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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in 1913, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. See also the whole 1910s. Then see which names rose and fell after 1913 and what is climbing now.

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The 1913 lists

Girls100

  1. 1Mary36,642
  2. 2Helen18,888
  3. 3Dorothy14,674
  4. 4Margaret14,486
  5. 5Ruth12,609
  6. 6Mildred9,921
  7. 7Anna9,687
  8. 8Elizabeth9,505
  9. 9Frances7,694
  10. 10Marie7,353
  11. 11Alice6,934
  12. 12Evelyn6,683
  13. 13Florence6,279
  14. 14Rose6,171
  15. 15Virginia6,036
  16. 16Lillian6,015
  17. 17Louise5,577
  18. 18Edna5,558
  19. 19Gladys5,428
  20. 20Ethel5,369
  21. 21Irene5,335
  22. 22Catherine5,302
  23. 23Ruby4,913
  24. 24Josephine4,822
  25. 25Grace4,669
  26. 26Thelma4,595
  27. 27Hazel4,589
  28. 28Martha4,538
  29. 29Edith4,366
  30. 30Annie4,267
  31. 31Lucille4,098
  32. 32Esther4,090
  33. 33Gertrude4,015
  34. 34Eleanor3,938
  35. 35Pauline3,636
  36. 36Clara3,633
  37. 37Beatrice3,567
  38. 38Emma3,474
  39. 39Bertha3,345
  40. 40Elsie3,209
  41. 41Agnes3,206
  42. 42Julia3,195
  43. 43Sarah3,178
  44. 44Doris3,049
  45. 45Bernice3,036
  46. 46Ann2,998
  47. 47Bessie2,952
  48. 48Marjorie2,922
  49. 49Ida2,916
  50. 50Eva2,891
  51. 51Marion2,854
  52. 52Viola2,847
  53. 53Myrtle2,843
  54. 54Katherine2,794
  55. 55Pearl2,756
  56. 56Mabel2,741
  57. 57Anne2,684
  58. 58Nellie2,645
  59. 59Lois2,560
  60. 60Jean2,545
  61. 61Jessie2,475
  62. 62Laura2,454
  63. 63Minnie2,332
  64. 64Alma2,297
  65. 65Willie2,264
  66. 66Kathryn2,246
  67. 67Betty2,240
  68. 68Vera2,209
  69. 69Stella2,205
  70. 70Ella2,071
  71. 71Lillie2,030
  72. 72Sylvia2,013
  73. 73Lena1,973
  74. 74Leona1,911
  75. 75Mattie1,868
  76. 76Blanche1,856
  77. 77Lucy1,856
  78. 78Marguerite1,822
  79. 79Mae1,814
  80. 80Jennie1,809
  81. 81Jane1,759
  82. 82Violet1,751
  83. 83Vivian1,727
  84. 84Genevieve1,684
  85. 85Beulah1,641
  86. 86Opal1,629
  87. 87Charlotte1,603
  88. 88Ellen1,579
  89. 89Velma1,556
  90. 90Carrie1,517
  91. 91Fannie1,488
  92. 92Wilma1,469
  93. 93Marian1,452
  94. 94Barbara1,451
  95. 95Juanita1,443
  96. 96Hattie1,434
  97. 97Theresa1,403
  98. 98Inez1,395
  99. 99Emily1,386
  100. 100Georgia1,382

US babies given each name in 1913.

Boys100

  1. 1John29,329
  2. 2William23,538
  3. 3James20,832
  4. 4Robert15,684
  5. 5Joseph14,471
  6. 6George13,874
  7. 7Charles13,191
  8. 8Edward9,474
  9. 9Frank9,237
  10. 10Thomas7,096
  11. 11Walter6,890
  12. 12Henry6,391
  13. 13Harold6,157
  14. 14Paul5,966
  15. 15Harry5,458
  16. 16Albert5,449
  17. 17Arthur5,422
  18. 18Raymond5,310
  19. 19Richard5,107
  20. 20Louis4,258
  21. 21Clarence4,046
  22. 22Ralph3,963
  23. 23Carl3,935
  24. 24Willie3,760
  25. 25Donald3,702
  26. 26Howard3,663
  27. 27Fred3,624
  28. 28Jack3,538
  29. 29David3,282
  30. 30Francis3,205
  31. 31Earl3,110
  32. 32Roy3,090
  33. 33Kenneth3,065
  34. 34Ernest2,940
  35. 35Lawrence2,853
  36. 36Samuel2,850
  37. 37Joe2,806
  38. 38Anthony2,781
  39. 39Herbert2,723
  40. 40Michael2,607
  41. 41Stanley2,595
  42. 42Alfred2,577
  43. 43Eugene2,525
  44. 44Woodrow2,333
  45. 45Elmer2,323
  46. 46Leonard2,276
  47. 47Andrew2,222
  48. 48Leo2,031
  49. 49Frederick1,996
  50. 50Russell1,946
  51. 51Peter1,934
  52. 52Bernard1,916
  53. 53Herman1,905
  54. 54Daniel1,878
  55. 55Edwin1,825
  56. 56Chester1,765
  57. 57Norman1,748
  58. 58Floyd1,740
  59. 59Lester1,736
  60. 60Theodore1,650
  61. 61Melvin1,642
  62. 62Charlie1,618
  63. 63Leroy1,582
  64. 64Clyde1,537
  65. 65Sam1,527
  66. 66Vincent1,527
  67. 67Lloyd1,521
  68. 68Clifford1,520
  69. 69Philip1,484
  70. 70Benjamin1,466
  71. 71Milton1,419
  72. 72Lewis1,384
  73. 73Ray1,328
  74. 74Cecil1,276
  75. 75Martin1,259
  76. 76Oscar1,249
  77. 77Marvin1,236
  78. 78Lee1,228
  79. 79Jesse1,214
  80. 80Victor1,177
  81. 81Leon1,160
  82. 82Alvin1,144
  83. 83Vernon1,143
  84. 84Gerald1,142
  85. 85Glenn1,122
  86. 86Stephen1,097
  87. 87Edgar1,087
  88. 88Claude1,076
  89. 89Morris1,073
  90. 90Sidney1,073
  91. 91Wilbur1,044
  92. 92Arnold1,032
  93. 93Harvey1,028
  94. 94Gordon1,017
  95. 95Maurice994
  96. 96Homer987
  97. 97Everett948
  98. 98Alexander937
  99. 99Willard926
  100. 100Allen903

US babies given each name in 1913.

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What was the most popular girl name in 1913?
Mary was the #1 girl name in the US in 1913, given to 36,642 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in 1913?
John was the #1 boy name in the US in 1913, given to 29,329 babies.

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