Most Popular Baby Names in 1918

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 56,558
2 William 45,291
3 James 42,115
4 Robert 40,619
5 Charles 26,921
6 George 26,318
7 Joseph 26,261
8 Edward 19,489
9 Frank 17,018
10 Thomas 13,910
11 Walter 13,338
12 Richard 12,323
13 Harold 12,185
14 Paul 11,755
15 Raymond 11,604
16 Henry 11,354
17 Arthur 10,105
18 Donald 9,972
19 Albert 9,935
20 Harry 9,896
21 Jack 8,341
22 Ralph 8,162
23 Clarence 7,187
24 Louis 7,082
25 Carl 7,003
26 Howard 6,928
27 Kenneth 6,809
28 David 6,627
29 Willie 6,537
30 Francis 6,347
31 Earl 6,321
32 Roy 6,211
33 Fred 6,182
34 Joe 5,805
35 Eugene 5,631
36 Stanley 5,618
37 Ernest 5,527
38 Lawrence 5,372
39 Anthony 5,168
40 Herbert 5,128
41 Leonard 4,980
42 Alfred 4,873
43 Samuel 4,772
44 Elmer 4,373
45 Michael 4,296
46 Andrew 4,138
47 Bernard 4,098
48 Leo 4,036
49 Norman 3,867
50 Russell 3,833

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 67,365
2 Helen 36,148
3 Dorothy 32,030
4 Margaret 27,139
5 Ruth 25,535
6 Mildred 17,258
7 Virginia 16,421
8 Frances 16,131
9 Elizabeth 15,853
10 Anna 15,666
11 Evelyn 13,493
12 Marie 12,589
13 Alice 11,590
14 Florence 11,318
15 Lillian 9,986
16 Irene 9,774
17 Rose 9,568
18 Louise 9,111
19 Doris 9,061
20 Catherine 8,842
21 Betty 8,803
22 Gladys 8,734
23 Edna 8,698
24 Josephine 8,682
25 Martha 8,342
26 Eleanor 8,176
27 Ruby 8,134
28 Ethel 8,075
29 Lucille 7,902
30 Edith 7,858
31 Grace 7,770
32 Thelma 7,740
33 Hazel 7,615
34 Marjorie 7,517
35 Pauline 7,222
36 Annie 6,743
37 Jean 6,600
38 Esther 6,574
39 Gertrude 6,264
40 Beatrice 5,907
41 Bernice 5,892
42 Lois 5,877
43 Clara 5,778
44 Ann 5,613
45 Marion 5,583
46 Emma 5,324
47 Agnes 5,291
48 Julia 5,268
49 Elsie 5,194
50 Katherine 5,191