Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1915 Most Popular Baby Names of 1915 Social Security has card records for 1,904,787 people born in the U.S. in 1915. Mary was the top girl name (58,187 babies) and John the top boy name (47,576).
Top 100 names of 1915 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1915, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 58,187 #125 2 Helen 30,866 #461 3 Dorothy 25,154 #421 4 Margaret 23,054 #112 5 Ruth 21,878 #173 6 Mildred 15,254 #1,962 7 Anna 15,119 #107 8 Elizabeth 14,103 #17 9 Frances 12,786 #318 10 Evelyn 11,595 #8 11 Marie 11,363 #617 12 Virginia 10,952 #525 13 Alice 10,525 #65 14 Florence 10,105 #391 15 Lillian 9,546 #57 16 Rose 9,375 #114 17 Irene 8,323 #651 18 Louise 8,313 #514 19 Catherine 8,181 #313 20 Edna 8,144 #2,458 21 Gladys 7,857 #3,211 22 Josephine 7,606 #53 23 Ethel 7,379 #4,172 24 Ruby 7,237 #64 25 Martha 7,216 #712 26 Hazel 7,092 #21 27 Grace 7,044 #38 28 Eleanor 7,036 #12 29 Lucille 7,006 #237 30 Thelma 6,762 #4,661 31 Edith 6,761 #499 32 Pauline 6,334 #2,957 33 Esther 6,321 #119 34 Doris 6,292 #2,895 35 Gertrude 6,077 #6,546 36 Annie 5,936 #182 37 Beatrice 5,342 #508 38 Clara 5,285 #63 39 Marjorie 5,119 #1,016 40 Emma 5,044 #3 41 Elsie 4,967 #123 42 Bernice 4,937 #4,067 43 Ann 4,895 #1,076 44 Julia 4,831 #131 45 Agnes 4,795 #1,016 46 Bertha 4,785 #4,546 47 Lois 4,775 #1,666 48 Jean 4,603 #2,117 49 Katherine 4,488 #186 50 Marion 4,456 #2,036
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1915, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Sarah 4,415 #90 52 Anne 4,333 #619 53 Betty 4,181 #1,113 54 Ida 4,125 #1,120 55 Eva 4,079 #134 56 Pearl 3,976 #776 57 Bessie 3,888 #6,838 58 Myrtle 3,865 #10,917 59 Viola 3,855 #1,013 60 Kathryn 3,778 #729 61 Laura 3,723 #379 62 Mabel 3,683 #201 63 Nellie 3,679 #533 64 Stella 3,657 #52 65 Vera 3,460 #205 66 Jessie 3,356 #823 67 Sylvia 3,284 #300 68 Minnie 3,270 #3,028 69 Jane 3,264 #221 70 Alma 3,248 #449 71 Rita 3,063 #1,285 72 Willie 3,041 #10,107 73 Jennie 3,015 #2,298 74 Leona 2,972 #429 75 Ella 2,954 #29 76 Genevieve 2,928 #148 77 Lena 2,927 #279 78 Vivian 2,857 #70 79 Lucy 2,814 #24 80 Wilma 2,773 #3,645 81 Charlotte 2,757 #2 82 Violet 2,752 #13 83 Barbara 2,704 #968 84 Lillie 2,687 #675 84 Marguerite 2,687 #2,485 86 Marian 2,612 #1,102 87 Blanche 2,590 #6,838 88 Ellen 2,581 #1,062 89 Mae 2,486 #500 90 Opal 2,482 #423 91 Mattie 2,434 #1,004 92 Juanita 2,398 #2,778 93 Theresa 2,309 #1,548 94 Velma 2,287 #5,722 95 Beulah 2,268 #5,917 96 June 2,139 #150 97 Sophie 2,112 #55 98 Maxine 2,110 #496 99 Emily 2,091 #34 100 Phyllis 2,088 #11,932
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1915, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 47,576 #23 2 William 38,563 #9 3 James 33,773 #6 4 Robert 28,737 #92 5 Joseph 23,051 #29 6 George 22,307 #126 7 Charles 21,960 #48 8 Edward 15,889 #224 9 Frank 15,006 #513 10 Thomas 11,490 #34 11 Walter 11,255 #251 12 Harold 10,444 #991 13 Paul 10,328 #262 14 Henry 10,138 #5 15 Richard 9,143 #234 16 Raymond 8,981 #394 17 Albert 8,825 #614 18 Arthur 8,564 #87 19 Harry 8,470 #775 20 Donald 7,116 #690 21 Ralph 6,816 #1,046 22 Carl 6,613 #1,132 23 Louis 6,518 #249 24 Clarence 6,267 #1,499 25 Howard 6,103 #1,002 26 Fred 5,778 #1,932 27 Jack 5,749 #15 28 Kenneth 5,681 #294 29 Francis 5,594 #420 30 Willie 5,434 #1,315 31 David 5,394 #35 32 Roy 5,052 #525 33 Earl 4,908 #2,230 34 Stanley 4,807 #863 35 Ernest 4,787 #1,038 36 Anthony 4,722 #46 37 Lawrence 4,688 #518 38 Joe 4,648 #991 39 Samuel 4,351 #18 40 Herbert 4,341 #2,641 41 Eugene 4,321 #943 42 Alfred 4,231 #840 43 Michael 4,079 #21 44 Leonard 3,993 #637 45 Elmer 3,802 #1,222 46 Andrew 3,573 #73 47 Leo 3,527 #19 48 Bernard 3,302 #1,362 48 Peter 3,302 #187 50 Norman 3,262 #1,196
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1915, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Russell 3,250 #345 52 Frederick 3,159 #435 53 Edwin 3,151 #398 54 Chester 3,043 #1,585 55 Daniel 3,002 #22 56 Herman 2,983 #2,363 57 Lester 2,943 #1,634 58 Willard 2,889 #2,718 59 Floyd 2,824 #2,230 60 Melvin 2,780 #958 61 Clifford 2,741 #1,352 62 Lloyd 2,653 #1,547 63 Clyde 2,518 #742 64 Theodore 2,504 #4 65 Vincent 2,491 #107 66 Leroy 2,450 #883 67 Ray 2,365 #791 68 Sam 2,339 #647 69 Philip 2,328 #527 70 Lewis 2,307 #433 71 Benjamin 2,241 #11 72 Marvin 2,227 #699 73 Milton 2,225 #1,436 74 Victor 2,211 #209 75 Charlie 2,193 #145 76 Cecil 2,181 #1,486 77 Jesse 2,111 #184 78 Gerald 2,085 #1,204 79 Martin 2,070 #335 80 Vernon 2,060 #1,382 81 Alvin 2,006 #838 82 Leon 1,977 #138 83 Woodrow 1,966 #1,644 84 Lee 1,916 #725 85 Edgar 1,895 #486 86 Stephen 1,850 #383 87 Glenn 1,842 #1,443 88 Oscar 1,788 #223 89 Everett 1,731 #77 90 Gordon 1,717 #1,051 91 Arnold 1,691 #1,477 92 Wilbur 1,685 #3,949 93 Morris 1,660 #1,753 94 Sidney 1,615 #1,323 95 Harvey 1,613 #251 96 Claude 1,605 #3,036 97 Wayne 1,517 #652 98 Homer 1,487 #4,707 99 Allen 1,458 #578 100 Gilbert 1,452 #1,328
Entered the top 100 in 1915
