United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1924

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 Robert 60,802 babies 1
  2. 2 John 59,052 babies 1
  3. 3 William 53,506 babies =
  4. 4 James 52,942 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 30,460 babies =
  6. 6 George 27,373 babies =
  7. 7 Joseph 25,421 babies =
  8. 8 Richard 21,244 babies 1
  9. 9 Edward 21,126 babies 1
  10. 10 Donald 17,929 babies =
  11. 11 Thomas 16,555 babies 1
  12. 12 Frank 16,044 babies 1
  13. 13 Harold 14,149 babies =
  14. 14 Paul 13,338 babies =
  15. 15 Raymond 12,873 babies =
  16. 16 Walter 12,696 babies =
  17. 17 Jack 11,921 babies =
  18. 18 Henry 11,195 babies =
  19. 19 Kenneth 10,355 babies 2
  20. 20 Arthur 10,172 babies 1
  21. 21 Albert 9,880 babies 1
  22. 22 Harry 9,115 babies =
  23. 23 Ralph 8,766 babies =
  24. 24 David 8,758 babies =
  25. 25 Eugene 8,346 babies =
  26. 26 Howard 7,371 babies =
  27. 27 Carl 7,085 babies 1
  28. 28 Louis 7,043 babies 1
  29. 29 Clarence 6,895 babies =
  30. 30 Willie 6,700 babies =
  31. 31 Roy 6,557 babies 1
  32. 32 Fred 6,532 babies 1
  33. 33 Earl 6,529 babies 2
  34. 34 Francis 6,131 babies =
  35. 35 Joe 6,044 babies =
  36. 36 Lawrence 5,775 babies =
  37. 37 Ernest 5,683 babies 1
  38. 38 Leonard 5,601 babies 1
  39. 39 Anthony 5,191 babies =
  40. 40 Stanley 5,186 babies 1
  41. 41 Herbert 5,121 babies 1
  42. 42 Norman 5,045 babies 2
  43. 43 Alfred 4,929 babies 1
  44. 44 Calvin 4,918 babies 38
  45. 45 Samuel 4,591 babies =
  46. 46 Bernard 4,505 babies =
  47. 47 Daniel 4,403 babies =
  48. 48 Melvin 4,168 babies =
  49. 49 Gerald 4,151 babies 5
  50. 50 Marvin 4,024 babies 1
  51. 51 Leo 3,990 babies 2
  52. 52 Russell 3,946 babies =
  53. 53 Leroy 3,922 babies 2
  54. 54 Michael 3,874 babies 4
  55. 55 Edwin 3,788 babies 1
  56. 56 Andrew 3,744 babies 3
  57. 57 Elmer 3,731 babies =
  58. 58 Warren 3,582 babies 15
  59. 59 Peter 3,520 babies 1
  60. 60 Ray 3,369 babies 1
  61. 61 Lloyd 3,350 babies 2
  62. 62 Frederick 3,279 babies 2
  63. 63 Billy 3,271 babies 15
  64. 64 Clifford 3,250 babies 1
  65. 65 Theodore 3,225 babies 3
  66. 66 Floyd 3,165 babies 2
  67. 67 Chester 3,033 babies 4
  68. 68 Vernon 3,008 babies 1
  69. 69 Clyde 3,006 babies 1
  70. 70 Herman 2,954 babies 4
  71. 71 Philip 2,921 babies 1
  72. 72 Lester 2,780 babies 1
  73. 73 Alvin 2,759 babies =
  74. 74 Wayne 2,730 babies 1
  75. 75 Gordon 2,714 babies 1
  76. 76 Leon 2,677 babies 1
  77. 77 Lewis 2,670 babies 3
  78. 78 Vincent 2,638 babies 6
  79. 79 Glenn 2,586 babies 5
  80. 80 Charlie 2,507 babies 1
  81. 81 Milton 2,474 babies =
  82. 82 Martin 2,452 babies 2
  83. 83 Lee 2,420 babies 2
  84. 84 Dale 2,396 babies 6
  85. 85 Cecil 2,299 babies 2
  86. 86 Jesse 2,292 babies 3
  87. 87 Wallace 2,283 babies 18
  88. 88 Harvey 2,242 babies 3
  89. 89 Benjamin 2,221 babies 3
  90. 90 Victor 2,189 babies 2
  91. 91 Sam 2,123 babies 2
  92. 92 Bill 2,067 babies 6
  93. 93 Roger 2,054 babies 2
  94. 94 Allen 2,045 babies 3
  95. 95 Arnold 2,014 babies 2
  96. 96 Edgar 1,878 babies 2
  97. 97 Willard 1,834 babies 5
  98. 98 Roland 1,822 babies 6
  99. 99 Oscar 1,819 babies 3
