Top names of the 1910s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 1910 - 1919. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 6,948,530 male births and 8,509,515 female births.

**Popular names of the 1910s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	John	376,320	Mary	478,627
2	William	303,033	Helen	248,147
3	James	275,079	Dorothy	207,477
4	Robert	239,193	Margaret	189,230
5	Joseph	179,306	Ruth	173,669
6	George	176,616	Mildred	123,988
7	Charles	173,544	Anna	119,001
8	Edward	125,723	Elizabeth	116,803
9	Frank	116,018	Frances	105,591
10	Thomas	91,620	Virginia	94,322
11	Walter	89,148	Marie	92,077
12	Harold	79,717	Evelyn	91,478
13	Henry	79,669	Alice	85,856
14	Paul	78,222	Florence	81,459
15	Richard	74,606	Lillian	75,910
16	Raymond	71,821	Rose	74,685
17	Albert	68,213	Irene	68,967
18	Arthur	67,475	Louise	67,967
19	Harry	65,872	Edna	66,891
20	Donald	57,003	Catherine	65,816
21	Ralph	52,529	Gladys	65,810
22	Louis	50,601	Ethel	63,662
23	Jack	49,531	Josephine	61,351
24	Clarence	49,199	Ruby	60,301
25	Carl	48,453	Martha	59,508
26	Willie	47,692	Grace	57,965
27	Howard	46,598	Hazel	57,064
28	Fred	44,344	Thelma	57,010
29	David	43,859	Lucille	56,141
30	Kenneth	43,249	Edith	56,056
31	Francis	41,052	Eleanor	54,157
32	Roy	40,340	Doris	53,244
33	Earl	40,278	Annie	52,295
34	Joe	38,253	Pauline	50,071
35	Ernest	37,132	Gertrude	49,562
36	Lawrence	36,355	Esther	49,210
37	Stanley	35,912	Betty	44,893
38	Anthony	35,627	Beatrice	44,509
39	Eugene	35,161	Marjorie	44,449
40	Samuel	34,166	Clara	44,341
41	Herbert	33,859	Emma	41,819
42	Alfred	32,634	Bernice	40,342
43	Leonard	31,878	Bertha	40,118
44	Michael	30,870	Ann	39,507
45	Elmer	28,601	Jean	39,282
46	Andrew	28,152	Elsie	39,270
47	Leo	26,655	Julia	39,255
48	Bernard	25,629	Agnes	39,253
49	Norman	25,032	Lois	38,178
50	Peter	24,937	Sarah	38,116
51	Russell	24,842	Marion	37,969
52	Daniel	23,975	Katherine	36,886
53	Edwin	23,699	Eva	34,907
54	Frederick	23,543	Ida	34,790
55	Chester	23,498	Bessie	33,860
56	Herman	22,598	Pearl	33,834
57	Lloyd	21,740	Anne	33,479
58	Melvin	21,740	Viola	33,075
59	Lester	21,510	Myrtle	32,433
60	Floyd	21,475	Nellie	30,877
61	Leroy	21,277	Mabel	30,780
62	Theodore	21,107	Laura	30,547
63	Clifford	20,886	Kathryn	29,238
64	Clyde	19,864	Stella	28,528
65	Charlie	19,834	Vera	28,286
66	Sam	18,545	Willie	28,176
67	Woodrow	18,355	Jessie	27,832
68	Vincent	18,286	Jane	27,739
69	Philip	18,167	Alma	27,513
70	Marvin	17,820	Minnie	27,484
71	Ray	17,792	Sylvia	25,652
72	Lewis	17,787	Ella	24,910
73	Milton	17,521	Lillie	24,649
74	Benjamin	17,310	Rita	23,852
75	Victor	17,154	Leona	23,824
76	Vernon	16,966	Barbara	23,708
77	Gerald	16,523	Vivian	23,632
78	Jesse	16,293	Lena	23,624
79	Martin	16,097	Violet	23,157
80	Cecil	15,985	Lucy	23,118
81	Alvin	15,498	Jennie	23,068
82	Lee	15,380	Genevieve	22,828
83	Willard	15,365	Marguerite	22,658
84	Leon	15,279	Charlotte	22,548
85	Oscar	14,870	Mattie	22,242
86	Glenn	14,303	Marian	22,161
87	Edgar	14,079	Blanche	21,977
88	Gordon	13,641	Mae	21,530
89	Stephen	13,502	Ellen	21,499
90	Harvey	13,303	Wilma	21,382
91	Sidney	12,793	Juanita	20,878
92	Claude	12,791	Opal	20,383
93	Everett	12,745	June	19,244
94	Arnold	12,586	Geraldine	18,989
95	Morris	12,486	Beulah	18,871
96	Wilbur	12,410	Velma	18,628
