100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1918

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 56,559
2 William 0 45,290
3 James 0 42,119
4 Robert 0 40,620
5 Charles +2 26,923
6 George 0 26,320
7 Joseph -2 26,263
8 Edward 0 19,490
9 Frank 0 17,017
10 Thomas 0 13,910
11 Walter 0 13,338
12 Richard +2 12,324
13 Harold -1 12,185
14 Paul -1 11,755
15 Raymond +1 11,603
16 Henry -1 11,354
17 Arthur 0 10,105
18 Donald +2 9,974
19 Albert -1 9,935
20 Harry -1 9,896
21 Jack +1 8,342
22 Ralph -1 8,161
23 Clarence +2 7,188
24 Louis -1 7,082
25 Carl -1 7,004
26 Howard 0 6,928
27 Kenneth 0 6,809
28 David 0 6,627
29 Willie +2 6,537
30 Francis 0 6,347
31 Earl +1 6,322
32 Roy +1 6,211
33 Fred -4 6,182
34 Joe +1 5,804
35 Eugene +4 5,632
36 Stanley -2 5,618
37 Ernest 0 5,527
38 Lawrence -2 5,371
39 Anthony -1 5,168
40 Herbert 0 5,128
41 Leonard 0 4,980
42 Alfred +1 4,873
43 Samuel -1 4,771
44 Elmer +1 4,373
45 Michael -1 4,296
46 Andrew +2 4,139
47 Bernard +2 4,098
48 Leo -1 4,036
49 Norman -3 3,867
50 Russell +2 3,833
51 Lloyd +2 3,742
52 Daniel +2 3,726
53 Peter -3 3,712
54 Chester +2 3,692
55 Edwin 0 3,487
56 Melvin +1 3,469
57 Leroy +3 3,422
58 Woodrow +15 3,358
59 Frederick -8 3,350
60 Clifford -1 3,299
61 Floyd +1 3,235
62 Lester -1 3,229
63 Victor +15 3,183
64 Theodore -1 3,143
65 Herman -7 3,041
66 Vernon +5 2,971
67 Clyde -3 2,917
68 Marvin 0 2,829
69 Ray +5 2,762
70 Charlie -3 2,743
71 Philip -5 2,733
72 Gerald -3 2,712
73 Vincent -8 2,621
74 Lewis -4 2,593
75 Sam -3 2,505
76 Milton -1 2,454
77 Leon +5 2,442
78 Jesse +1 2,433
79 Benjamin -3 2,431
80 Alvin +1 2,408
81 Martin -4 2,403
82 Cecil +1 2,328
83 Willard -3 2,311
84 Glenn +2 2,253
85 Gordon -1 2,233
86 Lee -1 2,159
87 Oscar 0 2,113
88 Harvey +2 2,112
89 Edgar -1 2,086
90 Warren +3 1,990
91 Wayne +5 1,912
92 Arnold -1 1,910
93 Everett +1 1,891
94 Claude +4 1,878
95 Sidney 0 1,878
96 Stephen -7 1,843
97 Wilbur -5 1,800
98 Allen +2 1,779
99 Virgil +4 1,707
100 Homer +2 1,679
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 67,366
2 Helen 0 36,148
3 Dorothy 0 32,032
4 Margaret 0 27,140
5 Ruth 0 25,534
6 Mildred 0 17,258
7 Virginia +3 16,421
8 Frances +1 16,131
9 Elizabeth -1 15,853
10 Anna -3 15,666
11 Evelyn 0 13,493
12 Marie 0 12,589
13 Alice 0 11,590
14 Florence 0 11,316
15 Lillian 0 9,986
16 Irene +1 9,774
17 Rose -1 9,568
18 Louise +1 9,110
19 Doris +6 9,061
20 Catherine -2 8,842
21 Betty +13 8,803
22 Gladys +1 8,735
23 Edna -3 8,698
24 Josephine -3 8,683
25 Martha -3 8,342
26 Eleanor 0 8,176
27 Ruby 0 8,134
28 Ethel -4 8,076
29 Lucille 0 7,902
30 Edith -2 7,859
31 Grace -1 7,770
32 Thelma 0 7,740
33 Hazel -2 7,615
34 Marjorie +2 7,517
35 Pauline -2 7,222
36 Annie -1 6,742
37 Jean +3 6,600
38 Esther 0 6,574
39 Gertrude -2 6,264
40 Beatrice -1 5,907
41 Bernice +1 5,893
42 Lois +1 5,877
43 Clara -2 5,778
44 Ann 0 5,613
45 Marion 0 5,583
46 Emma 0 5,324
47 Agnes +1 5,291
48 Julia -1 5,267
49 Elsie +1 5,194
50 Katherine -1 5,191
51 Bertha 0 5,051
52 Sarah 0 4,969
53 Jane +2 4,731
54 Anne -1 4,567
55 Eva -1 4,563
56 Pearl +1 4,521
57 Ida -1 4,450
58 Rita +5 4,447
59 Viola 0 4,331
60 Barbara +7 4,224
61 Bessie 0 4,101
62 Myrtle -4 4,076
63 Kathryn -3 4,068
64 Laura 0 4,062
65 Nellie 0 4,048
66 June +7 4,034
67 Stella -5 3,928
68 Vera -2 3,923
69 Lorraine +47 3,875
70 Willie +2 3,867
71 Sylvia -2 3,675
72 Vivian +7 3,663
73 Alma -2 3,650
74 Mabel -6 3,636
75 Jessie -5 3,591
76 Marian -2 3,503
77 Geraldine +12 3,446
78 Charlotte -2 3,373
79 Leona +1 3,335
80 Phyllis +12 3,326
81 Genevieve -4 3,304
82 Wilma 0 3,298
83 Violet +1 3,294
84 Ella -1 3,290
85 Juanita +2 3,260
86 Marguerite -8 3,251
87 Maxine +6 3,216
88 Minnie -13 3,181
89 Lillie -3 3,113
90 Lucy -2 3,108
91 Jennie -10 3,033
92 Ellen -2 3,030
93 Lena -8 2,937
94 Opal +1 2,847
95 Mae +1 2,756
96 Blanche -5 2,739
97 Norma +11 2,655
98 Shirley +25 2,654
99 Kathleen +2 2,630
100 Mattie -6 2,610