Most Popular Baby Names in 1922

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 57,281
2 Robert 53,796
3 William 51,112
4 James 49,803
5 Charles 28,839
6 George 27,350
7 Joseph 25,699
8 Edward 20,419
9 Richard 17,537
10 Frank 16,013
11 Thomas 15,261
12 Donald 14,913
13 Harold 13,593
14 Paul 12,922
15 Walter 12,631
16 Raymond 12,129
17 Henry 11,207
18 Jack 10,847
19 Arthur 10,114
20 Albert 9,896
21 Kenneth 9,258
22 Harry 9,077
23 Ralph 8,484
24 David 7,865
25 Eugene 7,849
26 Howard 7,296
27 Louis 7,095
28 Willie 6,904
29 Clarence 6,861
30 Carl 6,690
31 Earl 6,461
32 Roy 6,458
33 Fred 6,245
34 Francis 6,147
35 Joe 6,089
36 Lawrence 5,786
37 Ernest 5,503
38 Leonard 5,407
39 Anthony 5,091
40 Herbert 5,047
41 Stanley 5,045
42 Alfred 4,833
43 Samuel 4,600
44 Norman 4,527
45 Warren 4,484
46 Bernard 4,409
47 Daniel 4,285
48 Michael 3,990
49 Russell 3,965
50 Melvin 3,908

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 72,176
2 Dorothy 37,716
3 Helen 32,510
4 Margaret 26,862
5 Ruth 23,633
6 Betty 20,894
7 Virginia 19,144
8 Mildred 16,412
9 Elizabeth 15,243
10 Frances 15,054
11 Doris 13,798
12 Anna 13,408
13 Evelyn 13,319
14 Marie 11,912
15 Alice 11,277
16 Marjorie 10,385
17 Irene 10,173
18 Florence 10,036
19 Lillian 9,430
20 Jean 9,109
21 Martha 9,021
22 Louise 8,886
23 Rose 8,791
24 Catherine 8,537
25 Gladys 8,042
26 Ruby 8,003
27 Josephine 7,864
28 Eleanor 7,852
29 Edna 7,622
30 Annie 7,476
31 Thelma 7,254
32 Ethel 7,246
33 Lucille 7,151
34 Edith 7,136
35 Lois 6,946
36 Pauline 6,811
37 Hazel 6,757
38 Grace 6,743
39 Shirley 6,407
40 Barbara 6,272
41 Bernice 5,912
42 Marion 5,667
43 Beatrice 5,476
44 Esther 5,474
45 June 5,382
46 Norma 5,238
47 Clara 5,126
48 Gertrude 5,082
49 Ann 5,054
50 Emma 5,013