Top names of the 1910s
The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female
babies born during the 1910s. For each rank and sex, the table shows
the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names
were taken from a universe that includes 6,948,384 male births and
8,509,860 female births
Males | Females | |||
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Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
1 | John | 376,311 | Mary | 478,636 |
2 | William | 303,018 | Helen | 248,154 |
3 | James | 275,071 | Dorothy | 207,476 |
4 | Robert | 239,185 | Margaret | 189,234 |
5 | Joseph | 179,300 | Ruth | 173,675 |
6 | George | 176,609 | Mildred | 123,998 |
7 | Charles | 173,534 | Anna | 118,998 |
8 | Edward | 125,720 | Elizabeth | 116,811 |
9 | Frank | 116,017 | Frances | 105,599 |
10 | Thomas | 91,619 | Virginia | 94,322 |
11 | Walter | 89,145 | Marie | 92,086 |
12 | Harold | 79,721 | Evelyn | 91,492 |
13 | Henry | 79,667 | Alice | 85,866 |
14 | Paul | 78,216 | Florence | 81,465 |
15 | Richard | 74,603 | Lillian | 75,914 |
16 | Raymond | 71,820 | Rose | 74,690 |
17 | Albert | 68,207 | Irene | 68,968 |
18 | Arthur | 67,478 | Louise | 67,973 |
19 | Harry | 65,874 | Edna | 66,897 |
20 | Donald | 57,002 | Catherine | 65,823 |
21 | Ralph | 52,522 | Gladys | 65,812 |
22 | Louis | 50,600 | Ethel | 63,662 |
23 | Jack | 49,526 | Josephine | 61,355 |
24 | Clarence | 49,196 | Ruby | 60,308 |
25 | Carl | 48,454 | Martha | 59,509 |
26 | Willie | 47,690 | Grace | 57,973 |
27 | Howard | 46,596 | Hazel | 57,068 |
28 | Fred | 44,345 | Thelma | 57,011 |
29 | David | 43,853 | Lucille | 56,147 |
30 | Kenneth | 43,248 | Edith | 56,059 |
31 | Francis | 41,053 | Eleanor | 54,163 |
32 | Roy | 40,340 | Doris | 53,249 |
33 | Earl | 40,273 | Annie | 52,301 |
34 | Joe | 38,250 | Pauline | 50,075 |
35 | Ernest | 37,134 | Gertrude | 49,565 |
36 | Lawrence | 36,354 | Esther | 49,212 |
37 | Stanley | 35,908 | Betty | 44,894 |
38 | Anthony | 35,627 | Beatrice | 44,515 |
39 | Eugene | 35,160 | Marjorie | 44,452 |
40 | Samuel | 34,166 | Clara | 44,346 |
41 | Herbert | 33,860 | Emma | 41,819 |
42 | Alfred | 32,635 | Bernice | 40,346 |
43 | Leonard | 31,878 | Bertha | 40,120 |
44 | Michael | 30,860 | Ann | 39,506 |
45 | Elmer | 28,600 | Jean | 39,284 |
46 | Andrew | 28,152 | Elsie | 39,274 |
47 | Leo | 26,656 | Julia | 39,259 |
48 | Bernard | 25,628 | Agnes | 39,255 |
49 | Norman | 25,033 | Lois | 38,179 |
50 | Peter | 24,935 | Sarah | 38,120 |
51 | Russell | 24,842 | Marion | 37,974 |
52 | Daniel | 23,978 | Katherine | 36,884 |
53 | Edwin | 23,697 | Eva | 34,909 |
54 | Frederick | 23,542 | Ida | 34,792 |
55 | Chester | 23,500 | Bessie | 33,859 |
56 | Herman | 22,598 | Pearl | 33,834 |
57 | Lloyd | 21,743 | Anne | 33,478 |
58 | Melvin | 21,739 | Viola | 33,077 |
59 | Lester | 21,509 | Myrtle | 32,432 |
