Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1925 Most Popular Baby Names of 1925 Social Security has card records for 2,414,516 people born in the U.S. in 1925. Mary was the top girl name (70,586 babies) and Robert the top boy name (60,895).
Top 100 names of 1925 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1925, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 70,586 #125 2 Dorothy 38,570 #421 3 Betty 32,812 #1,113 4 Helen 29,173 #461 5 Margaret 24,463 #112 6 Ruth 22,247 #173 7 Virginia 17,490 #525 8 Doris 16,075 #2,895 9 Mildred 14,453 #1,962 10 Elizabeth 13,936 #17 11 Frances 13,824 #318 12 Evelyn 12,505 #8 13 Anna 12,250 #107 14 Jean 11,598 #2,117 15 Alice 11,576 #65 16 Marie 10,930 #617 17 Shirley 10,513 #1,581 18 Lois 9,573 #1,666 19 Irene 9,440 #651 20 Gloria 9,381 #654 21 Marjorie 9,306 #1,016 22 Barbara 9,155 #968 23 Martha 8,762 #712 24 Florence 8,585 #391 25 Lillian 8,351 #57 26 Rose 8,280 #114 27 Louise 8,275 #514 28 Patricia 8,096 #1,334 29 Catherine 7,867 #313 30 Ruby 7,843 #64 31 Eleanor 7,724 #12 32 Annie 7,350 #182 33 Gladys 7,231 #3,211 34 Norma 6,941 #2,002 35 Thelma 6,823 #4,661 36 Josephine 6,810 #53 37 Edna 6,781 #2,458 38 Pauline 6,728 #2,957 39 June 6,649 #150 40 Phyllis 6,486 #11,932 41 Lucille 6,397 #237 42 Edith 6,275 #499 43 Ethel 6,176 #4,172 44 Grace 5,983 #38 45 Hazel 5,778 #21 46 Bernice 5,728 #4,067 47 Marion 5,577 #2,036 48 Rita 5,323 #1,285 49 Juanita 5,232 #2,778 50 Beatrice 4,992 #508
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1925, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lorraine 4,983 #1,043 52 Ann 4,935 #1,076 53 Jane 4,881 #221 54 Geraldine 4,838 #2,438 55 Clara 4,776 #63 56 Esther 4,726 #119 57 Emma 4,714 #3 58 Sarah 4,685 #90 59 Joyce 4,364 #1,071 60 Nancy 4,325 #965 61 Katherine 4,240 #186 62 Wilma 4,175 #3,645 63 Elsie 4,146 #123 64 Dolores 4,145 #2,564 65 Julia 4,047 #131 66 Joan 4,030 #1,085 67 Marian 3,979 #1,102 68 Willie 3,947 #10,107 69 Agnes 3,911 #1,016 70 Gertrude 3,892 #6,546 71 Eva 3,855 #134 72 Wanda 3,803 #5,917 73 Elaine 3,776 #304 74 Bertha 3,772 #4,546 75 Laura 3,588 #379 76 Vivian 3,576 #70 77 Charlotte 3,551 #2 78 Audrey 3,543 #86 79 Maxine 3,538 #496 80 Theresa 3,515 #1,548 81 Kathleen 3,503 #1,150 82 Ida 3,489 #1,120 83 Marilyn 3,419 #760 84 Viola 3,336 #1,013 85 Anne 3,320 #619 86 Vera 3,280 #205 87 Bessie 3,266 #6,838 88 Kathryn 3,262 #729 89 Jeanne 3,225 #4,546 90 Pearl 3,213 #776 91 Lillie 3,119 #675 92 Violet 3,032 #13 93 Ella 3,006 #29 94 Alma 2,996 #449 95 Myrtle 2,980 #10,917 96 Eileen 2,964 #654 97 Jessie 2,951 #823 98 Nellie 2,937 #533 99 Margie 2,868 #6,546 100 Mattie 2,816 #1,004
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1925, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 60,895 #92 2 John 57,195 #23 3 William 53,310 #9 4 James 52,680 #6 5 Charles 29,580 #48 6 George 26,560 #126 7 Joseph 24,613 #29 8 Richard 23,269 #234 9 Edward 20,090 #224 10 Donald 19,193 #690 11 Thomas 16,688 #34 12 Frank 15,329 #513 13 Paul 14,175 #262 14 Harold 13,597 #991 15 Raymond 12,441 #394 16 Walter 12,130 #251 17 Jack 12,011 #15 18 Henry 10,618 #5 19 Kenneth 10,146 #294 20 Arthur 9,986 #87 21 Albert 9,511 #614 22 David 8,915 #35 23 Harry 8,610 #775 24 Eugene 8,517 #943 25 Ralph 8,467 #1,046 26 Howard 7,173 #1,002 27 Willie 7,124 #1,315 28 Carl 7,061 #1,132 29 Louis 6,798 #249 30 Clarence 6,670 #1,499 31 Earl 6,436 #2,230 32 Roy 6,376 #525 33 Fred 6,205 #1,932 34 Joe 6,107 #991 35 Francis 5,978 #420 36 Lawrence 5,633 #518 37 Ernest 5,494 #1,038 38 Leonard 5,465 #637 39 Anthony 5,041 #46 40 Stanley 5,030 #863 41 Norman 4,975 #1,196 42 Herbert 4,924 #2,641 43 Alfred 4,796 #840 44 Daniel 4,548 #22 45 Gerald 4,507 #1,204 46 Samuel 4,405 #18 47 Calvin 4,302 #132 48 Bernard 4,259 #1,362 49 Billy 4,207 #1,068 50 Melvin 4,146 #958
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1925, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Marvin 4,092 #699 52 Leroy 3,884 #883 53 Russell 3,804 #345 54 Leo 3,775 #19 55 Michael 3,761 #21 56 Andrew 3,617 #73 57 Edwin 3,560 #398 58 Floyd 3,524 #2,230 59 Clifford 3,424 #1,352 60 Peter 3,373 #187 61 Elmer 3,356 #1,222 62 Lloyd 3,324 #1,547 63 Theodore 3,226 #4 64 Ray 3,219 #791 65 Frederick 3,088 #435 66 Warren 2,945 #240 67 Vernon 2,912 #1,382 68 Clyde 2,906 #742 69 Herman 2,890 #2,363 70 Alvin 2,777 #838 71 Vincent 2,772 #107 72 Gordon 2,748 #1,051 73 Chester 2,719 #1,585 74 Wayne 2,713 #652 75 Philip 2,675 #527 76 Leon 2,636 #138 77 Glenn 2,611 #1,443 78 Charlie 2,578 #145 79 Lewis 2,577 #433 80 Milton 2,567 #1,436 81 Lester 2,559 #1,634 82 Lee 2,537 #725 83 Martin 2,417 #335 84 Bill 2,381 #5,208 85 Jesse 2,373 #184 86 Dale 2,302 #1,409 87 Cecil 2,297 #1,486 88 Harvey 2,190 #251 89 Victor 2,119 #209 90 Roger 2,099 #832 91 Sam 2,092 #647 92 Wallace 2,076 #960 93 Benjamin 2,069 #11 94 Allen 2,034 #578 95 Arnold 1,972 #1,477 96 Edgar 1,809 #486 97 Willard 1,795 #2,718 98 Roland 1,785 #607 99 Oscar 1,754 #223 100 Johnnie 1,744 #2,284
Entered the top 100 in 1925
