Popular baby names of 1921

In 1921, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (73,984 babies) and John for boys (58,216). Social Security records show 2,334,507 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,871 girls' names and 4,985 boys' names.

1921 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 31.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Audrey, Patricia, Elaine.
New in the boys' top 100: Dale, Virgil, Roger.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920
1	Mary	73,984	–
2	Dorothy	39,087	–
3	Helen	34,822	–
4	Margaret	28,468	–
5	Ruth	25,783	–
6	Virginia	19,032	↑1
7	Mildred	17,880	↓1
8	Betty	17,638	↑3
9	Frances	15,993	–
10	Elizabeth	15,800	↓2
11	Anna	14,476	↓1
12	Evelyn	14,278	–
13	Doris	13,152	↑1
14	Marie	12,501	↓1
15	Alice	11,955	–
16	Marjorie	11,209	↑8
17	Florence	10,720	↓1
18	Irene	10,624	↓1
19	Lillian	9,770	↓1
20	Rose	9,352	–
21	Martha	9,264	↑2
22	Louise	9,180	↓3
23	Catherine	8,887	↓2
24	Gladys	8,814	↓2
25	Jean	8,592	↑8
26	Ruby	8,333	–
27	Edna	8,302	–
28	Josephine	8,135	–
29	Eleanor	8,054	↓4
30	Thelma	7,839	↑1
31	Lucille	7,698	↓2
32	Ethel	7,603	↓2
33	Edith	7,589	↓1
34	Hazel	7,341	–
35	Grace	7,230	↑2
36	Annie	7,209	↓1
37	Pauline	7,142	↓1
38	Lois	6,899	–
39	Bernice	6,190	↑1
40	Barbara	6,013	↑7
41	Beatrice	5,968	–
42	Esther	5,926	↓3
43	Marion	5,814	–
44	Shirley	5,695	↑12
45	Clara	5,606	↓1
46	Gertrude	5,349	↓4
47	Jane	5,188	↑1
48	Rita	5,157	↑4
49	Katherine	5,156	↓4
50	June	5,155	↑3
51	Norma	5,102	↑18
52	Emma	5,072	↓6
53	Ann	5,058	↓4
54	Sarah	5,024	↓4
55	Elsie	4,879	↓4
56	Agnes	4,798	↓2
57	Juanita	4,779	↑4
58	Julia	4,737	↓3
59	Bertha	4,608	↓2
60	Phyllis	4,590	↑12
61	Lorraine	4,533	↑9
62	Geraldine	4,523	↓2
63	Eva	4,325	↓5
64	Kathryn	4,201	↑3
65	Pearl	4,175	↓3
66	Viola	4,160	↓7
67	Ida	4,146	↓1
68	Vivian	4,103	↓4
69	Marian	4,064	↑4
70	Anne	4,007	↓5
71	Laura	3,998	↓8
72	Wilma	3,824	↑6
73	Myrtle	3,791	↓5
74	Willie	3,748	–
75	Bessie	3,678	↓4
76	Vera	3,631	↓1
77	Maxine	3,630	↑4
78	Alma	3,589	↑2
79	Charlotte	3,587	–
80	Nellie	3,513	↓4
81	Violet	3,469	↓4
82	Audrey	3,434	new
83	Kathleen	3,419	↑8
84	Patricia	3,380	new
85	Mabel	3,336	↓2
86	Stella	3,335	↓4
87	Nancy	3,323	↑8
88	Sylvia	3,297	↓3
89	Ella	3,237	↓1
90	Genevieve	3,235	↓4
91	Jessie	3,225	↓7
92	Leona	3,210	↓3
93	Lucy	3,157	↑1
94	Lillie	3,118	↓4
95	Ellen	3,064	↓3
96	Minnie	2,998	↓9
97	Elaine	2,922	new
98	Marguerite	2,897	↓5
99	Jennie	2,889	↓2
100	Eileen	2,862	–

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920
1	John	58,216	–
2	Robert	52,779	↑1
3	William	51,862	↓1
4	James	49,750	–
5	Charles	29,242	–
6	George	27,476	–
7	Joseph	26,182	–
8	Edward	20,817	–
9	Frank	16,705	–
10	Richard	16,376	–
11	Thomas	15,308	–
12	Harold	13,811	–
13	Donald	13,776	↑3
14	Paul	13,169	–
15	Walter	13,004	↓2
16	Raymond	12,645	↓1
17	Henry	11,411	–
18	Jack	10,757	↑2
19	Arthur	10,527	↓1
20	Albert	10,158	↓1
21	Harry	9,731	–
22	Kenneth	8,959	↑1
23	Ralph	8,860	↓1
24	Warren	7,798	↑15
25	David	7,765	–
26	Eugene	7,717	↑4
27	Howard	7,713	↓3
28	Clarence	7,332	↓2
29	Louis	7,247	↓1
30	Carl	7,077	↓3
31	Earl	6,754	–
32	Roy	6,545	–
33	Fred	6,496	–
34	Willie	6,492	↓5
35	Francis	6,293	↓1
36	Joe	6,204	↓1
37	Lawrence	5,977	↓1
38	Ernest	5,697	↓1
39	Leonard	5,650	↓1
40	Anthony	5,239	↑3
41	Stanley	5,231	↓1
42	Herbert	5,217	↓1
43	Alfred	4,925	↓1
44	Samuel	4,754	–
45	Bernard	4,485	↑1
46	Norman	4,479	↑1
47	Michael	4,198	↑3
48	Elmer	4,146	↓3
49	Daniel	4,087	↑3
50	Leo	4,066	↓2
51	Andrew	4,015	↓2
52	Russell	3,946	↓1
53	Melvin	3,887	↑1
54	Edwin	3,750	↓1
55	Leroy	3,749	↑1
56	Chester	3,549	↓1
57	Peter	3,548	–
58	Lloyd	3,536	–
59	Marvin	3,490	↑3
60	Gerald	3,382	↑4
61	Frederick	3,376	↓1
62	Clifford	3,262	↓3
63	Floyd	3,255	↓2
64	Herman	3,219	↑2
65	Theodore	3,172	↓2
66	Lester	3,076	↑3
67	Ray	3,075	–
68	Vernon	3,069	↓3
69	Clyde	3,022	↓1
70	Vincent	2,779	↑3
71	Lewis	2,712	↑1
72	Philip	2,703	↓1
73	Alvin	2,686	↑3
74	Leon	2,616	↑1
75	Milton	2,588	↓1
76	Charlie	2,574	↓6
77	Jesse	2,486	↑2
78	Martin	2,461	–
79	Cecil	2,456	↓2
80	Glenn	2,449	–
81	Wayne	2,417	↑5
82	Benjamin	2,412	↑1
83	Victor	2,407	↓2
84	Gordon	2,382	↑1
85	Sam	2,367	↓1
86	Lee	2,354	↓4
87	Harvey	2,287	–
88	Wallace	2,095	↑5
89	Willard	2,077	↓1
90	Edgar	2,014	↓1
91	Arnold	1,982	–
92	Oscar	1,978	↓2
93	Dale	1,956	new
94	Allen	1,937	–
95	Everett	1,913	–
96	Claude	1,887	↓4
97	Stephen	1,868	↓1
98	Virgil	1,830	new
99	Roger	1,803	new
100	Wilbur	1,755	↓2

Every name given in 1921

All 10,856 names Social Security recorded for 1921, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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