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The most popular baby names of 1913

SSA recorded 1,137,112 births in 1913 across all reported names — 624,546 girls and 512,566 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1913

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1912.
#NameBirthsvs 1912
1 Mary 36,642 —
2 Helen 18,888 —
3 Dorothy 14,674 —
4 Margaret 14,486 —
5 Ruth 12,609 —
6 Mildred 9,921 —
7 Anna 9,687 —
8 Elizabeth 9,505 —
9 Frances 7,694 —
10 Marie 7,353 —
11 Alice 6,934 —
12 Evelyn 6,683 +1
13 Florence 6,279 -1
14 Rose 6,171 +1
15 Virginia 6,036 +5
16 Lillian 6,015 -2
17 Louise 5,577 —
18 Edna 5,558 -2
19 Gladys 5,428 —
20 Ethel 5,369 -2
21 Irene 5,335 +1
22 Catherine 5,302 -1
23 Ruby 4,913 —
24 Josephine 4,822 +4
25 Grace 4,669 -1
26 Thelma 4,595 —
27 Hazel 4,589 -2
28 Martha 4,538 +1
29 Edith 4,366 +2
30 Annie 4,267 -3
31 Lucille 4,098 +1
32 Esther 4,090 +1
33 Gertrude 4,015 -3
34 Eleanor 3,938 +5
35 Pauline 3,636 +3
36 Clara 3,633 -2
37 Beatrice 3,567 —
38 Emma 3,474 -3
39 Bertha 3,345 -3
40 Elsie 3,209 +2
41 Agnes 3,206 -1
42 Julia 3,195 +2
43 Sarah 3,178 -2
44 Doris 3,049 +4
45 Bernice 3,036 +6
46 Ann 2,998 +1
47 Bessie 2,952 -4
48 Marjorie 2,922 +8
49 Ida 2,916 -4
50 Eva 2,891 -1
51 Marion 2,854 +4
52 Viola 2,847 —
53 Myrtle 2,843 -3
54 Katherine 2,794 -1
55 Pearl 2,756 -1
56 Mabel 2,741 -10
57 Anne 2,684 +1
58 Nellie 2,645 +1
59 Lois 2,560 +4
60 Jean 2,545 +4
61 Jessie 2,475 +4
62 Laura 2,454 -5
63 Minnie 2,332 -3
64 Alma 2,297 -2
65 Willie 2,264 -4
66 Kathryn 2,246 +5
67 Betty 2,240 -1
68 Vera 2,209 —
69 Stella 2,205 +4
70 Ella 2,071 -1
71 Lillie 2,030 -4
72 Sylvia 2,013 +5
73 Lena 1,973 -1
74 Leona 1,911 +2
75 Mattie 1,868 -5
76 Blanche 1,856 -1
76 Lucy 1,856 +2
78 Marguerite 1,822 +1
79 Mae 1,814 -5
80 Jennie 1,809 +1
81 Jane 1,759 +8
82 Violet 1,751 +1
83 Vivian 1,727 +1
84 Genevieve 1,684 +8
85 Beulah 1,641 -5
86 Opal 1,629 -1
87 Charlotte 1,603 +4
88 Ellen 1,579 -2
89 Velma 1,556 -1
90 Carrie 1,517 -8
91 Fannie 1,488 -4
92 Wilma 1,469 +7
93 Marian 1,452 —
94 Barbara 1,451 +8
95 Juanita 1,443 +8
96 Hattie 1,434 -6
97 Theresa 1,403 -1
98 Inez 1,395 +2
99 Emily 1,386 +6
100 Georgia 1,382 +1

