100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1920

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 56,913
2 William 0 50,147
3 Robert +1 48,678
4 James -1 47,909
5 Charles 0 28,308
6 George 0 26,893
7 Joseph 0 25,591
8 Edward 0 20,095
9 Frank 0 16,432
10 Richard +2 15,010
11 Thomas -1 14,938
12 Harold +1 13,679
13 Walter -2 13,294
14 Paul +1 12,569
15 Raymond -1 12,194
16 Donald +1 11,941
17 Henry -1 11,304
18 Arthur +1 10,236
19 Albert -1 9,998
20 Jack +1 9,599
21 Harry -1 9,408
22 Ralph 0 8,557
23 Kenneth +3 7,840
24 Howard 0 7,465
25 David +2 7,445
26 Clarence -1 7,222
27 Carl +2 7,010
28 Louis 0 6,967
29 Willie -6 6,888
30 Eugene +3 6,866
31 Earl 0 6,532
32 Roy 0 6,353
33 Fred -3 6,298
34 Francis 0 6,241
35 Joe 0 6,071
36 Lawrence +2 5,727
37 Ernest -1 5,567
38 Leonard +1 5,511
39 Warren +44 5,492
40 Stanley -3 5,314
41 Herbert -1 5,250
42 Alfred 0 5,007
43 Anthony -2 4,946
44 Samuel -1 4,653
45 Elmer -1 4,206
46 Bernard -1 4,164
47 Norman +1 4,109
48 Leo +1 4,054
49 Andrew -2 4,026
50 Michael -4 4,003
51 Russell -1 3,901
52 Daniel -1 3,896
53 Edwin -1 3,733
54 Melvin +2 3,718
55 Chester -2 3,698
56 Leroy -1 3,549
57 Peter 0 3,497
58 Lloyd 0 3,454
59 Clifford +1 3,291
60 Frederick +4 3,276
61 Floyd -2 3,260
62 Marvin +1 3,244
63 Theodore -9 3,219
64 Gerald +6 3,157
65 Vernon 0 3,145
66 Herman -5 3,109
67 Ray +2 3,086
68 Clyde -1 3,068
69 Lester -7 3,068
70 Charlie -4 2,785
71 Philip +1 2,700
72 Lewis +2 2,687
73 Vincent -2 2,662
74 Milton -1 2,592
75 Leon +5 2,554
76 Alvin 0 2,523
77 Cecil +1 2,459
78 Martin +3 2,439
79 Jesse -2 2,419
80 Glenn +4 2,375
81 Victor -13 2,348
82 Lee 0 2,321
83 Benjamin -4 2,309
84 Sam -9 2,283
85 Gordon +1 2,277
86 Wayne +4 2,180
87 Harvey -2 2,166
88 Willard -1 2,089
89 Edgar 0 2,029
90 Oscar -2 2,006
91 Arnold +3 1,911
92 Claude 0 1,893
93 Wallace +14 1,877
94 Allen +7 1,866
95 Everett -2 1,827
96 Stephen +1 1,772
97 Gilbert +5 1,763
98 Wilbur 0 1,741
99 Johnnie -4 1,727
100 Homer +4 1,722
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 70,980
2 Dorothy +1 36,643
3 Helen -1 35,097
4 Margaret 0 27,997
5 Ruth 0 26,101
6 Mildred 0 18,058
7 Virginia 0 17,314
8 Elizabeth 0 15,910
9 Frances 0 15,883
10 Anna 0 14,580
11 Betty +4 14,017
12 Evelyn -1 13,838
13 Marie -1 12,743
14 Doris +4 11,892
15 Alice -2 11,596
16 Florence -2 10,732
17 Irene -1 10,073
18 Lillian -1 10,049
19 Louise +1 9,179
20 Rose -1 9,011
21 Catherine +2 8,878
22 Gladys -1 8,819
23 Martha +2 8,709
24 Marjorie +9 8,659
25 Eleanor +5 8,498
26 Ruby -2 8,337
27 Edna -5 8,331
28 Josephine -2 8,095
29 Lucille -2 7,988
30 Ethel -2 7,868
31 Thelma 0 7,815
32 Edith -3 7,773
33 Jean +4 7,714
34 Hazel -2 7,308
35 Annie 0 7,269
36 Pauline 0 7,180
37 Grace -3 7,173
38 Lois +2 6,560
39 Esther -1 6,068
40 Bernice +2 5,928
41 Beatrice 0 5,804
42 Gertrude -3 5,797
43 Marion +1 5,745
44 Clara -1 5,470
45 Katherine +6 5,276
46 Emma -1 5,237
47 Barbara +13 5,106
48 Jane +5 5,055
49 Ann 0 5,041
50 Sarah -4 5,031
51 Elsie -4 4,992
52 Rita +2 4,979
53 June +11 4,911
54 Agnes -4 4,907
55 Julia -7 4,889
56 Shirley +33 4,713
57 Bertha -5 4,604
58 Eva -3 4,499
59 Viola -1 4,292
60 Geraldine +8 4,265
61 Juanita +12 4,238
62 Pearl -6 4,204
63 Laura +8 4,171
64 Vivian +8 4,128
65 Anne -2 4,114
66 Ida -9 4,090
67 Kathryn -1 4,082
68 Myrtle -1 3,955
69 Norma +14 3,949
70 Lorraine -8 3,928
71 Bessie -12 3,906
72 Phyllis +12 3,852
73 Marian +9 3,844
74 Willie -13 3,816
75 Vera -10 3,785
76 Nellie -7 3,763
77 Violet -3 3,694
78 Wilma +8 3,671
79 Charlotte 0 3,623
80 Alma -4 3,584
81 Maxine +4 3,507
82 Stella -12 3,492
83 Mabel -5 3,364
84 Jessie -9 3,329
85 Sylvia -8 3,317
86 Genevieve +2 3,257
87 Minnie -7 3,244
88 Ella -1 3,232
89 Leona +1 3,166
90 Lillie -9 3,162
91 Kathleen +10 3,158
92 Ellen 0 3,076
93 Marguerite +3 3,054
94 Lucy -3 3,018
95 Nancy +5 2,982
96 Mattie -1 2,902
97 Jennie -4 2,808
98 Lena -4 2,785
99 Mae 0 2,730
100 Eileen +3 2,717