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Top baby names of the 1920s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1920 and 1929, 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 Robert 576,375
  2. 2 John 564,051
  3. 3 James 515,302
  4. 4 William 512,402
  5. 5 Charles 298,031
  6. 6 George 261,946
  7. 7 Joseph 243,809
  8. 8 Richard 222,598
  9. 9 Edward 197,347
  10. 10 Donald 191,817
  11. 11 Thomas 161,109
  12. 12 Frank 151,830
  13. 13 Harold 133,585
  14. 14 Paul 132,384
  15. 15 Raymond 124,213
  16. 16 Walter 119,809
  17. 17 Jack 115,983
  18. 18 Henry 104,552
  19. 19 Kenneth 99,490
  20. 20 Arthur 97,112
  21. 21 Albert 94,432
  22. 22 David 88,737
  23. 23 Harry 86,183
  24. 24 Eugene 84,755
  25. 25 Ralph 84,466
  26. 26 Howard 70,348
  27. 27 Carl 69,851
  28. 28 Willie 67,993
  29. 29 Louis 67,693
  30. 30 Clarence 66,574
  31. 31 Earl 63,602
  32. 32 Roy 63,259
  33. 33 Fred 62,743
  34. 34 Joe 62,676
  35. 35 Francis 59,096
  36. 36 Lawrence 56,867
  37. 37 Herbert 56,531
  38. 38 Leonard 53,793
  39. 39 Ernest 53,653
  40. 40 Alfred 50,156
  41. 41 Anthony 50,054
  42. 42 Stanley 49,456
  43. 43 Norman 49,364
  44. 44 Gerald 44,521
  45. 45 Daniel 43,407
  46. 46 Samuel 43,362
  47. 47 Bernard 42,410
  48. 48 Billy 42,096
  49. 49 Melvin 40,583
  50. 50 Marvin 39,589

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Mary 701,756
  2. 2 Dorothy 368,876
  3. 3 Helen 290,403
  4. 4 Betty 283,097
  5. 5 Margaret 245,010
  6. 6 Ruth 218,521
  7. 7 Virginia 169,554
  8. 8 Doris 151,192
  9. 9 Mildred 147,155
  10. 10 Frances 140,391
  11. 11 Elizabeth 139,672
  12. 12 Evelyn 124,166
  13. 13 Anna 123,894
  14. 14 Marie 110,564
  15. 15 Alice 110,526
  16. 16 Jean 105,999
  17. 17 Shirley 98,601
  18. 18 Barbara 97,210
  19. 19 Irene 92,836
  20. 20 Marjorie 91,221
  21. 21 Florence 88,295
  22. 22 Lois 88,133
  23. 23 Martha 86,788
  24. 24 Rose 85,305
  25. 25 Lillian 83,159
  26. 26 Louise 82,895
  27. 27 Catherine 78,881
  28. 28 Ruby 76,737
  29. 29 Eleanor 74,760
  30. 30 Patricia 74,732
  31. 31 Gladys 72,561
  32. 32 Annie 69,468
  33. 33 Josephine 69,223
  34. 34 Thelma 68,767
  35. 35 Edna 68,629
  36. 36 Norma 65,241
  37. 37 Pauline 64,075
  38. 38 Lucille 63,883
  39. 39 Edith 62,989
  40. 40 Gloria 62,859
  41. 41 Ethel 62,806
  42. 42 Phyllis 61,871
  43. 43 Grace 60,060
  44. 44 Hazel 58,984
  45. 45 June 56,483
  46. 46 Bernice 55,842
  47. 47 Marion 55,178
  48. 48 Dolores 51,988
  49. 49 Rita 50,587
  50. 50 Lorraine 49,939