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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in 1919, 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 1919 and what is climbing now.

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The 1919 lists

Girls100

  1. 1Mary65,836
  2. 2Helen33,706
  3. 3Dorothy31,733
  4. 4Margaret26,238
  5. 5Ruth24,562
  6. 6Mildred17,300
  7. 7Virginia15,636
  8. 8Elizabeth15,287
  9. 9Frances15,106
  10. 10Anna14,498
  11. 11Evelyn13,321
  12. 12Marie12,008
  13. 13Alice11,141
  14. 14Florence10,482
  15. 15Betty10,106
  16. 16Irene9,712
  17. 17Lillian9,516
  18. 18Doris9,433
  19. 19Rose9,195
  20. 20Louise8,812
  21. 21Gladys8,717
  22. 22Edna8,404
  23. 23Catherine8,335
  24. 24Ruby8,334
  25. 25Martha8,322
  26. 26Josephine8,104
  27. 27Lucille7,856
  28. 28Ethel7,809
  29. 29Edith7,767
  30. 30Eleanor7,611
  31. 31Thelma7,558
  32. 32Hazel7,430
  33. 33Marjorie7,335
  34. 34Grace7,195
  35. 35Annie7,146
  36. 36Pauline6,973
  37. 37Jean6,799
  38. 38Esther6,248
  39. 39Gertrude6,014
  40. 40Lois5,976
  41. 41Beatrice5,856
  42. 42Bernice5,793
  43. 43Clara5,404
  44. 44Marion5,158
  45. 45Emma5,087
  46. 46Sarah5,022
  47. 47Elsie4,995
  48. 48Julia4,950
  49. 49Ann4,924
  50. 50Agnes4,901
  51. 51Katherine4,846
  52. 52Bertha4,754
  53. 53Jane4,527
  54. 54Rita4,515
  55. 55Eva4,484
  56. 56Pearl4,273
  57. 57Ida4,163
  58. 58Viola4,129
  59. 59Bessie4,106
  60. 60Barbara4,084
  61. 61Willie4,051
  62. 62Lorraine3,976
  63. 63Anne3,975
  64. 64June3,963
  65. 65Vera3,848
  66. 66Kathryn3,825
  67. 67Myrtle3,816
  68. 68Geraldine3,727
  69. 69Nellie3,726
  70. 70Stella3,700
  71. 71Laura3,663
  72. 72Vivian3,640
  73. 73Juanita3,636
  74. 74Violet3,597
  75. 75Jessie3,530
  76. 76Alma3,438
  77. 77Sylvia3,412
  78. 78Mabel3,405
  79. 79Charlotte3,353
  80. 80Minnie3,272
  81. 81Lillie3,262
  82. 82Marian3,261
  83. 83Norma3,199
  84. 84Phyllis3,189
  85. 85Maxine3,183
  86. 86Wilma3,170
  87. 87Ella3,158
  88. 88Genevieve3,155
  89. 89Shirley3,149
  90. 90Leona3,033
  91. 91Lucy3,007
  92. 92Ellen2,929
  93. 93Jennie2,928
  94. 94Lena2,872
  95. 95Mattie2,856
  96. 96Marguerite2,836
  97. 97Blanche2,668
  98. 98Opal2,652
  99. 99Mae2,634
  100. 100Nancy2,628

US babies given each name in 1919.

Boys100

  1. 1John53,522
  2. 2William43,969
  3. 3James42,392
  4. 4Robert41,025
  5. 5Charles25,192
  6. 6George25,170
  7. 7Joseph24,266
  8. 8Edward18,536
  9. 9Frank15,701
  10. 10Thomas13,434
  11. 11Walter12,879
  12. 12Richard12,441
  13. 13Harold12,021
  14. 14Raymond11,384
  15. 15Paul11,305
  16. 16Henry10,613
  17. 17Donald9,904
  18. 18Albert9,607
  19. 19Arthur9,540
  20. 20Harry8,990
  21. 21Jack8,263
  22. 22Ralph7,709
  23. 23Willie6,942
  24. 24Howard6,843
  25. 25Clarence6,825
  26. 26Kenneth6,796
  27. 27David6,716
  28. 28Louis6,661
  29. 29Carl6,474
  30. 30Fred6,091
  31. 31Earl5,975
  32. 32Roy5,970
  33. 33Eugene5,892
  34. 34Francis5,726
  35. 35Joe5,709
  36. 36Ernest5,296
  37. 37Stanley5,238
  38. 38Lawrence5,205
  39. 39Leonard5,010
  40. 40Herbert4,960
  41. 41Anthony4,737
  42. 42Alfred4,615
  43. 43Samuel4,472
  44. 44Elmer3,982
  45. 45Bernard3,915
  46. 46Michael3,909
  47. 47Andrew3,851
  48. 48Norman3,809
  49. 49Leo3,802
  50. 50Russell3,645
  51. 51Daniel3,526
  52. 52Edwin3,450
  53. 53Chester3,432
  54. 54Theodore3,424
  55. 55Leroy3,422
  56. 56Melvin3,384
  57. 57Peter3,375
  58. 58Lloyd3,238
  59. 59Floyd3,121
  60. 60Clifford3,040
  61. 61Herman3,027
  62. 62Lester3,020
  63. 63Marvin2,997
  64. 64Frederick2,932
  65. 65Vernon2,929
  66. 66Charlie2,891
  67. 67Clyde2,884
  68. 68Victor2,751
  69. 69Ray2,722
  70. 70Gerald2,689
  71. 71Philip2,531
  72. 72Vincent2,531
  73. 73Milton2,448
  74. 74Lewis2,429
  75. 75Sam2,384
  76. 76Alvin2,383
  77. 77Jesse2,356
  78. 78Cecil2,300
  79. 79Benjamin2,279
  80. 80Leon2,250
  81. 81Martin2,204
  82. 82Lee2,189
  83. 83Warren2,180
  84. 84Glenn2,153
  85. 85Harvey2,028
  86. 86Gordon2,017
  87. 87Willard2,014
  88. 88Oscar1,991
  89. 89Edgar1,986
  90. 90Wayne1,955
  91. 91Woodrow1,808
  92. 92Claude1,772
  93. 93Everett1,772
  94. 94Arnold1,767
  95. 95Johnnie1,716
  96. 96Sidney1,715
  97. 97Stephen1,693
  98. 98Wilbur1,689
  99. 99Eddie1,660
  100. 100Morris1,660

US babies given each name in 1919.

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What was the most popular girl name in 1919?
Mary was the #1 girl name in the US in 1919, given to 65,836 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in 1919?
John was the #1 boy name in the US in 1919, given to 53,522 babies.

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