Top Baby Names of the 1910s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1910s

Mary and John led the decade, out of 14,831,446 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1910s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Mary	478,636	5.87%
2	Helen	248,154	3.04%
3	Dorothy	207,475	2.54%
4	Margaret	189,234	2.32%
5	Ruth	173,675	2.13%
6	Mildred	123,998	1.52%
7	Anna	118,998	1.46%
8	Elizabeth	116,811	1.43%
9	Frances	105,599	1.29%
10	Virginia	94,322	1.16%
11	Marie	92,086	1.13%
12	Evelyn	91,492	1.12%
13	Alice	85,866	1.05%
14	Florence	81,465	1.00%
15	Lillian	75,914	0.93%
16	Rose	74,690	0.92%
17	Irene	68,968	0.85%
18	Louise	67,973	0.83%
19	Edna	66,897	0.82%
20	Catherine	65,823	0.81%
21	Gladys	65,812	0.81%
22	Ethel	63,662	0.78%
23	Josephine	61,355	0.75%
24	Ruby	60,308	0.74%
25	Martha	59,508	0.73%
26	Grace	57,973	0.71%
27	Hazel	57,068	0.70%
28	Thelma	57,011	0.70%
29	Lucille	56,147	0.69%
30	Edith	56,059	0.69%
31	Eleanor	54,163	0.66%
32	Doris	53,249	0.65%
33	Annie	52,301	0.64%
34	Pauline	50,075	0.61%
35	Gertrude	49,565	0.61%
36	Esther	49,212	0.60%
37	Betty	44,894	0.55%
38	Beatrice	44,515	0.55%
39	Marjorie	44,452	0.55%
40	Clara	44,346	0.54%
41	Emma	41,819	0.51%
42	Bernice	40,346	0.49%
43	Bertha	40,120	0.49%
44	Ann	39,506	0.48%
45	Jean	39,284	0.48%
46	Elsie	39,274	0.48%
47	Julia	39,259	0.48%
48	Agnes	39,255	0.48%
49	Lois	38,179	0.47%
50	Sarah	38,120	0.47%
51	Marion	37,974	0.47%
52	Katherine	36,884	0.45%
53	Eva	34,909	0.43%
54	Ida	34,792	0.43%
55	Bessie	33,859	0.42%
56	Pearl	33,834	0.41%
57	Anne	33,478	0.41%
58	Viola	33,076	0.41%
59	Myrtle	32,432	0.40%
60	Nellie	30,879	0.38%
61	Mabel	30,783	0.38%
62	Laura	30,549	0.37%
63	Kathryn	29,235	0.36%
64	Stella	28,526	0.35%
65	Vera	28,289	0.35%
66	Willie	28,179	0.35%
67	Jessie	27,834	0.34%
68	Jane	27,740	0.34%
69	Alma	27,515	0.34%
70	Minnie	27,486	0.34%
71	Sylvia	25,655	0.31%
72	Ella	24,913	0.31%
73	Lillie	24,651	0.30%
74	Rita	23,850	0.29%
75	Leona	23,825	0.29%
76	Barbara	23,704	0.29%
77	Vivian	23,634	0.29%
78	Lena	23,624	0.29%
79	Violet	23,157	0.28%
80	Lucy	23,117	0.28%
81	Jennie	23,068	0.28%
82	Genevieve	22,830	0.28%
83	Marguerite	22,658	0.28%
84	Charlotte	22,548	0.28%
85	Mattie	22,243	0.27%
86	Marian	22,158	0.27%
87	Blanche	21,977	0.27%
88	Mae	21,530	0.26%
89	Ellen	21,500	0.26%
90	Wilma	21,384	0.26%
91	Juanita	20,878	0.26%
92	Opal	20,386	0.25%
93	June	19,244	0.24%
94	Geraldine	18,990	0.23%
95	Beulah	18,874	0.23%
96	Velma	18,631	0.23%
97	Theresa	18,348	0.22%
98	Carrie	18,067	0.22%
99	Phyllis	17,885	0.22%
100	Maxine	17,800	0.22%