Top 100 boys' names in 1913

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1912.
#NameBirthsvs 1912
1 John 29,329 —
2 William 23,538 —
3 James 20,832 —
4 Robert 15,684 —
5 Joseph 14,471 —
6 George 13,874 —
7 Charles 13,191 —
8 Edward 9,474 —
9 Frank 9,237 —
10 Thomas 7,096 —
11 Walter 6,890 —
12 Henry 6,391 —
13 Harold 6,157 —
14 Paul 5,966 —
15 Harry 5,458 +1
16 Albert 5,449 +1
17 Arthur 5,422 -2
18 Raymond 5,310 —
19 Richard 5,107 —
20 Louis 4,258 —
21 Clarence 4,046 —
22 Ralph 3,963 +1
23 Carl 3,935 +1
24 Willie 3,760 -2
25 Donald 3,702 +2
26 Howard 3,663 -1
27 Fred 3,624 -1
28 Jack 3,538 —
29 David 3,282 —
30 Francis 3,205 +5
31 Earl 3,110 +3
32 Roy 3,090 -1
33 Kenneth 3,065 —
34 Ernest 2,940 -2
35 Lawrence 2,853 +3
36 Samuel 2,850 -6
37 Joe 2,806 -1
38 Anthony 2,781 -1
39 Herbert 2,723 —
40 Michael 2,607 +2
41 Stanley 2,595 +2
42 Alfred 2,577 -2
43 Eugene 2,525 -2
44 Woodrow 2,333 +2
45 Elmer 2,323 +2
46 Leonard 2,276 -1
47 Andrew 2,222 -3
48 Leo 2,031 +1
49 Frederick 1,996 +2
50 Russell 1,946 +6
51 Peter 1,934 -3
52 Bernard 1,916 +8
53 Herman 1,905 -3
54 Daniel 1,878 -1
55 Edwin 1,825 -1
56 Chester 1,765 -1
57 Norman 1,748 +4
58 Floyd 1,740 +1
59 Lester 1,736 -1
60 Theodore 1,650 -8
61 Melvin 1,642 +10
62 Charlie 1,618 -5
63 Leroy 1,582 +3
64 Clyde 1,537 +1
65 Sam 1,527 -2
65 Vincent 1,527 +7
67 Lloyd 1,521 +3
68 Clifford 1,520 -6
69 Philip 1,484 —
70 Benjamin 1,466 -3
71 Milton 1,419 -7
72 Lewis 1,384 -4
73 Ray 1,328 +4
74 Cecil 1,276 +2
75 Martin 1,259 —
76 Oscar 1,249 -3
77 Marvin 1,236 +6
78 Lee 1,228 —
79 Jesse 1,214 -5
80 Victor 1,177 +1
81 Leon 1,160 -2
82 Alvin 1,144 +4
83 Vernon 1,143 +7
84 Gerald 1,142 +2
85 Glenn 1,122 -1
86 Stephen 1,097 +2
87 Edgar 1,087 -2
88 Claude 1,076 +1
89 Morris 1,073 -7
89 Sidney 1,073 -9
91 Wilbur 1,044 +1
92 Arnold 1,032 +7
93 Harvey 1,028 -2
94 Gordon 1,017 -1
95 Maurice 994 —
96 Homer 987 +2
97 Everett 948 -1
98 Alexander 937 -1
99 Willard 926 +5
100 Allen 903 +3

Names that climbed fastest in 1913

Ranked by places gained against 1912, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1913Rank 1912Change
Rita girls 116 165 +49
Iris girls 263 308 +45
June girls 163 205 +42
Myra girls 266 301 +35
Shirley girls 169 198 +29
Arlene girls 218 246 +28
Carmen girls 269 297 +28
Wilbert boys 170 198 +28
Ellis boys 174 202 +28
Neva girls 274 301 +27
Grady boys 190 217 +27
Angelina girls 203 229 +26
Clarice girls 258 284 +26
Melba girls 285 311 +26
Eleanore girls 261 286 +25

Names that fell fastest in 1913

NameRank 1913Rank 1912Change
Lily girls 330 291 -39
Nathaniel boys 201 163 -38
Roosevelt boys 244 208 -36
Ivan boys 208 173 -35
Solomon boys 260 225 -35
Avis girls 268 238 -30
Katharine girls 309 279 -30
Corinne girls 321 293 -28
Ola girls 218 193 -25
Nannie girls 242 217 -25
Allie girls 273 248 -25
Charley boys 225 200 -25
Gracie girls 287 263 -24
Rosetta girls 317 293 -24
Jewel girls 244 221 -23

Names that first appear in 1913

1913 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.