Top 100 names of the 1920s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Robert 576374 5.23
2 John 564053 5.12
3 James 515302 4.68
4 William 512402 4.65
5 Charles 298030 2.7
6 George 261945 2.38
7 Joseph 243810 2.21
8 Richard 222598 2.02
9 Edward 197348 1.79
10 Donald 191817 1.74
11 Thomas 161109 1.46
12 Frank 151830 1.38
13 Harold 133585 1.21
14 Paul 132386 1.2
15 Raymond 124213 1.13
16 Walter 119810 1.09
17 Jack 115983 1.05
18 Henry 104552 0.95
19 Kenneth 99489 0.9
20 Arthur 97112 0.88
21 Albert 94431 0.86
22 David 88737 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 62743 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 50055 0.45
42 Stanley 49456 0.45
43 Norman 49364 0.45
44 Gerald 44522 0.4
45 Daniel 43407 0.39
46 Samuel 43362 0.39
47 Bernard 42410 0.38
48 Billy 42096 0.38
49 Melvin 40583 0.37
50 Marvin 39588 0.36
51 Warren 38775 0.35
52 Michael 37894 0.34
53 Leroy 37870 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 34068 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 28955 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 24242 0.22
82 Milton 24198 0.22
83 Lee 23556 0.21
84 Jesse 23170 0.21
85 Dale 22753 0.21
86 Cecil 22528 0.2
87 Bill 22289 0.2
88 Harvey 21786 0.2
89 Roger 21753 0.2
90 Victor 21498 0.2
91 Benjamin 21028 0.19
92 Wallace 20916 0.19
93 Ronald 20895 0.19
94 Sam 20844 0.19
95 Allen 20092 0.18
96 Arnold 19531 0.18
97 Willard 18441 0.17
98 Gilbert 18233 0.17
99 Edgar 18037 0.16
100 Oscar 17740 0.16

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 701754 5.87
2 Dorothy 368874 3.09
3 Helen 290403 2.43
4 Betty 283096 2.37
5 Margaret 245009 2.05
6 Ruth 218521 1.83
7 Virginia 169555 1.42
8 Doris 151191 1.26
9 Mildred 147156 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 98601 0.82
18 Barbara 97210 0.81
19 Irene 92836 0.78
20 Marjorie 91221 0.76
21 Florence 88295 0.74
22 Lois 88132 0.74
23 Martha 86788 0.73
24 Rose 85306 0.71
25 Lillian 83158 0.7
26 Louise 82895 0.69
27 Catherine 78881 0.66
28 Ruby 76737 0.64
29 Eleanor 74760 0.63
30 Patricia 74732 0.63
31 Gladys 72561 0.61
32 Annie 69467 0.58
33 Josephine 69223 0.58
34 Thelma 68767 0.58
35 Edna 68629 0.57
36 Norma 65242 0.55
37 Pauline 64075 0.54
38 Lucille 63883 0.53
39 Edith 62988 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 56483 0.47
46 Bernice 55842 0.47
47 Marion 55178 0.46
48 Dolores 51988 0.43
49 Rita 50587 0.42
50 Lorraine 49939 0.42
51 Ann 49809 0.42
52 Esther 49230 0.41
53 Beatrice 49229 0.41
54 Juanita 48547 0.41
55 Clara 48183 0.4
56 Jane 48049 0.4
57 Geraldine 48044 0.4
58 Sarah 46768 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 36667 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 34512 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 32542 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 29520 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