Popular baby names of 1922

In 1922, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (72,177 babies) and John for boys (57,280). Social Security records show 2,289,157 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,789 girls' names and 4,967 boys' names.

1922 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.0% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Gloria, Wanda, Jeanne, Margie.
New in the boys' top 100: Billy, Gilbert.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921
1	Mary	72,177	–
2	Dorothy	37,716	–
3	Helen	32,510	–
4	Margaret	26,862	–
5	Ruth	23,633	–
6	Betty	20,895	↑2
7	Virginia	19,144	↓1
8	Mildred	16,412	↓1
9	Elizabeth	15,244	↑1
10	Frances	15,054	↓1
11	Doris	13,798	↑2
12	Anna	13,408	↓1
13	Evelyn	13,320	↓1
14	Marie	11,912	–
15	Alice	11,277	–
16	Marjorie	10,385	–
17	Irene	10,173	↑1
18	Florence	10,036	↓1
19	Lillian	9,430	–
20	Jean	9,109	↑5
21	Martha	9,021	–
22	Louise	8,886	–
23	Rose	8,791	↓3
24	Catherine	8,537	↓1
25	Gladys	8,042	↓1
26	Ruby	8,003	–
27	Josephine	7,864	↑1
28	Eleanor	7,852	↑1
29	Edna	7,622	↓2
30	Annie	7,476	↑6
31	Thelma	7,254	↓1
32	Ethel	7,246	–
33	Lucille	7,151	↓2
34	Edith	7,136	↓1
35	Lois	6,946	↑3
36	Pauline	6,811	↑1
37	Hazel	6,757	↓3
38	Grace	6,743	↓3
39	Shirley	6,407	↑5
40	Barbara	6,272	–
41	Bernice	5,912	↓2
42	Marion	5,667	↑1
43	Beatrice	5,476	↓2
44	Esther	5,474	↓2
45	June	5,382	↑5
46	Norma	5,238	↑5
47	Clara	5,126	↓2
48	Gertrude	5,082	↓2
49	Ann	5,054	↑4
50	Emma	5,013	↑2
51	Sarah	4,982	↑3
52	Rita	4,976	↓4
53	Phyllis	4,935	↑7
54	Katherine	4,827	↓5
55	Jane	4,805	↓8
56	Lorraine	4,668	↑5
57	Juanita	4,643	–
58	Geraldine	4,641	↑4
59	Elsie	4,618	↓4
60	Julia	4,616	↓2
61	Gloria	4,496	new
62	Agnes	4,480	↓6
63	Bertha	4,419	↓4
64	Eva	4,192	↓1
65	Ida	3,987	↑2
66	Anne	3,974	↑4
67	Marian	3,951	↑2
68	Laura	3,902	↑3
69	Patricia	3,902	↑15
70	Willie	3,885	↑4
71	Pearl	3,848	↓6
72	Viola	3,793	↓6
73	Kathryn	3,792	↓9
74	Vivian	3,733	↓6
75	Myrtle	3,649	↓2
76	Charlotte	3,582	↑3
77	Wilma	3,535	↓5
78	Nancy	3,518	↑9
79	Vera	3,510	↓3
80	Kathleen	3,466	↑3
81	Bessie	3,447	↓6
82	Maxine	3,444	↓5
83	Nellie	3,274	↓3
84	Alma	3,233	↓6
85	Lillie	3,200	↑9
86	Violet	3,194	↓5
87	Jessie	3,182	↑4
88	Stella	3,166	↓2
89	Audrey	3,164	↓7
90	Ella	3,150	↓1
91	Minnie	3,115	↑5
92	Wanda	2,986	new
93	Lucy	2,977	–
94	Sylvia	2,961	↓6
95	Ellen	2,953	–
96	Eileen	2,939	↑4
97	Jeanne	2,917	new
98	Genevieve	2,897	↓8
99	Mabel	2,894	↓14
100	Margie	2,854	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921
1	John	57,280	–
2	Robert	53,796	–
3	William	51,111	–
4	James	49,802	–
5	Charles	28,839	–
6	George	27,350	–
7	Joseph	25,699	–
8	Edward	20,419	–
9	Richard	17,537	↑1
10	Frank	16,013	↓1
11	Thomas	15,261	–
12	Donald	14,913	↑1
13	Harold	13,593	↓1
14	Paul	12,922	–
15	Walter	12,631	–
16	Raymond	12,129	–
17	Henry	11,207	–
18	Jack	10,847	–
19	Arthur	10,114	–
20	Albert	9,896	–
21	Kenneth	9,258	↑1
22	Harry	9,077	↓1
23	Ralph	8,484	–
24	David	7,865	↑1
25	Eugene	7,849	↑1
26	Howard	7,296	↑1
27	Louis	7,095	↑2
28	Willie	6,903	↑6
29	Clarence	6,861	↓1
30	Carl	6,690	–
31	Earl	6,461	–
32	Roy	6,458	–
33	Fred	6,245	–
34	Francis	6,147	↑1
35	Joe	6,089	↑1
36	Lawrence	5,786	↑1
37	Ernest	5,503	↑1
38	Leonard	5,407	↑1
39	Anthony	5,091	↑1
40	Herbert	5,047	↑2
41	Stanley	5,045	–
42	Alfred	4,833	↑1
43	Samuel	4,600	↑1
44	Norman	4,527	↑2
45	Warren	4,484	↓21
46	Bernard	4,409	↓1
47	Daniel	4,285	↑2
48	Michael	3,990	↓1
49	Russell	3,965	↑3
50	Melvin	3,908	↑3
51	Leo	3,901	↓1
52	Edwin	3,827	↑2
53	Andrew	3,803	↓2
54	Elmer	3,738	↓6
55	Leroy	3,671	–
56	Marvin	3,580	↑3
57	Peter	3,545	–
58	Gerald	3,541	↑2
59	Lloyd	3,364	↓1
60	Frederick	3,353	↑1
61	Floyd	3,221	↑2
62	Theodore	3,216	↑3
63	Clifford	3,157	↓1
64	Chester	3,133	↓8
65	Ray	3,051	↑2
66	Herman	3,014	↓2
67	Clyde	3,007	↑2
68	Vernon	3,003	–
69	Lester	2,951	↓3
70	Philip	2,769	↑2
71	Vincent	2,710	↓1
72	Charlie	2,655	↑4
73	Alvin	2,599	–
74	Milton	2,556	↑1
75	Lewis	2,555	↓4
76	Gordon	2,527	↑8
77	Leon	2,521	↓3
78	Wayne	2,476	↑3
79	Glenn	2,425	↑1
80	Martin	2,402	↓2
81	Jesse	2,395	↓4
82	Benjamin	2,378	–
83	Lee	2,371	↑3
84	Sam	2,349	↑1
85	Cecil	2,336	↓6
86	Victor	2,322	↓3
87	Wallace	2,210	↑1
88	Harvey	2,207	↓1
89	Dale	2,041	↑4
90	Billy	2,029	new
91	Willard	2,017	↓2
92	Oscar	2,007	–
93	Edgar	1,923	↓3
94	Arnold	1,892	↓3
95	Allen	1,887	↓1
96	Roger	1,848	↑3
97	Claude	1,806	↓1
98	Everett	1,798	↓3
99	Virgil	1,790	↓1
100	Gilbert	1,748	new

Every name given in 1922

All 10,756 names Social Security recorded for 1922, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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