Most Popular Baby Names in 1921

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
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

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 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