Top names of the 1920s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 1920 - 1929. 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 11,371,856 male births and 12,400,865 female births.

**Popular names of the 1920s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Robert	576,314	Mary	701,682
2	John	564,021	Dorothy	368,837
3	James	515,290	Helen	290,372
4	William	512,350	Betty	283,072
5	Charles	298,012	Margaret	244,990
6	George	261,927	Ruth	218,497
7	Joseph	243,792	Virginia	169,539
8	Richard	222,588	Doris	151,179
9	Edward	197,341	Mildred	147,147
10	Donald	191,817	Frances	140,376
11	Thomas	161,108	Elizabeth	139,661
12	Frank	151,808	Evelyn	124,157
13	Harold	133,581	Anna	123,872
14	Paul	132,378	Marie	110,553
15	Raymond	124,195	Alice	110,509
16	Walter	119,800	Jean	105,986
17	Jack	115,972	Shirley	98,596
18	Henry	104,546	Barbara	97,208
19	Kenneth	99,485	Irene	92,821
20	Arthur	97,117	Marjorie	91,215
21	Albert	94,408	Florence	88,291
22	David	88,743	Lois	88,124
23	Harry	86,173	Martha	86,773
24	Eugene	84,752	Rose	85,301
25	Ralph	84,457	Lillian	83,141
26	Howard	70,342	Louise	82,886
27	Carl	69,845	Catherine	78,876
28	Willie	67,981	Ruby	76,726
29	Louis	67,682	Eleanor	74,750
30	Clarence	66,566	Patricia	74,743
31	Earl	63,583	Gladys	72,555
32	Roy	63,245	Annie	69,454
33	Fred	62,736	Josephine	69,214
34	Joe	62,665	Thelma	68,759
35	Francis	59,093	Edna	68,624
36	Lawrence	56,859	Norma	65,234
37	Herbert	56,517	Pauline	64,069
38	Leonard	53,791	Lucille	63,871
39	Ernest	53,647	Edith	62,985
40	Alfred	50,152	Gloria	62,847
41	Anthony	50,046	Ethel	62,794
42	Stanley	49,445	Phyllis	61,858
43	Norman	49,358	Grace	60,051
44	Gerald	44,517	Hazel	58,980
45	Daniel	43,418	June	56,478
46	Samuel	43,362	Bernice	55,833
47	Bernard	42,403	Marion	55,176
48	Billy	42,096	Dolores	51,979
49	Melvin	40,572	Rita	50,576
50	Marvin	39,580	Lorraine	49,928
51	Warren	38,771	Ann	49,804
52	Michael	37,888	Esther	49,224
53	Leroy	37,872	Beatrice	49,218
54	Russell	37,208	Juanita	48,544
55	Leo	36,952	Clara	48,177
56	Andrew	35,954	Jane	48,050
57	Edwin	35,252	Geraldine	48,036
58	Elmer	34,914	Sarah	46,774
59	Peter	34,070	Emma	46,531
60	Floyd	33,148	Joan	45,351
61	Lloyd	33,121	Joyce	44,171
62	Ray	32,042	Nancy	43,807
63	Frederick	31,514	Katherine	42,734
64	Theodore	31,284	Gertrude	42,448
65	Clifford	31,243	Elsie	42,088
66	Vernon	29,430	Julia	40,324
67	Herman	29,008	Agnes	39,216
68	Clyde	28,950	Wilma	39,123
69	Chester	28,430	Marian	38,966
70	Philip	27,265	Bertha	38,566
71	Alvin	26,869	Eva	38,040
72	Lester	26,505	Willie	37,809
73	Wayne	26,397	Audrey	37,548
74	Vincent	26,238	Theresa	36,661
75	Gordon	25,619	Vivian	36,567
76	Leon	25,574	Wanda	36,003
77	Lewis	25,328	Laura	35,988
78	Charlie	25,170	Charlotte	35,749
79	Glenn	25,150	Ida	35,611
80	Calvin	24,783	Elaine	34,904
81	Martin	24,240	Anne	34,507
82	Milton	24,203	Marilyn	34,203
83	Lee	23,555	Kathryn	33,790
84	Jesse	23,168	Maxine	33,741
85	Dale	22,750	Kathleen	33,594
86	Cecil	22,524	Viola	33,248
87	Bill	22,289	Pearl	32,771
88	Harvey	21,786	Vera	32,540
89	Roger	21,750	Bessie	32,154
90	Victor	21,498	Myrtle	30,565
91	Benjamin	21,024	Alma	30,435
92	Wallace	20,914	Beverly	30,202
93	Ronald	20,901	Violet	30,017
94	Sam	20,835	Nellie	29,684
95	Allen	20,087	Ella	29,517
96	Arnold	19,530	Lillie	29,377
97	Willard	18,437	Jessie	29,286
