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Most popular baby names in the US, 1915

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1915, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	58,187
2	Helen	30,866
3	Dorothy	25,154
4	Margaret	23,054
5	Ruth	21,878
6	Mildred	15,254
7	Anna	15,119
8	Elizabeth	14,103
9	Frances	12,786
10	Evelyn	11,595
11	Marie	11,363
12	Virginia	10,952
13	Alice	10,525
14	Florence	10,105
15	Lillian	9,546
16	Rose	9,375
17	Irene	8,323
18	Louise	8,313
19	Catherine	8,181
20	Edna	8,144
21	Gladys	7,857
22	Josephine	7,606
23	Ethel	7,379
24	Ruby	7,237
25	Martha	7,216
26	Hazel	7,092
27	Grace	7,044
28	Eleanor	7,036
29	Lucille	7,006
30	Thelma	6,762
31	Edith	6,761
32	Pauline	6,334
33	Esther	6,321
34	Doris	6,292
35	Gertrude	6,077
36	Annie	5,936
37	Beatrice	5,342
38	Clara	5,285
39	Marjorie	5,119
40	Emma	5,044
41	Elsie	4,967
42	Bernice	4,937
43	Ann	4,895
44	Julia	4,831
45	Agnes	4,795
46	Bertha	4,785
47	Lois	4,775
48	Jean	4,603
49	Katherine	4,488
50	Marion	4,456
51	Sarah	4,415
52	Anne	4,333
53	Betty	4,181
54	Ida	4,125
55	Eva	4,079
56	Pearl	3,976
57	Bessie	3,888
58	Myrtle	3,865
59	Viola	3,855
60	Kathryn	3,778
61	Laura	3,723
62	Mabel	3,683
63	Nellie	3,679
64	Stella	3,657
65	Vera	3,460
66	Jessie	3,356
67	Sylvia	3,284
68	Minnie	3,270
69	Jane	3,264
70	Alma	3,248
71	Rita	3,063
72	Willie	3,041
73	Jennie	3,015
74	Leona	2,972
75	Ella	2,954
76	Genevieve	2,928
77	Lena	2,927
78	Vivian	2,857
79	Lucy	2,814
80	Wilma	2,773
81	Charlotte	2,757
82	Violet	2,752
83	Barbara	2,704
84	Lillie	2,687
85	Marguerite	2,687
86	Marian	2,612
87	Blanche	2,590
88	Ellen	2,581
89	Mae	2,486
90	Opal	2,482
91	Mattie	2,434
92	Juanita	2,398
93	Theresa	2,309
94	Velma	2,287
95	Beulah	2,268
96	June	2,139
97	Sophie	2,112
98	Maxine	2,110
99	Emily	2,091
100	Phyllis	2,088

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	47,576
2	William	38,563
3	James	33,773
4	Robert	28,737
5	Joseph	23,051
6	George	22,307
7	Charles	21,960
8	Edward	15,889
9	Frank	15,006
10	Thomas	11,490
11	Walter	11,255
12	Harold	10,444
13	Paul	10,328
14	Henry	10,138
15	Richard	9,143
16	Raymond	8,981
17	Albert	8,825
18	Arthur	8,564
19	Harry	8,470
20	Donald	7,116
21	Ralph	6,816
22	Carl	6,613
23	Louis	6,518
24	Clarence	6,267
25	Howard	6,103
26	Fred	5,778
27	Jack	5,749
28	Kenneth	5,681
29	Francis	5,594
30	Willie	5,434
31	David	5,394
32	Roy	5,052
33	Earl	4,908
34	Stanley	4,807
35	Ernest	4,787
36	Anthony	4,722
37	Lawrence	4,688
38	Joe	4,648
39	Samuel	4,351
40	Herbert	4,341
41	Eugene	4,321
42	Alfred	4,231
43	Michael	4,079
44	Leonard	3,993
45	Elmer	3,802
46	Andrew	3,573
47	Leo	3,527
48	Bernard	3,302
49	Peter	3,302
50	Norman	3,262
51	Russell	3,250
52	Frederick	3,159
53	Edwin	3,151
54	Chester	3,043
55	Daniel	3,002
56	Herman	2,983
57	Lester	2,943
58	Willard	2,889
59	Floyd	2,824
60	Melvin	2,780
61	Clifford	2,741
62	Lloyd	2,653
63	Clyde	2,518
64	Theodore	2,504
65	Vincent	2,491
66	Leroy	2,450
67	Ray	2,365
68	Sam	2,339
69	Philip	2,328
70	Lewis	2,307
71	Benjamin	2,241
72	Marvin	2,227
73	Milton	2,225
74	Victor	2,211
75	Charlie	2,193
76	Cecil	2,181
77	Jesse	2,111
78	Gerald	2,085
79	Martin	2,070
80	Vernon	2,060
81	Alvin	2,006
82	Leon	1,977
83	Woodrow	1,966
84	Lee	1,916
85	Edgar	1,895
86	Stephen	1,850
87	Glenn	1,842
88	Oscar	1,788
89	Everett	1,731
90	Gordon	1,717
91	Arnold	1,691
92	Wilbur	1,685
93	Morris	1,660
94	Sidney	1,615
95	Harvey	1,613
96	Claude	1,605
97	Wayne	1,517
98	Homer	1,487
99	Allen	1,458
100	Gilbert	1,452

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.