100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1921

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 58,217
2 Robert +1 52,781
3 William -1 51,862
4 James 0 49,749
5 Charles 0 29,246
6 George 0 27,476
7 Joseph 0 26,180
8 Edward 0 20,817
9 Frank 0 16,707
10 Richard 0 16,376
11 Thomas 0 15,308
12 Harold 0 13,810
13 Donald +3 13,776
14 Paul 0 13,168
15 Walter -2 13,004
16 Raymond -1 12,645
17 Henry 0 11,412
18 Jack +2 10,756
19 Arthur -1 10,527
20 Albert -1 10,157
21 Harry 0 9,731
22 Kenneth +1 8,960
23 Ralph -1 8,860
24 Warren +15 7,797
25 David 0 7,767
26 Eugene +4 7,717
27 Howard -3 7,712
28 Clarence -2 7,332
29 Louis -1 7,247
30 Carl -3 7,077
31 Earl 0 6,755
32 Roy 0 6,545
33 Fred 0 6,493
34 Willie -5 6,489
35 Francis -1 6,293
36 Joe -1 6,203
37 Lawrence -1 5,978
38 Ernest -1 5,697
39 Leonard -1 5,651
40 Anthony +3 5,237
41 Stanley -1 5,233
42 Herbert -1 5,218
43 Alfred -1 4,925
44 Samuel 0 4,755
45 Bernard +1 4,485
46 Norman +1 4,479
47 Michael +3 4,198
48 Elmer -3 4,146
49 Daniel +3 4,089
50 Leo -2 4,066
51 Andrew -2 4,015
52 Russell -1 3,946
53 Melvin +1 3,886
54 Edwin -1 3,750
55 Leroy +1 3,748
56 Chester -1 3,550
57 Peter 0 3,547
58 Lloyd 0 3,538
59 Marvin +3 3,490
60 Gerald +4 3,383
61 Frederick -1 3,375
62 Clifford -3 3,262
63 Floyd -2 3,255
64 Herman +2 3,219
65 Theodore -2 3,171
66 Lester +3 3,076
67 Ray 0 3,075
68 Vernon -3 3,069
69 Clyde -1 3,023
70 Vincent +3 2,780
71 Lewis +1 2,712
72 Philip -1 2,702
73 Alvin +3 2,687
74 Leon +1 2,618
75 Milton -1 2,588
76 Charlie -6 2,575
77 Jesse +2 2,486
78 Martin 0 2,461
79 Cecil -2 2,456
80 Glenn 0 2,449
81 Wayne +5 2,417
82 Benjamin +1 2,413
83 Victor -2 2,408
84 Gordon +1 2,382
85 Sam -1 2,366
86 Lee -4 2,354
87 Harvey 0 2,286
88 Wallace +5 2,095
89 Willard -1 2,077
90 Edgar -1 2,014
91 Arnold 0 1,982
92 Oscar -2 1,978
93 Dale +12 1,956
94 Allen 0 1,938
95 Everett 0 1,913
96 Claude -4 1,888
97 Stephen -1 1,869
98 Virgil +3 1,830
99 Roger +4 1,803
100 Wilbur -2 1,755
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 73,982
2 Dorothy 0 39,086
3 Helen 0 34,821
4 Margaret 0 28,466
5 Ruth 0 25,783
6 Virginia +1 19,033
7 Mildred -1 17,882
8 Betty +3 17,637
9 Frances 0 15,994
10 Elizabeth -2 15,799
11 Anna -1 14,477
12 Evelyn 0 14,279
13 Doris +1 13,152
14 Marie -1 12,502
15 Alice 0 11,956
16 Marjorie +8 11,208
17 Florence -1 10,719
18 Irene -1 10,623
19 Lillian -1 9,770
20 Rose 0 9,351
21 Martha +2 9,263
22 Louise -3 9,180
23 Catherine -2 8,887
24 Gladys -2 8,813
25 Jean +8 8,593
26 Ruby 0 8,333
27 Edna 0 8,303
28 Josephine 0 8,132
29 Eleanor -4 8,053
30 Thelma +1 7,840
31 Lucille -2 7,697
32 Ethel -2 7,603
33 Edith -1 7,589
34 Hazel 0 7,341
35 Grace +2 7,230
36 Annie -1 7,208
37 Pauline -1 7,142
38 Lois 0 6,899
39 Bernice +1 6,190
40 Barbara +7 6,014
41 Beatrice 0 5,968
42 Esther -3 5,926
43 Marion 0 5,815
44 Shirley +12 5,694
45 Clara -1 5,606
46 Gertrude -4 5,349
47 Jane +1 5,187
48 Rita +4 5,157
49 Katherine -4 5,156
50 June +3 5,155
51 Norma +18 5,101
52 Emma -6 5,073
53 Ann -4 5,058
54 Sarah -4 5,023
55 Elsie -4 4,879
56 Agnes -2 4,798
57 Juanita +4 4,779
58 Julia -3 4,737
59 Bertha -2 4,608
60 Phyllis +12 4,591
61 Lorraine +9 4,533
62 Geraldine -2 4,522
63 Eva -5 4,326
64 Kathryn +3 4,201
65 Pearl -3 4,175
66 Viola -7 4,160
67 Ida -1 4,146
68 Vivian -4 4,103
69 Marian +4 4,064
70 Anne -5 4,007
71 Laura -8 3,998
72 Wilma +6 3,821
73 Myrtle -5 3,791
74 Willie 0 3,748
75 Bessie -4 3,677
76 Vera -1 3,631
77 Maxine +4 3,630
78 Alma +2 3,589
79 Charlotte 0 3,587
80 Nellie -4 3,512
81 Violet -4 3,469
82 Audrey +21 3,434
83 Kathleen +8 3,419
84 Patricia +20 3,381
85 Mabel -2 3,337
86 Stella -4 3,335
87 Nancy +8 3,323
88 Sylvia -3 3,297
89 Ella -1 3,237
90 Genevieve -4 3,235
91 Jessie -7 3,225
92 Leona -3 3,210
93 Lucy +1 3,157
94 Lillie -4 3,118
95 Ellen -3 3,065
96 Minnie -9 2,998
97 Elaine +10 2,922
98 Marguerite -5 2,897
99 Jennie -2 2,889
100 Eileen 0 2,863