Popular baby names of 1919

In 1919, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (65,836 babies) and John for boys (53,522). Social Security records show 2,110,239 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,559 girls' names and 4,810 boys' names.

1919 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 30.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Nancy.
New in the boys' top 100: Johnnie, Eddie, Morris.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918
1	Mary	65,836	–
2	Helen	33,706	–
3	Dorothy	31,733	–
4	Margaret	26,238	–
5	Ruth	24,562	–
6	Mildred	17,300	–
7	Virginia	15,636	–
8	Elizabeth	15,287	↑1
9	Frances	15,106	↓1
10	Anna	14,498	–
11	Evelyn	13,321	–
12	Marie	12,008	–
13	Alice	11,141	–
14	Florence	10,482	–
15	Betty	10,106	↑6
16	Irene	9,712	–
17	Lillian	9,516	↓2
18	Doris	9,433	↑1
19	Rose	9,195	↓2
20	Louise	8,812	↓2
21	Gladys	8,717	↑1
22	Edna	8,404	↑1
23	Catherine	8,335	↓3
24	Ruby	8,334	↑3
25	Martha	8,322	–
26	Josephine	8,104	↓2
27	Lucille	7,856	↑2
28	Ethel	7,809	–
29	Edith	7,767	↑1
30	Eleanor	7,611	↓4
31	Thelma	7,558	↑1
32	Hazel	7,430	↑1
33	Marjorie	7,335	↑1
34	Grace	7,195	↓3
35	Annie	7,146	↑1
36	Pauline	6,973	↓1
37	Jean	6,799	–
38	Esther	6,248	–
39	Gertrude	6,014	–
40	Lois	5,976	↑2
41	Beatrice	5,856	↓1
42	Bernice	5,793	↓1
43	Clara	5,404	–
44	Marion	5,158	↑1
45	Emma	5,087	↑1
46	Sarah	5,022	↑6
47	Elsie	4,995	↑2
48	Julia	4,950	–
49	Ann	4,924	↓5
50	Agnes	4,901	↓3
51	Katherine	4,846	↓1
52	Bertha	4,754	↓1
53	Jane	4,527	–
54	Rita	4,515	↑4
55	Eva	4,484	–
56	Pearl	4,273	–
57	Ida	4,163	–
58	Viola	4,129	↑1
59	Bessie	4,106	↑2
60	Barbara	4,084	–
61	Willie	4,051	↑9
62	Lorraine	3,976	↑7
63	Anne	3,975	↓9
64	June	3,963	↑2
65	Vera	3,848	↑3
66	Kathryn	3,825	↓3
67	Myrtle	3,816	↓5
68	Geraldine	3,727	↑9
69	Nellie	3,726	↓4
70	Stella	3,700	↓3
71	Laura	3,663	↓7
72	Vivian	3,640	–
73	Juanita	3,636	↑12
74	Violet	3,597	↑9
75	Jessie	3,530	–
76	Alma	3,438	↓3
77	Sylvia	3,412	↓6
78	Mabel	3,405	↓4
79	Charlotte	3,353	↓1
80	Minnie	3,272	↑8
81	Lillie	3,262	↑8
82	Marian	3,261	↓6
83	Norma	3,199	↑15
84	Phyllis	3,189	↓4
85	Maxine	3,183	↑2
86	Wilma	3,170	↓4
87	Ella	3,158	↓3
88	Genevieve	3,155	↓7
89	Shirley	3,149	↑8
90	Leona	3,033	↓11
91	Lucy	3,007	↓1
92	Ellen	2,929	–
93	Jennie	2,928	↓2
94	Lena	2,872	↓1
95	Mattie	2,856	↑5
96	Marguerite	2,836	↓10
97	Blanche	2,668	↓1
98	Opal	2,652	↓4
99	Mae	2,634	↓4
100	Nancy	2,628	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918
1	John	53,522	–
2	William	43,969	–
3	James	42,392	–
4	Robert	41,025	–
5	Charles	25,192	–
6	George	25,170	–
7	Joseph	24,266	–
8	Edward	18,536	–
9	Frank	15,701	–
10	Thomas	13,434	–
11	Walter	12,879	–
12	Richard	12,441	–
13	Harold	12,021	–
14	Raymond	11,384	↑1
15	Paul	11,305	↓1
16	Henry	10,613	–
17	Donald	9,904	↑1
18	Albert	9,607	↑1
19	Arthur	9,540	↓2
20	Harry	8,990	–
21	Jack	8,263	–
22	Ralph	7,709	–
23	Willie	6,942	↑6
24	Howard	6,843	↑2
25	Clarence	6,825	↓2
26	Kenneth	6,796	↑1
27	David	6,716	↑1
28	Louis	6,661	↓4
29	Carl	6,474	↓4
30	Fred	6,091	↑3
31	Earl	5,975	–
32	Roy	5,970	–
33	Eugene	5,892	↑2
34	Francis	5,726	↓4
35	Joe	5,709	↓1
36	Ernest	5,296	↑1
37	Stanley	5,238	↓1
38	Lawrence	5,205	–
39	Leonard	5,010	↑2
40	Herbert	4,960	–
41	Anthony	4,737	↓2
42	Alfred	4,615	–
43	Samuel	4,472	–
44	Elmer	3,982	–
45	Bernard	3,915	↑2
46	Michael	3,909	↓1
47	Andrew	3,851	↓1
48	Norman	3,809	↑1
49	Leo	3,802	↓1
50	Russell	3,645	–
51	Daniel	3,526	↑1
52	Edwin	3,450	↑3
53	Chester	3,432	↑1
54	Theodore	3,424	↑10
55	Leroy	3,422	↑2
56	Melvin	3,384	–
57	Peter	3,375	↓4
58	Lloyd	3,238	↓7
59	Floyd	3,121	↑2
60	Clifford	3,040	–
61	Herman	3,027	↑4
62	Lester	3,020	–
63	Marvin	2,997	↑5
64	Frederick	2,932	↓5
65	Vernon	2,929	↑1
66	Charlie	2,891	↑4
67	Clyde	2,884	–
68	Victor	2,751	↓5
69	Ray	2,722	–
70	Gerald	2,689	↑2
71	Philip	2,531	–
72	Vincent	2,531	↑1
73	Milton	2,448	↑3
74	Lewis	2,429	–
75	Sam	2,384	–
76	Alvin	2,383	↑4
77	Jesse	2,356	↑1
78	Cecil	2,300	↑4
79	Benjamin	2,279	–
80	Leon	2,250	↓3
81	Martin	2,204	–
82	Lee	2,189	↑4
83	Warren	2,180	↑7
84	Glenn	2,153	–
85	Harvey	2,028	↑3
86	Gordon	2,017	↓1
87	Willard	2,014	↓4
88	Oscar	1,991	↓1
89	Edgar	1,986	–
90	Wayne	1,955	↑1
91	Woodrow	1,808	↓33
92	Claude	1,772	↑3
93	Everett	1,772	–
94	Arnold	1,767	↓2
95	Johnnie	1,716	new
96	Sidney	1,715	↓2
97	Stephen	1,693	↓1
98	Wilbur	1,689	↓1
99	Eddie	1,660	new
100	Morris	1,660	new

Every name given in 1919

All 10,369 names Social Security recorded for 1919, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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