Top Baby Names of the 1920s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1920s

Mary and Robert led the decade, out of 22,972,053 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1920s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Mary	701,755	5.87%
2	Dorothy	368,875	3.09%
3	Helen	290,404	2.43%
4	Betty	283,096	2.37%
5	Margaret	245,011	2.05%
6	Ruth	218,520	1.83%
7	Virginia	169,554	1.42%
8	Doris	151,193	1.26%
9	Mildred	147,155	1.23%
10	Frances	140,391	1.17%
11	Elizabeth	139,672	1.17%
12	Evelyn	124,166	1.04%
13	Anna	123,895	1.04%
14	Marie	110,564	0.93%
15	Alice	110,526	0.92%
16	Jean	105,999	0.89%
17	Shirley	98,602	0.82%
18	Barbara	97,210	0.81%
19	Irene	92,836	0.78%
20	Marjorie	91,221	0.76%
21	Florence	88,295	0.74%
22	Lois	88,133	0.74%
23	Martha	86,788	0.73%
24	Rose	85,305	0.71%
25	Lillian	83,160	0.70%
26	Louise	82,895	0.69%
27	Catherine	78,881	0.66%
28	Ruby	76,738	0.64%
29	Eleanor	74,760	0.63%
30	Patricia	74,732	0.63%
31	Gladys	72,561	0.61%
32	Annie	69,468	0.58%
33	Josephine	69,223	0.58%
34	Thelma	68,767	0.58%
35	Edna	68,629	0.57%
36	Norma	65,241	0.55%
37	Pauline	64,075	0.54%
38	Lucille	63,883	0.53%
39	Edith	62,989	0.53%
40	Gloria	62,859	0.53%
41	Ethel	62,806	0.53%
42	Phyllis	61,871	0.52%
43	Grace	60,060	0.50%
44	Hazel	58,984	0.49%
45	June	56,482	0.47%
46	Bernice	55,842	0.47%
47	Marion	55,178	0.46%
48	Dolores	51,990	0.43%
49	Rita	50,587	0.42%
50	Lorraine	49,939	0.42%
51	Ann	49,810	0.42%
52	Esther	49,230	0.41%
53	Beatrice	49,230	0.41%
54	Juanita	48,547	0.41%
55	Clara	48,183	0.40%
56	Jane	48,049	0.40%
57	Geraldine	48,044	0.40%
58	Sarah	46,769	0.39%
59	Emma	46,538	0.39%
60	Joan	45,351	0.38%
61	Joyce	44,174	0.37%
62	Nancy	43,807	0.37%
63	Katherine	42,745	0.36%
64	Gertrude	42,459	0.36%
65	Elsie	42,098	0.35%
66	Julia	40,331	0.34%
67	Agnes	39,222	0.33%
68	Wilma	39,127	0.33%
69	Marian	38,978	0.33%
70	Bertha	38,571	0.32%
71	Eva	38,048	0.32%
72	Willie	37,814	0.32%
73	Audrey	37,550	0.31%
74	Theresa	36,666	0.31%
75	Vivian	36,572	0.31%
76	Wanda	36,007	0.30%
77	Laura	35,991	0.30%
78	Charlotte	35,752	0.30%
79	Ida	35,619	0.30%
80	Elaine	34,907	0.29%
81	Anne	34,511	0.29%
82	Marilyn	34,202	0.29%
83	Kathryn	33,791	0.28%
84	Maxine	33,743	0.28%
85	Kathleen	33,597	0.28%
86	Viola	33,251	0.28%
87	Pearl	32,774	0.27%
88	Vera	32,541	0.27%
89	Bessie	32,158	0.27%
90	Myrtle	30,569	0.26%
91	Alma	30,434	0.25%
92	Beverly	30,205	0.25%
93	Violet	30,022	0.25%
94	Nellie	29,689	0.25%
95	Ella	29,521	0.25%
96	Lillie	29,382	0.25%
97	Jessie	29,289	0.25%
98	Jeanne	29,119	0.24%
99	Eileen	28,588	0.24%
100	Ellen	28,391	0.24%

