United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1921

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 58,216 babies =
  2. 2 Robert 52,779 babies 1
  3. 3 William 51,862 babies 1
  4. 4 James 49,750 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 29,242 babies =
  6. 6 George 27,476 babies =
  7. 7 Joseph 26,182 babies =
  8. 8 Edward 20,817 babies =
  9. 9 Frank 16,705 babies =
  10. 10 Richard 16,376 babies =
  11. 11 Thomas 15,308 babies =
  12. 12 Harold 13,811 babies =
  13. 13 Donald 13,776 babies 3
  14. 14 Paul 13,169 babies =
  15. 15 Walter 13,004 babies 2
  16. 16 Raymond 12,645 babies 1
  17. 17 Henry 11,411 babies =
  18. 18 Jack 10,757 babies 2
  19. 19 Arthur 10,527 babies 1
  20. 20 Albert 10,158 babies 1
  21. 21 Harry 9,731 babies =
  22. 22 Kenneth 8,959 babies 1
  23. 23 Ralph 8,860 babies 1
  24. 24 Warren 7,798 babies 15
  25. 25 David 7,765 babies =
  26. 26 Eugene 7,717 babies 4
  27. 27 Howard 7,713 babies 3
  28. 28 Clarence 7,332 babies 2
  29. 29 Louis 7,247 babies 1
  30. 30 Carl 7,077 babies 3
  31. 31 Earl 6,754 babies =
  32. 32 Roy 6,545 babies =
  33. 33 Fred 6,496 babies =
  34. 34 Willie 6,492 babies 5
  35. 35 Francis 6,293 babies 1
  36. 36 Joe 6,204 babies 1
  37. 37 Lawrence 5,977 babies 1
  38. 38 Ernest 5,697 babies 1
  39. 39 Leonard 5,650 babies 1
  40. 40 Anthony 5,239 babies 3
  41. 41 Stanley 5,231 babies 1
  42. 42 Herbert 5,217 babies 1
  43. 43 Alfred 4,925 babies 1
  44. 44 Samuel 4,754 babies =
  45. 45 Bernard 4,485 babies 1
  46. 46 Norman 4,479 babies 1
  47. 47 Michael 4,198 babies 3
  48. 48 Elmer 4,146 babies 3
  49. 49 Daniel 4,087 babies 3
  50. 50 Leo 4,066 babies 2
  51. 51 Andrew 4,015 babies 2
  52. 52 Russell 3,946 babies 1
  53. 53 Melvin 3,887 babies 1
  54. 54 Edwin 3,750 babies 1
  55. 55 Leroy 3,749 babies 1
  56. 56 Chester 3,549 babies 1
  57. 57 Peter 3,548 babies =
  58. 58 Lloyd 3,536 babies =
  59. 59 Marvin 3,490 babies 3
  60. 60 Gerald 3,382 babies 4
  61. 61 Frederick 3,376 babies 1
  62. 62 Clifford 3,262 babies 3
  63. 63 Floyd 3,255 babies 2
  64. 64 Herman 3,219 babies 2
  65. 65 Theodore 3,172 babies 2
  66. 66 Lester 3,076 babies 3
  67. 67 Ray 3,075 babies =
  68. 68 Vernon 3,069 babies 3
  69. 69 Clyde 3,022 babies 1
  70. 70 Vincent 2,779 babies 3
  71. 71 Lewis 2,712 babies 1
  72. 72 Philip 2,703 babies 1
  73. 73 Alvin 2,686 babies 3
  74. 74 Leon 2,616 babies 1
  75. 75 Milton 2,588 babies 1
  76. 76 Charlie 2,574 babies 6
  77. 77 Jesse 2,486 babies 2
  78. 78 Martin 2,461 babies =
  79. 79 Cecil 2,456 babies 2
  80. 80 Glenn 2,449 babies =
  81. 81 Wayne 2,417 babies 5
  82. 82 Benjamin 2,412 babies 1
  83. 83 Victor 2,407 babies 2
  84. 84 Gordon 2,382 babies 1
  85. 85 Sam 2,367 babies 1
  86. 86 Lee 2,354 babies 4
  87. 87 Harvey 2,287 babies =
  88. 88 Wallace 2,095 babies 5
  89. 89 Willard 2,077 babies 1
  90. 90 Edgar 2,014 babies 1
  91. 91 Arnold 1,982 babies =
  92. 92 Oscar 1,978 babies 2
  93. 93 Dale 1,956 babies 12
  94. 94 Allen 1,937 babies =
  95. 95 Everett 1,913 babies =
  96. 96 Claude 1,887 babies 4
  97. 97 Stephen 1,868 babies 1
  98. 98 Virgil 1,830 babies 3
  99. 99 Roger 1,803 babies 4
  100. 100 Wilbur 1,755 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 73,984 babies =
