1921
Top Baby Names of 1921
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1921
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Mary 73,984 2
Dorothy 39,087 3
Helen 34,822 4
Margaret 28,468 5
Ruth 25,783 6
Virginia 19,032 7
Mildred 17,880 8
Betty 17,638 9
Frances 15,993 10
Elizabeth 15,800 11
Anna 14,476 12
Evelyn 14,278 13
Doris 13,152 14
Marie 12,501 15
Alice 11,955 16
Marjorie 11,209 17
Florence 10,720 18
Irene 10,624 19
Lillian 9,770 20
Rose 9,352 21
Martha 9,264 22
Louise 9,180 23
Catherine 8,887 24
Gladys 8,814 25
Jean 8,592 26
Ruby 8,333 27
Edna 8,302 28
Josephine 8,135 29
Eleanor 8,054 30
Thelma 7,839 31
Lucille 7,698 32
Ethel 7,603 33
Edith 7,589 34
Hazel 7,341 35
Grace 7,230 36
Annie 7,209 37
Pauline 7,142 38
Lois 6,899 39
Bernice 6,190 40
Barbara 6,013 41
Beatrice 5,968 42
Esther 5,926 43
Marion 5,814 44
Shirley 5,695 45
Clara 5,606 46
Gertrude 5,349 47
Jane 5,188 48
Rita 5,157 49
Katherine 5,156 50
June 5,155 51
Norma 5,102 52
Emma 5,072 53
Ann 5,058 54
Sarah 5,024 55
Elsie 4,879 56
Agnes 4,798 57
Juanita 4,779 58
Julia 4,737 59
Bertha 4,608 60
Phyllis 4,590 61
Lorraine 4,533 62
Geraldine 4,523 63
Eva 4,325 64
Kathryn 4,201 65
Pearl 4,175 66
Viola 4,160 67
Ida 4,146 68
Vivian 4,103 69
Marian 4,064 70
Anne 4,007 71
Laura 3,998 72
Wilma 3,824 73
Myrtle 3,791 74
Willie 3,748 75
Bessie 3,678 76
Vera 3,631 77
Maxine 3,630 78
Alma 3,589 79
Charlotte 3,587 80
Nellie 3,513 81
Violet 3,469 82
Audrey 3,434 83
Kathleen 3,419 84
Patricia 3,380 85
Mabel 3,336 86
Stella 3,335 87
Nancy 3,323 88
Sylvia 3,297 89
Ella 3,237 90
Genevieve 3,235 91
Jessie 3,225 92
Leona 3,210 93
Lucy 3,157 94
Lillie 3,118 95
Ellen 3,064 96
Minnie 2,998 97
Elaine 2,922 98
Marguerite 2,897 99
Jennie 2,889 100
Eileen 2,862 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1921
1
John 58,215 2
Robert 52,779 3
William 51,862 4
James 49,750 5
Charles 29,242 6
George 27,476 7
Joseph 26,182 8
Edward 20,817 9
Frank 16,705 10
Richard 16,376 11
Thomas 15,308 12
Harold 13,811 13
Donald 13,776 14
Paul 13,169 15
Walter 13,004 16
Raymond 12,645 17
Henry 11,411 18
Jack 10,757 19
Arthur 10,527 20
Albert 10,158 21
Harry 9,731 22
Kenneth 8,959 23
Ralph 8,860 24
Warren 7,798 25
David 7,765 26
Eugene 7,717 27
Howard 7,713 28
Clarence 7,332 29
Louis 7,247 30
Carl 7,077 31
Earl 6,754 32
Roy 6,545 33
Fred 6,496 34
Willie 6,491 35
Francis 6,293 36
Joe 6,204 37
Lawrence 5,977 38
Ernest 5,697 39
Leonard 5,650 40
Anthony 5,239 41
Stanley 5,231 42
Herbert 5,217 43
Alfred 4,925 44
Samuel 4,754 45
Bernard 4,485 46
Norman 4,479 47
Michael 4,198 48
Elmer 4,146 49
Daniel 4,087 50
Leo 4,066 51
Andrew 4,015 52
Russell 3,946 53
Melvin 3,887 54
Edwin 3,750 55
Leroy 3,749 56
Chester 3,549 57
Peter 3,548 58
Lloyd 3,536 59
Marvin 3,490 60
Gerald 3,382 61
Frederick 3,376 62
Clifford 3,262 63
Floyd 3,255 64
Herman 3,219 65
Theodore 3,172 66
Lester 3,076 67
Ray 3,075 68
Vernon 3,069 69
Clyde 3,022 70
Vincent 2,779 71
Lewis 2,712 72
Philip 2,703 73
Alvin 2,687 74
Leon 2,616 75
Milton 2,588 76
Charlie 2,574 77
Jesse 2,486 78
Martin 2,461 79
Cecil 2,456 80
Glenn 2,449 81
Wayne 2,417 82
Benjamin 2,412 83
Victor 2,407 84
Gordon 2,382 85
Sam 2,367 86
Lee 2,354 87
Harvey 2,287 88
Wallace 2,095 89
Willard 2,077 90
Edgar 2,014 91
Arnold 1,982 92
Oscar 1,978 93
Dale 1,956 94
Allen 1,937 95
Everett 1,913 96
Claude 1,887 97
Stephen 1,868 98
Virgil 1,830 99
Roger 1,803 100
Wilbur 1,755 About 1921 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1921, 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.