Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1922 Most Popular Baby Names of 1922 Social Security has card records for 2,372,770 people born in the U.S. in 1922. Mary was the top girl name (72,177 babies) and John the top boy name (57,280).
Top 100 names of 1922 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1922, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 72,177 #125 2 Dorothy 37,716 #421 3 Helen 32,510 #461 4 Margaret 26,862 #112 5 Ruth 23,633 #173 6 Betty 20,895 #1,113 7 Virginia 19,144 #525 8 Mildred 16,412 #1,962 9 Elizabeth 15,244 #17 10 Frances 15,054 #318 11 Doris 13,798 #2,895 12 Anna 13,408 #107 13 Evelyn 13,320 #8 14 Marie 11,912 #617 15 Alice 11,277 #65 16 Marjorie 10,385 #1,016 17 Irene 10,173 #651 18 Florence 10,036 #391 19 Lillian 9,430 #57 20 Jean 9,109 #2,117 21 Martha 9,021 #712 22 Louise 8,886 #514 23 Rose 8,791 #114 24 Catherine 8,537 #313 25 Gladys 8,042 #3,211 26 Ruby 8,003 #64 27 Josephine 7,864 #53 28 Eleanor 7,852 #12 29 Edna 7,622 #2,458 30 Annie 7,476 #182 31 Thelma 7,254 #4,661 32 Ethel 7,246 #4,172 33 Lucille 7,151 #237 34 Edith 7,136 #499 35 Lois 6,946 #1,666 36 Pauline 6,811 #2,957 37 Hazel 6,757 #21 38 Grace 6,743 #38 39 Shirley 6,407 #1,581 40 Barbara 6,272 #968 41 Bernice 5,912 #4,067 42 Marion 5,667 #2,036 43 Beatrice 5,476 #508 44 Esther 5,474 #119 45 June 5,382 #150 46 Norma 5,238 #2,002 47 Clara 5,126 #63 48 Gertrude 5,082 #6,546 49 Ann 5,054 #1,076 50 Emma 5,013 #3
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1922, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Sarah 4,982 #90 52 Rita 4,976 #1,285 53 Phyllis 4,935 #11,932 54 Katherine 4,827 #186 55 Jane 4,805 #221 56 Lorraine 4,668 #1,043 57 Juanita 4,643 #2,778 58 Geraldine 4,641 #2,438 59 Elsie 4,618 #123 60 Julia 4,616 #131 61 Gloria 4,496 #654 62 Agnes 4,480 #1,016 63 Bertha 4,419 #4,546 64 Eva 4,192 #134 65 Ida 3,987 #1,120 66 Anne 3,974 #619 67 Marian 3,951 #1,102 68 Laura 3,902 #379 68 Patricia 3,902 #1,334 70 Willie 3,885 #10,107 71 Pearl 3,848 #776 72 Viola 3,793 #1,013 73 Kathryn 3,792 #729 74 Vivian 3,733 #70 75 Myrtle 3,649 #10,917 76 Charlotte 3,582 #2 77 Wilma 3,535 #3,645 78 Nancy 3,518 #965 79 Vera 3,510 #205 80 Kathleen 3,466 #1,150 81 Bessie 3,447 #6,838 82 Maxine 3,444 #496 83 Nellie 3,274 #533 84 Alma 3,233 #449 85 Lillie 3,200 #675 86 Violet 3,194 #13 87 Jessie 3,182 #823 88 Stella 3,166 #52 89 Audrey 3,164 #86 90 Ella 3,150 #29 91 Minnie 3,115 #3,028 92 Wanda 2,986 #5,917 93 Lucy 2,977 #24 94 Sylvia 2,961 #300 95 Ellen 2,953 #1,062 96 Eileen 2,939 #654 97 Jeanne 2,917 #4,546 98 Genevieve 2,897 #148 99 Mabel 2,894 #201 100 Margie 2,854 #6,546
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1922, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 57,280 #23 2 Robert 53,796 #92 3 William 51,111 #9 4 James 49,802 #6 5 Charles 28,839 #48 6 George 27,350 #126 7 Joseph 25,699 #29 8 Edward 20,419 #224 9 Richard 17,537 #234 10 Frank 16,013 #513 11 Thomas 15,261 #34 12 Donald 14,913 #690 13 Harold 13,593 #991 14 Paul 12,922 #262 15 Walter 12,631 #251 16 Raymond 12,129 #394 17 Henry 11,207 #5 18 Jack 10,847 #15 19 Arthur 10,114 #87 20 Albert 9,896 #614 21 Kenneth 9,258 #294 22 Harry 9,077 #775 23 Ralph 8,484 #1,046 24 David 7,865 #35 25 Eugene 7,849 #943 26 Howard 7,296 #1,002 27 Louis 7,095 #249 28 Willie 6,903 #1,315 29 Clarence 6,861 #1,499 30 Carl 6,690 #1,132 31 Earl 6,461 #2,230 32 Roy 6,458 #525 33 Fred 6,245 #1,932 34 Francis 6,147 #420 35 Joe 6,089 #991 36 Lawrence 5,786 #518 37 Ernest 5,503 #1,038 38 Leonard 5,407 #637 39 Anthony 5,091 #46 40 Herbert 5,047 #2,641 41 Stanley 5,045 #863 42 Alfred 4,833 #840 43 Samuel 4,600 #18 44 Norman 4,527 #1,196 45 Warren 4,484 #240 46 Bernard 4,409 #1,362 47 Daniel 4,285 #22 48 Michael 3,990 #21 49 Russell 3,965 #345 50 Melvin 3,908 #958
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1922, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leo 3,901 #19 52 Edwin 3,827 #398 53 Andrew 3,803 #73 54 Elmer 3,738 #1,222 55 Leroy 3,671 #883 56 Marvin 3,580 #699 57 Peter 3,545 #187 58 Gerald 3,541 #1,204 59 Lloyd 3,364 #1,547 60 Frederick 3,353 #435 61 Floyd 3,221 #2,230 62 Theodore 3,216 #4 63 Clifford 3,157 #1,352 64 Chester 3,133 #1,585 65 Ray 3,051 #791 66 Herman 3,014 #2,363 67 Clyde 3,007 #742 68 Vernon 3,003 #1,382 69 Lester 2,951 #1,634 70 Philip 2,769 #527 71 Vincent 2,710 #107 72 Charlie 2,655 #145 73 Alvin 2,599 #838 74 Milton 2,556 #1,436 75 Lewis 2,555 #433 76 Gordon 2,527 #1,051 77 Leon 2,521 #138 78 Wayne 2,476 #652 79 Glenn 2,425 #1,443 80 Martin 2,402 #335 81 Jesse 2,395 #184 82 Benjamin 2,378 #11 83 Lee 2,371 #725 84 Sam 2,349 #647 85 Cecil 2,336 #1,486 86 Victor 2,322 #209 87 Wallace 2,210 #960 88 Harvey 2,207 #251 89 Dale 2,041 #1,409 90 Billy 2,029 #1,068 91 Willard 2,017 #2,718 92 Oscar 2,007 #223 93 Edgar 1,923 #486 94 Arnold 1,892 #1,477 95 Allen 1,887 #578 96 Roger 1,848 #832 97 Claude 1,806 #3,036 98 Everett 1,798 #77 99 Virgil 1,790 #1,409 100 Gilbert 1,748 #1,328
Entered the top 100 in 1922
