Top names of the 1920s
The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female
babies born during the 1920s. 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 11,372,767 male births and
12,402,241 female births
Males | Females | |||
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Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
1 | Robert | 576,374 | Mary | 701,754 |
2 | John | 564,053 | Dorothy | 368,874 |
3 | James | 515,302 | Helen | 290,403 |
4 | William | 512,402 | Betty | 283,096 |
5 | Charles | 298,030 | Margaret | 245,009 |
6 | George | 261,945 | Ruth | 218,521 |
7 | Joseph | 243,810 | Virginia | 169,555 |
8 | Richard | 222,598 | Doris | 151,191 |
9 | Edward | 197,348 | Mildred | 147,156 |
10 | Donald | 191,817 | Frances | 140,391 |
11 | Thomas | 161,109 | Elizabeth | 139,672 |
12 | Frank | 151,830 | Evelyn | 124,166 |
13 | Harold | 133,585 | Anna | 123,895 |
14 | Paul | 132,386 | Marie | 110,564 |
15 | Raymond | 124,213 | Alice | 110,526 |
16 | Walter | 119,810 | Jean | 105,999 |
17 | Jack | 115,983 | Shirley | 98,601 |
18 | Henry | 104,552 | Barbara | 97,210 |
19 | Kenneth | 99,489 | Irene | 92,836 |
20 | Arthur | 97,112 | Marjorie | 91,221 |
21 | Albert | 94,431 | Florence | 88,295 |
22 | David | 88,737 | Lois | 88,132 |
23 | Harry | 86,183 | Martha | 86,788 |
24 | Eugene | 84,755 | Rose | 85,306 |
25 | Ralph | 84,466 | Lillian | 83,158 |
26 | Howard | 70,348 | Louise | 82,895 |
27 | Carl | 69,851 | Catherine | 78,881 |
28 | Willie | 67,993 | Ruby | 76,737 |
29 | Louis | 67,693 | Eleanor | 74,760 |
30 | Clarence | 66,574 | Patricia | 74,732 |
31 | Earl | 63,602 | Gladys | 72,561 |
32 | Roy | 63,259 | Annie | 69,467 |
33 | Fred | 62,743 | Josephine | 69,223 |
34 | Joe | 62,676 | Thelma | 68,767 |
35 | Francis | 59,096 | Edna | 68,629 |
36 | Lawrence | 56,867 | Norma | 65,242 |
37 | Herbert | 56,531 | Pauline | 64,075 |
38 | Leonard | 53,793 | Lucille | 63,883 |
39 | Ernest | 53,653 | Edith | 62,988 |
40 | Alfred | 50,156 | Gloria | 62,859 |
41 | Anthony | 50,055 | Ethel | 62,806 |
42 | Stanley | 49,456 | Phyllis | 61,871 |
43 | Norman | 49,364 | Grace | 60,060 |
44 | Gerald | 44,522 | Hazel | 58,984 |
45 | Daniel | 43,407 | June | 56,483 |
46 | Samuel | 43,362 | Bernice | 55,842 |
47 | Bernard | 42,410 | Marion | 55,178 |
48 | Billy | 42,096 | Dolores | 51,988 |
49 | Melvin | 40,583 | Rita | 50,587 |
50 | Marvin | 39,588 | Lorraine | 49,939 |
51 | Warren | 38,775 | Ann | 49,809 |
52 | Michael | 37,894 | Esther | 49,230 |
53 | Leroy | 37,870 | Beatrice | 49,229 |
54 | Russell | 37,208 | Juanita | 48,547 |
55 | Leo | 36,960 | Clara | 48,183 |
56 | Andrew | 35,952 | Jane | 48,049 |
57 | Edwin | 35,255 | Geraldine | 48,044 |
58 | Elmer | 34,919 | Sarah | 46,768 |
59 | Peter | 34,068 | Emma | 46,538 |
60 | Floyd | 33,157 | Joan | 45,351 |
61 | Lloyd | 33,125 | Joyce | 44,174 |
