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The most popular baby names of 1918

SSA recorded 2,171,111 births in 1918 across all reported names — 1,157,631 girls and 1,013,480 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1918

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1917.
#NameBirthsvs 1917
1 Mary 67,365 —
2 Helen 36,148 —
3 Dorothy 32,030 —
4 Margaret 27,139 —
5 Ruth 25,535 —
6 Mildred 17,258 —
7 Virginia 16,421 +3
8 Frances 16,132 +1
9 Elizabeth 15,853 -1
10 Anna 15,666 -3
11 Evelyn 13,493 —
12 Marie 12,589 —
13 Alice 11,590 —
14 Florence 11,318 —
15 Lillian 9,986 —
16 Irene 9,774 +1
17 Rose 9,568 -1
18 Louise 9,111 +1
19 Doris 9,061 +6
20 Catherine 8,842 -2
21 Betty 8,803 +13
22 Gladys 8,734 +1
23 Edna 8,698 -3
24 Josephine 8,682 -3
25 Martha 8,341 -3
26 Eleanor 8,176 —
27 Ruby 8,134 —
28 Ethel 8,075 -4
29 Lucille 7,902 —
30 Edith 7,858 -2
31 Grace 7,770 -1
32 Thelma 7,740 —
33 Hazel 7,615 -2
34 Marjorie 7,517 +2
35 Pauline 7,222 -2
36 Annie 6,743 -1
37 Jean 6,600 +3
38 Esther 6,574 —
39 Gertrude 6,264 -2
40 Beatrice 5,907 -1
41 Bernice 5,892 +1
42 Lois 5,877 +1
43 Clara 5,778 -2
44 Ann 5,613 —
45 Marion 5,583 —
46 Emma 5,324 —
47 Agnes 5,291 +1
48 Julia 5,268 -1
49 Elsie 5,194 +1
50 Katherine 5,191 -1
51 Bertha 5,051 —
52 Sarah 4,969 —
53 Jane 4,730 +2
54 Anne 4,567 -1
55 Eva 4,563 -1
56 Pearl 4,521 +1
57 Ida 4,450 -1
58 Rita 4,447 +5
59 Viola 4,331 —
60 Barbara 4,224 +7
61 Bessie 4,101 —
62 Myrtle 4,076 -4
63 Kathryn 4,068 -3
64 Laura 4,062 +1
65 Nellie 4,048 -1
66 June 4,034 +7
67 Stella 3,928 -5
68 Vera 3,923 -2
69 Lorraine 3,876 +46
70 Willie 3,867 +2
71 Sylvia 3,675 -2
72 Vivian 3,663 +7
73 Alma 3,650 -2
74 Mabel 3,636 -6
75 Jessie 3,591 -5
76 Marian 3,503 -2
77 Geraldine 3,446 +12
78 Charlotte 3,373 -2
79 Leona 3,335 +1
80 Phyllis 3,326 +12
81 Genevieve 3,304 -4
82 Wilma 3,298 —
83 Violet 3,294 +1
84 Ella 3,291 -1
85 Juanita 3,260 +2
86 Marguerite 3,249 -8
87 Maxine 3,216 +6
88 Minnie 3,181 -13
89 Lillie 3,112 -3
90 Lucy 3,108 -3
91 Jennie 3,033 -10
92 Ellen 3,030 -2
93 Lena 2,937 -8
94 Opal 2,847 +1
95 Mae 2,756 +1
96 Blanche 2,739 -5
97 Shirley 2,654 +26
98 Norma 2,653 +10
99 Kathleen 2,629 +2
100 Mattie 2,610 -6

