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
Popular names of the period 1920s
Males Females
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.