Popular baby names of 1925

In 1925, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (70,586 babies) and Robert for boys (60,895). Social Security records show 2,333,303 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,771 girls' names and 4,867 boys' names.

1925 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Marilyn, Margie, Mattie.
New in the boys' top 100: Johnnie.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924
1	Mary	70,586	–
2	Dorothy	38,570	–
3	Betty	32,812	↑1
4	Helen	29,173	↓1
5	Margaret	24,463	–
6	Ruth	22,247	–
7	Virginia	17,490	–
8	Doris	16,075	↑1
9	Mildred	14,453	↓1
10	Elizabeth	13,936	↑1
11	Frances	13,824	↓1
12	Evelyn	12,505	–
13	Anna	12,250	–
14	Jean	11,598	↑2
15	Alice	11,576	–
16	Marie	10,930	↓2
17	Shirley	10,513	↑2
18	Lois	9,573	↑4
19	Irene	9,440	↓1
20	Gloria	9,381	↑21
21	Marjorie	9,306	↓4
22	Barbara	9,155	↑6
23	Martha	8,762	↓2
24	Florence	8,585	↓4
25	Lillian	8,351	↓2
26	Rose	8,280	↓1
27	Louise	8,275	↓3
28	Patricia	8,096	↑7
29	Catherine	7,867	↓2
30	Ruby	7,843	↓4
31	Eleanor	7,724	↓2
32	Annie	7,350	–
33	Gladys	7,231	↓3
34	Norma	6,941	↑6
35	Thelma	6,823	↓2
36	Josephine	6,810	↓2
37	Edna	6,781	↓6
38	Pauline	6,728	–
39	June	6,649	↑6
40	Phyllis	6,486	↑4
41	Lucille	6,397	↓4
42	Edith	6,275	↓6
43	Ethel	6,176	↓4
44	Grace	5,983	↓1
45	Hazel	5,778	↓3
46	Bernice	5,728	↑1
47	Marion	5,577	↓1
48	Rita	5,323	↑1
49	Juanita	5,232	↓1
50	Beatrice	4,992	–
51	Lorraine	4,983	↑1
52	Ann	4,935	↑3
53	Jane	4,881	–
54	Geraldine	4,838	↑4
55	Clara	4,776	↑1
56	Esther	4,726	↓5
57	Emma	4,714	–
58	Sarah	4,685	↓4
59	Joyce	4,364	↑24
60	Nancy	4,325	↑9
61	Katherine	4,240	↓2
62	Wilma	4,175	↑5
63	Elsie	4,146	↓2
64	Dolores	4,145	↑11
65	Julia	4,047	↓3
66	Joan	4,030	↑29
67	Marian	3,979	↓3
68	Willie	3,947	–
69	Agnes	3,911	↓6
70	Gertrude	3,892	↓10
71	Eva	3,855	↓5
72	Wanda	3,803	↑2
73	Elaine	3,776	–
74	Bertha	3,772	↓9
75	Laura	3,588	↓3
76	Vivian	3,576	↓5
77	Charlotte	3,551	↑3
78	Audrey	3,543	↑6
79	Maxine	3,538	↓2
80	Theresa	3,515	↑16
81	Kathleen	3,503	↓5
82	Ida	3,489	↓12
83	Marilyn	3,419	new
84	Viola	3,336	↓2
85	Anne	3,320	↓6
86	Vera	3,280	↓1
87	Bessie	3,266	↓1
88	Kathryn	3,262	↓7
89	Jeanne	3,225	↑1
90	Pearl	3,213	↓12
91	Lillie	3,119	↑6
92	Violet	3,032	↓4
93	Ella	3,006	↑1
94	Alma	2,996	↓7
95	Myrtle	2,980	↓6
96	Eileen	2,964	↓3
97	Jessie	2,951	↓6
98	Nellie	2,937	↓6
99	Margie	2,868	new
100	Mattie	2,816	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924
1	Robert	60,895	–
2	John	57,195	–
3	William	53,310	–
4	James	52,680	–
5	Charles	29,580	–
6	George	26,560	–
7	Joseph	24,613	–
8	Richard	23,269	–
9	Edward	20,090	–
10	Donald	19,193	–
11	Thomas	16,688	–
12	Frank	15,329	–
13	Paul	14,175	↑1
14	Harold	13,597	↓1
15	Raymond	12,441	–
16	Walter	12,130	–
17	Jack	12,011	–
18	Henry	10,618	–
19	Kenneth	10,146	–
20	Arthur	9,986	–
21	Albert	9,511	–
22	David	8,915	↑2
23	Harry	8,610	↓1
24	Eugene	8,517	↑1
25	Ralph	8,467	↓2
26	Howard	7,173	–
27	Willie	7,124	↑3
28	Carl	7,061	↓1
29	Louis	6,798	↓1
30	Clarence	6,670	↓1
31	Earl	6,436	↑2
32	Roy	6,376	↓1
33	Fred	6,205	↓1
34	Joe	6,107	↑1
35	Francis	5,978	↓1
36	Lawrence	5,633	–
37	Ernest	5,494	–
38	Leonard	5,465	–
39	Anthony	5,041	–
40	Stanley	5,030	–
41	Norman	4,975	↑1
42	Herbert	4,924	↓1
43	Alfred	4,796	–
44	Daniel	4,548	↑3
45	Gerald	4,507	↑4
46	Samuel	4,405	↓1
47	Calvin	4,302	↓3
48	Bernard	4,259	↓2
49	Billy	4,207	↑14
50	Melvin	4,146	↓2
51	Marvin	4,092	↓1
52	Leroy	3,884	↑1
53	Russell	3,804	↓1
54	Leo	3,775	↓3
55	Michael	3,761	↓1
56	Andrew	3,617	–
57	Edwin	3,560	↓2
58	Floyd	3,524	↑8
59	Clifford	3,424	↑5
60	Peter	3,373	↓1
61	Elmer	3,356	↓4
62	Lloyd	3,324	↓1
63	Theodore	3,226	↑2
64	Ray	3,219	↓4
65	Frederick	3,088	↓3
66	Warren	2,945	↓8
67	Vernon	2,912	↑1
68	Clyde	2,906	↑1
69	Herman	2,890	↑1
70	Alvin	2,777	↑3
71	Vincent	2,772	↑7
72	Gordon	2,748	↑3
73	Chester	2,719	↓6
74	Wayne	2,713	–
75	Philip	2,675	↓4
76	Leon	2,636	–
77	Glenn	2,611	↑2
78	Charlie	2,578	↑2
79	Lewis	2,577	↓2
80	Milton	2,567	↑1
81	Lester	2,559	↓9
82	Lee	2,537	↑1
83	Martin	2,417	↓1
84	Bill	2,381	↑8
85	Jesse	2,373	↑1
86	Dale	2,302	↓2
87	Cecil	2,297	↓2
88	Harvey	2,190	–
89	Victor	2,119	↑1
90	Roger	2,099	↑3
91	Sam	2,092	–
92	Wallace	2,076	↓5
93	Benjamin	2,069	↓4
94	Allen	2,034	–
95	Arnold	1,972	–
96	Edgar	1,809	–
97	Willard	1,795	–
98	Roland	1,785	–
99	Oscar	1,754	–
100	Johnnie	1,744	new

Every name given in 1925

All 10,638 names Social Security recorded for 1925, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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