Year rank 1920

Names picked for kids in 1920

For a girl

1. mary

70983

2. dorothy

36643

3. helen

35097

4. margaret

27994

5. ruth

26102

6. mildred

18060

7. virginia

17314

8. elizabeth

15908

9. frances

15883

10. anna

14581

11. betty

14016

12. evelyn

13838

13. marie

12743

14. doris

11892

15. alice

11596

16. florence

10731

17. irene

10072

18. lillian

10049

19. louise

9179

20. rose

9011

21. catherine

8878

22. gladys

8819

23. martha

8709

24. marjorie

8658

25. eleanor

8497

26. ruby

8336

27. edna

8331

28. josephine

8093

29. lucille

7989

30. ethel

7868

31. thelma

7814

32. edith

7773

33. jean

7714

34. hazel

7308

35. annie

7269

36. pauline

7180

37. grace

7172

38. lois

6560

39. esther

6068

40. bernice

5928

41. beatrice

5804

42. gertrude

5797

43. marion

5745

44. clara

5470

45. katherine

5276

46. emma

5238

47. barbara

5106

48. jane

5054

49. ann

5041

50. sarah

5031

51. elsie

4993

52. rita

4979

53. june

4911

54. agnes

4907

55. julia

4889

56. shirley

4713

57. bertha

4604

58. eva

4498

59. viola

4292

60. geraldine

4265

61. juanita

4238

62. pearl

4204

63. laura

4171

64. vivian

4128

65. anne

4114

66. ida

4090

67. kathryn

4082

68. myrtle

3955

69. norma

3949

70. lorraine

3928

71. bessie

3906

72. phyllis

3852

73. marian

3845

74. willie

3816

75. vera

3785

76. nellie

3762

77. violet

3694

78. wilma

3670

79. charlotte

3624

80. alma

3584

81. maxine

3507

82. stella

3492

83. mabel

3364

84. jessie

3329

85. sylvia

3317

86. genevieve

3258

87. minnie

3244

88. ella

3232

89. leona

3166

90. lillie

3162

91. kathleen

3158

92. ellen

3076

93. marguerite

3055

94. lucy

3018

95. nancy

2982

96. mattie

2902

97. jennie

2808

98. lena

2785

99. mae

2730

100. eileen

2718

For a boy

1. john

56913

2. william

50146

3. robert

48679

4. james

47908

5. charles

28309

6. george

26891

7. joseph

25587

8. edward

20097

9. frank

16430

10. richard

15010

11. thomas

14936

12. harold

13678

13. walter

13294

14. paul

12570

15. raymond

12193

16. donald

11941

17. henry

11305

18. arthur

10236

19. albert

9997

20. jack

9599

21. harry

9406

22. ralph

8556

23. kenneth

7840

24. howard

7466

25. david

7444

26. clarence

7221

27. carl

7010

28. louis

6966

29. willie

6888

30. eugene

6866

31. earl

6533

32. roy

6355

33. fred

6298

34. francis

6241

35. joe

6071

36. lawrence

5727

37. ernest

5566

38. leonard

5512

39. warren

5492

40. stanley

5314

41. herbert

5249

42. alfred

5006

43. anthony

4944

44. samuel

4654

45. elmer

4206

46. bernard

4163

47. norman

4109

48. leo

4054

49. andrew

4026

50. michael

4003

51. russell

3901

52. daniel

3897

53. edwin

3734

54. melvin

3717

55. chester

3698

56. leroy

3549

57. peter

3497

58. lloyd

3454

59. clifford

3291

60. frederick

3275

61. floyd

3260

62. marvin

3244

63. theodore

3219

64. gerald

3157

65. vernon

3144

66. herman

3109

67. ray

3086

68. lester

3068

69. clyde

3068

70. charlie

2785

71. philip

2700

72. lewis

2688

73. vincent

2661

74. milton

2592

75. leon

2554

76. alvin

2523

77. cecil

2459

78. martin

2439

79. jesse

2420

80. glenn

2375

81. victor

2349

82. lee

2321

83. benjamin

2309

84. sam

2283

85. gordon

2277

86. wayne

2180

87. harvey

2165

88. willard

2089

89. edgar

2029

90. oscar

2006

91. arnold

1911

92. claude

1893

93. wallace

1877

94. allen

1866

95. everett

1827

96. stephen

1771

97. gilbert

1763

98. wilbur

1741

99. johnnie

1727

100. homer

1722