Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1921 Most Popular Baby Names of 1921 Social Security has card records for 2,417,650 people born in the U.S. in 1921. Mary was the top girl name (73,984 babies) and John the top boy name (58,216).
Top 100 names of 1921 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1921, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 73,984 #125 2 Dorothy 39,087 #421 3 Helen 34,822 #461 4 Margaret 28,468 #112 5 Ruth 25,783 #173 6 Virginia 19,032 #525 7 Mildred 17,880 #1,962 8 Betty 17,638 #1,113 9 Frances 15,993 #318 10 Elizabeth 15,800 #17 11 Anna 14,476 #107 12 Evelyn 14,278 #8 13 Doris 13,152 #2,895 14 Marie 12,501 #617 15 Alice 11,955 #65 16 Marjorie 11,209 #1,016 17 Florence 10,720 #391 18 Irene 10,624 #651 19 Lillian 9,770 #57 20 Rose 9,352 #114 21 Martha 9,264 #712 22 Louise 9,180 #514 23 Catherine 8,887 #313 24 Gladys 8,814 #3,211 25 Jean 8,592 #2,117 26 Ruby 8,333 #64 27 Edna 8,302 #2,458 28 Josephine 8,135 #53 29 Eleanor 8,054 #12 30 Thelma 7,839 #4,661 31 Lucille 7,698 #237 32 Ethel 7,603 #4,172 33 Edith 7,589 #499 34 Hazel 7,341 #21 35 Grace 7,230 #38 36 Annie 7,209 #182 37 Pauline 7,142 #2,957 38 Lois 6,899 #1,666 39 Bernice 6,190 #4,067 40 Barbara 6,013 #968 41 Beatrice 5,968 #508 42 Esther 5,926 #119 43 Marion 5,814 #2,036 44 Shirley 5,695 #1,581 45 Clara 5,606 #63 46 Gertrude 5,349 #6,546 47 Jane 5,188 #221 48 Rita 5,157 #1,285 49 Katherine 5,156 #186 50 June 5,155 #150
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1921, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Norma 5,102 #2,002 52 Emma 5,072 #3 53 Ann 5,058 #1,076 54 Sarah 5,024 #90 55 Elsie 4,879 #123 56 Agnes 4,798 #1,016 57 Juanita 4,779 #2,778 58 Julia 4,737 #131 59 Bertha 4,608 #4,546 60 Phyllis 4,590 #11,932 61 Lorraine 4,533 #1,043 62 Geraldine 4,523 #2,438 63 Eva 4,325 #134 64 Kathryn 4,201 #729 65 Pearl 4,175 #776 66 Viola 4,160 #1,013 67 Ida 4,146 #1,120 68 Vivian 4,103 #70 69 Marian 4,064 #1,102 70 Anne 4,007 #619 71 Laura 3,998 #379 72 Wilma 3,824 #3,645 73 Myrtle 3,791 #10,917 74 Willie 3,748 #10,107 75 Bessie 3,678 #6,838 76 Vera 3,631 #205 77 Maxine 3,630 #496 78 Alma 3,589 #449 79 Charlotte 3,587 #2 80 Nellie 3,513 #533 81 Violet 3,469 #13 82 Audrey 3,434 #86 83 Kathleen 3,419 #1,150 84 Patricia 3,380 #1,334 85 Mabel 3,336 #201 86 Stella 3,335 #52 87 Nancy 3,323 #965 88 Sylvia 3,297 #300 89 Ella 3,237 #29 90 Genevieve 3,235 #148 91 Jessie 3,225 #823 92 Leona 3,210 #429 93 Lucy 3,157 #24 94 Lillie 3,118 #675 95 Ellen 3,064 #1,062 96 Minnie 2,998 #3,028 97 Elaine 2,922 #304 98 Marguerite 2,897 #2,485 99 Jennie 2,889 #2,298 100 Eileen 2,862 #654
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1921, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 58,216 #23 2 Robert 52,779 #92 3 William 51,862 #9 4 James 49,750 #6 5 Charles 29,242 #48 6 George 27,476 #126 7 Joseph 26,182 #29 8 Edward 20,817 #224 9 Frank 16,705 #513 10 Richard 16,376 #234 11 Thomas 15,308 #34 12 Harold 13,811 #991 13 Donald 13,776 #690 14 Paul 13,169 #262 15 Walter 13,004 #251 16 Raymond 12,645 #394 17 Henry 11,411 #5 18 Jack 10,757 #15 19 Arthur 10,527 #87 20 Albert 10,158 #614 21 Harry 9,731 #775 22 Kenneth 8,959 #294 23 Ralph 8,860 #1,046 24 Warren 7,798 #240 25 David 7,765 #35 26 Eugene 7,717 #943 27 Howard 7,713 #1,002 28 Clarence 7,332 #1,499 29 Louis 7,247 #249 30 Carl 7,077 #1,132 31 Earl 6,754 #2,230 32 Roy 6,545 #525 33 Fred 6,496 #1,932 34 Willie 6,492 #1,315 35 Francis 6,293 #420 36 Joe 6,204 #991 37 Lawrence 5,977 #518 38 Ernest 5,697 #1,038 39 Leonard 5,650 #637 40 Anthony 5,239 #46 41 Stanley 5,231 #863 42 Herbert 5,217 #2,641 43 Alfred 4,925 #840 44 Samuel 4,754 #18 45 Bernard 4,485 #1,362 46 Norman 4,479 #1,196 47 Michael 4,198 #21 48 Elmer 4,146 #1,222 49 Daniel 4,087 #22 50 Leo 4,066 #19
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1921, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Andrew 4,015 #73 52 Russell 3,946 #345 53 Melvin 3,887 #958 54 Edwin 3,750 #398 55 Leroy 3,749 #883 56 Chester 3,549 #1,585 57 Peter 3,548 #187 58 Lloyd 3,536 #1,547 59 Marvin 3,490 #699 60 Gerald 3,382 #1,204 61 Frederick 3,376 #435 62 Clifford 3,262 #1,352 63 Floyd 3,255 #2,230 64 Herman 3,219 #2,363 65 Theodore 3,172 #4 66 Lester 3,076 #1,634 67 Ray 3,075 #791 68 Vernon 3,069 #1,382 69 Clyde 3,022 #742 70 Vincent 2,779 #107 71 Lewis 2,712 #433 72 Philip 2,703 #527 73 Alvin 2,686 #838 74 Leon 2,616 #138 75 Milton 2,588 #1,436 76 Charlie 2,574 #145 77 Jesse 2,486 #184 78 Martin 2,461 #335 79 Cecil 2,456 #1,486 80 Glenn 2,449 #1,443 81 Wayne 2,417 #652 82 Benjamin 2,412 #11 83 Victor 2,407 #209 84 Gordon 2,382 #1,051 85 Sam 2,367 #647 86 Lee 2,354 #725 87 Harvey 2,287 #251 88 Wallace 2,095 #960 89 Willard 2,077 #2,718 90 Edgar 2,014 #486 91 Arnold 1,982 #1,477 92 Oscar 1,978 #223 93 Dale 1,956 #1,409 94 Allen 1,937 #578 95 Everett 1,913 #77 96 Claude 1,887 #3,036 97 Stephen 1,868 #383 98 Virgil 1,830 #1,409 99 Roger 1,803 #832 100 Wilbur 1,755 #3,949
Entered the top 100 in 1921