62 | Ray | 32,045 | Nancy | 43,807 |
63 | Frederick | 31,512 | Katherine | 42,745 |
64 | Theodore | 31,287 | Gertrude | 42,459 |
65 | Clifford | 31,242 | Elsie | 42,098 |
66 | Vernon | 29,432 | Julia | 40,331 |
67 | Herman | 29,011 | Agnes | 39,222 |
68 | Clyde | 28,955 | Wilma | 39,127 |
69 | Chester | 28,435 | Marian | 38,978 |
70 | Philip | 27,268 | Bertha | 38,571 |
71 | Alvin | 26,872 | Eva | 38,048 |
72 | Lester | 26,513 | Willie | 37,814 |
73 | Wayne | 26,402 | Audrey | 37,550 |
74 | Vincent | 26,237 | Theresa | 36,667 |
75 | Gordon | 25,622 | Vivian | 36,572 |
76 | Leon | 25,577 | Wanda | 36,007 |
77 | Lewis | 25,328 | Laura | 35,991 |
78 | Charlie | 25,176 | Charlotte | 35,752 |
79 | Glenn | 25,157 | Ida | 35,619 |
80 | Calvin | 24,785 | Elaine | 34,907 |
81 | Martin | 24,242 | Anne | 34,512 |
82 | Milton | 24,198 | Marilyn | 34,202 |
83 | Lee | 23,556 | Kathryn | 33,791 |
84 | Jesse | 23,170 | Maxine | 33,743 |
85 | Dale | 22,753 | Kathleen | 33,597 |
86 | Cecil | 22,528 | Viola | 33,251 |
87 | Bill | 22,289 | Pearl | 32,774 |
88 | Harvey | 21,786 | Vera | 32,542 |
89 | Roger | 21,753 | Bessie | 32,158 |
90 | Victor | 21,498 | Myrtle | 30,569 |
91 | Benjamin | 21,028 | Alma | 30,434 |
92 | Wallace | 20,916 | Beverly | 30,205 |
93 | Ronald | 20,895 | Violet | 30,022 |
94 | Sam | 20,844 | Nellie | 29,689 |
95 | Allen | 20,092 | Ella | 29,520 |
96 | Arnold | 19,531 | Lillie | 29,382 |
97 | Willard | 18,441 | Jessie | 29,289 |
98 | Gilbert | 18,233 | Jeanne | 29,119 |
99 | Edgar | 18,037 | Eileen | 28,588 |
100 | Oscar | 17,740 | Ellen | 28,391 |
101 | Gene | 17,579 | Lucy | 27,434 |
102 | Jerry | 17,449 | Minnie | 26,905 |
103 | Douglas | 17,301 | Sylvia | 26,841 |
104 | Johnnie | 17,294 | Donna | 26,160 |
105 | Claude | 16,999 | Leona | 26,031 |
106 | Don | 16,941 | Rosemary | 25,965 |
107 | Eddie | 16,921 | Stella | 25,901 |
108 | Roland | 16,879 | Mattie | 25,526 |
109 | Everett | 16,471 | Margie | 25,495 |
110 | Maurice | 16,161 | Genevieve | 24,780 |
111 | Curtis | 16,138 | Mabel | 24,522 |
112 | Marion | 16,035 | Janet | 23,973 |
113 | Virgil | 15,992 | Geneva | 23,273 |
114 | Wilbur | 15,713 | Georgia | 23,229 |
115 | Manuel | 15,663 | Bonnie | 23,172 |
116 | Stephen | 15,557 | Carol | 22,978 |
117 | Jerome | 15,453 | Velma | 22,875 |
118 | Homer | 15,145 | Lena | 22,844 |
119 | Leslie | 15,065 | Carolyn | 22,776 |
120 | Glen | 14,965 | Mae | 22,759 |
121 | Jessie | 14,797 | Jennie | 22,591 |
122 | Hubert | 14,696 | Maria | 22,584 |
123 | Jose | 14,446 | Christine | 22,334 |
124 | Jimmie | 14,358 | Arlene | 21,960 |
125 | Sidney | 14,201 | Peggy | 21,872 |
126 | Morris | 14,141 | Marguerite | 21,785 |
127 | Hugh | 14,107 | Opal | 21,542 |
128 | Max | 14,081 | Sara | 21,101 |
129 | Bobby | 13,879 | Loretta | 21,070 |
130 | Bob | 13,691 | Harriet | 20,873 |
131 | Nicholas | 13,608 | Rosa | 20,791 |
