United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1915

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 47,576 babies =
  2. 2 William 38,563 babies =
  3. 3 James 33,773 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 28,737 babies =
  5. 5 Joseph 23,051 babies =
  6. 6 George 22,307 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 21,960 babies =
  8. 8 Edward 15,889 babies =
  9. 9 Frank 15,006 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 11,490 babies 1
  11. 11 Walter 11,255 babies 1
  12. 12 Harold 10,444 babies 2
  13. 13 Paul 10,328 babies =
  14. 14 Henry 10,138 babies 2
  15. 15 Richard 9,143 babies 2
  16. 16 Raymond 8,981 babies =
  17. 17 Albert 8,825 babies 2
  18. 18 Arthur 8,564 babies =
  19. 19 Harry 8,470 babies =
  20. 20 Donald 7,116 babies 3
  21. 21 Ralph 6,816 babies =
  22. 22 Carl 6,613 babies 2
  23. 23 Louis 6,518 babies 3
  24. 24 Clarence 6,267 babies 2
  25. 25 Howard 6,103 babies 1
  26. 26 Fred 5,778 babies 2
  27. 27 Jack 5,749 babies =
  28. 28 Kenneth 5,681 babies 2
  29. 29 Francis 5,594 babies 2
  30. 30 Willie 5,434 babies 5
  31. 31 David 5,394 babies 2
  32. 32 Roy 5,052 babies =
  33. 33 Earl 4,908 babies =
  34. 34 Stanley 4,807 babies 5
  35. 35 Ernest 4,787 babies 3
  36. 36 Anthony 4,722 babies 1
  37. 37 Lawrence 4,688 babies 2
  38. 38 Joe 4,648 babies 4
  39. 39 Samuel 4,351 babies 3
  40. 40 Herbert 4,341 babies 2
  41. 41 Eugene 4,321 babies 2
  42. 42 Alfred 4,231 babies 1
  43. 43 Michael 4,079 babies 3
  44. 44 Leonard 3,993 babies 1
  45. 45 Elmer 3,802 babies 1
  46. 46 Andrew 3,573 babies 2
  47. 47 Leo 3,527 babies =
  48. 48 Bernard 3,302 babies 2
  49. 49 Peter 3,302 babies 1
  50. 50 Norman 3,262 babies 4
  51. 51 Russell 3,250 babies 2
  52. 52 Frederick 3,159 babies =
  53. 53 Edwin 3,151 babies =
  54. 54 Chester 3,043 babies 2
  55. 55 Daniel 3,002 babies =
  56. 56 Herman 2,983 babies 5
  57. 57 Lester 2,943 babies =
  58. 58 Willard 2,889 babies 34
  59. 59 Floyd 2,824 babies 1
  60. 60 Melvin 2,780 babies 1
  61. 61 Clifford 2,741 babies 1
  62. 62 Lloyd 2,653 babies 4
  63. 63 Clyde 2,518 babies =
  64. 64 Theodore 2,504 babies =
  65. 65 Vincent 2,491 babies 4
  66. 66 Leroy 2,450 babies 6
  67. 67 Ray 2,365 babies 7
  68. 68 Sam 2,339 babies 1
  69. 69 Philip 2,328 babies 1
  70. 70 Lewis 2,307 babies 2
  71. 71 Benjamin 2,241 babies 1
  72. 72 Marvin 2,227 babies 3
  73. 73 Milton 2,225 babies 4
  74. 74 Victor 2,211 babies 2
  75. 75 Charlie 2,193 babies 10
  76. 76 Cecil 2,181 babies 3
  77. 77 Jesse 2,111 babies 5
  78. 78 Gerald 2,085 babies 3
  79. 79 Martin 2,070 babies 6
  80. 80 Vernon 2,060 babies 3
  81. 81 Alvin 2,006 babies 3
  82. 82 Leon 1,977 babies 3
  83. 83 Woodrow 1,966 babies 12
  84. 84 Lee 1,916 babies =
  85. 85 Edgar 1,895 babies 2
  86. 86 Stephen 1,850 babies 6
  87. 87 Glenn 1,842 babies 4
  88. 88 Oscar 1,788 babies 11
  89. 89 Everett 1,731 babies 1
  90. 90 Gordon 1,717 babies 2
  91. 91 Arnold 1,691 babies 6
  92. 92 Wilbur 1,685 babies 4
  93. 93 Morris 1,660 babies 7
  94. 94 Sidney 1,615 babies 5
  95. 95 Harvey 1,613 babies =
  96. 96 Claude 1,605 babies 3
  97. 97 Wayne 1,517 babies 14
  98. 98 Homer 1,487 babies 3
  99. 99 Allen 1,458 babies 6
