United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1919

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 53,522 babies =
  2. 2 William 43,969 babies =
  3. 3 James 42,392 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 41,025 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 25,192 babies =
  6. 6 George 25,170 babies =
  7. 7 Joseph 24,266 babies =
  8. 8 Edward 18,536 babies =
  9. 9 Frank 15,701 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 13,434 babies =
  11. 11 Walter 12,879 babies =
  12. 12 Richard 12,441 babies =
  13. 13 Harold 12,021 babies =
  14. 14 Raymond 11,384 babies 1
  15. 15 Paul 11,305 babies 1
  16. 16 Henry 10,613 babies =
  17. 17 Donald 9,904 babies 1
  18. 18 Albert 9,607 babies 1
  19. 19 Arthur 9,540 babies 2
  20. 20 Harry 8,990 babies =
  21. 21 Jack 8,263 babies =
  22. 22 Ralph 7,709 babies =
  23. 23 Willie 6,942 babies 6
  24. 24 Howard 6,843 babies 2
  25. 25 Clarence 6,825 babies 2
  26. 26 Kenneth 6,796 babies 1
  27. 27 David 6,716 babies 1
  28. 28 Louis 6,661 babies 4
  29. 29 Carl 6,474 babies 4
  30. 30 Fred 6,091 babies 3
  31. 31 Earl 5,975 babies =
  32. 32 Roy 5,970 babies =
  33. 33 Eugene 5,892 babies 2
  34. 34 Francis 5,726 babies 4
  35. 35 Joe 5,709 babies 1
  36. 36 Ernest 5,296 babies 1
  37. 37 Stanley 5,238 babies 1
  38. 38 Lawrence 5,205 babies =
  39. 39 Leonard 5,010 babies 2
  40. 40 Herbert 4,960 babies =
  41. 41 Anthony 4,737 babies 2
  42. 42 Alfred 4,615 babies =
  43. 43 Samuel 4,472 babies =
  44. 44 Elmer 3,982 babies =
  45. 45 Bernard 3,915 babies 2
  46. 46 Michael 3,909 babies 1
  47. 47 Andrew 3,851 babies 1
  48. 48 Norman 3,809 babies 1
  49. 49 Leo 3,802 babies 1
  50. 50 Russell 3,645 babies =
  51. 51 Daniel 3,526 babies 1
  52. 52 Edwin 3,450 babies 3
  53. 53 Chester 3,432 babies 1
  54. 54 Theodore 3,424 babies 10
  55. 55 Leroy 3,422 babies 2
  56. 56 Melvin 3,384 babies =
  57. 57 Peter 3,375 babies 4
  58. 58 Lloyd 3,238 babies 7
  59. 59 Floyd 3,121 babies 2
  60. 60 Clifford 3,040 babies =
  61. 61 Herman 3,027 babies 4
  62. 62 Lester 3,020 babies =
  63. 63 Marvin 2,997 babies 5
  64. 64 Frederick 2,932 babies 5
  65. 65 Vernon 2,929 babies 1
  66. 66 Charlie 2,891 babies 4
  67. 67 Clyde 2,884 babies =
  68. 68 Victor 2,751 babies 5
  69. 69 Ray 2,722 babies =
  70. 70 Gerald 2,689 babies 2
  71. 71 Philip 2,531 babies =
  72. 72 Vincent 2,531 babies 1
  73. 73 Milton 2,448 babies 3
  74. 74 Lewis 2,429 babies =
  75. 75 Sam 2,384 babies =
  76. 76 Alvin 2,383 babies 4
  77. 77 Jesse 2,356 babies 1
  78. 78 Cecil 2,300 babies 4
  79. 79 Benjamin 2,279 babies =
  80. 80 Leon 2,250 babies 3
  81. 81 Martin 2,204 babies =
  82. 82 Lee 2,189 babies 4
  83. 83 Warren 2,180 babies 7
  84. 84 Glenn 2,153 babies =
  85. 85 Harvey 2,028 babies 3
  86. 86 Gordon 2,017 babies 1
  87. 87 Willard 2,014 babies 4
  88. 88 Oscar 1,991 babies 1
  89. 89 Edgar 1,986 babies =
  90. 90 Wayne 1,955 babies 1
  91. 91 Woodrow 1,808 babies 33
  92. 92 Claude 1,772 babies 3
  93. 93 Everett 1,772 babies =
  94. 94 Arnold 1,767 babies 2
  95. 95 Johnnie 1,716 babies 15
  96. 96 Sidney 1,715 babies 2
  97. 97 Stephen 1,693 babies 1
  98. 98 Wilbur 1,689 babies 1
  99. 99 Eddie 1,660 babies 18
