Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1924 Most Popular Baby Names of 1924 Social Security has card records for 2,464,713 people born in the U.S. in 1924. Mary was the top girl name (73,534 babies) and Robert the top boy name (60,802).
Top 100 names of 1924 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1924, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 73,534 #125 2 Dorothy 39,996 #421 3 Helen 31,194 #461 4 Betty 30,600 #1,113 5 Margaret 26,547 #112 6 Ruth 23,601 #173 7 Virginia 18,620 #525 8 Mildred 15,853 #1,962 9 Doris 15,786 #2,895 10 Frances 15,183 #318 11 Elizabeth 14,950 #17 12 Evelyn 13,358 #8 13 Anna 13,076 #107 14 Marie 11,575 #617 15 Alice 11,537 #65 16 Jean 10,721 #2,117 17 Marjorie 10,069 #1,016 18 Irene 9,928 #651 19 Shirley 9,489 #1,581 20 Florence 9,472 #391 21 Martha 9,320 #712 22 Lois 9,300 #1,666 23 Lillian 9,100 #57 24 Louise 8,854 #514 25 Rose 8,479 #114 26 Ruby 8,406 #64 27 Catherine 8,363 #313 28 Barbara 8,305 #968 29 Eleanor 8,193 #12 30 Gladys 7,790 #3,211 31 Edna 7,408 #2,458 32 Annie 7,347 #182 33 Thelma 7,316 #4,661 34 Josephine 7,274 #53 35 Patricia 6,957 #1,334 36 Edith 6,890 #499 37 Lucille 6,744 #237 38 Pauline 6,722 #2,957 39 Ethel 6,586 #4,172 40 Norma 6,542 #2,002 41 Gloria 6,534 #654 42 Hazel 6,342 #21 43 Grace 6,327 #38 44 Phyllis 6,267 #11,932 45 June 6,150 #150 46 Marion 6,047 #2,036 47 Bernice 6,033 #4,067 48 Juanita 5,404 #2,778 49 Rita 5,381 #1,285 50 Beatrice 5,271 #508
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1924, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Esther 5,258 #119 52 Lorraine 5,109 #1,043 53 Jane 5,104 #221 54 Sarah 5,045 #90 55 Ann 5,035 #1,076 56 Clara 4,988 #63 57 Emma 4,897 #3 58 Geraldine 4,833 #2,438 59 Katherine 4,695 #186 60 Gertrude 4,543 #6,546 61 Elsie 4,499 #123 62 Julia 4,289 #131 63 Agnes 4,240 #1,016 64 Marian 4,197 #1,102 65 Bertha 4,122 #4,546 66 Eva 4,068 #134 67 Wilma 4,066 #3,645 68 Willie 3,992 #10,107 69 Nancy 3,989 #965 70 Ida 3,861 #1,120 71 Vivian 3,850 #70 72 Laura 3,829 #379 73 Elaine 3,802 #304 74 Wanda 3,735 #5,917 75 Dolores 3,729 #2,564 76 Kathleen 3,663 #1,150 77 Maxine 3,659 #496 78 Pearl 3,635 #776 79 Anne 3,627 #619 80 Charlotte 3,612 #2 81 Kathryn 3,598 #729 82 Viola 3,577 #1,013 83 Joyce 3,533 #1,071 84 Audrey 3,520 #86 85 Vera 3,476 #205 86 Bessie 3,404 #6,838 87 Alma 3,240 #449 88 Violet 3,224 #13 89 Myrtle 3,205 #10,917 90 Jeanne 3,150 #4,546 91 Jessie 3,147 #823 92 Nellie 3,075 #533 93 Eileen 3,070 #654 94 Ella 3,061 #29 95 Joan 3,023 #1,085 96 Theresa 3,021 #1,548 97 Lillie 2,979 #675 98 Lucy 2,978 #24 99 Ellen 2,949 #1,062 100 Minnie 2,885 #3,028
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1924, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 60,802 #92 2 John 59,052 #23 3 William 53,506 #9 4 James 52,942 #6 5 Charles 30,460 #48 6 George 27,373 #126 7 Joseph 25,421 #29 8 Richard 21,244 #234 9 Edward 21,126 #224 10 Donald 17,929 #690 11 Thomas 16,555 #34 12 Frank 16,044 #513 13 Harold 14,149 #991 14 Paul 13,338 #262 15 Raymond 12,873 #394 16 Walter 12,696 #251 17 Jack 11,921 #15 18 Henry 11,195 #5 19 Kenneth 10,355 #294 20 Arthur 10,172 #87 21 Albert 9,880 #614 22 Harry 9,115 #775 23 Ralph 8,766 #1,046 24 David 8,758 #35 25 Eugene 8,346 #943 26 Howard 7,371 #1,002 27 Carl 7,085 #1,132 28 Louis 7,043 #249 29 Clarence 6,895 #1,499 30 Willie 6,700 #1,315 31 Roy 6,557 #525 32 Fred 6,532 #1,932 33 Earl 6,529 #2,230 34 Francis 6,131 #420 35 Joe 6,044 #991 36 Lawrence 5,775 #518 37 Ernest 5,683 #1,038 38 Leonard 5,601 #637 39 Anthony 5,191 #46 40 Stanley 5,186 #863 41 Herbert 5,121 #2,641 42 Norman 5,045 #1,196 43 Alfred 4,929 #840 44 Calvin 4,918 #132 45 Samuel 4,591 #18 46 Bernard 4,505 #1,362 47 Daniel 4,403 #22 48 Melvin 4,168 #958 49 Gerald 4,151 #1,204 50 Marvin 4,024 #699
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1924, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leo 3,990 #19 52 Russell 3,946 #345 53 Leroy 3,922 #883 54 Michael 3,874 #21 55 Edwin 3,788 #398 56 Andrew 3,744 #73 57 Elmer 3,731 #1,222 58 Warren 3,582 #240 59 Peter 3,520 #187 60 Ray 3,369 #791 61 Lloyd 3,350 #1,547 62 Frederick 3,279 #435 63 Billy 3,271 #1,068 64 Clifford 3,250 #1,352 65 Theodore 3,225 #4 66 Floyd 3,165 #2,230 67 Chester 3,033 #1,585 68 Vernon 3,008 #1,382 69 Clyde 3,006 #742 70 Herman 2,954 #2,363 71 Philip 2,921 #527 72 Lester 2,780 #1,634 73 Alvin 2,759 #838 74 Wayne 2,730 #652 75 Gordon 2,714 #1,051 76 Leon 2,677 #138 77 Lewis 2,670 #433 78 Vincent 2,638 #107 79 Glenn 2,586 #1,443 80 Charlie 2,507 #145 81 Milton 2,474 #1,436 82 Martin 2,452 #335 83 Lee 2,420 #725 84 Dale 2,396 #1,409 85 Cecil 2,299 #1,486 86 Jesse 2,292 #184 87 Wallace 2,283 #960 88 Harvey 2,242 #251 89 Benjamin 2,221 #11 90 Victor 2,189 #209 91 Sam 2,123 #647 92 Bill 2,067 #5,208 93 Roger 2,054 #832 94 Allen 2,045 #578 95 Arnold 2,014 #1,477 96 Edgar 1,878 #486 97 Willard 1,834 #2,718 98 Roland 1,822 #607 99 Oscar 1,819 #223 100 Gilbert 1,797 #1,328
Entered the top 100 in 1924
