Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1913 Most Popular Baby Names of 1913 Social Security has card records for 1,191,161 people born in the U.S. in 1913. Mary was the top girl name (36,642 babies) and John the top boy name (29,329).
Top 100 names of 1913 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1913, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 36,642 #125 2 Helen 18,888 #461 3 Dorothy 14,674 #421 4 Margaret 14,486 #112 5 Ruth 12,609 #173 6 Mildred 9,921 #1,962 7 Anna 9,687 #107 8 Elizabeth 9,505 #17 9 Frances 7,694 #318 10 Marie 7,353 #617 11 Alice 6,934 #65 12 Evelyn 6,683 #8 13 Florence 6,279 #391 14 Rose 6,171 #114 15 Virginia 6,036 #525 16 Lillian 6,015 #57 17 Louise 5,577 #514 18 Edna 5,558 #2,458 19 Gladys 5,428 #3,211 20 Ethel 5,369 #4,172 21 Irene 5,335 #651 22 Catherine 5,302 #313 23 Ruby 4,913 #64 24 Josephine 4,822 #53 25 Grace 4,669 #38 26 Thelma 4,595 #4,661 27 Hazel 4,589 #21 28 Martha 4,538 #712 29 Edith 4,366 #499 30 Annie 4,267 #182 31 Lucille 4,098 #237 32 Esther 4,090 #119 33 Gertrude 4,015 #6,546 34 Eleanor 3,938 #12 35 Pauline 3,636 #2,957 36 Clara 3,633 #63 37 Beatrice 3,567 #508 38 Emma 3,474 #3 39 Bertha 3,345 #4,546 40 Elsie 3,209 #123 41 Agnes 3,206 #1,016 42 Julia 3,195 #131 43 Sarah 3,178 #90 44 Doris 3,049 #2,895 45 Bernice 3,036 #4,067 46 Ann 2,998 #1,076 47 Bessie 2,952 #6,838 48 Marjorie 2,922 #1,016 49 Ida 2,916 #1,120 50 Eva 2,891 #134
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1913, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Marion 2,854 #2,036 52 Viola 2,847 #1,013 53 Myrtle 2,843 #10,917 54 Katherine 2,794 #186 55 Pearl 2,756 #776 56 Mabel 2,741 #201 57 Anne 2,684 #619 58 Nellie 2,645 #533 59 Lois 2,560 #1,666 60 Jean 2,545 #2,117 61 Jessie 2,475 #823 62 Laura 2,454 #379 63 Minnie 2,332 #3,028 64 Alma 2,297 #449 65 Willie 2,264 #10,107 66 Kathryn 2,246 #729 67 Betty 2,240 #1,113 68 Vera 2,209 #205 69 Stella 2,205 #52 70 Ella 2,071 #29 71 Lillie 2,030 #675 72 Sylvia 2,013 #300 73 Lena 1,973 #279 74 Leona 1,911 #429 75 Mattie 1,868 #1,004 76 Blanche 1,856 #6,838 76 Lucy 1,856 #24 78 Marguerite 1,822 #2,485 79 Mae 1,814 #500 80 Jennie 1,809 #2,298 81 Jane 1,759 #221 82 Violet 1,751 #13 83 Vivian 1,727 #70 84 Genevieve 1,684 #148 85 Beulah 1,641 #5,917 86 Opal 1,629 #423 87 Charlotte 1,603 #2 88 Ellen 1,579 #1,062 89 Velma 1,556 #5,722 90 Carrie 1,517 #2,719 91 Fannie 1,488 #3,342 92 Wilma 1,469 #3,645 93 Marian 1,452 #1,102 94 Barbara 1,451 #968 95 Juanita 1,443 #2,778 96 Hattie 1,434 #334 97 Theresa 1,403 #1,548 98 Inez 1,395 #1,396 99 Emily 1,386 #34 100 Georgia 1,382 #99
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1913, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 29,329 #23 2 William 23,538 #9 3 James 20,832 #6 4 Robert 15,684 #92 5 Joseph 14,471 #29 6 George 13,874 #126 7 Charles 13,191 #48 8 Edward 9,474 #224 9 Frank 9,237 #513 10 Thomas 7,096 #34 11 Walter 6,890 #251 12 Henry 6,391 #5 13 Harold 6,157 #991 14 Paul 5,966 #262 15 Harry 5,458 #775 16 Albert 5,449 #614 17 Arthur 5,422 #87 18 Raymond 5,310 #394 19 Richard 5,107 #234 20 Louis 4,258 #249 21 Clarence 4,046 #1,499 22 Ralph 3,963 #1,046 23 Carl 3,935 #1,132 24 Willie 3,760 #1,315 25 Donald 3,702 #690 26 Howard 3,663 #1,002 27 Fred 3,624 #1,932 28 Jack 3,538 #15 29 David 3,282 #35 30 Francis 3,205 #420 31 Earl 3,110 #2,230 32 Roy 3,090 #525 33 Kenneth 3,065 #294 34 Ernest 2,940 #1,038 35 Lawrence 2,853 #518 36 Samuel 2,850 #18 37 Joe 2,806 #991 38 Anthony 2,781 #46 39 Herbert 2,723 #2,641 40 Michael 2,607 #21 41 Stanley 2,595 #863 42 Alfred 2,577 #840 43 Eugene 2,525 #943 44 Woodrow 2,333 #1,644 45 Elmer 2,323 #1,222 46 Leonard 2,276 #637 47 Andrew 2,222 #73 48 Leo 2,031 #19 49 Frederick 1,996 #435 50 Russell 1,946 #345
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1913, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Peter 1,934 #187 52 Bernard 1,916 #1,362 53 Herman 1,905 #2,363 54 Daniel 1,878 #22 55 Edwin 1,825 #398 56 Chester 1,765 #1,585 57 Norman 1,748 #1,196 58 Floyd 1,740 #2,230 59 Lester 1,736 #1,634 60 Theodore 1,650 #4 61 Melvin 1,642 #958 62 Charlie 1,618 #145 63 Leroy 1,582 #883 64 Clyde 1,537 #742 65 Sam 1,527 #647 65 Vincent 1,527 #107 67 Lloyd 1,521 #1,547 68 Clifford 1,520 #1,352 69 Philip 1,484 #527 70 Benjamin 1,466 #11 71 Milton 1,419 #1,436 72 Lewis 1,384 #433 73 Ray 1,328 #791 74 Cecil 1,276 #1,486 75 Martin 1,259 #335 76 Oscar 1,249 #223 77 Marvin 1,236 #699 78 Lee 1,228 #725 79 Jesse 1,214 #184 80 Victor 1,177 #209 81 Leon 1,160 #138 82 Alvin 1,144 #838 83 Vernon 1,143 #1,382 84 Gerald 1,142 #1,204 85 Glenn 1,122 #1,443 86 Stephen 1,097 #383 87 Edgar 1,087 #486 88 Claude 1,076 #3,036 89 Morris 1,073 #1,753 89 Sidney 1,073 #1,323 91 Wilbur 1,044 #3,949 92 Arnold 1,032 #1,477 93 Harvey 1,028 #251 94 Gordon 1,017 #1,051 95 Maurice 994 #1,018 96 Homer 987 #4,707 97 Everett 948 #77 98 Alexander 937 #30 99 Willard 926 #2,718 100 Allen 903 #578
Entered the top 100 in 1913
