United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1925

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 60,895 babies =
  2. 2 John 57,195 babies =
  3. 3 William 53,310 babies =
  4. 4 James 52,680 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 29,580 babies =
  6. 6 George 26,560 babies =
  7. 7 Joseph 24,613 babies =
  8. 8 Richard 23,269 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 20,090 babies =
  10. 10 Donald 19,193 babies =
  11. 11 Thomas 16,688 babies =
  12. 12 Frank 15,329 babies =
  13. 13 Paul 14,175 babies 1
  14. 14 Harold 13,597 babies 1
  15. 15 Raymond 12,441 babies =
  16. 16 Walter 12,130 babies =
  17. 17 Jack 12,011 babies =
  18. 18 Henry 10,618 babies =
  19. 19 Kenneth 10,146 babies =
  20. 20 Arthur 9,986 babies =
  21. 21 Albert 9,511 babies =
  22. 22 David 8,915 babies 2
  23. 23 Harry 8,610 babies 1
  24. 24 Eugene 8,517 babies 1
  25. 25 Ralph 8,467 babies 2
  26. 26 Howard 7,173 babies =
  27. 27 Willie 7,124 babies 3
  28. 28 Carl 7,061 babies 1
  29. 29 Louis 6,798 babies 1
  30. 30 Clarence 6,670 babies 1
  31. 31 Earl 6,436 babies 2
  32. 32 Roy 6,376 babies 1
  33. 33 Fred 6,205 babies 1
  34. 34 Joe 6,107 babies 1
  35. 35 Francis 5,978 babies 1
  36. 36 Lawrence 5,633 babies =
  37. 37 Ernest 5,494 babies =
  38. 38 Leonard 5,465 babies =
  39. 39 Anthony 5,041 babies =
  40. 40 Stanley 5,030 babies =
  41. 41 Norman 4,975 babies 1
  42. 42 Herbert 4,924 babies 1
  43. 43 Alfred 4,796 babies =
  44. 44 Daniel 4,548 babies 3
  45. 45 Gerald 4,507 babies 4
  46. 46 Samuel 4,405 babies 1
  47. 47 Calvin 4,302 babies 3
  48. 48 Bernard 4,259 babies 2
  49. 49 Billy 4,207 babies 14
  50. 50 Melvin 4,146 babies 2
  51. 51 Marvin 4,092 babies 1
  52. 52 Leroy 3,884 babies 1
  53. 53 Russell 3,804 babies 1
  54. 54 Leo 3,775 babies 3
  55. 55 Michael 3,761 babies 1
  56. 56 Andrew 3,617 babies =
  57. 57 Edwin 3,560 babies 2
  58. 58 Floyd 3,524 babies 8
  59. 59 Clifford 3,424 babies 5
  60. 60 Peter 3,373 babies 1
  61. 61 Elmer 3,356 babies 4
  62. 62 Lloyd 3,324 babies 1
  63. 63 Theodore 3,226 babies 2
  64. 64 Ray 3,219 babies 4
  65. 65 Frederick 3,088 babies 3
  66. 66 Warren 2,945 babies 8
  67. 67 Vernon 2,912 babies 1
  68. 68 Clyde 2,906 babies 1
  69. 69 Herman 2,890 babies 1
  70. 70 Alvin 2,777 babies 3
  71. 71 Vincent 2,772 babies 7
  72. 72 Gordon 2,748 babies 3
  73. 73 Chester 2,719 babies 6
  74. 74 Wayne 2,713 babies =
  75. 75 Philip 2,675 babies 4
  76. 76 Leon 2,636 babies =
  77. 77 Glenn 2,611 babies 2
  78. 78 Charlie 2,578 babies 2
  79. 79 Lewis 2,577 babies 2
  80. 80 Milton 2,567 babies 1
  81. 81 Lester 2,559 babies 9
  82. 82 Lee 2,537 babies 1
  83. 83 Martin 2,417 babies 1
  84. 84 Bill 2,381 babies 8
  85. 85 Jesse 2,373 babies 1
  86. 86 Dale 2,302 babies 2
  87. 87 Cecil 2,297 babies 2
  88. 88 Harvey 2,190 babies =
  89. 89 Victor 2,119 babies 1
  90. 90 Roger 2,099 babies 3
  91. 91 Sam 2,092 babies =
  92. 92 Wallace 2,076 babies 5
  93. 93 Benjamin 2,069 babies 4
  94. 94 Allen 2,034 babies =
  95. 95 Arnold 1,972 babies =
  96. 96 Edgar 1,809 babies =
  97. 97 Willard 1,795 babies =
  98. 98 Roland 1,785 babies =
  99. 99 Oscar 1,754 babies =
  100. 100 Johnnie 1,744 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 70,586 babies =