  100. 100 Gilbert 1,452 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 58,187 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 30,866 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 25,154 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 23,054 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 21,878 babies =
  6. 6 Mildred 15,254 babies 1
  7. 7 Anna 15,119 babies 1
  8. 8 Elizabeth 14,103 babies =
  9. 9 Frances 12,786 babies =
  10. 10 Evelyn 11,595 babies 1
  11. 11 Marie 11,363 babies 1
  12. 12 Virginia 10,952 babies 2
  13. 13 Alice 10,525 babies 1
  14. 14 Florence 10,105 babies 1
  15. 15 Lillian 9,546 babies 1
  16. 16 Rose 9,375 babies 1
  17. 17 Irene 8,323 babies 5
  18. 18 Louise 8,313 babies 1
  19. 19 Catherine 8,181 babies 1
  20. 20 Edna 8,144 babies 1
  21. 21 Gladys 7,857 babies 1
  22. 22 Josephine 7,606 babies 1
  23. 23 Ethel 7,379 babies 2
  24. 24 Ruby 7,237 babies =
  25. 25 Martha 7,216 babies 2
  26. 26 Hazel 7,092 babies 3
  27. 27 Grace 7,044 babies 2
  28. 28 Eleanor 7,036 babies =
  29. 29 Lucille 7,006 babies 1
  30. 30 Thelma 6,762 babies 4
  31. 31 Edith 6,761 babies =
  32. 32 Pauline 6,334 babies 2
  33. 33 Esther 6,321 babies 2
  34. 34 Doris 6,292 babies 2
  35. 35 Gertrude 6,077 babies 3
  36. 36 Annie 5,936 babies 3
  37. 37 Beatrice 5,342 babies 1
  38. 38 Clara 5,285 babies 1
  39. 39 Marjorie 5,119 babies 6
  40. 40 Emma 5,044 babies 1
  41. 41 Elsie 4,967 babies 5
  42. 42 Bernice 4,937 babies 1
  43. 43 Ann 4,895 babies 3
  44. 44 Julia 4,831 babies 2
  45. 45 Agnes 4,795 babies 1
  46. 46 Bertha 4,785 babies 5
  47. 47 Lois 4,775 babies 4
  48. 48 Jean 4,603 babies 6
  49. 49 Katherine 4,488 babies 1
  50. 50 Marion 4,456 babies =
  51. 51 Sarah 4,415 babies 4
  52. 52 Anne 4,333 babies 1
  53. 53 Betty 4,181 babies 9
  54. 54 Ida 4,125 babies 5
  55. 55 Eva 4,079 babies 3
  56. 56 Pearl 3,976 babies =
  57. 57 Bessie 3,888 babies 2
  58. 58 Myrtle 3,865 babies 2
  59. 59 Viola 3,855 babies 2
  60. 60 Kathryn 3,778 babies 3
  61. 61 Laura 3,723 babies 2
  62. 62 Mabel 3,683 babies 4
  63. 63 Nellie 3,679 babies 2
  64. 64 Stella 3,657 babies 1
  65. 65 Vera 3,460 babies 3
  66. 66 Jessie 3,356 babies 2
  67. 67 Sylvia 3,284 babies 3
  68. 68 Minnie 3,270 babies 1
  69. 69 Jane 3,264 babies 2
  70. 70 Alma 3,248 babies 1
  71. 71 Rita 3,063 babies 16
  72. 72 Willie 3,041 babies 6
  73. 73 Jennie 3,015 babies 4
  74. 74 Leona 2,972 babies 5
  75. 75 Ella 2,954 babies 3
  76. 76 Genevieve 2,928 babies =
  77. 77 Lena 2,927 babies 2
  78. 78 Vivian 2,857 babies 3
  79. 79 Lucy 2,814 babies 6
  80. 80 Wilma 2,773 babies 15
  81. 81 Charlotte 2,757 babies 7
  82. 82 Violet 2,752 babies 1
  83. 83 Barbara 2,704 babies 1
  84. 84 Lillie 2,687 babies 10
  85. 85 Marguerite 2,687 babies 1
  86. 86 Marian 2,612 babies 4
  87. 87 Blanche 2,590 babies 7
  88. 88 Ellen 2,581 babies 2
  89. 89 Mae 2,486 babies 4
  90. 90 Opal 2,482 babies 1
  91. 91 Mattie 2,434 babies 13
  92. 92 Juanita 2,398 babies 2
  93. 93 Theresa 2,309 babies =
  94. 94 Velma 2,287 babies 2
  95. 95 Beulah 2,268 babies 1
  96. 96 June 2,139 babies 36
  97. 97 Sophie 2,112 babies 3
  98. 98 Maxine 2,110 babies 16
  99. 99 Emily 2,091 babies 1
  100. 100 Phyllis 2,088 babies 13

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Source: Social Security Administration

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