United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1922

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 57,280 babies =
  2. 2 Robert 53,796 babies =
  3. 3 William 51,111 babies =
  4. 4 James 49,802 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 28,839 babies =
  6. 6 George 27,350 babies =
  7. 7 Joseph 25,699 babies =
  8. 8 Edward 20,419 babies =
  9. 9 Richard 17,537 babies 1
  10. 10 Frank 16,013 babies 1
  11. 11 Thomas 15,261 babies =
  12. 12 Donald 14,913 babies 1
  13. 13 Harold 13,593 babies 1
  14. 14 Paul 12,922 babies =
  15. 15 Walter 12,631 babies =
  16. 16 Raymond 12,129 babies =
  17. 17 Henry 11,207 babies =
  18. 18 Jack 10,847 babies =
  19. 19 Arthur 10,114 babies =
  20. 20 Albert 9,896 babies =
  21. 21 Kenneth 9,258 babies 1
  22. 22 Harry 9,077 babies 1
  23. 23 Ralph 8,484 babies =
  24. 24 David 7,865 babies 1
  25. 25 Eugene 7,849 babies 1
  26. 26 Howard 7,296 babies 1
  27. 27 Louis 7,095 babies 2
  28. 28 Willie 6,903 babies 6
  29. 29 Clarence 6,861 babies 1
  30. 30 Carl 6,690 babies =
  31. 31 Earl 6,461 babies =
  32. 32 Roy 6,458 babies =
  33. 33 Fred 6,245 babies =
  34. 34 Francis 6,147 babies 1
  35. 35 Joe 6,089 babies 1
  36. 36 Lawrence 5,786 babies 1
  37. 37 Ernest 5,503 babies 1
  38. 38 Leonard 5,407 babies 1
  39. 39 Anthony 5,091 babies 1
  40. 40 Herbert 5,047 babies 2
  41. 41 Stanley 5,045 babies =
  42. 42 Alfred 4,833 babies 1
  43. 43 Samuel 4,600 babies 1
  44. 44 Norman 4,527 babies 2
  45. 45 Warren 4,484 babies 21
  46. 46 Bernard 4,409 babies 1
  47. 47 Daniel 4,285 babies 2
  48. 48 Michael 3,990 babies 1
  49. 49 Russell 3,965 babies 3
  50. 50 Melvin 3,908 babies 3
  51. 51 Leo 3,901 babies 1
  52. 52 Edwin 3,827 babies 2
  53. 53 Andrew 3,803 babies 2
  54. 54 Elmer 3,738 babies 6
  55. 55 Leroy 3,671 babies =
  56. 56 Marvin 3,580 babies 3
  57. 57 Peter 3,545 babies =
  58. 58 Gerald 3,541 babies 2
  59. 59 Lloyd 3,364 babies 1
  60. 60 Frederick 3,353 babies 1
  61. 61 Floyd 3,221 babies 2
  62. 62 Theodore 3,216 babies 3
  63. 63 Clifford 3,157 babies 1
  64. 64 Chester 3,133 babies 8
  65. 65 Ray 3,051 babies 2
  66. 66 Herman 3,014 babies 2
  67. 67 Clyde 3,007 babies 2
  68. 68 Vernon 3,003 babies =
  69. 69 Lester 2,951 babies 3
  70. 70 Philip 2,769 babies 2
  71. 71 Vincent 2,710 babies 1
  72. 72 Charlie 2,655 babies 4
  73. 73 Alvin 2,599 babies =
  74. 74 Milton 2,556 babies 1
  75. 75 Lewis 2,555 babies 4
  76. 76 Gordon 2,527 babies 8
  77. 77 Leon 2,521 babies 3
  78. 78 Wayne 2,476 babies 3
  79. 79 Glenn 2,425 babies 1
  80. 80 Martin 2,402 babies 2
  81. 81 Jesse 2,395 babies 4
  82. 82 Benjamin 2,378 babies =
  83. 83 Lee 2,371 babies 3
  84. 84 Sam 2,349 babies 1
  85. 85 Cecil 2,336 babies 6
  86. 86 Victor 2,322 babies 3
  87. 87 Wallace 2,210 babies 1
  88. 88 Harvey 2,207 babies 1
  89. 89 Dale 2,041 babies 4
  90. 90 Billy 2,029 babies 19
  91. 91 Willard 2,017 babies 2
  92. 92 Oscar 2,007 babies =
  93. 93 Edgar 1,923 babies 3
  94. 94 Arnold 1,892 babies 3
  95. 95 Allen 1,887 babies 1
  96. 96 Roger 1,848 babies 3
  97. 97 Claude 1,806 babies 1
  98. 98 Everett 1,798 babies 3
  99. 99 Virgil 1,790 babies 1
  100. 100 Gilbert 1,748 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 72,177 babies =