  100. 100 Gilbert 1,797 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 73,534 babies =
  2. 2 Dorothy 39,996 babies =
  3. 3 Helen 31,194 babies =
  4. 4 Betty 30,600 babies 1
  5. 5 Margaret 26,547 babies 1
  6. 6 Ruth 23,601 babies =
  7. 7 Virginia 18,620 babies =
  8. 8 Mildred 15,853 babies =
  9. 9 Doris 15,786 babies 2
  10. 10 Frances 15,183 babies =
  11. 11 Elizabeth 14,950 babies 2
  12. 12 Evelyn 13,358 babies =
  13. 13 Anna 13,076 babies =
  14. 14 Marie 11,575 babies =
  15. 15 Alice 11,537 babies =
  16. 16 Jean 10,721 babies 3
  17. 17 Marjorie 10,069 babies 1
  18. 18 Irene 9,928 babies 1
  19. 19 Shirley 9,489 babies 7
  20. 20 Florence 9,472 babies 2
  21. 21 Martha 9,320 babies =
  22. 22 Lois 9,300 babies 5
  23. 23 Lillian 9,100 babies 3
  24. 24 Louise 8,854 babies 2
  25. 25 Rose 8,479 babies 2
  26. 26 Ruby 8,406 babies 1
  27. 27 Catherine 8,363 babies 3
  28. 28 Barbara 8,305 babies 5
  29. 29 Eleanor 8,193 babies 1
  30. 30 Gladys 7,790 babies 1
  31. 31 Edna 7,408 babies 1
  32. 32 Annie 7,347 babies 2
  33. 33 Thelma 7,316 babies 2
  34. 34 Josephine 7,274 babies 4
  35. 35 Patricia 6,957 babies 21
  36. 36 Edith 6,890 babies =
  37. 37 Lucille 6,744 babies 2
  38. 38 Pauline 6,722 babies 1
  39. 39 Ethel 6,586 babies 1
  40. 40 Norma 6,542 babies 1
  41. 41 Gloria 6,534 babies 7
  42. 42 Hazel 6,342 babies 2
  43. 43 Grace 6,327 babies 4
  44. 44 Phyllis 6,267 babies 1
  45. 45 June 6,150 babies 3
  46. 46 Marion 6,047 babies 2
  47. 47 Bernice 6,033 babies 4
  48. 48 Juanita 5,404 babies 3
  49. 49 Rita 5,381 babies 1
  50. 50 Beatrice 5,271 babies 4
  51. 51 Esther 5,258 babies 4
  52. 52 Lorraine 5,109 babies 5
  53. 53 Jane 5,104 babies 2
  54. 54 Sarah 5,045 babies =
  55. 55 Ann 5,035 babies 3
  56. 56 Clara 4,988 babies 7
  57. 57 Emma 4,897 babies 4
  58. 58 Geraldine 4,833 babies =
  59. 59 Katherine 4,695 babies 1
  60. 60 Gertrude 4,543 babies 1
  61. 61 Elsie 4,499 babies =
  62. 62 Julia 4,289 babies =
  63. 63 Agnes 4,240 babies =
  64. 64 Marian 4,197 babies 1
  65. 65 Bertha 4,122 babies 1
  66. 66 Eva 4,068 babies =
  67. 67 Wilma 4,066 babies 7
  68. 68 Willie 3,992 babies 1
  69. 69 Nancy 3,989 babies 6
  70. 70 Ida 3,861 babies 2
  71. 71 Vivian 3,850 babies 2
  72. 72 Laura 3,829 babies 1
  73. 73 Elaine 3,802 babies 14
  74. 74 Wanda 3,735 babies 6
  75. 75 Dolores 3,729 babies 8
  76. 76 Kathleen 3,663 babies 6
  77. 77 Maxine 3,659 babies 1
  78. 78 Pearl 3,635 babies =
  79. 79 Anne 3,627 babies 8
  80. 80 Charlotte 3,612 babies 3
  81. 81 Kathryn 3,598 babies 9
  82. 82 Viola 3,577 babies 3
  83. 83 Joyce 3,533 babies 21
  84. 84 Audrey 3,520 babies 1
  85. 85 Vera 3,476 babies 3
  86. 86 Bessie 3,404 babies 5
  87. 87 Alma 3,240 babies 2
  88. 88 Violet 3,224 babies 2
  89. 89 Myrtle 3,205 babies 5
  90. 90 Jeanne 3,150 babies =
  91. 91 Jessie 3,147 babies 3
  92. 92 Nellie 3,075 babies 4
  93. 93 Eileen 3,070 babies 2
  94. 94 Ella 3,061 babies 1
  95. 95 Joan 3,023 babies 22
  96. 96 Theresa 3,021 babies 9
  97. 97 Lillie 2,979 babies 6
  98. 98 Lucy 2,978 babies 6
  99. 99 Ellen 2,949 babies 4
  100. 100 Minnie 2,885 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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