Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1919 Most Popular Baby Names of 1919 Social Security has card records for 2,189,968 people born in the U.S. in 1919. Mary was the top girl name (65,836 babies) and John the top boy name (53,522).
Top 100 names of 1919 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1919, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 65,836 #125 2 Helen 33,706 #461 3 Dorothy 31,733 #421 4 Margaret 26,238 #112 5 Ruth 24,562 #173 6 Mildred 17,300 #1,962 7 Virginia 15,636 #525 8 Elizabeth 15,287 #17 9 Frances 15,106 #318 10 Anna 14,498 #107 11 Evelyn 13,321 #8 12 Marie 12,008 #617 13 Alice 11,141 #65 14 Florence 10,482 #391 15 Betty 10,106 #1,113 16 Irene 9,712 #651 17 Lillian 9,516 #57 18 Doris 9,433 #2,895 19 Rose 9,195 #114 20 Louise 8,812 #514 21 Gladys 8,717 #3,211 22 Edna 8,404 #2,458 23 Catherine 8,335 #313 24 Ruby 8,334 #64 25 Martha 8,322 #712 26 Josephine 8,104 #53 27 Lucille 7,856 #237 28 Ethel 7,809 #4,172 29 Edith 7,767 #499 30 Eleanor 7,611 #12 31 Thelma 7,558 #4,661 32 Hazel 7,430 #21 33 Marjorie 7,335 #1,016 34 Grace 7,195 #38 35 Annie 7,146 #182 36 Pauline 6,973 #2,957 37 Jean 6,799 #2,117 38 Esther 6,248 #119 39 Gertrude 6,014 #6,546 40 Lois 5,976 #1,666 41 Beatrice 5,856 #508 42 Bernice 5,793 #4,067 43 Clara 5,404 #63 44 Marion 5,158 #2,036 45 Emma 5,087 #3 46 Sarah 5,022 #90 47 Elsie 4,995 #123 48 Julia 4,950 #131 49 Ann 4,924 #1,076 50 Agnes 4,901 #1,016
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1919, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Katherine 4,846 #186 52 Bertha 4,754 #4,546 53 Jane 4,527 #221 54 Rita 4,515 #1,285 55 Eva 4,484 #134 56 Pearl 4,273 #776 57 Ida 4,163 #1,120 58 Viola 4,129 #1,013 59 Bessie 4,106 #6,838 60 Barbara 4,084 #968 61 Willie 4,051 #10,107 62 Lorraine 3,976 #1,043 63 Anne 3,975 #619 64 June 3,963 #150 65 Vera 3,848 #205 66 Kathryn 3,825 #729 67 Myrtle 3,816 #10,917 68 Geraldine 3,727 #2,438 69 Nellie 3,726 #533 70 Stella 3,700 #52 71 Laura 3,663 #379 72 Vivian 3,640 #70 73 Juanita 3,636 #2,778 74 Violet 3,597 #13 75 Jessie 3,530 #823 76 Alma 3,438 #449 77 Sylvia 3,412 #300 78 Mabel 3,405 #201 79 Charlotte 3,353 #2 80 Minnie 3,272 #3,028 81 Lillie 3,262 #675 82 Marian 3,261 #1,102 83 Norma 3,199 #2,002 84 Phyllis 3,189 #11,932 85 Maxine 3,183 #496 86 Wilma 3,170 #3,645 87 Ella 3,158 #29 88 Genevieve 3,155 #148 89 Shirley 3,149 #1,581 90 Leona 3,033 #429 91 Lucy 3,007 #24 92 Ellen 2,929 #1,062 93 Jennie 2,928 #2,298 94 Lena 2,872 #279 95 Mattie 2,856 #1,004 96 Marguerite 2,836 #2,485 97 Blanche 2,668 #6,838 98 Opal 2,652 #423 99 Mae 2,634 #500 100 Nancy 2,628 #965
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1919, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 53,522 #23 2 William 43,969 #9 3 James 42,392 #6 4 Robert 41,025 #92 5 Charles 25,192 #48 6 George 25,170 #126 7 Joseph 24,266 #29 8 Edward 18,536 #224 9 Frank 15,701 #513 10 Thomas 13,434 #34 11 Walter 12,879 #251 12 Richard 12,441 #234 13 Harold 12,021 #991 14 Raymond 11,384 #394 15 Paul 11,305 #262 16 Henry 10,613 #5 17 Donald 9,904 #690 18 Albert 9,607 #614 19 Arthur 9,540 #87 20 Harry 8,990 #775 21 Jack 8,263 #15 22 Ralph 7,709 #1,046 23 Willie 6,942 #1,315 24 Howard 6,843 #1,002 25 Clarence 6,825 #1,499 26 Kenneth 6,796 #294 27 David 6,716 #35 28 Louis 6,661 #249 29 Carl 6,474 #1,132 30 Fred 6,091 #1,932 31 Earl 5,975 #2,230 32 Roy 5,970 #525 33 Eugene 5,892 #943 34 Francis 5,726 #420 35 Joe 5,709 #991 36 Ernest 5,296 #1,038 37 Stanley 5,238 #863 38 Lawrence 5,205 #518 39 Leonard 5,010 #637 40 Herbert 4,960 #2,641 41 Anthony 4,737 #46 42 Alfred 4,615 #840 43 Samuel 4,472 #18 44 Elmer 3,982 #1,222 45 Bernard 3,915 #1,362 46 Michael 3,909 #21 47 Andrew 3,851 #73 48 Norman 3,809 #1,196 49 Leo 3,802 #19 50 Russell 3,645 #345
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1919, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Daniel 3,526 #22 52 Edwin 3,450 #398 53 Chester 3,432 #1,585 54 Theodore 3,424 #4 55 Leroy 3,422 #883 56 Melvin 3,384 #958 57 Peter 3,375 #187 58 Lloyd 3,238 #1,547 59 Floyd 3,121 #2,230 60 Clifford 3,040 #1,352 61 Herman 3,027 #2,363 62 Lester 3,020 #1,634 63 Marvin 2,997 #699 64 Frederick 2,932 #435 65 Vernon 2,929 #1,382 66 Charlie 2,891 #145 67 Clyde 2,884 #742 68 Victor 2,751 #209 69 Ray 2,722 #791 70 Gerald 2,689 #1,204 71 Philip 2,531 #527 71 Vincent 2,531 #107 73 Milton 2,448 #1,436 74 Lewis 2,429 #433 75 Sam 2,384 #647 76 Alvin 2,383 #838 77 Jesse 2,356 #184 78 Cecil 2,300 #1,486 79 Benjamin 2,279 #11 80 Leon 2,250 #138 81 Martin 2,204 #335 82 Lee 2,189 #725 83 Warren 2,180 #240 84 Glenn 2,153 #1,443 85 Harvey 2,028 #251 86 Gordon 2,017 #1,051 87 Willard 2,014 #2,718 88 Oscar 1,991 #223 89 Edgar 1,986 #486 90 Wayne 1,955 #652 91 Woodrow 1,808 #1,644 92 Claude 1,772 #3,036 92 Everett 1,772 #77 94 Arnold 1,767 #1,477 95 Johnnie 1,716 #2,284 96 Sidney 1,715 #1,323 97 Stephen 1,693 #383 98 Wilbur 1,689 #3,949 99 Eddie 1,660 #860 99 Morris 1,660 #1,753
Entered the top 100 in 1919
