Most Popular Baby Names in 1920

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
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

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 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