Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1915

John and Mary topped the list in 1915. The 10 most popular names went to 30% of boys and 23% of girls, from 4,388 boy names and 4,965 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1915

  1. John 47,576
  2. William 38,563
  3. James 33,773
  4. Robert 28,737
  5. Joseph 23,051
  6. George 22,307
  7. Charles 21,960
  8. Edward 15,889
  9. Frank 15,006
  10. Thomas 11,490
  11. Walter 11,255
  12. Harold 10,444
  13. Paul 10,328
  14. Henry 10,138
  15. Richard 9,143
  16. Raymond 8,981
  17. Albert 8,825
  18. Arthur 8,564
  19. Harry 8,470
  20. Donald 7,116
  21. Ralph 6,816
  22. Carl 6,613
  23. Louis 6,518
  24. Clarence 6,267
  25. Howard 6,103
  26. Fred 5,778
  27. Jack 5,749
  28. Kenneth 5,681
  29. Francis 5,594
  30. Willie 5,434
  31. David 5,394
  32. Roy 5,052
  33. Earl 4,908
  34. Stanley 4,807
  35. Ernest 4,787
  36. Anthony 4,722
  37. Lawrence 4,688
  38. Joe 4,648
  39. Samuel 4,351
  40. Herbert 4,341
  41. Eugene 4,321
  42. Alfred 4,231
  43. Michael 4,079
  44. Leonard 3,993
  45. Elmer 3,802
  46. Andrew 3,573
  47. Leo 3,527
  48. Bernard 3,302
  49. Peter 3,302
  50. Norman 3,262
  51. Russell 3,250
  52. Frederick 3,159
  53. Edwin 3,151
  54. Chester 3,043
  55. Daniel 3,002
  56. Herman 2,983
  57. Lester 2,943
  58. Willard 2,889
  59. Floyd 2,824
  60. Melvin 2,780
  61. Clifford 2,741
  62. Lloyd 2,653
  63. Clyde 2,518
  64. Theodore 2,504
  65. Vincent 2,491
  66. Leroy 2,450
  67. Ray 2,365
  68. Sam 2,339
  69. Philip 2,328
  70. Lewis 2,307
  71. Benjamin 2,241
  72. Marvin 2,227
  73. Milton 2,225
  74. Victor 2,211
  75. Charlie 2,193
  76. Cecil 2,181
  77. Jesse 2,111
  78. Gerald 2,085
  79. Martin 2,070
  80. Vernon 2,060
  81. Alvin 2,006
  82. Leon 1,977
  83. Woodrow 1,966
  84. Lee 1,916
  85. Edgar 1,895
  86. Stephen 1,850
  87. Glenn 1,842
  88. Oscar 1,788
  89. Everett 1,731
  90. Gordon 1,717
  91. Arnold 1,691
  92. Wilbur 1,685
  93. Morris 1,660
  94. Sidney 1,615
  95. Harvey 1,613
  96. Claude 1,605
  97. Wayne 1,517
  98. Homer 1,487
  99. Allen 1,458
  100. Gilbert 1,452

Top girl names of 1915

  1. Mary 58,187
  2. Helen 30,866
  3. Dorothy 25,154
  4. Margaret 23,054
  5. Ruth 21,878
  6. Mildred 15,254
  7. Anna 15,119
  8. Elizabeth 14,103
  9. Frances 12,786
  10. Evelyn 11,595
  11. Marie 11,363
  12. Virginia 10,952
  13. Alice 10,525
  14. Florence 10,105
  15. Lillian 9,546
  16. Rose 9,375
  17. Irene 8,323
  18. Louise 8,313
  19. Catherine 8,181
  20. Edna 8,144
  21. Gladys 7,857
  22. Josephine 7,606
  23. Ethel 7,379
  24. Ruby 7,237
  25. Martha 7,216
  26. Hazel 7,092
  27. Grace 7,044
  28. Eleanor 7,036
  29. Lucille 7,006
  30. Thelma 6,762
  31. Edith 6,761
  32. Pauline 6,334
  33. Esther 6,321
  34. Doris 6,292
  35. Gertrude 6,077
  36. Annie 5,936
  37. Beatrice 5,342
  38. Clara 5,285
  39. Marjorie 5,119
  40. Emma 5,044
  41. Elsie 4,967
  42. Bernice 4,937
  43. Ann 4,895
  44. Julia 4,831
  45. Agnes 4,795
  46. Bertha 4,785
  47. Lois 4,775
  48. Jean 4,603
  49. Katherine 4,488
  50. Marion 4,456
  51. Sarah 4,415
  52. Anne 4,333
  53. Betty 4,181
  54. Ida 4,125
  55. Eva 4,079
  56. Pearl 3,976
  57. Bessie 3,888
  58. Myrtle 3,865
  59. Viola 3,855
  60. Kathryn 3,778
  61. Laura 3,723
  62. Mabel 3,683
  63. Nellie 3,679
  64. Stella 3,657
  65. Vera 3,460
  66. Jessie 3,356
  67. Sylvia 3,284
  68. Minnie 3,270
  69. Jane 3,264
  70. Alma 3,248
  71. Rita 3,063
  72. Willie 3,041
  73. Jennie 3,015
  74. Leona 2,972
  75. Ella 2,954
  76. Genevieve 2,928
  77. Lena 2,927
  78. Vivian 2,857
  79. Lucy 2,814
  80. Wilma 2,773
  81. Charlotte 2,757
  82. Violet 2,752
  83. Barbara 2,704
  84. Lillie 2,687
  85. Marguerite 2,687
  86. Marian 2,612
  87. Blanche 2,590
  88. Ellen 2,581
  89. Mae 2,486
  90. Opal 2,482
  91. Mattie 2,434
  92. Juanita 2,398
  93. Theresa 2,309
  94. Velma 2,287
  95. Beulah 2,268
  96. June 2,139
  97. Sophie 2,112
  98. Maxine 2,110
  99. Emily 2,091
  100. Phyllis 2,088

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1915?
John was the #1 boy name in 1915 (47,576 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (58,187 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1915?
Social Security records list 1,832,427 babies born in 1915 with names given to at least 5 babies: 848,575 boys and 983,852 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.