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Most popular baby names in the US, 1918

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1918, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	67,365
2	Helen	36,148
3	Dorothy	32,030
4	Margaret	27,139
5	Ruth	25,535
6	Mildred	17,258
7	Virginia	16,421
8	Frances	16,132
9	Elizabeth	15,853
10	Anna	15,666
11	Evelyn	13,493
12	Marie	12,589
13	Alice	11,590
14	Florence	11,318
15	Lillian	9,986
16	Irene	9,774
17	Rose	9,568
18	Louise	9,111
19	Doris	9,061
20	Catherine	8,842
21	Betty	8,803
22	Gladys	8,734
23	Edna	8,698
24	Josephine	8,682
25	Martha	8,341
26	Eleanor	8,176
27	Ruby	8,134
28	Ethel	8,075
29	Lucille	7,902
30	Edith	7,858
31	Grace	7,770
32	Thelma	7,740
33	Hazel	7,615
34	Marjorie	7,517
35	Pauline	7,222
36	Annie	6,743
37	Jean	6,600
38	Esther	6,574
39	Gertrude	6,264
40	Beatrice	5,907
41	Bernice	5,892
42	Lois	5,877
43	Clara	5,778
44	Ann	5,613
45	Marion	5,583
46	Emma	5,324
47	Agnes	5,291
48	Julia	5,268
49	Elsie	5,194
50	Katherine	5,191
51	Bertha	5,051
52	Sarah	4,969
53	Jane	4,730
54	Anne	4,567
55	Eva	4,563
56	Pearl	4,521
57	Ida	4,450
58	Rita	4,447
59	Viola	4,331
60	Barbara	4,224
61	Bessie	4,101
62	Myrtle	4,076
63	Kathryn	4,068
64	Laura	4,062
65	Nellie	4,048
66	June	4,034
67	Stella	3,928
68	Vera	3,923
69	Lorraine	3,876
70	Willie	3,867
71	Sylvia	3,675
72	Vivian	3,663
73	Alma	3,650
74	Mabel	3,636
75	Jessie	3,591
76	Marian	3,503
77	Geraldine	3,446
78	Charlotte	3,373
79	Leona	3,335
80	Phyllis	3,326
81	Genevieve	3,304
82	Wilma	3,298
83	Violet	3,294
84	Ella	3,291
85	Juanita	3,260
86	Marguerite	3,249
87	Maxine	3,216
88	Minnie	3,181
89	Lillie	3,112
90	Lucy	3,108
91	Jennie	3,033
92	Ellen	3,030
93	Lena	2,937
94	Opal	2,847
95	Mae	2,756
96	Blanche	2,739
97	Shirley	2,654
98	Norma	2,653
99	Kathleen	2,629
100	Mattie	2,610

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	56,558
2	William	45,291
3	James	42,115
4	Robert	40,619
5	Charles	26,921
6	George	26,318
7	Joseph	26,261
8	Edward	19,489
9	Frank	17,018
10	Thomas	13,910
11	Walter	13,338
12	Richard	12,323
13	Harold	12,185
14	Paul	11,755
15	Raymond	11,604
16	Henry	11,354
17	Arthur	10,105
18	Donald	9,972
19	Albert	9,935
20	Harry	9,896
21	Jack	8,341
22	Ralph	8,162
23	Clarence	7,187
24	Louis	7,082
25	Carl	7,004
26	Howard	6,928
27	Kenneth	6,809
28	David	6,627
29	Willie	6,537
30	Francis	6,347
31	Earl	6,321
32	Roy	6,211
33	Fred	6,182
34	Joe	5,805
35	Eugene	5,631
36	Stanley	5,618
37	Ernest	5,527
38	Lawrence	5,372
39	Anthony	5,168
40	Herbert	5,128
41	Leonard	4,980
42	Alfred	4,873
43	Samuel	4,772
44	Elmer	4,373
45	Michael	4,296
46	Andrew	4,138
47	Bernard	4,098
48	Leo	4,036
49	Norman	3,867
50	Russell	3,833
51	Lloyd	3,742
52	Daniel	3,726
53	Peter	3,711
54	Chester	3,692
55	Edwin	3,487
56	Melvin	3,469
57	Leroy	3,422
58	Woodrow	3,358
59	Frederick	3,351
60	Clifford	3,299
61	Floyd	3,235
62	Lester	3,229
63	Victor	3,183
64	Theodore	3,143
65	Herman	3,041
66	Vernon	2,971
67	Clyde	2,917
68	Marvin	2,829
69	Ray	2,763
70	Charlie	2,743
71	Philip	2,733
72	Gerald	2,712
73	Vincent	2,621
74	Lewis	2,593
75	Sam	2,506
76	Milton	2,454
77	Leon	2,442
78	Jesse	2,433
79	Benjamin	2,431
80	Alvin	2,409
81	Martin	2,403
82	Cecil	2,328
83	Willard	2,311
84	Glenn	2,253
85	Gordon	2,233
86	Lee	2,159
87	Oscar	2,113
88	Harvey	2,111
89	Edgar	2,085
90	Warren	1,990
91	Wayne	1,912
92	Arnold	1,910
93	Everett	1,891
94	Sidney	1,879
95	Claude	1,878
96	Stephen	1,843
97	Wilbur	1,800
98	Allen	1,779
99	Virgil	1,707
100	Homer	1,680

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