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 6,948,501 male births and 8,509,863 female births.

**Popular names of the 1910s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	John	376,322	Mary	478,643
2	William	303,026	Helen	248,155
3	James	275,077	Dorothy	207,478
4	Robert	239,190	Margaret	189,233
5	Joseph	179,300	Ruth	173,680
6	George	176,614	Mildred	123,996
7	Charles	173,540	Anna	119,000
8	Edward	125,722	Elizabeth	116,810
9	Frank	116,019	Frances	105,600
10	Thomas	91,619	Virginia	94,321
11	Walter	89,147	Marie	92,084
12	Harold	79,723	Evelyn	91,488
13	Henry	79,670	Alice	85,866
14	Paul	78,217	Florence	81,464
15	Richard	74,605	Lillian	75,913
16	Raymond	71,821	Rose	74,689
17	Albert	68,208	Irene	68,968
18	Arthur	67,477	Louise	67,972
19	Harry	65,873	Edna	66,897
20	Donald	57,004	Catherine	65,821
21	Ralph	52,526	Gladys	65,813
22	Louis	50,601	Ethel	63,663
23	Jack	49,528	Josephine	61,356
24	Clarence	49,195	Ruby	60,307
25	Carl	48,454	Martha	59,508
26	Willie	47,690	Grace	57,974
27	Howard	46,599	Hazel	57,068
28	Fred	44,345	Thelma	57,011
29	David	43,859	Lucille	56,145
30	Kenneth	43,250	Edith	56,058
31	Francis	41,053	Eleanor	54,162
32	Roy	40,338	Doris	53,249
33	Earl	40,276	Annie	52,302
34	Joe	38,250	Pauline	50,075
35	Ernest	37,133	Gertrude	49,565
36	Lawrence	36,354	Esther	49,212
37	Stanley	35,908	Betty	44,894
38	Anthony	35,627	Beatrice	44,514
39	Eugene	35,160	Marjorie	44,449
40	Samuel	34,167	Clara	44,346
41	Herbert	33,859	Emma	41,819
42	Alfred	32,635	Bernice	40,344
43	Leonard	31,878	Bertha	40,120
44	Michael	30,864	Ann	39,506
45	Elmer	28,599	Jean	39,282
46	Andrew	28,152	Elsie	39,274
47	Leo	26,656	Agnes	39,256
48	Bernard	25,629	Julia	39,256
49	Norman	25,033	Lois	38,181
50	Peter	24,937	Sarah	38,118
51	Russell	24,843	Marion	37,974
52	Daniel	23,979	Katherine	36,885
53	Edwin	23,697	Eva	34,909
54	Frederick	23,544	Ida	34,791
55	Chester	23,499	Bessie	33,860
56	Herman	22,598	Pearl	33,834
57	Lloyd	21,741	Anne	33,478
58	Melvin	21,740	Viola	33,076
59	Lester	21,509	Myrtle	32,432
60	Floyd	21,472	Nellie	30,878
61	Leroy	21,276	Mabel	30,782
62	Theodore	21,107	Laura	30,549
63	Clifford	20,885	Kathryn	29,236
64	Clyde	19,865	Stella	28,525
65	Charlie	19,834	Vera	28,289
66	Sam	18,544	Willie	28,178
67	Woodrow	18,355	Jessie	27,833
68	Vincent	18,285	Jane	27,740
69	Philip	18,166	Alma	27,515
70	Marvin	17,821	Minnie	27,486
71	Ray	17,792	Sylvia	25,655
72	Lewis	17,788	Ella	24,911
73	Milton	17,521	Lillie	24,650
74	Benjamin	17,310	Rita	23,852
75	Victor	17,156	Leona	23,825
76	Vernon	16,967	Barbara	23,706
77	Gerald	16,523	Vivian	23,633
78	Jesse	16,293	Lena	23,624
79	Martin	16,097	Violet	23,157
80	Cecil	15,986	Lucy	23,116
81	Alvin	15,498	Jennie	23,068
82	Lee	15,381	Genevieve	22,830
83	Willard	15,364	Marguerite	22,659
84	Leon	15,279	Charlotte	22,550
85	Oscar	14,869	Mattie	22,243
86	Glenn	14,303	Marian	22,159
87	Edgar	14,080	Blanche	21,977
88	Gordon	13,641	Mae	21,530
89	Stephen	13,502	Ellen	21,500
90	Harvey	13,304	Wilma	21,383
91	Sidney	12,794	Juanita	20,878
92	Claude	12,792	Opal	20,386
93	Everett	12,748	June	19,244
94	Arnold	12,586	Geraldine	18,990
95	Morris	12,485	Beulah	18,874
