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The most popular baby names of 1915

SSA recorded 1,832,427 births in 1915 across all reported names — 983,852 girls and 848,575 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1915

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1914.
#NameBirthsvs 1914
1 Mary 58,187 —
2 Helen 30,866 —
3 Dorothy 25,154 —
4 Margaret 23,054 —
5 Ruth 21,878 —
6 Mildred 15,254 +1
7 Anna 15,119 -1
8 Elizabeth 14,103 —
9 Frances 12,786 —
10 Evelyn 11,595 +1
11 Marie 11,363 -1
12 Virginia 10,952 +2
13 Alice 10,525 -1
14 Florence 10,105 -1
15 Lillian 9,546 +1
16 Rose 9,375 -1
17 Irene 8,323 +5
18 Louise 8,313 -1
19 Catherine 8,181 -1
20 Edna 8,144 -1
21 Gladys 7,857 -1
22 Josephine 7,606 +1
23 Ethel 7,379 -2
24 Ruby 7,237 —
25 Martha 7,216 +2
26 Hazel 7,092 +3
27 Grace 7,044 -2
28 Eleanor 7,036 —
29 Lucille 7,006 +1
30 Thelma 6,762 -4
31 Edith 6,761 —
32 Pauline 6,334 +2
33 Esther 6,321 +2
34 Doris 6,292 +2
35 Gertrude 6,077 -3
36 Annie 5,936 -3
37 Beatrice 5,342 +1
38 Clara 5,285 -1
39 Marjorie 5,119 +6
40 Emma 5,044 -1
41 Elsie 4,967 +5
42 Bernice 4,937 +1
43 Ann 4,895 -3
44 Julia 4,831 -2
45 Agnes 4,795 -1
46 Bertha 4,785 -5
47 Lois 4,775 +4
48 Jean 4,603 +6
49 Katherine 4,488 -1
50 Marion 4,456 —
51 Sarah 4,415 -4
52 Anne 4,333 +1
53 Betty 4,181 +9
54 Ida 4,125 -5
55 Eva 4,079 -3
56 Pearl 3,976 —
57 Bessie 3,888 -2
58 Myrtle 3,865 +2
59 Viola 3,855 -2
60 Kathryn 3,778 +3
61 Laura 3,723 -2
62 Mabel 3,683 -4
63 Nellie 3,679 -2
64 Stella 3,657 +1
65 Vera 3,460 +3
66 Jessie 3,356 -2
67 Sylvia 3,284 +3
68 Minnie 3,270 -1
69 Jane 3,264 +2
70 Alma 3,248 -1
71 Rita 3,063 +16
72 Willie 3,041 -6
73 Jennie 3,015 +4
74 Leona 2,972 +5
75 Ella 2,954 -3
76 Genevieve 2,928 —
77 Lena 2,927 -2
78 Vivian 2,857 +3
79 Lucy 2,814 -6
80 Wilma 2,773 +15
81 Charlotte 2,757 +7
82 Violet 2,752 —
83 Barbara 2,704 -1
84 Lillie 2,687 -10
84 Marguerite 2,687 —
86 Marian 2,612 +4
87 Blanche 2,590 -7
88 Ellen 2,581 -2
89 Mae 2,486 -4
90 Opal 2,482 -1
91 Mattie 2,434 -13
92 Juanita 2,398 +2
93 Theresa 2,309 —
94 Velma 2,287 -2
95 Beulah 2,268 +1
96 June 2,139 +36
97 Sophie 2,112 +3
98 Maxine 2,110 +16
99 Emily 2,091 -1
100 Phyllis 2,088 +13

