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Top baby names of the 1910s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1910 and 1919, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 John 376,312
  2. 2 William 303,018
  3. 3 James 275,070
  4. 4 Robert 239,185
  5. 5 Joseph 179,300
  6. 6 George 176,609
  7. 7 Charles 173,534
  8. 8 Edward 125,720
  9. 9 Frank 116,017
  10. 10 Thomas 91,619
  11. 11 Walter 89,145
  12. 12 Harold 79,721
  13. 13 Henry 79,667
  14. 14 Paul 78,216
  15. 15 Richard 74,603
  16. 16 Raymond 71,820
  17. 17 Albert 68,207
  18. 18 Arthur 67,478
  19. 19 Harry 65,874
  20. 20 Donald 57,002
  21. 21 Ralph 52,522
  22. 22 Louis 50,600
  23. 23 Jack 49,526
  24. 24 Clarence 49,196
  25. 25 Carl 48,454
  26. 26 Willie 47,690
  27. 27 Howard 46,596
  28. 28 Fred 44,345
  29. 29 David 43,853
  30. 30 Kenneth 43,248
  31. 31 Francis 41,053
  32. 32 Roy 40,340
  33. 33 Earl 40,273
  34. 34 Joe 38,250
  35. 35 Ernest 37,134
  36. 36 Lawrence 36,354
  37. 37 Stanley 35,908
  38. 38 Anthony 35,627
  39. 39 Eugene 35,160
  40. 40 Samuel 34,166
  41. 41 Herbert 33,860
  42. 42 Alfred 32,635
  43. 43 Leonard 31,878
  44. 44 Michael 30,859
  45. 45 Elmer 28,600
  46. 46 Andrew 28,152
  47. 47 Leo 26,656
  48. 48 Bernard 25,628
  49. 49 Norman 25,033
  50. 50 Peter 24,935

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Mary 478,636
  2. 2 Helen 248,154
  3. 3 Dorothy 207,475
  4. 4 Margaret 189,234
  5. 5 Ruth 173,675
  6. 6 Mildred 123,998
  7. 7 Anna 118,998
  8. 8 Elizabeth 116,811
  9. 9 Frances 105,599
  10. 10 Virginia 94,322
  11. 11 Marie 92,086
  12. 12 Evelyn 91,492
  13. 13 Alice 85,866
  14. 14 Florence 81,465
  15. 15 Lillian 75,914
  16. 16 Rose 74,690
  17. 17 Irene 68,968
  18. 18 Louise 67,973
  19. 19 Edna 66,897
  20. 20 Catherine 65,823
  21. 21 Gladys 65,812
  22. 22 Ethel 63,662
  23. 23 Josephine 61,355
  24. 24 Ruby 60,308
  25. 25 Martha 59,509
  26. 26 Grace 57,973
  27. 27 Hazel 57,068
  28. 28 Thelma 57,011
  29. 29 Lucille 56,147
  30. 30 Edith 56,059
  31. 31 Eleanor 54,163
  32. 32 Doris 53,249
  33. 33 Annie 52,301
  34. 34 Pauline 50,075
  35. 35 Gertrude 49,565
  36. 36 Esther 49,212
  37. 37 Betty 44,894
  38. 38 Beatrice 44,515
  39. 39 Marjorie 44,452
  40. 40 Clara 44,346
  41. 41 Emma 41,819
  42. 42 Bernice 40,346
  43. 43 Bertha 40,120
  44. 44 Ann 39,506
  45. 45 Jean 39,284
  46. 46 Elsie 39,274
  47. 47 Julia 39,259
  48. 48 Agnes 39,255
  49. 49 Lois 38,179
  50. 50 Sarah 38,120