United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1918

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 56,558 babies =
  2. 2 William 45,291 babies =
  3. 3 James 42,115 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 40,619 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 26,921 babies 2
  6. 6 George 26,318 babies =
  7. 7 Joseph 26,261 babies 2
  8. 8 Edward 19,489 babies =
  9. 9 Frank 17,018 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 13,910 babies =
  11. 11 Walter 13,338 babies =
  12. 12 Richard 12,323 babies 2
  13. 13 Harold 12,185 babies 1
  14. 14 Paul 11,755 babies 1
  15. 15 Raymond 11,604 babies 1
  16. 16 Henry 11,354 babies 1
  17. 17 Arthur 10,105 babies =
  18. 18 Donald 9,972 babies 2
  19. 19 Albert 9,935 babies 1
  20. 20 Harry 9,896 babies 1
  21. 21 Jack 8,341 babies 1
  22. 22 Ralph 8,162 babies 1
  23. 23 Clarence 7,187 babies 2
  24. 24 Louis 7,082 babies 1
  25. 25 Carl 7,004 babies 1
  26. 26 Howard 6,928 babies =
  27. 27 Kenneth 6,809 babies =
  28. 28 David 6,627 babies =
  29. 29 Willie 6,537 babies 2
  30. 30 Francis 6,347 babies =
  31. 31 Earl 6,321 babies 1
  32. 32 Roy 6,211 babies 1
  33. 33 Fred 6,182 babies 4
  34. 34 Joe 5,805 babies 1
  35. 35 Eugene 5,631 babies 4
  36. 36 Stanley 5,618 babies 2
  37. 37 Ernest 5,527 babies =
  38. 38 Lawrence 5,372 babies 2
  39. 39 Anthony 5,168 babies 1
  40. 40 Herbert 5,128 babies =
  41. 41 Leonard 4,980 babies =
  42. 42 Alfred 4,873 babies 1
  43. 43 Samuel 4,772 babies 1
  44. 44 Elmer 4,373 babies 1
  45. 45 Michael 4,296 babies 1
  46. 46 Andrew 4,138 babies 2
  47. 47 Bernard 4,098 babies 2
  48. 48 Leo 4,036 babies 1
  49. 49 Norman 3,867 babies 3
  50. 50 Russell 3,833 babies 2
  51. 51 Lloyd 3,742 babies 2
  52. 52 Daniel 3,726 babies 2
  53. 53 Peter 3,711 babies 3
  54. 54 Chester 3,692 babies 2
  55. 55 Edwin 3,487 babies =
  56. 56 Melvin 3,469 babies 1
  57. 57 Leroy 3,422 babies 3
  58. 58 Woodrow 3,358 babies 15
  59. 59 Frederick 3,351 babies 8
  60. 60 Clifford 3,299 babies 1
  61. 61 Floyd 3,235 babies 1
  62. 62 Lester 3,229 babies 1
  63. 63 Victor 3,183 babies 15
  64. 64 Theodore 3,143 babies 1
  65. 65 Herman 3,041 babies 7
  66. 66 Vernon 2,971 babies 5
  67. 67 Clyde 2,917 babies 3
  68. 68 Marvin 2,829 babies =
  69. 69 Ray 2,763 babies 5
  70. 70 Charlie 2,743 babies 3
  71. 71 Philip 2,733 babies 5
  72. 72 Gerald 2,712 babies 3
  73. 73 Vincent 2,621 babies 8
  74. 74 Lewis 2,593 babies 4
  75. 75 Sam 2,506 babies 3
  76. 76 Milton 2,454 babies 1
  77. 77 Leon 2,442 babies 5
  78. 78 Jesse 2,433 babies 1
  79. 79 Benjamin 2,431 babies 3
  80. 80 Alvin 2,409 babies 1
  81. 81 Martin 2,403 babies 4
  82. 82 Cecil 2,328 babies 1
  83. 83 Willard 2,311 babies 3
  84. 84 Glenn 2,253 babies 2
  85. 85 Gordon 2,233 babies 1
  86. 86 Lee 2,159 babies 1
  87. 87 Oscar 2,113 babies =
  88. 88 Harvey 2,111 babies 2
  89. 89 Edgar 2,085 babies 1
  90. 90 Warren 1,990 babies 3
  91. 91 Wayne 1,912 babies 5
  92. 92 Arnold 1,910 babies 1
  93. 93 Everett 1,891 babies 1
  94. 94 Sidney 1,879 babies 1
  95. 95 Claude 1,878 babies 3
  96. 96 Stephen 1,843 babies 7
  97. 97 Wilbur 1,800 babies 5
  98. 98 Allen 1,779 babies 2
  99. 99 Virgil 1,707 babies 4