98	Gilbert	18,231	Jeanne	29,114
99	Edgar	18,038	Eileen	28,586
100	Oscar	17,735	Ellen	28,389
101	Gene	17,578	Lucy	27,425
102	Jerry	17,453	Minnie	26,902
103	Douglas	17,302	Sylvia	26,841
104	Johnnie	17,293	Donna	26,154
105	Claude	16,999	Leona	26,030
106	Don	16,940	Rosemary	25,954
107	Eddie	16,924	Stella	25,898
108	Roland	16,880	Mattie	25,516
109	Everett	16,472	Margie	25,494
110	Maurice	16,154	Genevieve	24,778
111	Curtis	16,133	Mabel	24,520
112	Marion	16,031	Janet	23,975
113	Virgil	15,985	Geneva	23,273
114	Wilbur	15,712	Georgia	23,225
115	Manuel	15,660	Bonnie	23,170
116	Stephen	15,552	Carol	22,977
117	Jerome	15,453	Velma	22,873
118	Homer	15,144	Lena	22,840
119	Leslie	15,064	Carolyn	22,775
120	Glen	14,964	Mae	22,755
121	Jessie	14,795	Jennie	22,585
122	Hubert	14,697	Maria	22,575
123	Jose	14,441	Christine	22,336
124	Jimmie	14,354	Arlene	21,962
125	Sidney	14,201	Peggy	21,867
126	Morris	14,139	Marguerite	21,781
127	Hugh	14,107	Opal	21,534
128	Max	14,082	Sara	21,103
129	Bobby	13,877	Loretta	21,069
130	Bob	13,692	Harriet	20,872
131	Nicholas	13,609	Rosa	20,786
132	Luther	13,196	Muriel	20,474
133	Bruce	13,177	Eunice	20,171
134	Junior	12,926	Jeanette	19,781
135	Wesley	12,859	Blanche	19,618
136	Rudolph	12,559	Carrie	19,124
137	Alexander	12,538	Emily	18,746
138	Franklin	12,510	Beulah	18,627
139	Tom	11,924	Billie	18,472
140	Irving	11,894	Dora	18,330
141	Horace	11,777	Roberta	18,218
142	Willis	11,699	Hilda	18,189
143	Patrick	11,463	Naomi	18,182
144	Steve	11,346	Anita	18,053
145	Johnny	11,343	Jacqueline	17,881
146	Dean	11,153	Alberta	17,863
147	Julius	10,978	Inez	17,592
148	Keith	10,918	Delores	16,461
149	Oliver	10,897	Fannie	16,451
150	Earnest	10,866	Hattie	16,367
151	Ben	10,610	Lula	16,313
152	Jim	10,565	Verna	16,264
153	Tony	10,396	Cora	16,159
154	Edmund	10,206	Constance	15,570
155	Lyle	10,163	Madeline	15,555
156	Guy	9,874	Miriam	15,501
157	Salvatore	9,848	Ada	15,126
158	Orville	9,719	Claire	14,991
159	Delbert	9,677	Mamie	14,809
160	Billie	9,549	Lola	14,653
161	Phillip	9,523	Rosie	14,288
162	Clayton	9,409	Erma	14,259
163	Otis	9,352	Rachel	14,198
164	Archie	9,292	Mable	14,007
165	Alex	9,178	Flora	13,960
166	Angelo	9,130	Daisy	13,662
167	Mike	9,075	Sally	13,472
168	Jacob	9,045	Marcella	13,396
169	Clifton	8,732	Bette	13,270
170	Bennie	8,597	Olga	12,786
171	Duane	8,567	Caroline	12,693
172	Matthew	8,567	Laverne	12,643
173	Clinton	8,440	Sophie	12,548
174	Dennis	8,149	Nora	12,301
175	Wilbert	8,112	Rebecca	12,281
176	Dan	8,099	Estelle	12,276
177	Jay	8,053	Irma	12,233
178	Marshall	8,039	Susie	12,175
179	Leland	8,022	Eula	12,159
180	Merle	7,966	Winifred	12,082
181	Ira	7,909	Eloise	11,922
182	Nathaniel	7,793	Janice	11,810
183	Ivan	7,625	Maggie	11,694
184	Ervin	7,593	Antoinette	11,575
185	Jimmy	7,331	Nina	11,327
186	Irvin	7,246	Rosalie	11,297
187	Alton	7,244	Imogene	11,294
188	Lowell	7,235	Lorene	11,243
189	Dewey	7,223	Olive	10,890
190	Larry	7,219	Sadie	10,846
191	Emil	7,170	Regina	10,674
192	Antonio	7,139	Victoria	10,548
193	Wilfred	7,133	Henrietta	10,451
194	Elbert	7,079	Della	10,364
195	Juan	7,041	Bettie	10,333
196	Alan	7,012	Lila	10,300
197	Allan	6,986	Fern	10,253
198	Lonnie	6,976	Faye	10,232
199	Nelson	6,929	Johnnie	10,063
200	Forrest	6,908	Jeannette	9,990
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2013. See the limitations of this data source.