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The most popular baby names of 1919

SSA recorded 2,110,239 births in 1919 across all reported names — 1,130,117 girls and 980,122 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1919

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1918.
#NameBirthsvs 1918
1 Mary 65,836 —
2 Helen 33,706 —
3 Dorothy 31,733 —
4 Margaret 26,238 —
5 Ruth 24,562 —
6 Mildred 17,300 —
7 Virginia 15,636 —
8 Elizabeth 15,287 +1
9 Frances 15,106 -1
10 Anna 14,498 —
11 Evelyn 13,321 —
12 Marie 12,008 —
13 Alice 11,141 —
14 Florence 10,482 —
15 Betty 10,106 +6
16 Irene 9,712 —
17 Lillian 9,516 -2
18 Doris 9,433 +1
19 Rose 9,195 -2
20 Louise 8,812 -2
21 Gladys 8,717 +1
22 Edna 8,404 +1
23 Catherine 8,335 -3
24 Ruby 8,334 +3
25 Martha 8,322 —
26 Josephine 8,104 -2
27 Lucille 7,856 +2
28 Ethel 7,809 —
29 Edith 7,767 +1
30 Eleanor 7,611 -4
31 Thelma 7,558 +1
32 Hazel 7,430 +1
33 Marjorie 7,335 +1
34 Grace 7,195 -3
35 Annie 7,146 +1
36 Pauline 6,973 -1
37 Jean 6,799 —
38 Esther 6,248 —
39 Gertrude 6,014 —
40 Lois 5,976 +2
41 Beatrice 5,856 -1
42 Bernice 5,793 -1
43 Clara 5,404 —
44 Marion 5,158 +1
45 Emma 5,087 +1
46 Sarah 5,022 +6
47 Elsie 4,995 +2
48 Julia 4,950 —
49 Ann 4,924 -5
50 Agnes 4,901 -3
51 Katherine 4,846 -1
52 Bertha 4,754 -1
53 Jane 4,527 —
54 Rita 4,515 +4
55 Eva 4,484 —
56 Pearl 4,273 —
57 Ida 4,163 —
58 Viola 4,129 +1
59 Bessie 4,106 +2
60 Barbara 4,084 —
61 Willie 4,051 +9
62 Lorraine 3,976 +7
63 Anne 3,975 -9
64 June 3,963 +2
65 Vera 3,848 +3
66 Kathryn 3,825 -3
67 Myrtle 3,816 -5
68 Geraldine 3,727 +9
69 Nellie 3,726 -4
70 Stella 3,700 -3
71 Laura 3,663 -7
72 Vivian 3,640 —
73 Juanita 3,636 +12
74 Violet 3,597 +9
75 Jessie 3,530 —
76 Alma 3,438 -3
77 Sylvia 3,412 -6
78 Mabel 3,405 -4
79 Charlotte 3,353 -1
80 Minnie 3,272 +8
81 Lillie 3,262 +8
82 Marian 3,261 -6
83 Norma 3,199 +15
84 Phyllis 3,189 -4
85 Maxine 3,183 +2
86 Wilma 3,170 -4
87 Ella 3,158 -3
88 Genevieve 3,155 -7
89 Shirley 3,149 +8
90 Leona 3,033 -11
91 Lucy 3,007 -1
92 Ellen 2,929 —
93 Jennie 2,928 -2
94 Lena 2,872 -1
95 Mattie 2,856 +5
96 Marguerite 2,836 -10
97 Blanche 2,668 -1
98 Opal 2,652 -4
99 Mae 2,634 -4
100 Nancy 2,628 +2

