Popular baby names of 1924

In 1924, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (73,534 babies) and Robert for boys (60,802). Social Security records show 2,381,614 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,900 girls' names and 4,970 boys' names.

1924 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Joyce, Joan, Theresa, Ellen.
New in the boys' top 100: Roland, Gilbert.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923
1	Mary	73,534	–
2	Dorothy	39,996	–
3	Helen	31,194	–
4	Betty	30,600	↑1
5	Margaret	26,547	↓1
6	Ruth	23,601	–
7	Virginia	18,620	–
8	Mildred	15,853	–
9	Doris	15,786	↑2
10	Frances	15,183	–
11	Elizabeth	14,950	↓2
12	Evelyn	13,358	–
13	Anna	13,076	–
14	Marie	11,575	–
15	Alice	11,537	–
16	Jean	10,721	↑3
17	Marjorie	10,069	↓1
18	Irene	9,928	↓1
19	Shirley	9,489	↑7
20	Florence	9,472	↓2
21	Martha	9,320	–
22	Lois	9,300	↑5
23	Lillian	9,100	↓3
24	Louise	8,854	↓2
25	Rose	8,479	↓2
26	Ruby	8,406	↓1
27	Catherine	8,363	↓3
28	Barbara	8,305	↑5
29	Eleanor	8,193	↓1
30	Gladys	7,790	↓1
31	Edna	7,408	↑1
32	Annie	7,347	↑2
33	Thelma	7,316	↓2
34	Josephine	7,274	↓4
35	Patricia	6,957	↑21
36	Edith	6,890	–
37	Lucille	6,744	↓2
38	Pauline	6,722	↓1
39	Ethel	6,586	↓1
40	Norma	6,542	↑1
41	Gloria	6,534	↑7
42	Hazel	6,342	↓2
43	Grace	6,327	↓4
44	Phyllis	6,267	↑1
45	June	6,150	↓3
46	Marion	6,047	↓2
47	Bernice	6,033	↓4
48	Juanita	5,404	↑3
49	Rita	5,381	↑1
50	Beatrice	5,271	↓4
51	Esther	5,258	↓4
52	Lorraine	5,109	↑5
53	Jane	5,104	↑2
54	Sarah	5,045	–
55	Ann	5,035	↓3
56	Clara	4,988	↓7
57	Emma	4,897	↓4
58	Geraldine	4,833	–
59	Katherine	4,695	↑1
60	Gertrude	4,543	↓1
61	Elsie	4,499	–
62	Julia	4,289	–
63	Agnes	4,240	–
64	Marian	4,197	↑1
65	Bertha	4,122	↓1
66	Eva	4,068	–
67	Wilma	4,066	↑7
68	Willie	3,992	↓1
69	Nancy	3,989	↑6
70	Ida	3,861	↓2
71	Vivian	3,850	↓2
72	Laura	3,829	↑1
73	Elaine	3,802	↑14
74	Wanda	3,735	↑6
75	Dolores	3,729	↑8
76	Kathleen	3,663	↓6
77	Maxine	3,659	↓1
78	Pearl	3,635	–
79	Anne	3,627	↓8
80	Charlotte	3,612	↓3
81	Kathryn	3,598	↓9
82	Viola	3,577	↓3
83	Joyce	3,533	new
84	Audrey	3,520	↑1
85	Vera	3,476	↓3
86	Bessie	3,404	↓5
87	Alma	3,240	↑2
88	Violet	3,224	↓2
89	Myrtle	3,205	↓5
90	Jeanne	3,150	–
91	Jessie	3,147	↑3
92	Nellie	3,075	↓4
93	Eileen	3,070	↑2
94	Ella	3,061	↓1
95	Joan	3,023	new
96	Theresa	3,021	new
97	Lillie	2,979	↓6
98	Lucy	2,978	↓6
99	Ellen	2,949	new
100	Minnie	2,885	↓1

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923
1	Robert	60,802	↑1
2	John	59,052	↓1
3	William	53,506	–
4	James	52,942	–
5	Charles	30,460	–
6	George	27,373	–
7	Joseph	25,421	–
8	Richard	21,244	↑1
9	Edward	21,126	↓1
10	Donald	17,929	–
11	Thomas	16,555	↑1
12	Frank	16,044	↓1
13	Harold	14,149	–
14	Paul	13,338	–
15	Raymond	12,873	–
16	Walter	12,696	–
17	Jack	11,921	–
18	Henry	11,195	–
19	Kenneth	10,355	↑2
20	Arthur	10,172	↓1
21	Albert	9,880	↓1
22	Harry	9,115	–
23	Ralph	8,766	–
24	David	8,758	–
25	Eugene	8,346	–
26	Howard	7,371	–
27	Carl	7,085	↑1
28	Louis	7,043	↓1
29	Clarence	6,895	–
30	Willie	6,700	–
31	Roy	6,557	↑1
32	Fred	6,532	↑1
33	Earl	6,529	↓2
34	Francis	6,131	–
35	Joe	6,044	–
36	Lawrence	5,775	–
37	Ernest	5,683	↑1
38	Leonard	5,601	↓1
39	Anthony	5,191	–
40	Stanley	5,186	↑1
41	Herbert	5,121	↓1
42	Norman	5,045	↑2
43	Alfred	4,929	↓1
44	Calvin	4,918	↑38
45	Samuel	4,591	–
46	Bernard	4,505	–
47	Daniel	4,403	–
48	Melvin	4,168	–
49	Gerald	4,151	↑5
50	Marvin	4,024	↑1
51	Leo	3,990	↓2
52	Russell	3,946	–
53	Leroy	3,922	↑2
54	Michael	3,874	↓4
55	Edwin	3,788	↑1
56	Andrew	3,744	↓3
57	Elmer	3,731	–
58	Warren	3,582	↓15
59	Peter	3,520	↓1
60	Ray	3,369	↑1
61	Lloyd	3,350	↓2
62	Frederick	3,279	↓2
63	Billy	3,271	↑15
64	Clifford	3,250	↑1
65	Theodore	3,225	↓3
66	Floyd	3,165	↓2
67	Chester	3,033	↓4
68	Vernon	3,008	↓1
69	Clyde	3,006	↓1
70	Herman	2,954	↓4
71	Philip	2,921	↓1
72	Lester	2,780	↓1
73	Alvin	2,759	–
74	Wayne	2,730	↑1
75	Gordon	2,714	↑1
76	Leon	2,677	↑1
77	Lewis	2,670	↓3
78	Vincent	2,638	↓6
79	Glenn	2,586	↑5
80	Charlie	2,507	↓1
81	Milton	2,474	–
82	Martin	2,452	↓2
83	Lee	2,420	↑2
84	Dale	2,396	↑6
85	Cecil	2,299	↑2
86	Jesse	2,292	↓3
87	Wallace	2,283	↓18
88	Harvey	2,242	↑3
89	Benjamin	2,221	↓3
90	Victor	2,189	↓2
91	Sam	2,123	↓2
92	Bill	2,067	↑6
93	Roger	2,054	↑2
94	Allen	2,045	↑3
95	Arnold	2,014	↓2
96	Edgar	1,878	↓2
97	Willard	1,834	↓5
98	Roland	1,822	new
99	Oscar	1,819	↓3
100	Gilbert	1,797	new

Every name given in 1924

All 10,870 names Social Security recorded for 1924, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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