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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in the 1910s, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. Then see which names rose and fell since and what is climbing now.

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The 1910s lists

Girls100

  1. 1Mary478,636
  2. 2Helen248,154
  3. 3Dorothy207,475
  4. 4Margaret189,234
  5. 5Ruth173,675
  6. 6Mildred123,998
  7. 7Anna118,998
  8. 8Elizabeth116,811
  9. 9Frances105,599
  10. 10Virginia94,322
  11. 11Marie92,086
  12. 12Evelyn91,492
  13. 13Alice85,866
  14. 14Florence81,465
  15. 15Lillian75,914
  16. 16Rose74,690
  17. 17Irene68,968
  18. 18Louise67,973
  19. 19Edna66,897
  20. 20Catherine65,823
  21. 21Gladys65,812
  22. 22Ethel63,662
  23. 23Josephine61,355
  24. 24Ruby60,308
  25. 25Martha59,508
  26. 26Grace57,973
  27. 27Hazel57,068
  28. 28Thelma57,011
  29. 29Lucille56,147
  30. 30Edith56,059
  31. 31Eleanor54,163
  32. 32Doris53,249
  33. 33Annie52,301
  34. 34Pauline50,075
  35. 35Gertrude49,565
  36. 36Esther49,212
  37. 37Betty44,894
  38. 38Beatrice44,515
  39. 39Marjorie44,452
  40. 40Clara44,346
  41. 41Emma41,819
  42. 42Bernice40,346
  43. 43Bertha40,120
  44. 44Ann39,506
  45. 45Jean39,284
  46. 46Elsie39,274
  47. 47Julia39,259
  48. 48Agnes39,255
  49. 49Lois38,179
  50. 50Sarah38,120
  51. 51Marion37,974
  52. 52Katherine36,884
  53. 53Eva34,909
  54. 54Ida34,792
  55. 55Bessie33,859
  56. 56Pearl33,834
  57. 57Anne33,478
  58. 58Viola33,076
  59. 59Myrtle32,432
  60. 60Nellie30,879
  61. 61Mabel30,783
  62. 62Laura30,549
  63. 63Kathryn29,235
  64. 64Stella28,526
  65. 65Vera28,289
  66. 66Willie28,179
  67. 67Jessie27,834
  68. 68Jane27,740
  69. 69Alma27,515
  70. 70Minnie27,486
  71. 71Sylvia25,655
  72. 72Ella24,913
  73. 73Lillie24,651
  74. 74Rita23,850
  75. 75Leona23,825
  76. 76Barbara23,704
  77. 77Vivian23,634
  78. 78Lena23,624
  79. 79Violet23,157
  80. 80Lucy23,117
  81. 81Jennie23,068
  82. 82Genevieve22,830
  83. 83Marguerite22,658
  84. 84Charlotte22,548
  85. 85Mattie22,243
  86. 86Marian22,158
  87. 87Blanche21,977
  88. 88Mae21,530
  89. 89Ellen21,500
  90. 90Wilma21,384
  91. 91Juanita20,878
  92. 92Opal20,386
  93. 93June19,244
  94. 94Geraldine18,990
  95. 95Beulah18,874
  96. 96Velma18,631
  97. 97Theresa18,348
  98. 98Carrie18,067
  99. 99Phyllis17,885
  100. 100Maxine17,800

US babies given each name in the 1910s.

Boys100

  1. 1John376,311
  2. 2William303,017
  3. 3James275,070
  4. 4Robert239,185
  5. 5Joseph179,300
  6. 6George176,609
  7. 7Charles173,535
  8. 8Edward125,720
  9. 9Frank116,017
  10. 10Thomas91,619
  11. 11Walter89,145
  12. 12Harold79,721
  13. 13Henry79,667
  14. 14Paul78,216
  15. 15Richard74,603
  16. 16Raymond71,820
  17. 17Albert68,207
  18. 18Arthur67,478
  19. 19Harry65,874
  20. 20Donald57,001
  21. 21Ralph52,522
  22. 22Louis50,600
  23. 23Jack49,526
  24. 24Clarence49,196
  25. 25Carl48,454
  26. 26Willie47,690
  27. 27Howard46,596
  28. 28Fred44,345
  29. 29David43,853
  30. 30Kenneth43,248
  31. 31Francis41,053
  32. 32Roy40,340
  33. 33Earl40,273
  34. 34Joe38,250
  35. 35Ernest37,134
  36. 36Lawrence36,354
  37. 37Stanley35,908
  38. 38Anthony35,627
  39. 39Eugene35,161
  40. 40Samuel34,166
  41. 41Herbert33,860
  42. 42Alfred32,635
  43. 43Leonard31,878
  44. 44Michael30,858
  45. 45Elmer28,600
  46. 46Andrew28,152
  47. 47Leo26,656
  48. 48Bernard25,628
  49. 49Norman25,033
  50. 50Peter24,935
  51. 51Russell24,842
  52. 52Daniel23,978
  53. 53Edwin23,697
  54. 54Frederick23,542
  55. 55Chester23,500
  56. 56Herman22,598
  57. 57Lloyd21,743
  58. 58Melvin21,739
  59. 59Lester21,509
  60. 60Floyd21,472
  61. 61Leroy21,275
  62. 62Theodore21,106
  63. 63Clifford20,886
  64. 64Clyde19,864
  65. 65Charlie19,834
  66. 66Sam18,544
  67. 67Woodrow18,355
  68. 68Vincent18,285
  69. 69Philip18,166
  70. 70Marvin17,821
  71. 71Ray17,792
  72. 72Lewis17,787
  73. 73Milton17,522
  74. 74Benjamin17,310
  75. 75Victor17,157
  76. 76Vernon16,967
  77. 77Gerald16,522
  78. 78Jesse16,293
  79. 79Martin16,097
  80. 80Cecil15,987
  81. 81Alvin15,499
  82. 82Lee15,380
  83. 83Willard15,364
  84. 84Leon15,280
  85. 85Oscar14,869
  86. 86Glenn14,304
  87. 87Edgar14,080
  88. 88Gordon13,641
  89. 89Stephen13,502
  90. 90Harvey13,304
  91. 91Sidney12,793
  92. 92Claude12,792
  93. 93Everett12,748
  94. 94Arnold12,586
  95. 95Morris12,484
  96. 96Wilbur12,411
  97. 97Warren12,012
  98. 98Wayne11,572
  99. 99Allen11,493
  100. 100Homer11,471

US babies given each name in the 1910s.

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What was the most popular girl name in the 1910s?
Mary was the #1 girl name in the US in the 1910s, given to 478,636 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in the 1910s?
John was the #1 boy name in the US in the 1910s, given to 376,311 babies.

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