Baby names of the 1920s

1920–1929 · United States

Mary was the most common girls’ name of the 1920s with 701,755 births, and Robert the most common boys’ name with 576,374.

Top 50 girls’ names of the 1920s

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	701,755
2	Dorothy	368,875
3	Helen	290,404
4	Betty	283,096
5	Margaret	245,011
6	Ruth	218,520
7	Virginia	169,554
8	Doris	151,193
9	Mildred	147,155
10	Frances	140,391
11	Elizabeth	139,672
12	Evelyn	124,166
13	Anna	123,895
14	Marie	110,564
15	Alice	110,526
16	Jean	105,999
17	Shirley	98,602
18	Barbara	97,210
19	Irene	92,836
20	Marjorie	91,221
21	Florence	88,295
22	Lois	88,133
23	Martha	86,788
24	Rose	85,305
25	Lillian	83,160
26	Louise	82,895
27	Catherine	78,881
28	Ruby	76,738
29	Eleanor	74,760
30	Patricia	74,732
31	Gladys	72,561
32	Annie	69,468
33	Josephine	69,223
34	Thelma	68,767
35	Edna	68,629
36	Norma	65,241
37	Pauline	64,075
38	Lucille	63,883
39	Edith	62,989
40	Gloria	62,859
41	Ethel	62,806
42	Phyllis	61,871
43	Grace	60,060
44	Hazel	58,984
45	June	56,482
46	Bernice	55,842
47	Marion	55,178
48	Dolores	51,990
49	Rita	50,587
50	Lorraine	49,939

Top 50 boys’ names of the 1920s

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	576,374
2	John	564,052
3	James	515,301
4	William	512,402
5	Charles	298,031
6	George	261,945
7	Joseph	243,809
8	Richard	222,599
9	Edward	197,348
10	Donald	191,816
11	Thomas	161,107
12	Frank	151,830
13	Harold	133,585
14	Paul	132,384
15	Raymond	124,212
16	Walter	119,809
17	Jack	115,983
18	Henry	104,552
19	Kenneth	99,490
20	Arthur	97,112
21	Albert	94,431
22	David	88,736
23	Harry	86,183
24	Eugene	84,755
25	Ralph	84,466
26	Howard	70,348
27	Carl	69,851
28	Willie	67,993
29	Louis	67,693
30	Clarence	66,574
31	Earl	63,602
32	Roy	63,259
33	Fred	62,742
34	Joe	62,676
35	Francis	59,096
36	Lawrence	56,867
37	Herbert	56,531
38	Leonard	53,793
39	Ernest	53,653
40	Alfred	50,156
41	Anthony	50,054
42	Stanley	49,456
43	Norman	49,364
44	Gerald	44,520
45	Daniel	43,407
46	Samuel	43,362
47	Bernard	42,408
48	Billy	42,096
49	Melvin	40,583
50	Marvin	39,589

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880-2025. Names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org