  2. 2 Dorothy 39,087 babies =
  3. 3 Helen 34,822 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 28,468 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 25,783 babies =
  6. 6 Virginia 19,032 babies 1
  7. 7 Mildred 17,880 babies 1
  8. 8 Betty 17,638 babies 3
  9. 9 Frances 15,993 babies =
  10. 10 Elizabeth 15,800 babies 2
  11. 11 Anna 14,476 babies 1
  12. 12 Evelyn 14,278 babies =
  13. 13 Doris 13,152 babies 1
  14. 14 Marie 12,501 babies 1
  15. 15 Alice 11,955 babies =
  16. 16 Marjorie 11,209 babies 8
  17. 17 Florence 10,720 babies 1
  18. 18 Irene 10,624 babies 1
  19. 19 Lillian 9,770 babies 1
  20. 20 Rose 9,352 babies =
  21. 21 Martha 9,264 babies 2
  22. 22 Louise 9,180 babies 3
  23. 23 Catherine 8,887 babies 2
  24. 24 Gladys 8,814 babies 2
  25. 25 Jean 8,592 babies 8
  26. 26 Ruby 8,333 babies =
  27. 27 Edna 8,302 babies =
  28. 28 Josephine 8,135 babies =
  29. 29 Eleanor 8,054 babies 4
  30. 30 Thelma 7,839 babies 1
  31. 31 Lucille 7,698 babies 2
  32. 32 Ethel 7,603 babies 2
  33. 33 Edith 7,589 babies 1
  34. 34 Hazel 7,341 babies =
  35. 35 Grace 7,230 babies 2
  36. 36 Annie 7,209 babies 1
  37. 37 Pauline 7,142 babies 1
  38. 38 Lois 6,899 babies =
  39. 39 Bernice 6,190 babies 1
  40. 40 Barbara 6,013 babies 7
  41. 41 Beatrice 5,968 babies =
  42. 42 Esther 5,926 babies 3
  43. 43 Marion 5,814 babies =
  44. 44 Shirley 5,695 babies 12
  45. 45 Clara 5,606 babies 1
  46. 46 Gertrude 5,349 babies 4
  47. 47 Jane 5,188 babies 1
  48. 48 Rita 5,157 babies 4
  49. 49 Katherine 5,156 babies 4
  50. 50 June 5,155 babies 3
  51. 51 Norma 5,102 babies 18
  52. 52 Emma 5,072 babies 6
  53. 53 Ann 5,058 babies 4
  54. 54 Sarah 5,024 babies 4
  55. 55 Elsie 4,879 babies 4
  56. 56 Agnes 4,798 babies 2
  57. 57 Juanita 4,779 babies 4
  58. 58 Julia 4,737 babies 3
  59. 59 Bertha 4,608 babies 2
  60. 60 Phyllis 4,590 babies 12
  61. 61 Lorraine 4,533 babies 9
  62. 62 Geraldine 4,523 babies 2
  63. 63 Eva 4,325 babies 5
  64. 64 Kathryn 4,201 babies 3
  65. 65 Pearl 4,175 babies 3
  66. 66 Viola 4,160 babies 7
  67. 67 Ida 4,146 babies 1
  68. 68 Vivian 4,103 babies 4
  69. 69 Marian 4,064 babies 4
  70. 70 Anne 4,007 babies 5
  71. 71 Laura 3,998 babies 8
  72. 72 Wilma 3,824 babies 6
  73. 73 Myrtle 3,791 babies 5
  74. 74 Willie 3,748 babies =
  75. 75 Bessie 3,678 babies 4
  76. 76 Vera 3,631 babies 1
  77. 77 Maxine 3,630 babies 4
  78. 78 Alma 3,589 babies 2
  79. 79 Charlotte 3,587 babies =
  80. 80 Nellie 3,513 babies 4
  81. 81 Violet 3,469 babies 4
  82. 82 Audrey 3,434 babies 21
  83. 83 Kathleen 3,419 babies 8
  84. 84 Patricia 3,380 babies 20
  85. 85 Mabel 3,336 babies 2
  86. 86 Stella 3,335 babies 4
  87. 87 Nancy 3,323 babies 8
  88. 88 Sylvia 3,297 babies 3
  89. 89 Ella 3,237 babies 1
  90. 90 Genevieve 3,235 babies 4
  91. 91 Jessie 3,225 babies 7
  92. 92 Leona 3,210 babies 3
  93. 93 Lucy 3,157 babies 1
  94. 94 Lillie 3,118 babies 4
  95. 95 Ellen 3,064 babies 3
  96. 96 Minnie 2,998 babies 9
  97. 97 Elaine 2,922 babies 10
  98. 98 Marguerite 2,897 babies 5
  99. 99 Jennie 2,889 babies 2
  100. 100 Eileen 2,862 babies =

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Source: Social Security Administration

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