60 | Floyd | 21,472 | Nellie | 30,879 |
61 | Leroy | 21,275 | Mabel | 30,783 |
62 | Theodore | 21,106 | Laura | 30,549 |
63 | Clifford | 20,886 | Kathryn | 29,235 |
64 | Clyde | 19,865 | Stella | 28,526 |
65 | Charlie | 19,834 | Vera | 28,289 |
66 | Sam | 18,544 | Willie | 28,179 |
67 | Woodrow | 18,355 | Jessie | 27,835 |
68 | Vincent | 18,285 | Jane | 27,740 |
69 | Philip | 18,166 | Alma | 27,515 |
70 | Marvin | 17,821 | Minnie | 27,486 |
71 | Ray | 17,792 | Sylvia | 25,655 |
72 | Lewis | 17,787 | Ella | 24,913 |
73 | Milton | 17,522 | Lillie | 24,651 |
74 | Benjamin | 17,310 | Rita | 23,850 |
75 | Victor | 17,157 | Leona | 23,825 |
76 | Vernon | 16,967 | Barbara | 23,704 |
77 | Gerald | 16,522 | Vivian | 23,634 |
78 | Jesse | 16,293 | Lena | 23,624 |
79 | Martin | 16,097 | Violet | 23,157 |
80 | Cecil | 15,987 | Lucy | 23,117 |
81 | Alvin | 15,499 | Jennie | 23,068 |
82 | Lee | 15,380 | Genevieve | 22,830 |
83 | Willard | 15,364 | Marguerite | 22,658 |
84 | Leon | 15,280 | Charlotte | 22,548 |
85 | Oscar | 14,869 | Mattie | 22,243 |
86 | Glenn | 14,304 | Marian | 22,158 |
87 | Edgar | 14,080 | Blanche | 21,977 |
88 | Gordon | 13,641 | Mae | 21,530 |
89 | Stephen | 13,503 | Ellen | 21,500 |
90 | Harvey | 13,304 | Wilma | 21,384 |
91 | Sidney | 12,793 | Juanita | 20,878 |
92 | Claude | 12,792 | Opal | 20,386 |
93 | Everett | 12,748 | June | 19,244 |
94 | Arnold | 12,586 | Geraldine | 18,990 |
95 | Morris | 12,484 | Beulah | 18,874 |
96 | Wilbur | 12,411 | Velma | 18,631 |
97 | Warren | 12,012 | Theresa | 18,348 |
98 | Wayne | 11,572 | Carrie | 18,067 |
99 | Allen | 11,493 | Phyllis | 17,885 |
100 | Homer | 11,471 | Maxine | 17,800 |
101 | Maurice | 11,429 | Nancy | 17,283 |
102 | Alexander | 11,352 | Emily | 17,069 |
103 | Max | 10,859 | Georgia | 16,673 |
104 | Virgil | 10,858 | Fannie | 16,633 |
105 | Gilbert | 10,791 | Kathleen | 16,592 |
106 | Irving | 10,737 | Hattie | 16,418 |
107 | Leslie | 10,630 | Inez | 16,342 |
108 | Eddie | 10,507 | Sophie | 16,179 |
109 | Johnnie | 10,426 | Rosa | 15,976 |
110 | Nicholas | 10,233 | Lorraine | 15,729 |
111 | Hugh | 10,201 | Hilda | 15,674 |
112 | Julius | 10,193 | Harriet | 15,598 |
113 | Jessie | 10,170 | Norma | 15,500 |
114 | Marion | 10,156 | Eunice | 15,474 |
115 | Luther | 9,762 | Sara | 15,409 |
116 | Steve | 9,638 | Cora | 15,317 |
117 | Hubert | 9,597 | Ada | 15,234 |
118 | Ben | 9,539 | Geneva | 15,043 |
119 | Curtis | 8,911 | Alberta | 14,575 |
120 | Roland | 8,799 | Loretta | 14,570 |
121 | Jacob | 8,684 | Mamie | 14,550 |
122 | Wallace | 8,681 | Christine | 14,094 |
123 | Oliver | 8,657 | Dora | 14,012 |
124 | Glen | 8,544 | Lula | 13,930 |
125 | Horace | 8,489 | Estelle | 13,807 |
126 | Roger | 8,408 | Verna | 13,214 |
127 | Manuel | 8,371 | Audrey | 13,139 |
128 | Dale | 8,218 | Madeline | 13,042 |
129 | Franklin | 8,005 | Shirley | 12,742 |
130 | Mike | 7,942 | Eileen | 12,706 |
