1920
Top Baby Names of 1920
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1920
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Mary 70,983 2
Dorothy 36,643 3
Helen 35,097 4
Margaret 27,994 5
Ruth 26,102 6
Mildred 18,060 7
Virginia 17,314 8
Elizabeth 15,908 9
Frances 15,883 10
Anna 14,581 11
Betty 14,016 12
Evelyn 13,838 13
Marie 12,743 14
Doris 11,892 15
Alice 11,596 16
Florence 10,731 17
Irene 10,072 18
Lillian 10,049 19
Louise 9,179 20
Rose 9,011 21
Catherine 8,878 22
Gladys 8,819 23
Martha 8,709 24
Marjorie 8,658 25
Eleanor 8,497 26
Ruby 8,336 27
Edna 8,331 28
Josephine 8,093 29
Lucille 7,989 30
Ethel 7,868 31
Thelma 7,814 32
Edith 7,773 33
Jean 7,714 34
Hazel 7,308 35
Annie 7,268 36
Pauline 7,180 37
Grace 7,172 38
Lois 6,560 39
Esther 6,068 40
Bernice 5,928 41
Beatrice 5,804 42
Gertrude 5,797 43
Marion 5,745 44
Clara 5,470 45
Katherine 5,276 46
Emma 5,238 47
Barbara 5,106 48
Jane 5,054 49
Ann 5,041 50
Sarah 5,031 51
Elsie 4,993 52
Rita 4,979 53
June 4,911 54
Agnes 4,907 55
Julia 4,889 56
Shirley 4,713 57
Bertha 4,604 58
Eva 4,498 59
Viola 4,292 60
Geraldine 4,265 61
Juanita 4,238 62
Pearl 4,204 63
Laura 4,171 64
Vivian 4,128 65
Anne 4,114 66
Ida 4,090 67
Kathryn 4,082 68
Myrtle 3,955 69
Norma 3,949 70
Lorraine 3,928 71
Bessie 3,906 72
Phyllis 3,852 73
Marian 3,845 74
Willie 3,816 75
Vera 3,785 76
Nellie 3,762 77
Violet 3,694 78
Wilma 3,670 79
Charlotte 3,624 80
Alma 3,584 81
Maxine 3,507 82
Stella 3,492 83
Mabel 3,364 84
Jessie 3,329 85
Sylvia 3,317 86
Genevieve 3,258 87
Minnie 3,244 88
Ella 3,232 89
Leona 3,166 90
Lillie 3,162 91
Kathleen 3,158 92
Ellen 3,076 93
Marguerite 3,055 94
Lucy 3,018 95
Nancy 2,982 96
Mattie 2,902 97
Jennie 2,808 98
Lena 2,785 99
Mae 2,730 100
Eileen 2,718 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1920
1
John 56,913 2
William 50,146 3
Robert 48,679 4
James 47,908 5
Charles 28,309 6
George 26,891 7
Joseph 25,587 8
Edward 20,097 9
Frank 16,430 10
Richard 15,010 11
Thomas 14,936 12
Harold 13,678 13
Walter 13,294 14
Paul 12,570 15
Raymond 12,193 16
Donald 11,941 17
Henry 11,305 18
Arthur 10,236 19
Albert 9,997 20
Jack 9,599 21
Harry 9,406 22
Ralph 8,556 23
Kenneth 7,840 24
Howard 7,466 25
David 7,444 26
Clarence 7,221 27
Carl 7,010 28
Louis 6,966 29
Willie 6,887 30
Eugene 6,867 31
Earl 6,533 32
Roy 6,355 33
Fred 6,298 34
Francis 6,241 35
Joe 6,071 36
Lawrence 5,727 37
Ernest 5,566 38
Leonard 5,511 39
Warren 5,492 40
Stanley 5,314 41
Herbert 5,249 42
Alfred 5,006 43
Anthony 4,944 44
Samuel 4,654 45
Elmer 4,206 46
Bernard 4,163 47
Norman 4,109 48
Leo 4,054 49
Andrew 4,026 50
Michael 4,003 51
Russell 3,901 52
Daniel 3,897 53
Edwin 3,734 54
Melvin 3,717 55
Chester 3,698 56
Leroy 3,549 57
Peter 3,497 58
Lloyd 3,454 59
Clifford 3,291 60
Frederick 3,275 61
Floyd 3,260 62
Marvin 3,244 63
Theodore 3,219 64
Gerald 3,157 65
Vernon 3,144 66
Herman 3,109 67
Ray 3,086 68
Clyde 3,069 69
Lester 3,068 70
Charlie 2,785 71
Philip 2,700 72
Lewis 2,688 73
Vincent 2,661 74
Milton 2,592 75
Leon 2,554 76
Alvin 2,523 77
Cecil 2,459 78
Martin 2,439 79
Jesse 2,420 80
Glenn 2,375 81
Victor 2,349 82
Lee 2,321 83
Benjamin 2,309 84
Sam 2,283 85
Gordon 2,277 86
Wayne 2,180 87
Harvey 2,165 88
Willard 2,089 89
Edgar 2,029 90
Oscar 2,006 91
Arnold 1,911 92
Claude 1,893 93
Wallace 1,877 94
Allen 1,866 95
Everett 1,827 96
Stephen 1,771 97
Gilbert 1,763 98
Wilbur 1,741 99
Johnnie 1,727 100
Homer 1,722 About 1920 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1920, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.