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The most popular baby names of 1920

SSA recorded 2,262,645 births in 1920 across all reported names — 1,198,289 girls and 1,064,356 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1920

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1919.
#NameBirthsvs 1919
1 Mary 70,983 —
2 Dorothy 36,643 +1
3 Helen 35,097 -1
4 Margaret 27,994 —
5 Ruth 26,102 —
6 Mildred 18,060 —
7 Virginia 17,314 —
8 Elizabeth 15,908 —
9 Frances 15,883 —
10 Anna 14,581 —
11 Betty 14,016 +4
12 Evelyn 13,838 -1
13 Marie 12,743 -1
14 Doris 11,892 +4
15 Alice 11,596 -2
16 Florence 10,731 -2
17 Irene 10,072 -1
18 Lillian 10,049 -1
19 Louise 9,179 +1
20 Rose 9,011 -1
21 Catherine 8,878 +2
22 Gladys 8,819 -1
23 Martha 8,709 +2
24 Marjorie 8,658 +9
25 Eleanor 8,497 +5
26 Ruby 8,336 -2
27 Edna 8,331 -5
28 Josephine 8,093 -2
29 Lucille 7,989 -2
30 Ethel 7,868 -2
31 Thelma 7,814 —
32 Edith 7,773 -3
33 Jean 7,714 +4
34 Hazel 7,308 -2
35 Annie 7,268 —
36 Pauline 7,180 —
37 Grace 7,172 -3
38 Lois 6,560 +2
39 Esther 6,068 -1
40 Bernice 5,928 +2
41 Beatrice 5,804 —
42 Gertrude 5,797 -3
43 Marion 5,745 +1
44 Clara 5,470 -1
45 Katherine 5,276 +6
46 Emma 5,238 -1
47 Barbara 5,106 +13
48 Jane 5,054 +5
49 Ann 5,041 —
50 Sarah 5,031 -4
51 Elsie 4,993 -4
52 Rita 4,979 +2
53 June 4,911 +11
54 Agnes 4,907 -4
55 Julia 4,889 -7
56 Shirley 4,713 +33
57 Bertha 4,604 -5
58 Eva 4,498 -3
59 Viola 4,292 -1
60 Geraldine 4,265 +8
61 Juanita 4,238 +12
62 Pearl 4,204 -6
63 Laura 4,171 +8
64 Vivian 4,128 +8
65 Anne 4,114 -2
66 Ida 4,090 -9
67 Kathryn 4,082 -1
68 Myrtle 3,955 -1
69 Norma 3,949 +14
70 Lorraine 3,928 -8
71 Bessie 3,906 -12
72 Phyllis 3,852 +12
73 Marian 3,845 +9
74 Willie 3,816 -13
75 Vera 3,785 -10
76 Nellie 3,762 -7
77 Violet 3,694 -3
78 Wilma 3,670 +8
79 Charlotte 3,624 —
80 Alma 3,584 -4
81 Maxine 3,507 +4
82 Stella 3,492 -12
83 Mabel 3,364 -5
84 Jessie 3,329 -9
85 Sylvia 3,317 -8
86 Genevieve 3,258 +2
87 Minnie 3,244 -7
88 Ella 3,232 -1
89 Leona 3,166 +1
90 Lillie 3,162 -9
91 Kathleen 3,158 +10
92 Ellen 3,076 —
93 Marguerite 3,055 +3
94 Lucy 3,018 -3
95 Nancy 2,982 +5
96 Mattie 2,902 -1
97 Jennie 2,808 -4
98 Lena 2,785 -4
99 Mae 2,730 —
100 Eileen 2,718 +3

