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The most popular baby names of 1920

Ranks are per sex, and ties share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

‹ 19191921 ›

Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #11Betty14,016
  12. #12Evelyn13,838
  13. #13Marie12,743
  14. #14Doris11,892
  15. #15Alice11,596
  16. #16Florence10,731
  17. #17Irene10,072
  18. #18Lillian10,049
  19. #19Louise9,179
  20. #20Rose9,011
  21. #21Catherine8,878
  22. #22Gladys8,819
  23. #23Martha8,709
  24. #24Marjorie8,658
  25. #25Eleanor8,497
  26. #26Ruby8,336
  27. #27Edna8,331
  28. #28Josephine8,093
  29. #29Lucille7,989
  30. #30Ethel7,868
  31. #31Thelma7,814
  32. #32Edith7,773
  33. #33Jean7,714
  34. #34Hazel7,308
  35. #35Annie7,268
  36. #36Pauline7,180
  37. #37Grace7,172
  38. #38Lois6,560
  39. #39Esther6,068
  40. #40Bernice5,928
  41. #41Beatrice5,804
  42. #42Gertrude5,797
  43. #43Marion5,745
  44. #44Clara5,470
  45. #45Katherine5,276
  46. #46Emma5,238
  47. #47Barbara5,106
  48. #48Jane5,054
  49. #49Ann5,041
  50. #50Sarah5,031
  51. #51Elsie4,993
  52. #52Rita4,979
  53. #53June4,911
  54. #54Agnes4,907
  55. #55Julia4,889
  56. #56Shirley4,713
  57. #57Bertha4,604
  58. #58Eva4,498
  59. #59Viola4,292
  60. #60Geraldine4,265
  61. #61Juanita4,238
  62. #62Pearl4,204
  63. #63Laura4,171
  64. #64Vivian4,128
  65. #65Anne4,114
  66. #66Ida4,090
  67. #67Kathryn4,082
  68. #68Myrtle3,955
  69. #69Norma3,949
  70. #70Lorraine3,928
  71. #71Bessie3,906
  72. #72Phyllis3,852
  73. #73Marian3,845
  74. #74Willie3,816
  75. #75Vera3,785
  76. #76Nellie3,762
  77. #77Violet3,694
  78. #78Wilma3,670
  79. #79Charlotte3,624
  80. #80Alma3,584
  81. #81Maxine3,507
  82. #82Stella3,492
  83. #83Mabel3,364
  84. #84Jessie3,329
  85. #85Sylvia3,317
  86. #86Genevieve3,258
  87. #87Minnie3,244
  88. #88Ella3,232
  89. #89Leona3,166
  90. #90Lillie3,162
  91. #91Kathleen3,158
  92. #92Ellen3,076
  93. #93Marguerite3,055
  94. #94Lucy3,018
  95. #95Nancy2,982
  96. #96Mattie2,902
  97. #97Jennie2,808
  98. #98Lena2,785
  99. #99Mae2,730
  100. #100Eileen2,718

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #11Thomas14,936
  12. #12Harold13,678
  13. #13Walter13,294
  14. #14Paul12,570
  15. #15Raymond12,193
  16. #16Donald11,941
  17. #17Henry11,305
  18. #18Arthur10,236
  19. #19Albert9,997
  20. #20Jack9,599
  21. #21Harry9,406
  22. #22Ralph8,556
  23. #23Kenneth7,840
  24. #24Howard7,466
  25. #25David7,444
  26. #26Clarence7,221
  27. #27Carl7,010
  28. #28Louis6,966
  29. #29Willie6,887
  30. #30Eugene6,867
  31. #31Earl6,533
  32. #32Roy6,355
  33. #33Fred6,298
  34. #34Francis6,241
  35. #35Joe6,071
  36. #36Lawrence5,727
  37. #37Ernest5,566
  38. #38Leonard5,511
  39. #39Warren5,492
  40. #40Stanley5,314
  41. #41Herbert5,249
  42. #42Alfred5,006
  43. #43Anthony4,944
  44. #44Samuel4,654
  45. #45Elmer4,206
  46. #46Bernard4,163
  47. #47Norman4,109
  48. #48Leo4,054
  49. #49Andrew4,026
  50. #50Michael4,003
  51. #51Russell3,901
  52. #52Daniel3,897
  53. #53Edwin3,734
  54. #54Melvin3,717
  55. #55Chester3,698
  56. #56Leroy3,549
  57. #57Peter3,497
  58. #58Lloyd3,454
  59. #59Clifford3,291
  60. #60Frederick3,275
  61. #61Floyd3,260
  62. #62Marvin3,244
  63. #63Theodore3,219
  64. #64Gerald3,157
  65. #65Vernon3,144
  66. #66Herman3,109
  67. #67Ray3,086
  68. #68Clyde3,069
  69. #69Lester3,068
  70. #70Charlie2,785
  71. #71Philip2,700
  72. #72Lewis2,688
  73. #73Vincent2,661
  74. #74Milton2,592
  75. #75Leon2,554
  76. #76Alvin2,523
  77. #77Cecil2,459
  78. #78Martin2,439
  79. #79Jesse2,420
  80. #80Glenn2,375
  81. #81Victor2,349
  82. #82Lee2,321
  83. #83Benjamin2,309
  84. #84Sam2,283
  85. #85Gordon2,277
  86. #86Wayne2,180
  87. #87Harvey2,165
  88. #88Willard2,089
  89. #89Edgar2,029
  90. #90Oscar2,006
  91. #91Arnold1,911
  92. #92Claude1,893
  93. #93Wallace1,877
  94. #94Allen1,866
  95. #95Everett1,827
  96. #96Stephen1,771
  97. #97Gilbert1,763
  98. #98Wilbur1,741
  99. #99Johnnie1,727
  100. #100Homer1,722

Biggest movers since 1919

girls
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.