Top 100 boys' names in 1915

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1914.
#NameBirthsvs 1914
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 +1
11 Walter 11,255 -1
12 Harold 10,444 +2
13 Paul 10,328 —
14 Henry 10,138 -2
15 Richard 9,143 +2
16 Raymond 8,981 —
17 Albert 8,825 -2
18 Arthur 8,564 —
19 Harry 8,470 —
20 Donald 7,116 +3
21 Ralph 6,816 —
22 Carl 6,613 +2
23 Louis 6,518 -3
24 Clarence 6,267 -2
25 Howard 6,103 +1
26 Fred 5,778 +2
27 Jack 5,749 —
28 Kenneth 5,681 +2
29 Francis 5,594 +2
30 Willie 5,434 -5
31 David 5,394 -2
32 Roy 5,052 —
33 Earl 4,908 —
34 Stanley 4,807 +5
35 Ernest 4,787 +3
36 Anthony 4,722 +1
37 Lawrence 4,688 -2
38 Joe 4,648 -4
39 Samuel 4,351 -4
40 Herbert 4,341 +2
41 Eugene 4,321 +2
42 Alfred 4,231 -1
43 Michael 4,079 -3
44 Leonard 3,993 +1
45 Elmer 3,802 +1
46 Andrew 3,573 -2
47 Leo 3,527 —
48 Bernard 3,302 +2
48 Peter 3,302 —
50 Norman 3,262 +4
51 Russell 3,250 -2
52 Frederick 3,159 —
53 Edwin 3,151 —
54 Chester 3,043 +2
55 Daniel 3,002 —
56 Herman 2,983 -5
57 Lester 2,943 —
58 Willard 2,889 +34
59 Floyd 2,824 -1
60 Melvin 2,780 -1
61 Clifford 2,741 +1
62 Lloyd 2,653 +4
63 Clyde 2,518 —
64 Theodore 2,504 —
65 Vincent 2,491 -4
66 Leroy 2,450 -6
67 Ray 2,365 +7
68 Sam 2,339 -1
69 Philip 2,328 -1
70 Lewis 2,307 +2
71 Benjamin 2,241 -1
72 Marvin 2,227 +3
73 Milton 2,225 -4
74 Victor 2,211 +2
75 Charlie 2,193 -10
76 Cecil 2,181 +3
77 Jesse 2,111 +5
78 Gerald 2,085 +3
79 Martin 2,070 -6
80 Vernon 2,060 +3
81 Alvin 2,006 -3
82 Leon 1,977 +3
83 Woodrow 1,966 -12
84 Lee 1,916 —
85 Edgar 1,895 +2
86 Stephen 1,850 -6
87 Glenn 1,842 +4
88 Oscar 1,788 -11
89 Everett 1,731 +1
90 Gordon 1,717 -2
91 Arnold 1,691 +6
92 Wilbur 1,685 +4
93 Morris 1,660 -7
94 Sidney 1,615 -5
95 Harvey 1,613 —
96 Claude 1,605 -3
97 Wayne 1,517 +14
98 Homer 1,487 +3
99 Allen 1,458 +6
100 Gilbert 1,452 +4

Names that climbed fastest in 1915

Ranked by places gained against 1914, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1915Rank 1914Change
Jess boys 193 271 +78
Elaine girls 155 221 +66
Cleo boys 257 309 +52
Bruno boys 259 304 +45
Donna girls 267 310 +43
June girls 96 132 +36
Carmella girls 303 339 +36
Willard boys 58 92 +34
Rosella girls 311 343 +32
Clarice girls 270 301 +31
Clair boys 290 318 +28
Eileen girls 132 159 +27
Rhoda girls 296 323 +27
Priscilla girls 292 316 +24
Alyce girls 298 322 +24

Names that fell fastest in 1915

NameRank 1915Rank 1914Change
Kermit boys 273 206 -67
Madelyn girls 414 348 -66
Armand boys 366 316 -50
Lessie girls 333 287 -46
Roosevelt boys 311 269 -42
Iola girls 350 310 -40
Wade boys 319 280 -39
Corine girls 375 339 -36
Isadore boys 322 286 -36
Sallie girls 212 178 -34
Rae girls 408 374 -34
Forest boys 333 299 -34
Sol boys 311 278 -33
Solomon boys 280 248 -32
Gussie girls 318 287 -31

Names that first appear in 1915

1915 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1915

For these names, 1915 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.