Popular baby names of 1920

In 1920, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (70,983 babies) and John for boys (56,913). Social Security records show 2,262,645 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,767 girls' names and 4,989 boys' names.

1920 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 31.6% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Kathleen, Eileen.
New in the boys' top 100: Wallace, Allen, Gilbert, Homer.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919
1	Mary	70,983	–
2	Dorothy	36,643	↑1
3	Helen	35,097	↓1
4	Margaret	27,994	–
5	Ruth	26,102	–
6	Mildred	18,060	–
7	Virginia	17,314	–
8	Elizabeth	15,908	–
9	Frances	15,883	–
10	Anna	14,581	–
11	Betty	14,016	↑4
12	Evelyn	13,838	↓1
13	Marie	12,743	↓1
14	Doris	11,892	↑4
15	Alice	11,596	↓2
16	Florence	10,731	↓2
17	Irene	10,072	↓1
18	Lillian	10,049	↓1
19	Louise	9,179	↑1
20	Rose	9,011	↓1
21	Catherine	8,878	↑2
22	Gladys	8,819	↓1
23	Martha	8,709	↑2
24	Marjorie	8,658	↑9
25	Eleanor	8,497	↑5
26	Ruby	8,336	↓2
27	Edna	8,331	↓5
28	Josephine	8,093	↓2
29	Lucille	7,989	↓2
30	Ethel	7,868	↓2
31	Thelma	7,814	–
32	Edith	7,773	↓3
33	Jean	7,714	↑4
34	Hazel	7,308	↓2
35	Annie	7,268	–
36	Pauline	7,180	–
37	Grace	7,172	↓3
38	Lois	6,560	↑2
39	Esther	6,068	↓1
40	Bernice	5,928	↑2
41	Beatrice	5,804	–
42	Gertrude	5,797	↓3
43	Marion	5,745	↑1
44	Clara	5,470	↓1
45	Katherine	5,276	↑6
46	Emma	5,238	↓1
47	Barbara	5,106	↑13
48	Jane	5,054	↑5
49	Ann	5,041	–
50	Sarah	5,031	↓4
51	Elsie	4,993	↓4
52	Rita	4,979	↑2
53	June	4,911	↑11
54	Agnes	4,907	↓4
55	Julia	4,889	↓7
56	Shirley	4,713	↑33
57	Bertha	4,604	↓5
58	Eva	4,498	↓3
59	Viola	4,292	↓1
60	Geraldine	4,265	↑8
61	Juanita	4,238	↑12
62	Pearl	4,204	↓6
63	Laura	4,171	↑8
64	Vivian	4,128	↑8
65	Anne	4,114	↓2
66	Ida	4,090	↓9
67	Kathryn	4,082	↓1
68	Myrtle	3,955	↓1
69	Norma	3,949	↑14
70	Lorraine	3,928	↓8
71	Bessie	3,906	↓12
72	Phyllis	3,852	↑12
73	Marian	3,845	↑9
74	Willie	3,816	↓13
75	Vera	3,785	↓10
76	Nellie	3,762	↓7
77	Violet	3,694	↓3
78	Wilma	3,670	↑8
79	Charlotte	3,624	–
80	Alma	3,584	↓4
81	Maxine	3,507	↑4
82	Stella	3,492	↓12
83	Mabel	3,364	↓5
84	Jessie	3,329	↓9
85	Sylvia	3,317	↓8
86	Genevieve	3,258	↑2
87	Minnie	3,244	↓7
88	Ella	3,232	↓1
89	Leona	3,166	↑1
90	Lillie	3,162	↓9
91	Kathleen	3,158	new
92	Ellen	3,076	–
93	Marguerite	3,055	↑3
94	Lucy	3,018	↓3
95	Nancy	2,982	↑5
96	Mattie	2,902	↓1
97	Jennie	2,808	↓4
98	Lena	2,785	↓4
99	Mae	2,730	–
100	Eileen	2,718	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919
1	John	56,913	–
2	William	50,146	–
3	Robert	48,679	↑1
4	James	47,908	↓1
5	Charles	28,309	–
6	George	26,891	–
7	Joseph	25,587	–
8	Edward	20,097	–
9	Frank	16,430	–
10	Richard	15,010	↑2
11	Thomas	14,936	↓1
12	Harold	13,678	↑1
13	Walter	13,294	↓2
14	Paul	12,570	↑1
15	Raymond	12,193	↓1
16	Donald	11,941	↑1
17	Henry	11,305	↓1
18	Arthur	10,236	↑1
19	Albert	9,997	↓1
20	Jack	9,599	↑1
21	Harry	9,406	↓1
22	Ralph	8,556	–
23	Kenneth	7,840	↑3
24	Howard	7,466	–
25	David	7,444	↑2
26	Clarence	7,221	↓1
27	Carl	7,010	↑2
28	Louis	6,966	–
29	Willie	6,887	↓6
30	Eugene	6,867	↑3
31	Earl	6,533	–
32	Roy	6,355	–
33	Fred	6,298	↓3
34	Francis	6,241	–
35	Joe	6,071	–
36	Lawrence	5,727	↑2
37	Ernest	5,566	↓1
38	Leonard	5,511	↑1
39	Warren	5,492	↑44
40	Stanley	5,314	↓3
41	Herbert	5,249	↓1
42	Alfred	5,006	–
43	Anthony	4,944	↓2
44	Samuel	4,654	↓1
45	Elmer	4,206	↓1
46	Bernard	4,163	↓1
47	Norman	4,109	↑1
48	Leo	4,054	↑1
49	Andrew	4,026	↓2
50	Michael	4,003	↓4
51	Russell	3,901	↓1
52	Daniel	3,897	↓1
53	Edwin	3,734	↓1
54	Melvin	3,717	↑2
55	Chester	3,698	↓2
56	Leroy	3,549	↓1
57	Peter	3,497	–
58	Lloyd	3,454	–
59	Clifford	3,291	↑1
60	Frederick	3,275	↑4
61	Floyd	3,260	↓2
62	Marvin	3,244	↑1
63	Theodore	3,219	↓9
64	Gerald	3,157	↑6
65	Vernon	3,144	–
66	Herman	3,109	↓5
67	Ray	3,086	↑2
68	Clyde	3,069	↓1
69	Lester	3,068	↓7
70	Charlie	2,785	↓4
71	Philip	2,700	–
72	Lewis	2,688	↑2
73	Vincent	2,661	↓1
74	Milton	2,592	↓1
75	Leon	2,554	↑5
76	Alvin	2,523	–
77	Cecil	2,459	↑1
78	Martin	2,439	↑3
79	Jesse	2,420	↓2
80	Glenn	2,375	↑4
81	Victor	2,349	↓13
82	Lee	2,321	–
83	Benjamin	2,309	↓4
84	Sam	2,283	↓9
85	Gordon	2,277	↑1
86	Wayne	2,180	↑4
87	Harvey	2,165	↓2
88	Willard	2,089	↓1
89	Edgar	2,029	–
90	Oscar	2,006	↓2
91	Arnold	1,911	↑3
92	Claude	1,893	–
93	Wallace	1,877	new
94	Allen	1,866	new
95	Everett	1,827	↓2
96	Stephen	1,771	↑1
97	Gilbert	1,763	new
98	Wilbur	1,741	–
99	Johnnie	1,727	↓4
100	Homer	1,722	new

Every name given in 1920

All 10,756 names Social Security recorded for 1920, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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