97	Warren	12,017	Theresa	18,348
98	Wayne	11,574	Carrie	18,067
99	Allen	11,497	Phyllis	17,885
100	Homer	11,471	Maxine	17,800
101	Maurice	11,429	Nancy	17,285
102	Alexander	11,354	Emily	17,069
103	Max	10,860	Georgia	16,670
104	Virgil	10,858	Fannie	16,632
105	Gilbert	10,790	Kathleen	16,592
106	Irving	10,738	Hattie	16,416
107	Leslie	10,629	Inez	16,342
108	Eddie	10,507	Sophie	16,177
109	Johnnie	10,424	Rosa	15,973
110	Nicholas	10,233	Lorraine	15,730
111	Hugh	10,200	Hilda	15,674
112	Julius	10,193	Harriet	15,597
113	Jessie	10,169	Norma	15,501
114	Marion	10,155	Eunice	15,474
115	Luther	9,762	Sara	15,409
116	Steve	9,639	Cora	15,313
117	Hubert	9,599	Ada	15,235
118	Ben	9,538	Geneva	15,043
119	Curtis	8,913	Alberta	14,572
120	Roland	8,799	Loretta	14,571
121	Jacob	8,685	Mamie	14,548
122	Wallace	8,681	Christine	14,092
123	Oliver	8,658	Dora	14,012
124	Glen	8,544	Lula	13,930
125	Horace	8,489	Estelle	13,804
126	Roger	8,408	Verna	13,213
127	Manuel	8,372	Audrey	13,140
128	Dale	8,219	Madeline	13,040
129	Franklin	8,005	Shirley	12,743
130	Mike	7,942	Eileen	12,705
131	Orville	7,901	Daisy	12,470
132	Alex	7,872	Sadie	12,387
133	Tom	7,621	Olive	12,354
134	Wesley	7,603	Naomi	12,029
135	Tony	7,495	Lola	11,764
136	Edmund	7,423	Flora	11,761
137	Jerome	7,406	Lucile	11,738
138	Willis	7,337	Olga	11,731
139	Nathan	7,132	Mable	11,718
140	Otis	6,963	Muriel	11,700
141	Archie	6,933	Susie	11,560
142	Douglas	6,909	Maggie	11,485
143	Rudolph	6,858	Maria	11,330
144	Earnest	6,857	Jeanette	11,134
145	Wilson	6,834	Nora	11,063
146	Emil	6,700	Miriam	11,048
147	Guy	6,624	Erma	10,952
148	Bill	6,600	Dolores	10,781
149	Jerry	6,487	Victoria	10,765
150	Matthew	6,227	Wanda	10,735
151	Patrick	6,122	Janet	10,714
152	Ira	6,115	Lottie	10,650
153	Clifton	6,104	Caroline	10,589
154	Angelo	6,047	Rachel	10,481
155	Abraham	6,039	Irma	10,458
156	Salvatore	5,977	Henrietta	10,402
157	Jose	5,900	Roberta	10,370
158	Jim	5,764	Winifred	10,255
159	Jimmie	5,735	Eula	9,849
160	Calvin	5,712	Patricia	9,708
161	Don	5,683	Rosie	9,564
162	Lyle	5,656	Anita	9,555
163	Bennie	5,647	Rebecca	9,474
164	Clayton	5,641	Della	9,448
165	Marshall	5,585	Nettie	9,332
166	Bruce	5,576	Sally	9,300
167	Otto	5,552	Fern	9,250
168	Sylvester	5,420	Lydia	9,023
169	Ronald	5,303	Adeline	8,985
170	Clinton	5,302	Carolyn	8,940
171	Wilbert	5,274	Amelia	8,832
172	Irvin	5,259	Nina	8,680
173	Delbert	5,257	Jeanne	8,647
174	Phillip	5,135	Elaine	8,575
175	Ervin	5,010	Goldie	8,561
176	Elbert	4,990	Katie	8,419
177	Wilfred	4,976	Bonnie	8,335
178	Isaac	4,952	Antoinette	8,216
179	Ivan	4,933	May	8,096
180	Felix	4,928	Marcella	8,080
181	Rufus	4,900	Lorene	8,033
182	August	4,870	Essie	7,998
183	Forrest	4,860	Arlene	7,780
184	Nathaniel	4,796	Ollie	7,759
185	Dan	4,737	Dorothea	7,749
186	Nelson	4,730	Jeannette	7,719
187	Karl	4,696	Veronica	7,693
188	Nick	4,681	Effie	7,681
189	Julian	4,651	Isabel	7,667
190	Merle	4,644	Freda	7,453
191	Aaron	4,570	Regina	7,389
192	Lonnie	4,536	Sallie	7,379
193	Adolph	4,523	Cleo	7,367
194	Adam	4,481	Ora	7,259
195	Jay	4,455	Isabelle	7,255
196	Ellis	4,433	Rosemary	7,080
197	Alton	4,417	Addie	7,077
198	Leland	4,381	Eloise	7,068
199	Pete	4,352	Joan	7,023
200	Bert	4,327	Lela	7,007
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2013. See the limitations of this data source.