100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1920's

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert +3 576,288
2 John -1 563,974
3 James 0 515,259
4 William -2 512,311
5 Charles +2 298,005
6 George 0 261,895
7 Joseph -2 243,761
8 Richard +7 222,574
9 Edward -1 197,329
10 Donald +10 191,808
11 Thomas -1 161,095
12 Frank -3 151,784
13 Harold -1 133,556
14 Paul 0 132,369
15 Raymond +1 124,192
16 Walter -5 119,784
17 Jack +6 115,963
18 Henry -5 104,536
19 Kenneth +11 99,475
20 Arthur -2 97,102
21 Albert -4 94,401
22 David +7 88,739
23 Harry -4 86,169
24 Eugene +15 84,750
25 Ralph -4 84,442
26 Howard +1 70,336
27 Carl -2 69,836
28 Willie -2 67,968
29 Louis -7 67,676
30 Clarence -6 66,563
31 Earl +2 63,579
32 Roy 0 63,240
33 Fred -5 62,733
34 Joe 0 62,669
35 Francis -4 59,090
36 Lawrence 0 56,849
37 Herbert +4 56,515
38 Leonard +5 53,787
39 Ernest -4 53,635
40 Alfred +2 50,149
41 Anthony -3 50,034
42 Stanley -5 49,438
43 Norman +6 49,357
44 Gerald +33 44,513
45 Daniel +7 43,414
46 Samuel -6 43,362
47 Bernard +1 42,400
48 Billy +201 42,091
49 Melvin +9 40,570
50 Marvin +20 39,579
51 Warren +46 38,769
52 Michael -8 37,884
53 Leroy +8 37,871
54 Russell -3 37,212
55 Leo -8 36,950
56 Andrew -10 35,956
57 Edwin -4 35,250
58 Elmer -13 34,912
59 Peter -9 34,064
60 Floyd 0 33,143
61 Lloyd -4 33,119
62 Ray +9 32,041
63 Frederick -9 31,512
64 Theodore -2 31,285
65 Clifford -2 31,237
66 Vernon +10 29,430
67 Herman -11 29,004
68 Clyde -4 28,948
69 Chester -14 28,423
70 Philip -1 27,265
71 Alvin +10 26,865
72 Lester -13 26,502
73 Wayne +25 26,396
74 Vincent -6 26,234
75 Gordon +13 25,617
76 Leon +8 25,576
77 Lewis -5 25,326
78 Charlie -13 25,168
79 Glenn +7 25,149
80 Calvin +80 24,781
81 Martin -2 24,238
82 Milton -9 24,199
83 Lee -1 23,551
84 Jesse -6 23,167
85 Dale +43 22,747
86 Cecil -6 22,522
87 Bill +61 22,284
88 Harvey +2 21,788
89 Roger +37 21,746
90 Victor -15 21,494
91 Benjamin -17 21,022
92 Wallace +30 20,912
93 Ronald +76 20,903
94 Sam -28 20,831
95 Allen +4 20,086
96 Arnold -2 19,529
97 Willard -14 18,433
98 Gilbert +7 18,228
99 Edgar -12 18,033
100 Oscar -15 17,736
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 701,638
2 Dorothy +1 368,819
3 Helen -1 290,347
4 Betty +33 283,054
5 Margaret -1 244,980
6 Ruth -1 218,484
7 Virginia +3 169,535
8 Doris +24 151,171
9 Mildred -3 147,142
10 Frances -1 140,374
11 Elizabeth -3 139,657
12 Evelyn 0 124,150
13 Anna -6 123,866
14 Marie -3 110,545
15 Alice -2 110,496
16 Jean +29 105,983
17 Shirley +112 98,591
18 Barbara +58 97,199
19 Irene -2 92,816
20 Marjorie +19 91,209
21 Florence -7 88,286
22 Lois +27 88,114
23 Martha +2 86,764
24 Rose -8 85,301
25 Lillian -10 83,138
26 Louise -8 82,885
27 Catherine -7 78,870
28 Ruby -4 76,725
29 Eleanor +2 74,742
30 Patricia +130 74,735
31 Gladys -10 72,552
32 Annie +1 69,449
33 Josephine -10 69,203
34 Thelma -6 68,754
35 Edna -16 68,617
36 Norma +77 65,232
37 Pauline -3 64,068
38 Lucille -9 63,870
39 Edith -9 62,977
40 Gloria +288 62,843
41 Ethel -19 62,792
42 Phyllis +57 61,854
43 Grace -17 60,050
44 Hazel -17 58,974
45 June +48 56,473
46 Bernice -4 55,825
47 Marion +4 55,173
48 Dolores +100 51,977
49 Rita +25 50,571
50 Lorraine +60 49,930
51 Ann -7 49,794
52 Esther -16 49,226
53 Beatrice -15 49,210
54 Juanita +37 48,537
55 Clara -15 48,167
56 Jane +12 48,047
57 Geraldine +37 48,032
58 Sarah -8 46,772
59 Emma -18 46,531
60 Joan +139 45,353
61 Joyce +156 44,170
62 Nancy +39 43,807
63 Katherine -11 42,731
64 Gertrude -29 42,444
65 Elsie -19 42,081
66 Julia -18 40,319
67 Agnes -20 39,216
68 Wilma +22 39,123
69 Marian +17 38,968
70 Bertha -27 38,562
71 Eva -18 38,038
72 Willie -6 37,804
73 Audrey +54 37,544
74 Theresa +23 36,660
75 Vivian +2 36,564
76 Wanda +74 35,999
77 Laura -15 35,986
78 Charlotte +6 35,747
79 Ida -25 35,608
80 Elaine +94 34,902
81 Anne -24 34,505
82 Marilyn +424 34,201
83 Kathryn -20 33,787
84 Maxine +16 33,738
85 Kathleen +20 33,590
86 Viola -28 33,242
87 Pearl -31 32,766
88 Vera -23 32,536
89 Bessie -34 32,155
90 Myrtle -31 30,565
91 Alma -22 30,436
92 Beverly +205 30,200
93 Violet -14 30,018
94 Nellie -34 29,682
95 Ella -23 29,510
96 Lillie -23 29,379
97 Jessie -30 29,285
98 Jeanne +75 29,112
99 Eileen +31 28,585
100 Ellen -11 28,386