Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1918 Most Popular Baby Names of 1918 Social Security has card records for 2,251,005 people born in the U.S. in 1918. Mary was the top girl name (67,365 babies) and John the top boy name (56,558).
Top 100 names of 1918 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1918, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 67,365 #125 2 Helen 36,148 #461 3 Dorothy 32,030 #421 4 Margaret 27,139 #112 5 Ruth 25,535 #173 6 Mildred 17,258 #1,962 7 Virginia 16,421 #525 8 Frances 16,132 #318 9 Elizabeth 15,853 #17 10 Anna 15,666 #107 11 Evelyn 13,493 #8 12 Marie 12,589 #617 13 Alice 11,590 #65 14 Florence 11,318 #391 15 Lillian 9,986 #57 16 Irene 9,774 #651 17 Rose 9,568 #114 18 Louise 9,111 #514 19 Doris 9,061 #2,895 20 Catherine 8,842 #313 21 Betty 8,803 #1,113 22 Gladys 8,734 #3,211 23 Edna 8,698 #2,458 24 Josephine 8,682 #53 25 Martha 8,341 #712 26 Eleanor 8,176 #12 27 Ruby 8,134 #64 28 Ethel 8,075 #4,172 29 Lucille 7,902 #237 30 Edith 7,858 #499 31 Grace 7,770 #38 32 Thelma 7,740 #4,661 33 Hazel 7,615 #21 34 Marjorie 7,517 #1,016 35 Pauline 7,222 #2,957 36 Annie 6,743 #182 37 Jean 6,600 #2,117 38 Esther 6,574 #119 39 Gertrude 6,264 #6,546 40 Beatrice 5,907 #508 41 Bernice 5,892 #4,067 42 Lois 5,877 #1,666 43 Clara 5,778 #63 44 Ann 5,613 #1,076 45 Marion 5,583 #2,036 46 Emma 5,324 #3 47 Agnes 5,291 #1,016 48 Julia 5,268 #131 49 Elsie 5,194 #123 50 Katherine 5,191 #186
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1918, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bertha 5,051 #4,546 52 Sarah 4,969 #90 53 Jane 4,730 #221 54 Anne 4,567 #619 55 Eva 4,563 #134 56 Pearl 4,521 #776 57 Ida 4,450 #1,120 58 Rita 4,447 #1,285 59 Viola 4,331 #1,013 60 Barbara 4,224 #968 61 Bessie 4,101 #6,838 62 Myrtle 4,076 #10,917 63 Kathryn 4,068 #729 64 Laura 4,062 #379 65 Nellie 4,048 #533 66 June 4,034 #150 67 Stella 3,928 #52 68 Vera 3,923 #205 69 Lorraine 3,876 #1,043 70 Willie 3,867 #10,107 71 Sylvia 3,675 #300 72 Vivian 3,663 #70 73 Alma 3,650 #449 74 Mabel 3,636 #201 75 Jessie 3,591 #823 76 Marian 3,503 #1,102 77 Geraldine 3,446 #2,438 78 Charlotte 3,373 #2 79 Leona 3,335 #429 80 Phyllis 3,326 #11,932 81 Genevieve 3,304 #148 82 Wilma 3,298 #3,645 83 Violet 3,294 #13 84 Ella 3,291 #29 85 Juanita 3,260 #2,778 86 Marguerite 3,249 #2,485 87 Maxine 3,216 #496 88 Minnie 3,181 #3,028 89 Lillie 3,112 #675 90 Lucy 3,108 #24 91 Jennie 3,033 #2,298 92 Ellen 3,030 #1,062 93 Lena 2,937 #279 94 Opal 2,847 #423 95 Mae 2,756 #500 96 Blanche 2,739 #6,838 97 Shirley 2,654 #1,581 98 Norma 2,653 #2,002 99 Kathleen 2,629 #1,150 100 Mattie 2,610 #1,004
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1918, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 56,558 #23 2 William 45,291 #9 3 James 42,115 #6 4 Robert 40,619 #92 5 Charles 26,921 #48 6 George 26,318 #126 7 Joseph 26,261 #29 8 Edward 19,489 #224 9 Frank 17,018 #513 10 Thomas 13,910 #34 11 Walter 13,338 #251 12 Richard 12,323 #234 13 Harold 12,185 #991 14 Paul 11,755 #262 15 Raymond 11,604 #394 16 Henry 11,354 #5 17 Arthur 10,105 #87 18 Donald 9,972 #690 19 Albert 9,935 #614 20 Harry 9,896 #775 21 Jack 8,341 #15 22 Ralph 8,162 #1,046 23 Clarence 7,187 #1,499 24 Louis 7,082 #249 25 Carl 7,004 #1,132 26 Howard 6,928 #1,002 27 Kenneth 6,809 #294 28 David 6,627 #35 29 Willie 6,537 #1,315 30 Francis 6,347 #420 31 Earl 6,321 #2,230 32 Roy 6,211 #525 33 Fred 6,182 #1,932 34 Joe 5,805 #991 35 Eugene 5,631 #943 36 Stanley 5,618 #863 37 Ernest 5,527 #1,038 38 Lawrence 5,372 #518 39 Anthony 5,168 #46 40 Herbert 5,128 #2,641 41 Leonard 4,980 #637 42 Alfred 4,873 #840 43 Samuel 4,772 #18 44 Elmer 4,373 #1,222 45 Michael 4,296 #21 46 Andrew 4,138 #73 47 Bernard 4,098 #1,362 48 Leo 4,036 #19 49 Norman 3,867 #1,196 50 Russell 3,833 #345
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1918, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lloyd 3,742 #1,547 52 Daniel 3,726 #22 53 Peter 3,711 #187 54 Chester 3,692 #1,585 55 Edwin 3,487 #398 56 Melvin 3,469 #958 57 Leroy 3,422 #883 58 Woodrow 3,358 #1,644 59 Frederick 3,351 #435 60 Clifford 3,299 #1,352 61 Floyd 3,235 #2,230 62 Lester 3,229 #1,634 63 Victor 3,183 #209 64 Theodore 3,143 #4 65 Herman 3,041 #2,363 66 Vernon 2,971 #1,382 67 Clyde 2,917 #742 68 Marvin 2,829 #699 69 Ray 2,763 #791 70 Charlie 2,743 #145 71 Philip 2,733 #527 72 Gerald 2,712 #1,204 73 Vincent 2,621 #107 74 Lewis 2,593 #433 75 Sam 2,506 #647 76 Milton 2,454 #1,436 77 Leon 2,442 #138 78 Jesse 2,433 #184 79 Benjamin 2,431 #11 80 Alvin 2,409 #838 81 Martin 2,403 #335 82 Cecil 2,328 #1,486 83 Willard 2,311 #2,718 84 Glenn 2,253 #1,443 85 Gordon 2,233 #1,051 86 Lee 2,159 #725 87 Oscar 2,113 #223 88 Harvey 2,111 #251 89 Edgar 2,085 #486 90 Warren 1,990 #240 91 Wayne 1,912 #652 92 Arnold 1,910 #1,477 93 Everett 1,891 #77 94 Sidney 1,879 #1,323 95 Claude 1,878 #3,036 96 Stephen 1,843 #383 97 Wilbur 1,800 #3,949 98 Allen 1,779 #578 99 Virgil 1,707 #1,409 100 Homer 1,680 #4,707
Entered the top 100 in 1918