  2. 2 Dorothy 37,716 babies =
  3. 3 Helen 32,510 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 26,862 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 23,633 babies =
  6. 6 Betty 20,895 babies 2
  7. 7 Virginia 19,144 babies 1
  8. 8 Mildred 16,412 babies 1
  9. 9 Elizabeth 15,244 babies 1
  10. 10 Frances 15,054 babies 1
  11. 11 Doris 13,798 babies 2
  12. 12 Anna 13,408 babies 1
  13. 13 Evelyn 13,320 babies 1
  14. 14 Marie 11,912 babies =
  15. 15 Alice 11,277 babies =
  16. 16 Marjorie 10,385 babies =
  17. 17 Irene 10,173 babies 1
  18. 18 Florence 10,036 babies 1
  19. 19 Lillian 9,430 babies =
  20. 20 Jean 9,109 babies 5
  21. 21 Martha 9,021 babies =
  22. 22 Louise 8,886 babies =
  23. 23 Rose 8,791 babies 3
  24. 24 Catherine 8,537 babies 1
  25. 25 Gladys 8,042 babies 1
  26. 26 Ruby 8,003 babies =
  27. 27 Josephine 7,864 babies 1
  28. 28 Eleanor 7,852 babies 1
  29. 29 Edna 7,622 babies 2
  30. 30 Annie 7,476 babies 6
  31. 31 Thelma 7,254 babies 1
  32. 32 Ethel 7,246 babies =
  33. 33 Lucille 7,151 babies 2
  34. 34 Edith 7,136 babies 1
  35. 35 Lois 6,946 babies 3
  36. 36 Pauline 6,811 babies 1
  37. 37 Hazel 6,757 babies 3
  38. 38 Grace 6,743 babies 3
  39. 39 Shirley 6,407 babies 5
  40. 40 Barbara 6,272 babies =
  41. 41 Bernice 5,912 babies 2
  42. 42 Marion 5,667 babies 1
  43. 43 Beatrice 5,476 babies 2
  44. 44 Esther 5,474 babies 2
  45. 45 June 5,382 babies 5
  46. 46 Norma 5,238 babies 5
  47. 47 Clara 5,126 babies 2
  48. 48 Gertrude 5,082 babies 2
  49. 49 Ann 5,054 babies 4
  50. 50 Emma 5,013 babies 2
  51. 51 Sarah 4,982 babies 3
  52. 52 Rita 4,976 babies 4
  53. 53 Phyllis 4,935 babies 7
  54. 54 Katherine 4,827 babies 5
  55. 55 Jane 4,805 babies 8
  56. 56 Lorraine 4,668 babies 5
  57. 57 Juanita 4,643 babies =
  58. 58 Geraldine 4,641 babies 4
  59. 59 Elsie 4,618 babies 4
  60. 60 Julia 4,616 babies 2
  61. 61 Gloria 4,496 babies 41
  62. 62 Agnes 4,480 babies 6
  63. 63 Bertha 4,419 babies 4
  64. 64 Eva 4,192 babies 1
  65. 65 Ida 3,987 babies 2
  66. 66 Anne 3,974 babies 4
  67. 67 Marian 3,951 babies 2
  68. 68 Laura 3,902 babies 3
  69. 69 Patricia 3,902 babies 15
  70. 70 Willie 3,885 babies 4
  71. 71 Pearl 3,848 babies 6
  72. 72 Viola 3,793 babies 6
  73. 73 Kathryn 3,792 babies 9
  74. 74 Vivian 3,733 babies 6
  75. 75 Myrtle 3,649 babies 2
  76. 76 Charlotte 3,582 babies 3
  77. 77 Wilma 3,535 babies 5
  78. 78 Nancy 3,518 babies 9
  79. 79 Vera 3,510 babies 3
  80. 80 Kathleen 3,466 babies 3
  81. 81 Bessie 3,447 babies 6
  82. 82 Maxine 3,444 babies 5
  83. 83 Nellie 3,274 babies 3
  84. 84 Alma 3,233 babies 6
  85. 85 Lillie 3,200 babies 9
  86. 86 Violet 3,194 babies 5
  87. 87 Jessie 3,182 babies 4
  88. 88 Stella 3,166 babies 2
  89. 89 Audrey 3,164 babies 7
  90. 90 Ella 3,150 babies 1
  91. 91 Minnie 3,115 babies 5
  92. 92 Wanda 2,986 babies 9
  93. 93 Lucy 2,977 babies =
  94. 94 Sylvia 2,961 babies 6
  95. 95 Ellen 2,953 babies =
  96. 96 Eileen 2,939 babies 4
  97. 97 Jeanne 2,917 babies 12
  98. 98 Genevieve 2,897 babies 8
  99. 99 Mabel 2,894 babies 14
  100. 100 Margie 2,854 babies 6

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Source: Social Security Administration

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