Boys, the 1910s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	John	376,311	5.64%
2	William	303,017	4.54%
3	James	275,070	4.12%
4	Robert	239,185	3.58%
5	Joseph	179,300	2.69%
6	George	176,609	2.65%
7	Charles	173,535	2.60%
8	Edward	125,720	1.88%
9	Frank	116,017	1.74%
10	Thomas	91,619	1.37%
11	Walter	89,145	1.34%
12	Harold	79,721	1.19%
13	Henry	79,667	1.19%
14	Paul	78,216	1.17%
15	Richard	74,603	1.12%
16	Raymond	71,820	1.08%
17	Albert	68,207	1.02%
18	Arthur	67,478	1.01%
19	Harry	65,874	0.99%
20	Donald	57,001	0.85%
21	Ralph	52,522	0.79%
22	Louis	50,600	0.76%
23	Jack	49,526	0.74%
24	Clarence	49,196	0.74%
25	Carl	48,454	0.73%
26	Willie	47,690	0.71%
27	Howard	46,596	0.70%
28	Fred	44,345	0.66%
29	David	43,853	0.66%
30	Kenneth	43,248	0.65%
31	Francis	41,053	0.62%
32	Roy	40,340	0.60%
33	Earl	40,273	0.60%
34	Joe	38,250	0.57%
35	Ernest	37,134	0.56%
36	Lawrence	36,354	0.54%
37	Stanley	35,908	0.54%
38	Anthony	35,627	0.53%
39	Eugene	35,161	0.53%
40	Samuel	34,166	0.51%
41	Herbert	33,860	0.51%
42	Alfred	32,635	0.49%
43	Leonard	31,878	0.48%
44	Michael	30,858	0.46%
45	Elmer	28,600	0.43%
46	Andrew	28,152	0.42%
47	Leo	26,656	0.40%
48	Bernard	25,628	0.38%
49	Norman	25,033	0.38%
50	Peter	24,935	0.37%
51	Russell	24,842	0.37%
52	Daniel	23,978	0.36%
53	Edwin	23,697	0.36%
54	Frederick	23,542	0.35%
55	Chester	23,500	0.35%
56	Herman	22,598	0.34%
57	Lloyd	21,743	0.33%
58	Melvin	21,739	0.33%
59	Lester	21,509	0.32%
60	Floyd	21,472	0.32%
61	Leroy	21,275	0.32%
62	Theodore	21,106	0.32%
63	Clifford	20,886	0.31%
64	Clyde	19,864	0.30%
65	Charlie	19,834	0.30%
66	Sam	18,544	0.28%
67	Woodrow	18,355	0.27%
68	Vincent	18,285	0.27%
69	Philip	18,166	0.27%
70	Marvin	17,821	0.27%
71	Ray	17,792	0.27%
72	Lewis	17,787	0.27%
73	Milton	17,522	0.26%
74	Benjamin	17,310	0.26%
75	Victor	17,157	0.26%
76	Vernon	16,967	0.25%
77	Gerald	16,522	0.25%
78	Jesse	16,293	0.24%
79	Martin	16,097	0.24%
80	Cecil	15,987	0.24%
81	Alvin	15,499	0.23%
82	Lee	15,380	0.23%
83	Willard	15,364	0.23%
84	Leon	15,280	0.23%
85	Oscar	14,869	0.22%
86	Glenn	14,304	0.21%
87	Edgar	14,080	0.21%
88	Gordon	13,641	0.20%
89	Stephen	13,502	0.20%
90	Harvey	13,304	0.20%
91	Sidney	12,793	0.19%
92	Claude	12,792	0.19%
93	Everett	12,748	0.19%
94	Arnold	12,586	0.19%
95	Morris	12,484	0.19%
96	Wilbur	12,411	0.19%
97	Warren	12,012	0.18%
98	Wayne	11,572	0.17%
99	Allen	11,493	0.17%
100	Homer	11,471	0.17%

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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