  100. 100 Morris 1,660 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 65,836 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 33,706 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 31,733 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 26,238 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 24,562 babies =
  6. 6 Mildred 17,300 babies =
  7. 7 Virginia 15,636 babies =
  8. 8 Elizabeth 15,287 babies 1
  9. 9 Frances 15,106 babies 1
  10. 10 Anna 14,498 babies =
  11. 11 Evelyn 13,321 babies =
  12. 12 Marie 12,008 babies =
  13. 13 Alice 11,141 babies =
  14. 14 Florence 10,482 babies =
  15. 15 Betty 10,106 babies 6
  16. 16 Irene 9,712 babies =
  17. 17 Lillian 9,516 babies 2
  18. 18 Doris 9,433 babies 1
  19. 19 Rose 9,195 babies 2
  20. 20 Louise 8,812 babies 2
  21. 21 Gladys 8,717 babies 1
  22. 22 Edna 8,404 babies 1
  23. 23 Catherine 8,335 babies 3
  24. 24 Ruby 8,334 babies 3
  25. 25 Martha 8,322 babies =
  26. 26 Josephine 8,104 babies 2
  27. 27 Lucille 7,856 babies 2
  28. 28 Ethel 7,809 babies =
  29. 29 Edith 7,767 babies 1
  30. 30 Eleanor 7,611 babies 4
  31. 31 Thelma 7,558 babies 1
  32. 32 Hazel 7,430 babies 1
  33. 33 Marjorie 7,335 babies 1
  34. 34 Grace 7,195 babies 3
  35. 35 Annie 7,146 babies 1
  36. 36 Pauline 6,973 babies 1
  37. 37 Jean 6,799 babies =
  38. 38 Esther 6,248 babies =
  39. 39 Gertrude 6,014 babies =
  40. 40 Lois 5,976 babies 2
  41. 41 Beatrice 5,856 babies 1
  42. 42 Bernice 5,793 babies 1
  43. 43 Clara 5,404 babies =
  44. 44 Marion 5,158 babies 1
  45. 45 Emma 5,087 babies 1
  46. 46 Sarah 5,022 babies 6
  47. 47 Elsie 4,995 babies 2
  48. 48 Julia 4,950 babies =
  49. 49 Ann 4,924 babies 5
  50. 50 Agnes 4,901 babies 3
  51. 51 Katherine 4,846 babies 1
  52. 52 Bertha 4,754 babies 1
  53. 53 Jane 4,527 babies =
  54. 54 Rita 4,515 babies 4
  55. 55 Eva 4,484 babies =
  56. 56 Pearl 4,273 babies =
  57. 57 Ida 4,163 babies =
  58. 58 Viola 4,129 babies 1
  59. 59 Bessie 4,106 babies 2
  60. 60 Barbara 4,084 babies =
  61. 61 Willie 4,051 babies 9
  62. 62 Lorraine 3,976 babies 7
  63. 63 Anne 3,975 babies 9
  64. 64 June 3,963 babies 2
  65. 65 Vera 3,848 babies 3
  66. 66 Kathryn 3,825 babies 3
  67. 67 Myrtle 3,816 babies 5
  68. 68 Geraldine 3,727 babies 9
  69. 69 Nellie 3,726 babies 4
  70. 70 Stella 3,700 babies 3
  71. 71 Laura 3,663 babies 7
  72. 72 Vivian 3,640 babies =
  73. 73 Juanita 3,636 babies 12
  74. 74 Violet 3,597 babies 9
  75. 75 Jessie 3,530 babies =
  76. 76 Alma 3,438 babies 3
  77. 77 Sylvia 3,412 babies 6
  78. 78 Mabel 3,405 babies 4
  79. 79 Charlotte 3,353 babies 1
  80. 80 Minnie 3,272 babies 8
  81. 81 Lillie 3,262 babies 8
  82. 82 Marian 3,261 babies 6
  83. 83 Norma 3,199 babies 15
  84. 84 Phyllis 3,189 babies 4
  85. 85 Maxine 3,183 babies 2
  86. 86 Wilma 3,170 babies 4
  87. 87 Ella 3,158 babies 3
  88. 88 Genevieve 3,155 babies 7
  89. 89 Shirley 3,149 babies 8
  90. 90 Leona 3,033 babies 11
  91. 91 Lucy 3,007 babies 1
  92. 92 Ellen 2,929 babies =
  93. 93 Jennie 2,928 babies 2
  94. 94 Lena 2,872 babies 1
  95. 95 Mattie 2,856 babies 5
  96. 96 Marguerite 2,836 babies 10
  97. 97 Blanche 2,668 babies 1
  98. 98 Opal 2,652 babies 4
  99. 99 Mae 2,634 babies 4
  100. 100 Nancy 2,628 babies 2

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Source: Social Security Administration

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