Popular baby names of 1918

In 1918, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (67,365 babies) and John for boys (56,558). Social Security records show 2,171,111 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,585 girls' names and 4,813 boys' names.

1918 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 31.0% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Lorraine, Shirley, Norma, Kathleen.
New in the boys' top 100: Virgil, Homer.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917
1	Mary	67,365	–
2	Helen	36,148	–
3	Dorothy	32,030	–
4	Margaret	27,139	–
5	Ruth	25,535	–
6	Mildred	17,258	–
7	Virginia	16,421	↑3
8	Frances	16,132	↑1
9	Elizabeth	15,853	↓1
10	Anna	15,666	↓3
11	Evelyn	13,493	–
12	Marie	12,589	–
13	Alice	11,590	–
14	Florence	11,318	–
15	Lillian	9,986	–
16	Irene	9,774	↑1
17	Rose	9,568	↓1
18	Louise	9,111	↑1
19	Doris	9,061	↑6
20	Catherine	8,842	↓2
21	Betty	8,803	↑13
22	Gladys	8,734	↑1
23	Edna	8,698	↓3
24	Josephine	8,682	↓3
25	Martha	8,341	↓3
26	Eleanor	8,176	–
27	Ruby	8,134	–
28	Ethel	8,075	↓4
29	Lucille	7,902	–
30	Edith	7,858	↓2
31	Grace	7,770	↓1
32	Thelma	7,740	–
33	Hazel	7,615	↓2
34	Marjorie	7,517	↑2
35	Pauline	7,222	↓2
36	Annie	6,743	↓1
37	Jean	6,600	↑3
38	Esther	6,574	–
39	Gertrude	6,264	↓2
40	Beatrice	5,907	↓1
41	Bernice	5,892	↑1
42	Lois	5,877	↑1
43	Clara	5,778	↓2
44	Ann	5,613	–
45	Marion	5,583	–
46	Emma	5,324	–
47	Agnes	5,291	↑1
48	Julia	5,268	↓1
49	Elsie	5,194	↑1
50	Katherine	5,191	↓1
51	Bertha	5,051	–
52	Sarah	4,969	–
53	Jane	4,730	↑2
54	Anne	4,567	↓1
55	Eva	4,563	↓1
56	Pearl	4,521	↑1
57	Ida	4,450	↓1
58	Rita	4,447	↑5
59	Viola	4,331	–
60	Barbara	4,224	↑7
61	Bessie	4,101	–
62	Myrtle	4,076	↓4
63	Kathryn	4,068	↓3
64	Laura	4,062	↑1
65	Nellie	4,048	↓1
66	June	4,034	↑7
67	Stella	3,928	↓5
68	Vera	3,923	↓2
69	Lorraine	3,876	new
70	Willie	3,867	↑2
71	Sylvia	3,675	↓2
72	Vivian	3,663	↑7
73	Alma	3,650	↓2
74	Mabel	3,636	↓6
75	Jessie	3,591	↓5
76	Marian	3,503	↓2
77	Geraldine	3,446	↑12
78	Charlotte	3,373	↓2
79	Leona	3,335	↑1
80	Phyllis	3,326	↑12
81	Genevieve	3,304	↓4
82	Wilma	3,298	–
83	Violet	3,294	↑1
84	Ella	3,291	↓1
85	Juanita	3,260	↑2
86	Marguerite	3,249	↓8
87	Maxine	3,216	↑6
88	Minnie	3,181	↓13
89	Lillie	3,112	↓3
90	Lucy	3,108	↓2
91	Jennie	3,033	↓10
92	Ellen	3,030	↓2
93	Lena	2,937	↓8
94	Opal	2,847	↑1
95	Mae	2,756	↑1
96	Blanche	2,739	↓5
97	Shirley	2,654	new
98	Norma	2,653	new
99	Kathleen	2,629	new
100	Mattie	2,610	↓6

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917
1	John	56,558	–
2	William	45,291	–
3	James	42,115	–
4	Robert	40,619	–
5	Charles	26,921	↑2
6	George	26,318	–
7	Joseph	26,261	↓2
8	Edward	19,489	–
9	Frank	17,018	–
10	Thomas	13,910	–
11	Walter	13,338	–
12	Richard	12,323	↑2
13	Harold	12,185	↓1
14	Paul	11,755	↓1
15	Raymond	11,604	↑1
16	Henry	11,354	↓1
17	Arthur	10,105	–
18	Donald	9,972	↑2
19	Albert	9,935	↓1
20	Harry	9,896	↓1
21	Jack	8,341	↑1
22	Ralph	8,162	↓1
23	Clarence	7,187	↑2
24	Louis	7,082	↓1
25	Carl	7,004	↓1
26	Howard	6,928	–
27	Kenneth	6,809	–
28	David	6,627	–
29	Willie	6,537	↑2
30	Francis	6,347	–
31	Earl	6,321	↑1
32	Roy	6,211	↑1
33	Fred	6,182	↓4
34	Joe	5,805	↑1
35	Eugene	5,631	↑4
36	Stanley	5,618	↓2
37	Ernest	5,527	–
38	Lawrence	5,372	↓2
39	Anthony	5,168	↓1
40	Herbert	5,128	–
41	Leonard	4,980	–
42	Alfred	4,873	↑1
43	Samuel	4,772	↓1
44	Elmer	4,373	↑1
45	Michael	4,296	↓1
46	Andrew	4,138	↑2
47	Bernard	4,098	↑2
48	Leo	4,036	↓1
49	Norman	3,867	↓3
50	Russell	3,833	↑2
51	Lloyd	3,742	↑2
52	Daniel	3,726	↑2
53	Peter	3,711	↓3
54	Chester	3,692	↑2
55	Edwin	3,487	–
56	Melvin	3,469	↑1
57	Leroy	3,422	↑3
58	Woodrow	3,358	↑15
59	Frederick	3,351	↓8
60	Clifford	3,299	↓1
61	Floyd	3,235	↑1
62	Lester	3,229	↓1
63	Victor	3,183	↑15
64	Theodore	3,143	↓1
65	Herman	3,041	↓7
66	Vernon	2,971	↑5
67	Clyde	2,917	↓3
68	Marvin	2,829	–
69	Ray	2,763	↑5
70	Charlie	2,743	↓3
71	Philip	2,733	↓5
72	Gerald	2,712	↓3
73	Vincent	2,621	↓8
74	Lewis	2,593	↓4
75	Sam	2,506	↓3
76	Milton	2,454	↓1
77	Leon	2,442	↑5
78	Jesse	2,433	↑1
79	Benjamin	2,431	↓3
80	Alvin	2,409	↑1
81	Martin	2,403	↓4
82	Cecil	2,328	↑1
83	Willard	2,311	↓3
84	Glenn	2,253	↑2
85	Gordon	2,233	↓1
86	Lee	2,159	↓1
87	Oscar	2,113	–
88	Harvey	2,111	↑2
89	Edgar	2,085	↓1
90	Warren	1,990	↑3
91	Wayne	1,912	↑5
92	Arnold	1,910	↓1
93	Everett	1,891	↑1
94	Sidney	1,879	↑1
95	Claude	1,878	↑3
96	Stephen	1,843	↓7
97	Wilbur	1,800	↓5
98	Allen	1,779	↑2
99	Virgil	1,707	new
100	Homer	1,680	new

Every name given in 1918

All 10,398 names Social Security recorded for 1918, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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