Popular Baby Names in 1920
The most popular baby names in 1920.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 70,983 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 56,913 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 50,146 |
| 3 | Robert | Boy | 48,679 |
| 4 | James | Boy | 47,908 |
| 2 | Dorothy | Girl | 36,643 |
| 3 | Helen | Girl | 35,097 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 28,309 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 27,994 |
| 6 | George | Boy | 26,891 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 26,102 |
| 7 | Joseph | Boy | 25,587 |
| 8 | Edward | Boy | 20,097 |
| 6 | Mildred | Girl | 18,060 |
| 7 | Virginia | Girl | 17,314 |
| 9 | Frank | Boy | 16,430 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | Girl | 15,908 |
| 9 | Frances | Girl | 15,883 |
| 10 | Richard | Boy | 15,010 |
| 11 | Thomas | Boy | 14,936 |
| 10 | Anna | Girl | 14,581 |
| 11 | Betty | Girl | 14,016 |
| 12 | Evelyn | Girl | 13,838 |
| 12 | Harold | Boy | 13,678 |
| 13 | Walter | Boy | 13,294 |
| 13 | Marie | Girl | 12,743 |
| 14 | Paul | Boy | 12,570 |
| 15 | Raymond | Boy | 12,193 |
| 16 | Donald | Boy | 11,941 |
| 14 | Doris | Girl | 11,892 |
| 15 | Alice | Girl | 11,596 |
| 17 | Henry | Boy | 11,305 |
| 16 | Florence | Girl | 10,731 |
| 18 | Arthur | Boy | 10,236 |
| 17 | Irene | Girl | 10,072 |
| 18 | Lillian | Girl | 10,049 |
| 19 | Albert | Boy | 9,997 |
| 20 | Jack | Boy | 9,599 |
| 21 | Harry | Boy | 9,406 |
| 19 | Louise | Girl | 9,179 |
| 20 | Rose | Girl | 9,011 |
| 21 | Catherine | Girl | 8,878 |
| 22 | Gladys | Girl | 8,819 |
| 23 | Martha | Girl | 8,709 |
| 24 | Marjorie | Girl | 8,658 |
| 22 | Ralph | Boy | 8,556 |
| 25 | Eleanor | Girl | 8,497 |
| 26 | Ruby | Girl | 8,336 |
| 27 | Edna | Girl | 8,331 |
| 28 | Josephine | Girl | 8,093 |
| 29 | Lucille | Girl | 7,989 |
| 30 | Ethel | Girl | 7,868 |
| 23 | Kenneth | Boy | 7,840 |
| 31 | Thelma | Girl | 7,814 |
| 32 | Edith | Girl | 7,773 |
| 33 | Jean | Girl | 7,714 |
| 24 | Howard | Boy | 7,466 |
| 25 | David | Boy | 7,444 |
| 34 | Hazel | Girl | 7,308 |
| 35 | Annie | Girl | 7,268 |
| 26 | Clarence | Boy | 7,221 |
| 36 | Pauline | Girl | 7,180 |
| 37 | Grace | Girl | 7,172 |
| 27 | Carl | Boy | 7,010 |
| 28 | Louis | Boy | 6,966 |
| 29 | Willie | Boy | 6,887 |
| 30 | Eugene | Boy | 6,867 |
| 38 | Lois | Girl | 6,560 |
| 31 | Earl | Boy | 6,533 |
| 32 | Roy | Boy | 6,355 |
| 33 | Fred | Boy | 6,298 |
| 34 | Francis | Boy | 6,241 |
| 35 | Joe | Boy | 6,071 |
| 39 | Esther | Girl | 6,068 |
| 40 | Bernice | Girl | 5,928 |
| 41 | Beatrice | Girl | 5,804 |
| 42 | Gertrude | Girl | 5,797 |
| 43 | Marion | Girl | 5,745 |
| 36 | Lawrence | Boy | 5,727 |
| 37 | Ernest | Boy | 5,566 |
| 38 | Leonard | Boy | 5,511 |
| 39 | Warren | Boy | 5,492 |
| 44 | Clara | Girl | 5,470 |
| 40 | Stanley | Boy | 5,314 |
| 45 | Katherine | Girl | 5,276 |
| 41 | Herbert | Boy | 5,249 |
| 46 | Emma | Girl | 5,238 |
| 47 | Barbara | Girl | 5,106 |
| 48 | Jane | Girl | 5,054 |
| 49 | Ann | Girl | 5,041 |
| 50 | Sarah | Girl | 5,031 |
| 42 | Alfred | Boy | 5,006 |
| 51 | Elsie | Girl | 4,993 |
| 52 | Rita | Girl | 4,979 |
| 43 | Anthony | Boy | 4,944 |
| 53 | June | Girl | 4,911 |
| 54 | Agnes | Girl | 4,907 |
| 55 | Julia | Girl | 4,889 |
| 56 | Shirley | Girl | 4,713 |
| 44 | Samuel | Boy | 4,654 |