  100. 100 Homer 1,680 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 67,365 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 36,148 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 32,030 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 27,139 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 25,535 babies =
  6. 6 Mildred 17,258 babies =
  7. 7 Virginia 16,421 babies 3
  8. 8 Frances 16,132 babies 1
  9. 9 Elizabeth 15,853 babies 1
  10. 10 Anna 15,666 babies 3
  11. 11 Evelyn 13,493 babies =
  12. 12 Marie 12,589 babies =
  13. 13 Alice 11,590 babies =
  14. 14 Florence 11,318 babies =
  15. 15 Lillian 9,986 babies =
  16. 16 Irene 9,774 babies 1
  17. 17 Rose 9,568 babies 1
  18. 18 Louise 9,111 babies 1
  19. 19 Doris 9,061 babies 6
  20. 20 Catherine 8,842 babies 2
  21. 21 Betty 8,803 babies 13
  22. 22 Gladys 8,734 babies 1
  23. 23 Edna 8,698 babies 3
  24. 24 Josephine 8,682 babies 3
  25. 25 Martha 8,341 babies 3
  26. 26 Eleanor 8,176 babies =
  27. 27 Ruby 8,134 babies =
  28. 28 Ethel 8,075 babies 4
  29. 29 Lucille 7,902 babies =
  30. 30 Edith 7,858 babies 2
  31. 31 Grace 7,770 babies 1
  32. 32 Thelma 7,740 babies =
  33. 33 Hazel 7,615 babies 2
  34. 34 Marjorie 7,517 babies 2
  35. 35 Pauline 7,222 babies 2
  36. 36 Annie 6,743 babies 1
  37. 37 Jean 6,600 babies 3
  38. 38 Esther 6,574 babies =
  39. 39 Gertrude 6,264 babies 2
  40. 40 Beatrice 5,907 babies 1
  41. 41 Bernice 5,892 babies 1
  42. 42 Lois 5,877 babies 1
  43. 43 Clara 5,778 babies 2
  44. 44 Ann 5,613 babies =
  45. 45 Marion 5,583 babies =
  46. 46 Emma 5,324 babies =
  47. 47 Agnes 5,291 babies 1
  48. 48 Julia 5,268 babies 1
  49. 49 Elsie 5,194 babies 1
  50. 50 Katherine 5,191 babies 1
  51. 51 Bertha 5,051 babies =
  52. 52 Sarah 4,969 babies =
  53. 53 Jane 4,730 babies 2
  54. 54 Anne 4,567 babies 1
  55. 55 Eva 4,563 babies 1
  56. 56 Pearl 4,521 babies 1
  57. 57 Ida 4,450 babies 1
  58. 58 Rita 4,447 babies 5
  59. 59 Viola 4,331 babies =
  60. 60 Barbara 4,224 babies 7
  61. 61 Bessie 4,101 babies =
  62. 62 Myrtle 4,076 babies 4
  63. 63 Kathryn 4,068 babies 3
  64. 64 Laura 4,062 babies 1
  65. 65 Nellie 4,048 babies 1
  66. 66 June 4,034 babies 7
  67. 67 Stella 3,928 babies 5
  68. 68 Vera 3,923 babies 2
  69. 69 Lorraine 3,876 babies 47
  70. 70 Willie 3,867 babies 2
  71. 71 Sylvia 3,675 babies 2
  72. 72 Vivian 3,663 babies 7
  73. 73 Alma 3,650 babies 2
  74. 74 Mabel 3,636 babies 6
  75. 75 Jessie 3,591 babies 5
  76. 76 Marian 3,503 babies 2
  77. 77 Geraldine 3,446 babies 12
  78. 78 Charlotte 3,373 babies 2
  79. 79 Leona 3,335 babies 1
  80. 80 Phyllis 3,326 babies 12
  81. 81 Genevieve 3,304 babies 4
  82. 82 Wilma 3,298 babies =
  83. 83 Violet 3,294 babies 1
  84. 84 Ella 3,291 babies 1
  85. 85 Juanita 3,260 babies 2
  86. 86 Marguerite 3,249 babies 8
  87. 87 Maxine 3,216 babies 6
  88. 88 Minnie 3,181 babies 13
  89. 89 Lillie 3,112 babies 3
  90. 90 Lucy 3,108 babies 2
  91. 91 Jennie 3,033 babies 10
  92. 92 Ellen 3,030 babies 2
  93. 93 Lena 2,937 babies 8
  94. 94 Opal 2,847 babies 1
  95. 95 Mae 2,756 babies 1
  96. 96 Blanche 2,739 babies 5
  97. 97 Shirley 2,654 babies 26
  98. 98 Norma 2,653 babies 10
  99. 99 Kathleen 2,629 babies 2
  100. 100 Mattie 2,610 babies 6

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Source: Social Security Administration

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