Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1920 Most Popular Baby Names of 1920 Social Security has card records for 2,344,822 people born in the U.S. in 1920. Mary was the top girl name (70,983 babies) and John the top boy name (56,913).
Top 100 names of 1920 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1920, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 70,983 #125 2 Dorothy 36,643 #421 3 Helen 35,097 #461 4 Margaret 27,994 #112 5 Ruth 26,102 #173 6 Mildred 18,060 #1,962 7 Virginia 17,314 #525 8 Elizabeth 15,908 #17 9 Frances 15,883 #318 10 Anna 14,581 #107 11 Betty 14,016 #1,113 12 Evelyn 13,838 #8 13 Marie 12,743 #617 14 Doris 11,892 #2,895 15 Alice 11,596 #65 16 Florence 10,731 #391 17 Irene 10,072 #651 18 Lillian 10,049 #57 19 Louise 9,179 #514 20 Rose 9,011 #114 21 Catherine 8,878 #313 22 Gladys 8,819 #3,211 23 Martha 8,709 #712 24 Marjorie 8,658 #1,016 25 Eleanor 8,497 #12 26 Ruby 8,336 #64 27 Edna 8,331 #2,458 28 Josephine 8,093 #53 29 Lucille 7,989 #237 30 Ethel 7,868 #4,172 31 Thelma 7,814 #4,661 32 Edith 7,773 #499 33 Jean 7,714 #2,117 34 Hazel 7,308 #21 35 Annie 7,268 #182 36 Pauline 7,180 #2,957 37 Grace 7,172 #38 38 Lois 6,560 #1,666 39 Esther 6,068 #119 40 Bernice 5,928 #4,067 41 Beatrice 5,804 #508 42 Gertrude 5,797 #6,546 43 Marion 5,745 #2,036 44 Clara 5,470 #63 45 Katherine 5,276 #186 46 Emma 5,238 #3 47 Barbara 5,106 #968 48 Jane 5,054 #221 49 Ann 5,041 #1,076 50 Sarah 5,031 #90
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1920, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Elsie 4,993 #123 52 Rita 4,979 #1,285 53 June 4,911 #150 54 Agnes 4,907 #1,016 55 Julia 4,889 #131 56 Shirley 4,713 #1,581 57 Bertha 4,604 #4,546 58 Eva 4,498 #134 59 Viola 4,292 #1,013 60 Geraldine 4,265 #2,438 61 Juanita 4,238 #2,778 62 Pearl 4,204 #776 63 Laura 4,171 #379 64 Vivian 4,128 #70 65 Anne 4,114 #619 66 Ida 4,090 #1,120 67 Kathryn 4,082 #729 68 Myrtle 3,955 #10,917 69 Norma 3,949 #2,002 70 Lorraine 3,928 #1,043 71 Bessie 3,906 #6,838 72 Phyllis 3,852 #11,932 73 Marian 3,845 #1,102 74 Willie 3,816 #10,107 75 Vera 3,785 #205 76 Nellie 3,762 #533 77 Violet 3,694 #13 78 Wilma 3,670 #3,645 79 Charlotte 3,624 #2 80 Alma 3,584 #449 81 Maxine 3,507 #496 82 Stella 3,492 #52 83 Mabel 3,364 #201 84 Jessie 3,329 #823 85 Sylvia 3,317 #300 86 Genevieve 3,258 #148 87 Minnie 3,244 #3,028 88 Ella 3,232 #29 89 Leona 3,166 #429 90 Lillie 3,162 #675 91 Kathleen 3,158 #1,150 92 Ellen 3,076 #1,062 93 Marguerite 3,055 #2,485 94 Lucy 3,018 #24 95 Nancy 2,982 #965 96 Mattie 2,902 #1,004 97 Jennie 2,808 #2,298 98 Lena 2,785 #279 99 Mae 2,730 #500 100 Eileen 2,718 #654
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1920, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 56,913 #23 2 William 50,146 #9 3 Robert 48,679 #92 4 James 47,908 #6 5 Charles 28,309 #48 6 George 26,891 #126 7 Joseph 25,587 #29 8 Edward 20,097 #224 9 Frank 16,430 #513 10 Richard 15,010 #234 11 Thomas 14,936 #34 12 Harold 13,678 #991 13 Walter 13,294 #251 14 Paul 12,570 #262 15 Raymond 12,193 #394 16 Donald 11,941 #690 17 Henry 11,305 #5 18 Arthur 10,236 #87 19 Albert 9,997 #614 20 Jack 9,599 #15 21 Harry 9,406 #775 22 Ralph 8,556 #1,046 23 Kenneth 7,840 #294 24 Howard 7,466 #1,002 25 David 7,444 #35 26 Clarence 7,221 #1,499 27 Carl 7,010 #1,132 28 Louis 6,966 #249 29 Willie 6,887 #1,315 30 Eugene 6,867 #943 31 Earl 6,533 #2,230 32 Roy 6,355 #525 33 Fred 6,298 #1,932 34 Francis 6,241 #420 35 Joe 6,071 #991 36 Lawrence 5,727 #518 37 Ernest 5,566 #1,038 38 Leonard 5,511 #637 39 Warren 5,492 #240 40 Stanley 5,314 #863 41 Herbert 5,249 #2,641 42 Alfred 5,006 #840 43 Anthony 4,944 #46 44 Samuel 4,654 #18 45 Elmer 4,206 #1,222 46 Bernard 4,163 #1,362 47 Norman 4,109 #1,196 48 Leo 4,054 #19 49 Andrew 4,026 #73 50 Michael 4,003 #21
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1920, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Russell 3,901 #345 52 Daniel 3,897 #22 53 Edwin 3,734 #398 54 Melvin 3,717 #958 55 Chester 3,698 #1,585 56 Leroy 3,549 #883 57 Peter 3,497 #187 58 Lloyd 3,454 #1,547 59 Clifford 3,291 #1,352 60 Frederick 3,275 #435 61 Floyd 3,260 #2,230 62 Marvin 3,244 #699 63 Theodore 3,219 #4 64 Gerald 3,157 #1,204 65 Vernon 3,144 #1,382 66 Herman 3,109 #2,363 67 Ray 3,086 #791 68 Clyde 3,069 #742 69 Lester 3,068 #1,634 70 Charlie 2,785 #145 71 Philip 2,700 #527 72 Lewis 2,688 #433 73 Vincent 2,661 #107 74 Milton 2,592 #1,436 75 Leon 2,554 #138 76 Alvin 2,523 #838 77 Cecil 2,459 #1,486 78 Martin 2,439 #335 79 Jesse 2,420 #184 80 Glenn 2,375 #1,443 81 Victor 2,349 #209 82 Lee 2,321 #725 83 Benjamin 2,309 #11 84 Sam 2,283 #647 85 Gordon 2,277 #1,051 86 Wayne 2,180 #652 87 Harvey 2,165 #251 88 Willard 2,089 #2,718 89 Edgar 2,029 #486 90 Oscar 2,006 #223 91 Arnold 1,911 #1,477 92 Claude 1,893 #3,036 93 Wallace 1,877 #960 94 Allen 1,866 #578 95 Everett 1,827 #77 96 Stephen 1,771 #383 97 Gilbert 1,763 #1,328 98 Wilbur 1,741 #3,949 99 Johnnie 1,727 #2,284 100 Homer 1,722 #4,707
Entered the top 100 in 1920
