Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1921

John and Mary topped the list in 1921. The 10 most popular names went to 32% of boys and 23% of girls, from 4,983 boy names and 5,869 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1921

  1. John 58,216
  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 6,492
  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
  51. Andrew 4,015
  52. Russell 3,946
  53. Melvin 3,887
  54. Edwin 3,750
  55. Leroy 3,749
  56. Chester 3,549
  57. Peter 3,548
  58. Lloyd 3,536
  59. Marvin 3,490
  60. Gerald 3,382
  61. Frederick 3,376
  62. Clifford 3,262
  63. Floyd 3,255
  64. Herman 3,219
  65. Theodore 3,172
  66. Lester 3,076
  67. Ray 3,075
  68. Vernon 3,069
  69. Clyde 3,022
  70. Vincent 2,779
  71. Lewis 2,712
  72. Philip 2,703
  73. Alvin 2,686
  74. Leon 2,616
  75. Milton 2,588
  76. Charlie 2,574
  77. Jesse 2,486
  78. Martin 2,461
  79. Cecil 2,456
  80. Glenn 2,449
  81. Wayne 2,417
  82. Benjamin 2,412
  83. Victor 2,407
  84. Gordon 2,382
  85. Sam 2,367
  86. Lee 2,354
  87. Harvey 2,287
  88. Wallace 2,095
  89. Willard 2,077
  90. Edgar 2,014
  91. Arnold 1,982
  92. Oscar 1,978
  93. Dale 1,956
  94. Allen 1,937
  95. Everett 1,913
  96. Claude 1,887
  97. Stephen 1,868
  98. Virgil 1,830
  99. Roger 1,803
  100. Wilbur 1,755

Top girl names of 1921

  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
  51. Norma 5,102
  52. Emma 5,072
  53. Ann 5,058
  54. Sarah 5,024
  55. Elsie 4,879
  56. Agnes 4,798
  57. Juanita 4,779
  58. Julia 4,737
  59. Bertha 4,608
  60. Phyllis 4,590
  61. Lorraine 4,533
  62. Geraldine 4,523
  63. Eva 4,325
  64. Kathryn 4,201
  65. Pearl 4,175
  66. Viola 4,160
  67. Ida 4,146
  68. Vivian 4,103
  69. Marian 4,064
  70. Anne 4,007
  71. Laura 3,998
  72. Wilma 3,824
  73. Myrtle 3,791
  74. Willie 3,748
  75. Bessie 3,678
  76. Vera 3,631
  77. Maxine 3,630
  78. Alma 3,589
  79. Charlotte 3,587
  80. Nellie 3,513
  81. Violet 3,469
  82. Audrey 3,434
  83. Kathleen 3,419
  84. Patricia 3,380
  85. Mabel 3,336
  86. Stella 3,335
  87. Nancy 3,323
  88. Sylvia 3,297
  89. Ella 3,237
  90. Genevieve 3,235
  91. Jessie 3,225
  92. Leona 3,210
  93. Lucy 3,157
  94. Lillie 3,118
  95. Ellen 3,064
  96. Minnie 2,998
  97. Elaine 2,922
  98. Marguerite 2,897
  99. Jennie 2,889
  100. Eileen 2,862

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1921?
John was the #1 boy name in 1921 (58,216 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (73,984 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1921?
Social Security records list 2,334,507 babies born in 1921 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,101,449 boys and 1,233,058 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.