Top 100 boys' names in 1918

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1917.
#NameBirthsvs 1917
1 John 56,558 —
2 William 45,291 —
3 James 42,115 —
4 Robert 40,619 —
5 Charles 26,921 +2
6 George 26,318 —
7 Joseph 26,261 -2
8 Edward 19,489 —
9 Frank 17,018 —
10 Thomas 13,910 —
11 Walter 13,338 —
12 Richard 12,323 +2
13 Harold 12,185 -1
14 Paul 11,755 -1
15 Raymond 11,604 +1
16 Henry 11,354 -1
17 Arthur 10,105 —
18 Donald 9,972 +2
19 Albert 9,935 -1
20 Harry 9,896 -1
21 Jack 8,341 +1
22 Ralph 8,162 -1
23 Clarence 7,187 +2
24 Louis 7,082 -1
25 Carl 7,004 -1
26 Howard 6,928 —
27 Kenneth 6,809 —
28 David 6,627 —
29 Willie 6,537 +2
30 Francis 6,347 —
31 Earl 6,321 +1
32 Roy 6,211 +1
33 Fred 6,182 -4
34 Joe 5,805 +1
35 Eugene 5,631 +4
36 Stanley 5,618 -2
37 Ernest 5,527 —
38 Lawrence 5,372 -2
39 Anthony 5,168 -1
40 Herbert 5,128 —
41 Leonard 4,980 —
42 Alfred 4,873 +1
43 Samuel 4,772 -1
44 Elmer 4,373 +1
45 Michael 4,296 -1
46 Andrew 4,138 +2
47 Bernard 4,098 +2
48 Leo 4,036 -1
49 Norman 3,867 -3
50 Russell 3,833 +2
51 Lloyd 3,742 +2
52 Daniel 3,726 +2
53 Peter 3,711 -3
54 Chester 3,692 +2
55 Edwin 3,487 —
56 Melvin 3,469 +1
57 Leroy 3,422 +3
58 Woodrow 3,358 +15
59 Frederick 3,351 -8
60 Clifford 3,299 -1
61 Floyd 3,235 +1
62 Lester 3,229 -1
63 Victor 3,183 +15
64 Theodore 3,143 -1
65 Herman 3,041 -7
66 Vernon 2,971 +5
67 Clyde 2,917 -3
68 Marvin 2,829 —
69 Ray 2,763 +5
70 Charlie 2,743 -3
71 Philip 2,733 -5
72 Gerald 2,712 -3
73 Vincent 2,621 -8
74 Lewis 2,593 -4
75 Sam 2,506 -3
76 Milton 2,454 -1
77 Leon 2,442 +5
78 Jesse 2,433 +1
79 Benjamin 2,431 -3
80 Alvin 2,409 +1
81 Martin 2,403 -4
82 Cecil 2,328 +1
83 Willard 2,311 -3
84 Glenn 2,253 +2
85 Gordon 2,233 -1
86 Lee 2,159 -1
87 Oscar 2,113 —
88 Harvey 2,111 +2
89 Edgar 2,085 -1
90 Warren 1,990 +3
91 Wayne 1,912 +5
92 Arnold 1,910 -1
93 Everett 1,891 +1
94 Sidney 1,879 +1
95 Claude 1,878 +3
96 Stephen 1,843 -7
97 Wilbur 1,800 -5
98 Allen 1,779 +2
99 Virgil 1,707 +4
100 Homer 1,680 +2

Names that climbed fastest in 1918

Ranked by places gained against 1917, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1918Rank 1917Change
Kermit boys 263 339 +76
Sybil girls 299 373 +74
Robbie girls 364 428 +64
Junior boys 270 332 +62
Duane boys 329 388 +59
Bette girls 260 313 +53
Lorraine girls 69 115 +46
Armand boys 291 335 +44
Dixie girls 352 395 +43
Oma girls 388 430 +42
Jeanne girls 126 166 +40
Marcia girls 409 445 +36
Dorthy girls 315 350 +35
Beryl girls 399 434 +35
Charlene girls 417 452 +35

Names that fell fastest in 1918

NameRank 1918Rank 1917Change
Mona girls 421 354 -67
Zella girls 424 363 -61
Lura girls 475 419 -56
Alva boys 346 294 -52
Albina girls 475 424 -51
Wilhelmina girls 427 382 -45
Monica girls 444 399 -45
Anton boys 321 277 -44
Paula girls 401 359 -42
Abe boys 366 324 -42
Johanna girls 373 332 -41
Catharine girls 431 391 -40
Randolph boys 377 337 -40
Tillie girls 326 287 -39
Elisabeth girls 382 344 -38

Names that first appear in 1918

1918 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1918

For these names, 1918 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.