100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1920s

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert +3 576,362
2 John -1 564,064
3 James 0 515,306
4 William -2 512,400
5 Charles +2 298,033
6 George 0 261,953
7 Joseph -2 243,808
8 Richard +7 222,607
9 Edward -1 197,352
10 Donald +10 191,826
11 Thomas -1 161,111
12 Frank -3 151,829
13 Harold -1 133,595
14 Paul 0 132,388
15 Raymond +1 124,215
16 Walter -5 119,808
17 Jack +6 115,982
18 Henry -5 104,556
19 Kenneth +11 99,494
20 Arthur -2 97,115
21 Albert -4 94,429
22 David +7 88,750
23 Harry -4 86,180
24 Eugene +15 84,754
25 Ralph -4 84,462
26 Howard +1 70,347
27 Carl -2 69,851
28 Willie -2 67,991
29 Louis -7 67,691
30 Clarence -6 66,576
31 Earl +2 63,604
32 Roy 0 63,259
33 Fred -5 62,742
34 Joe 0 62,671
35 Francis -4 59,098
36 Lawrence 0 56,865
37 Herbert +4 56,526
38 Leonard +5 53,795
39 Ernest -4 53,653
40 Alfred +2 50,158
41 Anthony -3 50,056
42 Stanley -5 49,457
43 Norman +6 49,357
44 Gerald +33 44,524
45 Daniel +7 43,421
46 Samuel -6 43,367
47 Bernard +1 42,410
48 Billy +201 42,097
49 Melvin +9 40,580
50 Marvin +20 39,589
51 Warren +46 38,775
52 Michael -8 37,894
53 Leroy +8 37,870
54 Russell -3 37,211
55 Leo -8 36,958
56 Andrew -10 35,955
57 Edwin -4 35,256
58 Elmer -13 34,920
59 Peter -9 34,070
60 Floyd 0 33,157
61 Lloyd -4 33,126
62 Ray +9 32,045
63 Frederick -9 31,513
64 Theodore -2 31,287
65 Clifford -2 31,246
66 Vernon +10 29,432
67 Herman -11 29,011
68 Clyde -4 28,958
69 Chester -14 28,432
70 Philip -1 27,269
71 Alvin +10 26,872
72 Lester -13 26,510
73 Wayne +25 26,402
74 Vincent -6 26,239
75 Gordon +13 25,622
76 Leon +8 25,577
77 Lewis -5 25,327
78 Charlie -13 25,175
79 Glenn +7 25,155
80 Calvin +80 24,783
81 Martin -2 24,243
82 Milton -9 24,199
83 Lee -1 23,555
84 Jesse -6 23,169
85 Dale +43 22,751
86 Cecil -6 22,528
87 Bill +61 22,292
88 Harvey +2 21,785
89 Roger +37 21,753
90 Victor -15 21,499
91 Benjamin -17 21,028
92 Wallace +30 20,916
93 Ronald +76 20,902
94 Sam -28 20,843
95 Allen +4 20,090
96 Arnold -2 19,531
97 Willard -14 18,442
98 Gilbert +7 18,235
99 Edgar -12 18,037
100 Oscar -15 17,740
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 701,746
2 Dorothy +1 368,870
3 Helen -1 290,398
4 Betty +33 283,092
5 Margaret -1 245,007
6 Ruth -1 218,513
7 Virginia +3 169,550
8 Doris +24 151,185
9 Mildred -3 147,152
10 Frances -1 140,385
11 Elizabeth -3 139,674
12 Evelyn 0 124,163
13 Anna -6 123,892
14 Marie -3 110,566
15 Alice -2 110,524
16 Jean +29 105,998
17 Shirley +112 98,602
18 Barbara +58 97,213
19 Irene -2 92,833
20 Marjorie +19 91,222
21 Florence -7 88,294
22 Lois +27 88,131
23 Martha +2 86,785
24 Rose -8 85,308
25 Lillian -10 83,153
26 Louise -8 82,896
27 Catherine -7 78,883
28 Ruby -4 76,734
29 Eleanor +2 74,758
30 Patricia +130 74,737
31 Gladys -10 72,561
32 Annie +1 69,463
33 Josephine -10 69,218
34 Thelma -6 68,770
35 Edna -16 68,628
36 Norma +77 65,238
37 Pauline -3 64,072
38 Lucille -9 63,879
39 Edith -9 62,990
40 Gloria +288 62,853
41 Ethel -19 62,801
42 Phyllis +57 61,867
43 Grace -17 60,064
44 Hazel -17 58,984
45 June +48 56,480
46 Bernice -4 55,841
47 Marion +4 55,179
48 Dolores +100 51,986
49 Rita +25 50,586
50 Lorraine +60 49,940
51 Ann -7 49,811
52 Esther -16 49,229
53 Beatrice -15 49,224
54 Juanita +37 48,548
55 Clara -15 48,182
56 Jane +12 48,049
57 Geraldine +37 48,044
58 Sarah -8 46,769
59 Emma -18 46,537
60 Joan +139 45,352
61 Joyce +157 44,175
62 Nancy +39 43,807
63 Katherine -11 42,743
64 Gertrude -29 42,457
65 Elsie -19 42,098
66 Julia -19 40,330
67 Agnes -19 39,223
68 Wilma +22 39,126
69 Marian +17 38,975
70 Bertha -27 38,572
71 Eva -18 38,046
72 Willie -6 37,813
73 Audrey +54 37,551
74 Theresa +23 36,667
75 Vivian +2 36,571
76 Wanda +74 36,004
77 Laura -15 35,992
78 Charlotte +6 35,752
79 Ida -25 35,617
80 Elaine +94 34,908
81 Anne -24 34,512
82 Marilyn +424 34,200
83 Kathryn -20 33,791
84 Maxine +16 33,744
85 Kathleen +20 33,596
86 Viola -28 33,253
87 Pearl -31 32,774
88 Vera -23 32,542
89 Bessie -34 32,158
90 Myrtle -31 30,567
91 Alma -22 30,434
92 Beverly +205 30,204
93 Violet -14 30,021
94 Nellie -34 29,689
95 Ella -23 29,517
96 Lillie -23 29,382
97 Jessie -30 29,287
98 Jeanne +75 29,119
99 Eileen +31 28,587
100 Ellen -11 28,391