132 | Luther | 13,197 | Muriel | 20,481 |
133 | Bruce | 13,179 | Eunice | 20,172 |
134 | Junior | 12,925 | Jeanette | 19,783 |
135 | Wesley | 12,861 | Blanche | 19,619 |
136 | Rudolph | 12,561 | Carrie | 19,126 |
137 | Alexander | 12,539 | Emily | 18,754 |
138 | Franklin | 12,509 | Beulah | 18,626 |
139 | Tom | 11,923 | Billie | 18,471 |
140 | Irving | 11,898 | Dora | 18,334 |
141 | Horace | 11,777 | Roberta | 18,219 |
142 | Willis | 11,704 | Hilda | 18,191 |
143 | Patrick | 11,460 | Naomi | 18,184 |
144 | Steve | 11,354 | Anita | 18,052 |
145 | Johnny | 11,342 | Jacqueline | 17,882 |
146 | Dean | 11,155 | Alberta | 17,861 |
147 | Julius | 10,982 | Inez | 17,597 |
148 | Keith | 10,915 | Delores | 16,462 |
149 | Oliver | 10,900 | Fannie | 16,456 |
150 | Earnest | 10,869 | Hattie | 16,368 |
151 | Ben | 10,610 | Lula | 16,316 |
152 | Jim | 10,566 | Verna | 16,265 |
153 | Tony | 10,398 | Cora | 16,160 |
154 | Edmund | 10,205 | Constance | 15,570 |
155 | Lyle | 10,163 | Madeline | 15,558 |
156 | Guy | 9,872 | Miriam | 15,504 |
157 | Salvatore | 9,854 | Ada | 15,134 |
158 | Orville | 9,722 | Claire | 14,994 |
159 | Delbert | 9,678 | Mamie | 14,806 |
160 | Billie | 9,548 | Lola | 14,654 |
161 | Phillip | 9,525 | Rosie | 14,290 |
162 | Clayton | 9,414 | Erma | 14,260 |
163 | Otis | 9,352 | Rachel | 14,199 |
164 | Archie | 9,293 | Mable | 14,010 |
165 | Alex | 9,182 | Flora | 13,962 |
166 | Angelo | 9,130 | Daisy | 13,659 |
167 | Mike | 9,076 | Sally | 13,472 |
168 | Jacob | 9,047 | Marcella | 13,397 |
169 | Clifton | 8,732 | Bette | 13,273 |
170 | Bennie | 8,595 | Olga | 12,787 |
171 | Matthew | 8,566 | Caroline | 12,694 |
172 | Duane | 8,565 | Laverne | 12,642 |
173 | Clinton | 8,443 | Sophie | 12,552 |
174 | Dennis | 8,145 | Nora | 12,298 |
175 | Wilbert | 8,113 | Rebecca | 12,281 |
176 | Dan | 8,100 | Estelle | 12,279 |
177 | Jay | 8,054 | Irma | 12,237 |
178 | Marshall | 8,040 | Susie | 12,179 |
179 | Leland | 8,022 | Eula | 12,160 |
180 | Merle | 7,970 | Winifred | 12,083 |
181 | Ira | 7,911 | Eloise | 11,922 |
182 | Nathaniel | 7,794 | Janice | 11,810 |
183 | Ivan | 7,627 | Maggie | 11,696 |
184 | Ervin | 7,594 | Antoinette | 11,578 |
185 | Jimmy | 7,332 | Nina | 11,329 |
186 | Irvin | 7,246 | Rosalie | 11,296 |
187 | Alton | 7,243 | Imogene | 11,295 |
188 | Lowell | 7,236 | Lorene | 11,243 |
189 | Dewey | 7,224 | Olive | 10,889 |
190 | Larry | 7,219 | Sadie | 10,846 |
191 | Emil | 7,170 | Regina | 10,676 |
192 | Antonio | 7,140 | Victoria | 10,547 |
193 | Wilfred | 7,134 | Henrietta | 10,453 |
194 | Elbert | 7,076 | Della | 10,366 |
195 | Juan | 7,039 | Bettie | 10,335 |
196 | Alan | 7,013 | Lila | 10,304 |
197 | Allan | 6,989 | Fern | 10,254 |
198 | Lonnie | 6,979 | Faye | 10,233 |
199 | Nelson | 6,927 | Johnnie | 10,065 |
200 | Forrest | 6,910 | Jeannette | 9,992 |
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source. |