131 | Orville | 7,901 | Daisy | 12,475 |
132 | Alex | 7,871 | Sadie | 12,388 |
133 | Tom | 7,622 | Olive | 12,355 |
134 | Wesley | 7,603 | Naomi | 12,030 |
135 | Tony | 7,495 | Lola | 11,765 |
136 | Edmund | 7,422 | Flora | 11,761 |
137 | Jerome | 7,405 | Lucile | 11,738 |
138 | Willis | 7,339 | Olga | 11,733 |
139 | Nathan | 7,132 | Mable | 11,718 |
140 | Otis | 6,963 | Muriel | 11,701 |
141 | Archie | 6,933 | Susie | 11,562 |
142 | Douglas | 6,908 | Maggie | 11,485 |
143 | Rudolph | 6,857 | Maria | 11,331 |
144 | Earnest | 6,856 | Jeanette | 11,134 |
145 | Wilson | 6,835 | Nora | 11,063 |
146 | Emil | 6,701 | Miriam | 11,048 |
147 | Guy | 6,624 | Erma | 10,953 |
148 | Bill | 6,599 | Dolores | 10,781 |
149 | Jerry | 6,486 | Victoria | 10,766 |
150 | Matthew | 6,228 | Wanda | 10,735 |
151 | Patrick | 6,121 | Janet | 10,713 |
152 | Ira | 6,115 | Lottie | 10,650 |
153 | Clifton | 6,104 | Caroline | 10,591 |
154 | Angelo | 6,047 | Rachel | 10,482 |
155 | Abraham | 6,040 | Irma | 10,461 |
156 | Salvatore | 5,976 | Henrietta | 10,400 |
157 | Jose | 5,899 | Roberta | 10,370 |
158 | Jim | 5,764 | Winifred | 10,255 |
159 | Jimmie | 5,734 | Eula | 9,852 |
160 | Calvin | 5,713 | Patricia | 9,707 |
161 | Don | 5,683 | Rosie | 9,565 |
162 | Lyle | 5,657 | Anita | 9,555 |
163 | Bennie | 5,647 | Rebecca | 9,474 |
164 | Clayton | 5,641 | Della | 9,450 |
165 | Marshall | 5,585 | Nettie | 9,332 |
166 | Bruce | 5,577 | Sally | 9,301 |
167 | Otto | 5,552 | Fern | 9,250 |
168 | Sylvester | 5,420 | Lydia | 9,025 |
169 | Clinton | 5,302 | Adeline | 8,985 |
170 | Ronald | 5,301 | Carolyn | 8,940 |
171 | Wilbert | 5,275 | Amelia | 8,832 |
172 | Irvin | 5,259 | Nina | 8,680 |
173 | Delbert | 5,257 | Jeanne | 8,646 |
174 | Phillip | 5,135 | Elaine | 8,576 |
175 | Ervin | 5,011 | Goldie | 8,563 |
176 | Elbert | 4,990 | Katie | 8,419 |
177 | Wilfred | 4,976 | Bonnie | 8,335 |
178 | Isaac | 4,952 | Antoinette | 8,216 |
179 | Ivan | 4,932 | May | 8,096 |
180 | Felix | 4,928 | Marcella | 8,080 |
181 | Rufus | 4,901 | Lorene | 8,034 |
182 | August | 4,869 | Essie | 7,999 |
183 | Forrest | 4,860 | Arlene | 7,781 |
184 | Nathaniel | 4,795 | Ollie | 7,760 |
185 | Dan | 4,737 | Dorothea | 7,750 |
186 | Nelson | 4,731 | Jeannette | 7,719 |
187 | Karl | 4,694 | Veronica | 7,693 |
188 | Nick | 4,683 | Effie | 7,683 |
189 | Julian | 4,650 | Isabel | 7,668 |
190 | Merle | 4,645 | Freda | 7,453 |
191 | Aaron | 4,570 | Regina | 7,389 |
192 | Lonnie | 4,536 | Sallie | 7,378 |
193 | Adolph | 4,523 | Cleo | 7,368 |
194 | Adam | 4,480 | Ora | 7,259 |
195 | Jay | 4,455 | Isabelle | 7,255 |
196 | Ellis | 4,433 | Rosemary | 7,079 |
197 | Alton | 4,417 | Addie | 7,077 |
198 | Leland | 4,381 | Eloise | 7,071 |
199 | Pete | 4,352 | Joan | 7,022 |
200 | Bert | 4,327 | Lela | 7,007 |
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source. |