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Names that belong entirely to the 1910s

35 names · 11 girls · 24 boys · records through 2025

Every decade signs its name in the records. These reached their all-time top-100 peak in the 1910s — the years of ragtime pianos and Model T horns — and have since stepped out of the mainstream.

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This guide has 35 names: 11 girl names and 24 boy names. Names whose all-time top-100 peak fell in the 1910s and which now rank outside the national top-300 (or are unranked). Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.

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Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.

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