NAMES BY DECADE
Most popular baby names of the 1910s
Top 50 U.S. baby names by total births in the 1910s (1910–1919). Data from the Social Security Administration.
| # | Name | Gender | 1910s births | Total (all years) | Peak year | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | F | 479,561 | 4,156,654 | 1921 | — |
| 2 | John | M | 377,589 | 5,204,377 | 1947 | — |
| 3 | William | M | 303,670 | 4,215,725 | 1947 | — |
| 4 | James | M | 275,973 | 5,274,520 | 1947 | — |
| 5 | Helen | F | 248,314 | 1,027,307 | 1918 | — |
| 6 | Robert | M | 239,749 | 4,869,849 | 1947 | — |
| 7 | Dorothy | F | 207,575 | 1,115,908 | 1924 | — |
| 8 | Margaret | F | 189,339 | 1,268,519 | 1921 | — |
| 9 | Joseph | M | 179,539 | 2,680,213 | 1956 | — |
| 10 | George | M | 177,207 | 1,497,260 | 1921 | — |
| 11 | Charles | M | 173,946 | 2,447,135 | 1947 | — |
| 12 | Ruth | F | 173,712 | 838,901 | 1920 | — |
| 13 | Edward | M | 125,830 | 1,308,955 | 1924 | — |
| 14 | Mildred | F | 124,004 | 452,998 | 1920 | — |
| 15 | Anna | F | 119,034 | 917,615 | 1918 | — |
| 16 | Elizabeth | F | 116,803 | 1,693,973 | 1990 | — |
| 17 | Frank | M | 116,163 | 920,589 | 1918 | — |
| 18 | Frances | F | 105,834 | 600,721 | 1918 | — |
| 19 | Virginia | F | 94,281 | 654,968 | 1922 | — |
| 20 | Marie | F | 92,056 | 542,270 | 1920 | — |
| 21 | Thomas | M | 91,691 | 2,367,087 | 1952 | — |
| 22 | Evelyn | F | 91,445 | 641,662 | 1921 | — |
| 23 | Walter | M | 89,240 | 634,804 | 1918 | — |
| 24 | Alice | F | 85,861 | 590,106 | 1921 | — |
| 25 | Florence | F | 81,450 | 340,547 | 1918 | — |
| 26 | Henry | M | 79,858 | 773,564 | 2025 | — |
| 27 | Harold | M | 79,744 | 554,280 | 1924 | — |
| 28 | Paul | M | 78,272 | 1,404,135 | 1957 | — |
| 29 | Lillian | F | 75,883 | 476,457 | 1920 | — |
| 30 | Willie | M | 75,307 | 596,385 | 1925 | — |
| 31 | Rose | F | 74,679 | 502,704 | 1917 | — |
| 32 | Richard | M | 74,619 | 2,587,082 | 1946 | — |
| 33 | Raymond | M | 71,807 | 783,311 | 1924 | — |
| 34 | Irene | F | 68,922 | 356,812 | 1921 | — |
| 35 | Albert | M | 68,186 | 494,420 | 1921 | — |
| 36 | Louise | F | 67,974 | 338,662 | 1920 | — |
| 37 | Arthur | M | 67,475 | 551,930 | 1921 | — |
| 38 | Edna | F | 66,839 | 296,158 | 1918 | — |
| 39 | Harry | M | 65,855 | 425,883 | 1918 | — |
| 40 | Catherine | F | 65,772 | 669,611 | 1956 | — |
| 41 | Gladys | F | 65,758 | 267,741 | 1920 | — |
| 42 | Ethel | F | 63,654 | 280,412 | 1918 | — |
| 43 | Josephine | F | 61,313 | 332,458 | 1918 | — |
| 44 | Ruby | F | 60,340 | 379,684 | 1924 | — |
| 45 | Martha | F | 59,443 | 553,732 | 1947 | — |
| 46 | Grace | F | 57,918 | 536,340 | 2003 | — |
| 47 | Hazel | F | 57,250 | 305,469 | 1918 | — |
| 48 | Thelma | F | 56,965 | 226,602 | 1921 | — |
| 49 | Donald | M | 56,952 | 1,420,387 | 1934 | — |
| 50 | Lucille | F | 56,059 | 233,321 | 1920 | — |
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