  2. 2 Dorothy 38,570 babies =
  3. 3 Betty 32,812 babies 1
  4. 4 Helen 29,173 babies 1
  5. 5 Margaret 24,463 babies =
  6. 6 Ruth 22,247 babies =
  7. 7 Virginia 17,490 babies =
  8. 8 Doris 16,075 babies 1
  9. 9 Mildred 14,453 babies 1
  10. 10 Elizabeth 13,936 babies 1
  11. 11 Frances 13,824 babies 1
  12. 12 Evelyn 12,505 babies =
  13. 13 Anna 12,250 babies =
  14. 14 Jean 11,598 babies 2
  15. 15 Alice 11,576 babies =
  16. 16 Marie 10,930 babies 2
  17. 17 Shirley 10,513 babies 2
  18. 18 Lois 9,573 babies 4
  19. 19 Irene 9,440 babies 1
  20. 20 Gloria 9,381 babies 21
  21. 21 Marjorie 9,306 babies 4
  22. 22 Barbara 9,155 babies 6
  23. 23 Martha 8,762 babies 2
  24. 24 Florence 8,585 babies 4
  25. 25 Lillian 8,351 babies 2
  26. 26 Rose 8,280 babies 1
  27. 27 Louise 8,275 babies 3
  28. 28 Patricia 8,096 babies 7
  29. 29 Catherine 7,867 babies 2
  30. 30 Ruby 7,843 babies 4
  31. 31 Eleanor 7,724 babies 2
  32. 32 Annie 7,350 babies =
  33. 33 Gladys 7,231 babies 3
  34. 34 Norma 6,941 babies 6
  35. 35 Thelma 6,823 babies 2
  36. 36 Josephine 6,810 babies 2
  37. 37 Edna 6,781 babies 6
  38. 38 Pauline 6,728 babies =
  39. 39 June 6,649 babies 6
  40. 40 Phyllis 6,486 babies 4
  41. 41 Lucille 6,397 babies 4
  42. 42 Edith 6,275 babies 6
  43. 43 Ethel 6,176 babies 4
  44. 44 Grace 5,983 babies 1
  45. 45 Hazel 5,778 babies 3
  46. 46 Bernice 5,728 babies 1
  47. 47 Marion 5,577 babies 1
  48. 48 Rita 5,323 babies 1
  49. 49 Juanita 5,232 babies 1
  50. 50 Beatrice 4,992 babies =
  51. 51 Lorraine 4,983 babies 1
  52. 52 Ann 4,935 babies 3
  53. 53 Jane 4,881 babies =
  54. 54 Geraldine 4,838 babies 4
  55. 55 Clara 4,776 babies 1
  56. 56 Esther 4,726 babies 5
  57. 57 Emma 4,714 babies =
  58. 58 Sarah 4,685 babies 4
  59. 59 Joyce 4,364 babies 24
  60. 60 Nancy 4,325 babies 9
  61. 61 Katherine 4,240 babies 2
  62. 62 Wilma 4,175 babies 5
  63. 63 Elsie 4,146 babies 2
  64. 64 Dolores 4,145 babies 11
  65. 65 Julia 4,047 babies 3
  66. 66 Joan 4,030 babies 29
  67. 67 Marian 3,979 babies 3
  68. 68 Willie 3,947 babies =
  69. 69 Agnes 3,911 babies 6
  70. 70 Gertrude 3,892 babies 10
  71. 71 Eva 3,855 babies 5
  72. 72 Wanda 3,803 babies 2
  73. 73 Elaine 3,776 babies =
  74. 74 Bertha 3,772 babies 9
  75. 75 Laura 3,588 babies 3
  76. 76 Vivian 3,576 babies 5
  77. 77 Charlotte 3,551 babies 3
  78. 78 Audrey 3,543 babies 6
  79. 79 Maxine 3,538 babies 2
  80. 80 Theresa 3,515 babies 16
  81. 81 Kathleen 3,503 babies 5
  82. 82 Ida 3,489 babies 12
  83. 83 Marilyn 3,419 babies 18
  84. 84 Viola 3,336 babies 2
  85. 85 Anne 3,320 babies 6
  86. 86 Vera 3,280 babies 1
  87. 87 Bessie 3,266 babies 1
  88. 88 Kathryn 3,262 babies 7
  89. 89 Jeanne 3,225 babies 1
  90. 90 Pearl 3,213 babies 12
  91. 91 Lillie 3,119 babies 6
  92. 92 Violet 3,032 babies 4
  93. 93 Ella 3,006 babies 1
  94. 94 Alma 2,996 babies 7
  95. 95 Myrtle 2,980 babies 6
  96. 96 Eileen 2,964 babies 3
  97. 97 Jessie 2,951 babies 6
  98. 98 Nellie 2,937 babies 6
  99. 99 Margie 2,868 babies 3
  100. 100 Mattie 2,816 babies 9

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Source: Social Security Administration

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