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Most popular baby names in the US, 1919

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1919, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	65,836
2	Helen	33,706
3	Dorothy	31,733
4	Margaret	26,238
5	Ruth	24,562
6	Mildred	17,300
7	Virginia	15,636
8	Elizabeth	15,287
9	Frances	15,106
10	Anna	14,498
11	Evelyn	13,321
12	Marie	12,008
13	Alice	11,141
14	Florence	10,482
15	Betty	10,106
16	Irene	9,712
17	Lillian	9,516
18	Doris	9,433
19	Rose	9,195
20	Louise	8,812
21	Gladys	8,717
22	Edna	8,404
23	Catherine	8,335
24	Ruby	8,334
25	Martha	8,322
26	Josephine	8,104
27	Lucille	7,856
28	Ethel	7,809
29	Edith	7,767
30	Eleanor	7,611
31	Thelma	7,558
32	Hazel	7,430
33	Marjorie	7,335
34	Grace	7,195
35	Annie	7,146
36	Pauline	6,973
37	Jean	6,799
38	Esther	6,248
39	Gertrude	6,014
40	Lois	5,976
41	Beatrice	5,856
42	Bernice	5,793
43	Clara	5,404
44	Marion	5,158
45	Emma	5,087
46	Sarah	5,022
47	Elsie	4,995
48	Julia	4,950
49	Ann	4,924
50	Agnes	4,901
51	Katherine	4,846
52	Bertha	4,754
53	Jane	4,527
54	Rita	4,515
55	Eva	4,484
56	Pearl	4,273
57	Ida	4,163
58	Viola	4,129
59	Bessie	4,106
60	Barbara	4,084
61	Willie	4,051
62	Lorraine	3,976
63	Anne	3,975
64	June	3,963
65	Vera	3,848
66	Kathryn	3,825
67	Myrtle	3,816
68	Geraldine	3,727
69	Nellie	3,726
70	Stella	3,700
71	Laura	3,663
72	Vivian	3,640
73	Juanita	3,636
74	Violet	3,597
75	Jessie	3,530
76	Alma	3,438
77	Sylvia	3,412
78	Mabel	3,405
79	Charlotte	3,353
80	Minnie	3,272
81	Lillie	3,262
82	Marian	3,261
83	Norma	3,199
84	Phyllis	3,189
85	Maxine	3,183
86	Wilma	3,170
87	Ella	3,158
88	Genevieve	3,155
89	Shirley	3,149
90	Leona	3,033
91	Lucy	3,007
92	Ellen	2,929
93	Jennie	2,928
94	Lena	2,872
95	Mattie	2,856
96	Marguerite	2,836
97	Blanche	2,668
98	Opal	2,652
99	Mae	2,634
100	Nancy	2,628

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	53,522
2	William	43,969
3	James	42,392
4	Robert	41,025
5	Charles	25,192
6	George	25,170
7	Joseph	24,266
8	Edward	18,536
9	Frank	15,701
10	Thomas	13,434
11	Walter	12,879
12	Richard	12,441
13	Harold	12,021
14	Raymond	11,384
15	Paul	11,305
16	Henry	10,613
17	Donald	9,904
18	Albert	9,607
19	Arthur	9,540
20	Harry	8,990
21	Jack	8,263
22	Ralph	7,709
23	Willie	6,942
24	Howard	6,843
25	Clarence	6,825
26	Kenneth	6,796
27	David	6,716
28	Louis	6,661
29	Carl	6,474
30	Fred	6,091
31	Earl	5,975
32	Roy	5,970
33	Eugene	5,892
34	Francis	5,726
35	Joe	5,709
36	Ernest	5,296
37	Stanley	5,238
38	Lawrence	5,205
39	Leonard	5,010
40	Herbert	4,960
41	Anthony	4,737
42	Alfred	4,615
43	Samuel	4,472
44	Elmer	3,982
45	Bernard	3,915
46	Michael	3,909
47	Andrew	3,851
48	Norman	3,809
49	Leo	3,802
50	Russell	3,645
51	Daniel	3,526
52	Edwin	3,450
53	Chester	3,432
54	Theodore	3,424
55	Leroy	3,422
56	Melvin	3,384
57	Peter	3,375
58	Lloyd	3,238
59	Floyd	3,121
60	Clifford	3,040
61	Herman	3,027
62	Lester	3,020
63	Marvin	2,997
64	Frederick	2,932
65	Vernon	2,929
66	Charlie	2,891
67	Clyde	2,884
68	Victor	2,751
69	Ray	2,722
70	Gerald	2,689
71	Philip	2,531
72	Vincent	2,531
73	Milton	2,448
74	Lewis	2,429
75	Sam	2,384
76	Alvin	2,383
77	Jesse	2,356
78	Cecil	2,300
79	Benjamin	2,279
80	Leon	2,250
81	Martin	2,204
82	Lee	2,189
83	Warren	2,180
84	Glenn	2,153
85	Harvey	2,028
86	Gordon	2,017
87	Willard	2,014
88	Oscar	1,991
89	Edgar	1,986
90	Wayne	1,955
91	Woodrow	1,808
92	Claude	1,772
93	Everett	1,772
94	Arnold	1,767
95	Johnnie	1,716
96	Sidney	1,715
97	Stephen	1,693
98	Wilbur	1,689
99	Eddie	1,660
100	Morris	1,660

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