Top 100 names of the 1920s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Robert 576374 5.23
2 John 564052 5.12
3 James 515301 4.68
4 William 512402 4.65
5 Charles 298031 2.7
6 George 261945 2.38
7 Joseph 243809 2.21
8 Richard 222599 2.02
9 Edward 197348 1.79
10 Donald 191816 1.74
11 Thomas 161107 1.46
12 Frank 151830 1.38
13 Harold 133585 1.21
14 Paul 132384 1.2
15 Raymond 124212 1.13
16 Walter 119809 1.09
17 Jack 115983 1.05
18 Henry 104552 0.95
19 Kenneth 99490 0.9
20 Arthur 97112 0.88
21 Albert 94431 0.86
22 David 88736 0.81
23 Harry 86183 0.78
24 Eugene 84755 0.77
25 Ralph 84466 0.77
26 Howard 70348 0.64
27 Carl 69851 0.63
28 Willie 67993 0.62
29 Louis 67693 0.61
30 Clarence 66574 0.6
31 Earl 63602 0.58
32 Roy 63259 0.57
33 Fred 62742 0.57
34 Joe 62676 0.57
35 Francis 59096 0.54
36 Lawrence 56867 0.52
37 Herbert 56531 0.51
38 Leonard 53793 0.49
39 Ernest 53653 0.49
40 Alfred 50156 0.46
41 Anthony 50054 0.45
42 Stanley 49456 0.45
43 Norman 49364 0.45
44 Gerald 44520 0.4
45 Daniel 43407 0.39
46 Samuel 43362 0.39
47 Bernard 42408 0.38
48 Billy 42096 0.38
49 Melvin 40583 0.37
50 Marvin 39589 0.36
51 Warren 38775 0.35
52 Michael 37893 0.34
53 Leroy 37871 0.34
54 Russell 37208 0.34
55 Leo 36960 0.34
56 Andrew 35952 0.33
57 Edwin 35255 0.32
58 Elmer 34919 0.32
59 Peter 34066 0.31
60 Floyd 33157 0.3
61 Lloyd 33125 0.3
62 Ray 32045 0.29
63 Frederick 31512 0.29
64 Theodore 31287 0.28
65 Clifford 31242 0.28
66 Vernon 29432 0.27
67 Herman 29011 0.26
68 Clyde 28957 0.26
69 Chester 28435 0.26
70 Philip 27268 0.25
71 Alvin 26872 0.24
72 Lester 26513 0.24
73 Wayne 26402 0.24
74 Vincent 26237 0.24
75 Gordon 25622 0.23
76 Leon 25577 0.23
77 Lewis 25328 0.23
78 Charlie 25176 0.23
79 Glenn 25157 0.23
80 Calvin 24785 0.22
81 Martin 24243 0.22
82 Milton 24198 0.22
83 Lee 23556 0.21
84 Jesse 23170 0.21
85 Dale 22752 0.21
86 Cecil 22528 0.2
87 Bill 22288 0.2
88 Harvey 21785 0.2
89 Roger 21753 0.2
90 Victor 21498 0.2
91 Benjamin 21028 0.19
92 Wallace 20916 0.19
93 Ronald 20894 0.19
94 Sam 20844 0.19
95 Allen 20092 0.18
96 Arnold 19531 0.18
97 Willard 18440 0.17
98 Gilbert 18233 0.17
99 Edgar 18037 0.16
100 Oscar 17740 0.16

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 701755 5.87
2 Dorothy 368875 3.09
3 Helen 290404 2.43
4 Betty 283096 2.37
5 Margaret 245011 2.05
6 Ruth 218520 1.83
7 Virginia 169554 1.42
8 Doris 151193 1.26
9 Mildred 147155 1.23
10 Frances 140391 1.17
11 Elizabeth 139672 1.17
12 Evelyn 124166 1.04
13 Anna 123895 1.04
14 Marie 110564 0.93
15 Alice 110526 0.92
16 Jean 105999 0.89
17 Shirley 98602 0.82
18 Barbara 97210 0.81
19 Irene 92836 0.78
20 Marjorie 91221 0.76
21 Florence 88295 0.74
22 Lois 88133 0.74
23 Martha 86788 0.73
24 Rose 85305 0.71
25 Lillian 83160 0.7
26 Louise 82895 0.69
27 Catherine 78881 0.66
28 Ruby 76738 0.64
29 Eleanor 74760 0.63
30 Patricia 74732 0.63
31 Gladys 72561 0.61
32 Annie 69468 0.58
33 Josephine 69223 0.58
34 Thelma 68767 0.58
35 Edna 68629 0.57
36 Norma 65241 0.55
37 Pauline 64075 0.54
38 Lucille 63883 0.53
39 Edith 62989 0.53
40 Gloria 62859 0.53
41 Ethel 62806 0.53
42 Phyllis 61871 0.52
43 Grace 60060 0.5
44 Hazel 58984 0.49
45 June 56482 0.47
46 Bernice 55842 0.47
47 Marion 55178 0.46
48 Dolores 51990 0.43
49 Rita 50587 0.42
50 Lorraine 49939 0.42
51 Ann 49810 0.42
52 Esther 49230 0.41
53 Beatrice 49230 0.41
54 Juanita 48547 0.41
55 Clara 48183 0.4
56 Jane 48049 0.4
57 Geraldine 48044 0.4
58 Sarah 46769 0.39
59 Emma 46538 0.39
60 Joan 45351 0.38
61 Joyce 44174 0.37
62 Nancy 43807 0.37
63 Katherine 42745 0.36
64 Gertrude 42459 0.36
65 Elsie 42098 0.35
66 Julia 40331 0.34
67 Agnes 39222 0.33
68 Wilma 39127 0.33
69 Marian 38978 0.33
70 Bertha 38571 0.32
71 Eva 38048 0.32
72 Willie 37814 0.32
73 Audrey 37550 0.31
74 Theresa 36666 0.31
75 Vivian 36572 0.31
76 Wanda 36007 0.3
77 Laura 35991 0.3
78 Charlotte 35752 0.3
79 Ida 35619 0.3
80 Elaine 34907 0.29
81 Anne 34511 0.29
82 Marilyn 34202 0.29
83 Kathryn 33791 0.28
84 Maxine 33743 0.28
85 Kathleen 33597 0.28
86 Viola 33251 0.28
87 Pearl 32774 0.27
88 Vera 32541 0.27
89 Bessie 32158 0.27
90 Myrtle 30569 0.26
91 Alma 30434 0.25
92 Beverly 30205 0.25
93 Violet 30022 0.25
94 Nellie 29689 0.25
95 Ella 29521 0.25
96 Lillie 29382 0.25
97 Jessie 29289 0.25
98 Jeanne 29119 0.24
99 Eileen 28588 0.24
100 Ellen 28391 0.24