Boys, the 1920s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Robert	576,374	5.23%
2	John	564,052	5.12%
3	James	515,301	4.68%
4	William	512,402	4.65%
5	Charles	298,031	2.70%
6	George	261,945	2.38%
7	Joseph	243,809	2.21%
8	Richard	222,599	2.02%
9	Edward	197,348	1.79%
10	Donald	191,816	1.74%
11	Thomas	161,107	1.46%
12	Frank	151,830	1.38%
13	Harold	133,585	1.21%
14	Paul	132,384	1.20%
15	Raymond	124,212	1.13%
16	Walter	119,809	1.09%
17	Jack	115,983	1.05%
18	Henry	104,552	0.95%
19	Kenneth	99,490	0.90%
20	Arthur	97,112	0.88%
21	Albert	94,431	0.86%
22	David	88,736	0.81%
23	Harry	86,183	0.78%
24	Eugene	84,755	0.77%
25	Ralph	84,466	0.77%
26	Howard	70,348	0.64%
27	Carl	69,851	0.63%
28	Willie	67,993	0.62%
29	Louis	67,693	0.61%
30	Clarence	66,574	0.60%
31	Earl	63,602	0.58%
32	Roy	63,259	0.57%
33	Fred	62,742	0.57%
34	Joe	62,676	0.57%
35	Francis	59,096	0.54%
36	Lawrence	56,867	0.52%
37	Herbert	56,531	0.51%
38	Leonard	53,793	0.49%
39	Ernest	53,653	0.49%
40	Alfred	50,156	0.46%
41	Anthony	50,054	0.45%
42	Stanley	49,456	0.45%
43	Norman	49,364	0.45%
44	Gerald	44,520	0.40%
45	Daniel	43,407	0.39%
46	Samuel	43,362	0.39%
47	Bernard	42,408	0.38%
48	Billy	42,096	0.38%
49	Melvin	40,583	0.37%
50	Marvin	39,589	0.36%
51	Warren	38,775	0.35%
52	Michael	37,893	0.34%
53	Leroy	37,871	0.34%
54	Russell	37,208	0.34%
55	Leo	36,960	0.34%
56	Andrew	35,952	0.33%
57	Edwin	35,255	0.32%
58	Elmer	34,919	0.32%
59	Peter	34,066	0.31%
60	Floyd	33,157	0.30%
61	Lloyd	33,125	0.30%
62	Ray	32,045	0.29%
63	Frederick	31,512	0.29%
64	Theodore	31,287	0.28%
65	Clifford	31,242	0.28%
66	Vernon	29,432	0.27%
67	Herman	29,011	0.26%
68	Clyde	28,957	0.26%
69	Chester	28,435	0.26%
70	Philip	27,268	0.25%
71	Alvin	26,872	0.24%
72	Lester	26,513	0.24%
73	Wayne	26,402	0.24%
74	Vincent	26,237	0.24%
75	Gordon	25,622	0.23%
76	Leon	25,577	0.23%
77	Lewis	25,328	0.23%
78	Charlie	25,176	0.23%
79	Glenn	25,157	0.23%
80	Calvin	24,785	0.22%
81	Martin	24,243	0.22%
82	Milton	24,198	0.22%
83	Lee	23,556	0.21%
84	Jesse	23,170	0.21%
85	Dale	22,752	0.21%
86	Cecil	22,528	0.20%
87	Bill	22,288	0.20%
88	Harvey	21,785	0.20%
89	Roger	21,753	0.20%
90	Victor	21,498	0.20%
91	Benjamin	21,028	0.19%
92	Wallace	20,916	0.19%
93	Ronald	20,894	0.19%
94	Sam	20,844	0.19%
95	Allen	20,092	0.18%
96	Arnold	19,531	0.18%
97	Willard	18,440	0.17%
98	Gilbert	18,233	0.17%
99	Edgar	18,037	0.16%
100	Oscar	17,740	0.16%

Year by year

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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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