	Elsie	4,967	↑5
42	Bernice	4,937	↑1
43	Ann	4,895	↓3
44	Julia	4,831	↓2
45	Agnes	4,795	↓1
46	Bertha	4,785	↓5
47	Lois	4,775	↑4
48	Jean	4,603	↑6
49	Katherine	4,488	↓1
50	Marion	4,456	–
51	Sarah	4,415	↓4
52	Anne	4,333	↑1
53	Betty	4,181	↑9
54	Ida	4,125	↓5
55	Eva	4,079	↓3
56	Pearl	3,976	–
57	Bessie	3,888	↓2
58	Myrtle	3,865	↑2
59	Viola	3,855	↓2
60	Kathryn	3,778	↑3
61	Laura	3,723	↓2
62	Mabel	3,683	↓4
63	Nellie	3,679	↓2
64	Stella	3,657	↑1
65	Vera	3,460	↑3
66	Jessie	3,356	↓2
67	Sylvia	3,284	↑3
68	Minnie	3,270	↓1
69	Jane	3,264	↑2
70	Alma	3,248	↓1
71	Rita	3,063	↑16
72	Willie	3,041	↓6
73	Jennie	3,015	↑4
74	Leona	2,972	↑5
75	Ella	2,954	↓3
76	Genevieve	2,928	–
77	Lena	2,927	↓2
78	Vivian	2,857	↑3
79	Lucy	2,814	↓6
80	Wilma	2,773	↑15
81	Charlotte	2,757	↑7
82	Violet	2,752	↑1
83	Barbara	2,704	↓1
84	Lillie	2,687	↓10
85	Marguerite	2,687	↓1
86	Marian	2,612	↑4
87	Blanche	2,590	↓7
88	Ellen	2,581	↓2
89	Mae	2,486	↓4
90	Opal	2,482	↓1
91	Mattie	2,434	↓13
92	Juanita	2,398	↑2
93	Theresa	2,309	–
94	Velma	2,287	↓2
95	Beulah	2,268	↑1
96	June	2,139	new
97	Sophie	2,112	↑3
98	Maxine	2,110	new
99	Emily	2,091	↓1
100	Phyllis	2,088	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914
1	John	47,576	–
2	William	38,563	–
3	James	33,773	–
4	Robert	28,737	–
5	Joseph	23,051	–
6	George	22,307	–
7	Charles	21,960	–
8	Edward	15,889	–
9	Frank	15,006	–
10	Thomas	11,490	↑1
11	Walter	11,255	↓1
12	Harold	10,444	↑2
13	Paul	10,328	–
14	Henry	10,138	↓2
15	Richard	9,143	↑2
16	Raymond	8,981	–
17	Albert	8,825	↓2
18	Arthur	8,564	–
19	Harry	8,470	–
20	Donald	7,116	↑3
21	Ralph	6,816	–
22	Carl	6,613	↑2
23	Louis	6,518	↓3
24	Clarence	6,267	↓2
25	Howard	6,103	↑1
26	Fred	5,778	↑2
27	Jack	5,749	–
28	Kenneth	5,681	↑2
29	Francis	5,594	↑2
30	Willie	5,434	↓5
31	David	5,394	↓2
32	Roy	5,052	–
33	Earl	4,908	–
34	Stanley	4,807	↑5
35	Ernest	4,787	↑3
36	Anthony	4,722	↑1
37	Lawrence	4,688	↓2
38	Joe	4,648	↓4
39	Samuel	4,351	↓3
40	Herbert	4,341	↑2
41	Eugene	4,321	↑2
42	Alfred	4,231	↓1
43	Michael	4,079	↓3
44	Leonard	3,993	↑1
45	Elmer	3,802	↑1
46	Andrew	3,573	↓2
47	Leo	3,527	–
48	Bernard	3,302	↑2
49	Peter	3,302	↓1
50	Norman	3,262	↑4
51	Russell	3,250	↓2
52	Frederick	3,159	–
53	Edwin	3,151	–
54	Chester	3,043	↑2
55	Daniel	3,002	–
56	Herman	2,983	↓5
57	Lester	2,943	–
58	Willard	2,889	↑34
59	Floyd	2,824	↓1
60	Melvin	2,780	↓1
61	Clifford	2,741	↑1
62	Lloyd	2,653	↑4
63	Clyde	2,518	–
64	Theodore	2,504	–
65	Vincent	2,491	↓4
66	Leroy	2,450	↓6
67	Ray	2,365	↑7
68	Sam	2,339	↓1
69	Philip	2,328	↓1
70	Lewis	2,307	↑2
71	Benjamin	2,241	↓1
72	Marvin	2,227	↑3
73	Milton	2,225	↓4
74	Victor	2,211	↑2
75	Charlie	2,193	↓10
76	Cecil	2,181	↑3
77	Jesse	2,111	↑5
78	Gerald	2,085	↑3
79	Martin	2,070	↓6
80	Vernon	2,060	↑3
81	Alvin	2,006	↓3
82	Leon	1,977	↑3
83	Woodrow	1,966	↓12
84	Lee	1,916	–
85	Edgar	1,895	↑2
86	Stephen	1,850	↓6
87	Glenn	1,842	↑4
88	Oscar	1,788	↓11
89	Everett	1,731	↑1
90	Gordon	1,717	↓2
91	Arnold	1,691	↑6
92	Wilbur	1,685	↑4
93	Morris	1,660	↓7
94	Sidney	1,615	↓5
95	Harvey	1,613	–
96	Claude	1,605	↓3
97	Wayne	1,517	new
98	Homer	1,487	new
99	Allen	1,458	new
100	Gilbert	1,452	new

Every name given in 1915

All 9,357 names Social Security recorded for 1915, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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