100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1921

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 58,227
2 Robert +1 52,776
3 William -1 51,842
4 James 0 49,751
5 Charles 0 29,251
6 George 0 27,472
7 Joseph 0 26,183
8 Edward 0 20,813
9 Frank 0 16,702
10 Richard 0 16,384
11 Thomas 0 15,310
12 Harold 0 13,811
13 Donald +3 13,782
14 Paul 0 13,170
15 Walter -2 12,997
16 Raymond -1 12,646
17 Henry 0 11,409
18 Jack +2 10,757
19 Arthur -1 10,523
20 Albert -1 10,152
21 Harry 0 9,734
22 Kenneth +1 8,963
23 Ralph -1 8,855
24 Warren +15 7,797
25 David 0 7,767
26 Eugene +4 7,723
27 Howard -3 7,708
28 Clarence -2 7,328
29 Louis -1 7,249
30 Carl -3 7,078
31 Earl 0 6,750
32 Roy 0 6,546
33 Fred 0 6,493
34 Willie -5 6,493
35 Francis -1 6,291
36 Joe -1 6,206
37 Lawrence -1 5,979
38 Ernest -1 5,695
39 Leonard -1 5,650
40 Anthony +3 5,236
41 Stanley -1 5,234
42 Herbert -1 5,219
43 Alfred -1 4,929
44 Samuel 0 4,760
45 Bernard +1 4,487
46 Norman +1 4,477
47 Michael +3 4,201
48 Elmer -3 4,149
49 Daniel +3 4,093
50 Leo -2 4,066
51 Andrew -2 4,019
52 Russell -1 3,947
53 Melvin +1 3,881
54 Edwin -1 3,749
55 Leroy +1 3,745
56 Chester -1 3,548
57 Peter 0 3,545
58 Lloyd 0 3,541
59 Marvin +3 3,485
60 Gerald +4 3,384
61 Frederick -1 3,375
62 Clifford -3 3,261
63 Floyd -2 3,256
64 Herman +2 3,218
65 Theodore -2 3,166
66 Vernon -1 3,073
67 Ray 0 3,072
68 Lester 0 3,070
69 Clyde 0 3,021
70 Vincent +3 2,781
71 Lewis +1 2,710
72 Philip -1 2,706
73 Alvin +3 2,692
74 Leon +1 2,618
75 Milton -1 2,587
76 Charlie -6 2,571
77 Jesse +2 2,484
78 Martin 0 2,464
79 Cecil -2 2,459
80 Glenn 0 2,451
81 Wayne +5 2,420
82 Benjamin +1 2,414
83 Victor -2 2,405
84 Gordon +1 2,383
85 Sam -1 2,362
86 Lee -4 2,356
87 Harvey 0 2,284
88 Wallace +5 2,098
89 Willard -1 2,078
90 Edgar -1 2,012
91 Arnold 0 1,984
92 Oscar -2 1,972
93 Dale +12 1,957
94 Allen 0 1,938
95 Everett 0 1,914
96 Claude -4 1,886
97 Stephen -1 1,868
98 Virgil +3 1,831
99 Roger +4 1,802
100 Wilbur -2 1,755
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 73,980
2 Dorothy 0 39,082
3 Helen 0 34,812
4 Margaret 0 28,462
5 Ruth 0 25,780
6 Virginia +1 19,025
7 Mildred -1 17,877
8 Betty +3 17,638
9 Frances 0 15,992
10 Elizabeth -2 15,804
11 Anna -1 14,475
12 Evelyn 0 14,277
13 Doris +1 13,156
14 Marie -1 12,499
15 Alice 0 11,956
16 Marjorie +8 11,207
17 Florence -1 10,719
18 Irene -1 10,626
19 Lillian -1 9,765
20 Rose 0 9,348
21 Martha +2 9,261
22 Louise -3 9,177
23 Catherine -2 8,883
24 Gladys -2 8,811
25 Jean +8 8,593
26 Ruby +1 8,335
27 Edna -1 8,303
28 Josephine 0 8,128
29 Eleanor -4 8,051
30 Thelma +1 7,837
31 Lucille -2 7,700
32 Ethel -2 7,598
33 Edith -1 7,587
34 Hazel 0 7,339
35 Grace +2 7,232
36 Annie -1 7,207
37 Pauline -1 7,139
38 Lois 0 6,899
39 Bernice +1 6,188
40 Barbara +7 6,014
41 Beatrice 0 5,965
42 Esther -3 5,925
43 Marion 0 5,813
44 Shirley +12 5,693
45 Clara -1 5,607
46 Gertrude -4 5,346
47 Jane +1 5,189
48 Rita +4 5,157
49 June +4 5,153
50 Katherine -5 5,151
51 Norma +18 5,102
52 Emma -6 5,072
53 Ann -4 5,054
54 Sarah -4 5,021
55 Elsie -4 4,878
56 Agnes -2 4,801
57 Juanita +4 4,775
58 Julia -3 4,736
59 Bertha -2 4,608
60 Phyllis +12 4,590
61 Lorraine +9 4,532
62 Geraldine -2 4,522
63 Eva -5 4,323
64 Kathryn +3 4,200
65 Pearl -3 4,174
66 Viola -7 4,156
67 Ida -1 4,141
68 Vivian -4 4,104
69 Marian +4 4,065
70 Anne -5 4,007
71 Laura -8 3,992
72 Wilma +6 3,822
73 Myrtle -5 3,789
74 Willie 0 3,745
75 Bessie -4 3,677
76 Maxine +5 3,630
77 Vera -2 3,630
78 Alma +2 3,590
79 Charlotte 0 3,588
80 Nellie -4 3,511
81 Violet -4 3,469
82 Audrey +21 3,434
83 Kathleen +8 3,419
84 Patricia +20 3,382
85 Mabel -2 3,336
86 Stella -4 3,335
87 Nancy +8 3,324
88 Sylvia -3 3,298
89 Ella -1 3,236
90 Genevieve -4 3,234
91 Jessie -7 3,226
92 Leona -3 3,208
93 Lucy +1 3,159
94 Lillie -4 3,118
95 Ellen -3 3,063
96 Minnie -9 2,998
97 Elaine +10 2,920
98 Marguerite -5 2,896
99 Jennie -2 2,887
100 Eileen 0 2,861