Top 100 boys' names in 1919

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1918.
#NameBirthsvs 1918
1 John 53,522 —
2 William 43,969 —
3 James 42,392 —
4 Robert 41,025 —
5 Charles 25,192 —
6 George 25,170 —
7 Joseph 24,266 —
8 Edward 18,536 —
9 Frank 15,701 —
10 Thomas 13,434 —
11 Walter 12,879 —
12 Richard 12,441 —
13 Harold 12,021 —
14 Raymond 11,384 +1
15 Paul 11,305 -1
16 Henry 10,613 —
17 Donald 9,904 +1
18 Albert 9,607 +1
19 Arthur 9,540 -2
20 Harry 8,990 —
21 Jack 8,263 —
22 Ralph 7,709 —
23 Willie 6,942 +6
24 Howard 6,843 +2
25 Clarence 6,825 -2
26 Kenneth 6,796 +1
27 David 6,716 +1
28 Louis 6,661 -4
29 Carl 6,474 -4
30 Fred 6,091 +3
31 Earl 5,975 —
32 Roy 5,970 —
33 Eugene 5,892 +2
34 Francis 5,726 -4
35 Joe 5,709 -1
36 Ernest 5,296 +1
37 Stanley 5,238 -1
38 Lawrence 5,205 —
39 Leonard 5,010 +2
40 Herbert 4,960 —
41 Anthony 4,737 -2
42 Alfred 4,615 —
43 Samuel 4,472 —
44 Elmer 3,982 —
45 Bernard 3,915 +2
46 Michael 3,909 -1
47 Andrew 3,851 -1
48 Norman 3,809 +1
49 Leo 3,802 -1
50 Russell 3,645 —
51 Daniel 3,526 +1
52 Edwin 3,450 +3
53 Chester 3,432 +1
54 Theodore 3,424 +10
55 Leroy 3,422 +2
56 Melvin 3,384 —
57 Peter 3,375 -4
58 Lloyd 3,238 -7
59 Floyd 3,121 +2
60 Clifford 3,040 —
61 Herman 3,027 +4
62 Lester 3,020 —
63 Marvin 2,997 +5
64 Frederick 2,932 -5
65 Vernon 2,929 +1
66 Charlie 2,891 +4
67 Clyde 2,884 —
68 Victor 2,751 -5
69 Ray 2,722 —
70 Gerald 2,689 +2
71 Philip 2,531 —
71 Vincent 2,531 +2
73 Milton 2,448 +3
74 Lewis 2,429 —
75 Sam 2,384 —
76 Alvin 2,383 +4
77 Jesse 2,356 +1
78 Cecil 2,300 +4
79 Benjamin 2,279 —
80 Leon 2,250 -3
81 Martin 2,204 —
82 Lee 2,189 +4
83 Warren 2,180 +7
84 Glenn 2,153 —
85 Harvey 2,028 +3
86 Gordon 2,017 -1
87 Willard 2,014 -4
88 Oscar 1,991 -1
89 Edgar 1,986 —
90 Wayne 1,955 +1
91 Woodrow 1,808 -33
92 Claude 1,772 +3
92 Everett 1,772 +1
94 Arnold 1,767 -2
95 Johnnie 1,716 +15
96 Sidney 1,715 -2
97 Stephen 1,693 -1
98 Wilbur 1,689 -1
99 Eddie 1,660 +18
99 Morris 1,660 +2

Names that climbed fastest in 1919

Ranked by places gained against 1918, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1919Rank 1918Change
Marilyn girls 313 421 +108
Jacqueline girls 317 386 +69
Lupe girls 388 457 +69
Rodney boys 312 368 +56
Marcia girls 357 409 +52
Mavis girls 334 385 +51
Odell boys 318 368 +50
Ester girls 420 469 +49
John girls 369 417 +48
Melva girls 418 465 +47
Billy boys 154 198 +44
Billie boys 281 325 +44
Darrell boys 332 373 +41
Mathew boys 368 409 +41
Earline girls 366 406 +40

Names that fell fastest in 1919

NameRank 1919Rank 1918Change
Sol boys 388 313 -75
Armand boys 356 291 -65
Bruno boys 354 294 -60
Iola girls 395 339 -56
Ellsworth boys 384 330 -54
Vito boys 399 346 -53
Leone girls 465 413 -52
Andy boys 334 284 -50
Ferdinand boys 407 363 -44
Earle boys 336 293 -43
Cecil girls 469 428 -41
Thaddeus boys 348 307 -41
Angie girls 459 420 -39
Catharine girls 469 431 -38
Althea girls 399 363 -36

Names that first appear in 1919

1919 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1919

For these names, 1919 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.