96	Wilbur	12,411	Velma	18,630
97	Warren	12,013	Theresa	18,348
98	Wayne	11,573	Carrie	18,067
99	Allen	11,495	Phyllis	17,884
100	Homer	11,471	Maxine	17,800
101	Maurice	11,430	Nancy	17,285
102	Alexander	11,352	Emily	17,070
103	Max	10,860	Georgia	16,671
104	Virgil	10,858	Fannie	16,632
105	Gilbert	10,791	Kathleen	16,591
106	Irving	10,738	Hattie	16,416
107	Leslie	10,630	Inez	16,342
108	Eddie	10,507	Sophie	16,179
109	Johnnie	10,425	Rosa	15,975
110	Nicholas	10,233	Lorraine	15,729
111	Hugh	10,200	Hilda	15,674
112	Julius	10,193	Harriet	15,597
113	Jessie	10,169	Norma	15,502
114	Marion	10,156	Eunice	15,474
115	Luther	9,762	Sara	15,409
116	Steve	9,638	Cora	15,316
117	Hubert	9,600	Ada	15,234
118	Ben	9,539	Geneva	15,043
119	Curtis	8,912	Alberta	14,575
120	Roland	8,799	Loretta	14,570
121	Jacob	8,685	Mamie	14,550
122	Wallace	8,681	Christine	14,094
123	Oliver	8,657	Dora	14,012
124	Glen	8,544	Lula	13,930
125	Horace	8,489	Estelle	13,807
126	Roger	8,409	Verna	13,214
127	Manuel	8,371	Audrey	13,139
128	Dale	8,218	Madeline	13,042
129	Franklin	8,005	Shirley	12,743
130	Mike	7,942	Eileen	12,706
131	Orville	7,901	Daisy	12,472
132	Alex	7,871	Sadie	12,388
133	Tom	7,621	Olive	12,355
134	Wesley	7,603	Naomi	12,029
135	Tony	7,495	Lola	11,765
136	Edmund	7,423	Flora	11,761
137	Jerome	7,405	Lucile	11,738
138	Willis	7,339	Olga	11,733
139	Nathan	7,132	Mable	11,718
140	Otis	6,963	Muriel	11,701
141	Archie	6,933	Susie	11,561
142	Douglas	6,909	Maggie	11,485
143	Earnest	6,857	Maria	11,329
144	Rudolph	6,857	Jeanette	11,134
145	Wilson	6,835	Nora	11,063
146	Emil	6,701	Miriam	11,047
147	Guy	6,624	Erma	10,954
148	Bill	6,599	Dolores	10,781
149	Jerry	6,486	Victoria	10,766
150	Matthew	6,228	Wanda	10,735
151	Patrick	6,122	Janet	10,714
152	Ira	6,115	Lottie	10,651
153	Clifton	6,104	Caroline	10,589
154	Angelo	6,047	Rachel	10,481
155	Abraham	6,040	Irma	10,460
156	Salvatore	5,977	Henrietta	10,400
157	Jose	5,899	Roberta	10,370
158	Jim	5,764	Winifred	10,255
159	Jimmie	5,736	Eula	9,851
160	Calvin	5,712	Patricia	9,707
161	Don	5,682	Rosie	9,565
162	Lyle	5,656	Anita	9,555
163	Bennie	5,647	Rebecca	9,474
164	Clayton	5,641	Della	9,450
165	Marshall	5,585	Nettie	9,332
166	Bruce	5,577	Sally	9,300
167	Otto	5,552	Fern	9,250
168	Sylvester	5,420	Lydia	9,025
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	5,011	Goldie	8,563
176	Elbert	4,990	Katie	8,419
177	Wilfred	4,976	Bonnie	8,336
178	Isaac	4,952	Antoinette	8,217
179	Ivan	4,932	May	8,096
180	Felix	4,928	Marcella	8,080
181	Rufus	4,901	Lorene	8,034
182	August	4,870	Essie	7,999
183	Forrest	4,860	Arlene	7,781
184	Nathaniel	4,795	Ollie	7,759
185	Dan	4,737	Dorothea	7,750
186	Nelson	4,731	Jeannette	7,719
187	Karl	4,695	Veronica	7,693
188	Nick	4,683	Effie	7,683
189	Julian	4,651	Isabel	7,668
190	Merle	4,644	Freda	7,453
191	Aaron	4,570	Regina	7,389
192	Lonnie	4,536	Sallie	7,378
193	Adolph	4,523	Cleo	7,369
194	Adam	4,480	Ora	7,259
195	Jay	4,455	Isabelle	7,255
196	Ellis	4,433	Rosemary	7,079
197	Alton	4,417	Addie	7,077
198	Leland	4,381	Eloise	7,069
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 2016. See the limitations of this data source.