Top 100 boys' names in 1920

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1919.
#NameBirthsvs 1919
1 John 56,913 —
2 William 50,146 —
3 Robert 48,679 +1
4 James 47,908 -1
5 Charles 28,309 —
6 George 26,891 —
7 Joseph 25,587 —
8 Edward 20,097 —
9 Frank 16,430 —
10 Richard 15,010 +2
11 Thomas 14,936 -1
12 Harold 13,678 +1
13 Walter 13,294 -2
14 Paul 12,570 +1
15 Raymond 12,193 -1
16 Donald 11,941 +1
17 Henry 11,305 -1
18 Arthur 10,236 +1
19 Albert 9,997 -1
20 Jack 9,599 +1
21 Harry 9,406 -1
22 Ralph 8,556 —
23 Kenneth 7,840 +3
24 Howard 7,466 —
25 David 7,444 +2
26 Clarence 7,221 -1
27 Carl 7,010 +2
28 Louis 6,966 —
29 Willie 6,887 -6
30 Eugene 6,867 +3
31 Earl 6,533 —
32 Roy 6,355 —
33 Fred 6,298 -3
34 Francis 6,241 —
35 Joe 6,071 —
36 Lawrence 5,727 +2
37 Ernest 5,566 -1
38 Leonard 5,511 +1
39 Warren 5,492 +44
40 Stanley 5,314 -3
41 Herbert 5,249 -1
42 Alfred 5,006 —
43 Anthony 4,944 -2
44 Samuel 4,654 -1
45 Elmer 4,206 -1
46 Bernard 4,163 -1
47 Norman 4,109 +1
48 Leo 4,054 +1
49 Andrew 4,026 -2
50 Michael 4,003 -4
51 Russell 3,901 -1
52 Daniel 3,897 -1
53 Edwin 3,734 -1
54 Melvin 3,717 +2
55 Chester 3,698 -2
56 Leroy 3,549 -1
57 Peter 3,497 —
58 Lloyd 3,454 —
59 Clifford 3,291 +1
60 Frederick 3,275 +4
61 Floyd 3,260 -2
62 Marvin 3,244 +1
63 Theodore 3,219 -9
64 Gerald 3,157 +6
65 Vernon 3,144 —
66 Herman 3,109 -5
67 Ray 3,086 +2
68 Clyde 3,069 -1
69 Lester 3,068 -7
70 Charlie 2,785 -4
71 Philip 2,700 —
72 Lewis 2,688 +2
73 Vincent 2,661 -2
74 Milton 2,592 -1
75 Leon 2,554 +5
76 Alvin 2,523 —
77 Cecil 2,459 +1
78 Martin 2,439 +3
79 Jesse 2,420 -2
80 Glenn 2,375 +4
81 Victor 2,349 -13
82 Lee 2,321 —
83 Benjamin 2,309 -4
84 Sam 2,283 -9
85 Gordon 2,277 +1
86 Wayne 2,180 +4
87 Harvey 2,165 -2
88 Willard 2,089 -1
89 Edgar 2,029 —
90 Oscar 2,006 -2
91 Arnold 1,911 +3
92 Claude 1,893 —
93 Wallace 1,877 +14
94 Allen 1,866 +7
95 Everett 1,827 -3
96 Stephen 1,771 +1
97 Gilbert 1,763 +5
98 Wilbur 1,741 —
99 Johnnie 1,727 -4
100 Homer 1,722 +4

Names that climbed fastest in 1920

Ranked by places gained against 1919, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1920Rank 1919Change
Gloria girls 195 272 +77
Mercedes girls 369 438 +69
Paula girls 354 414 +60
Emory boys 332 391 +59
Duane boys 257 315 +58
Consuelo girls 410 466 +56
Weldon boys 323 377 +54
Beryl girls 374 427 +53
Ramon boys 285 337 +52
Allene girls 402 451 +49
Jimmy boys 325 374 +49
Delores girls 241 288 +47
Carlos boys 267 314 +47
Charlene girls 383 429 +46
Alfonso boys 348 394 +46

Names that fell fastest in 1920

NameRank 1920Rank 1919Change
Woodrow boys 183 91 -92
Quentin boys 312 220 -92
Anton boys 372 303 -69
Ollie boys 341 274 -67
Mayme girls 468 402 -66
Wilson boys 221 155 -66
Abe boys 408 349 -59
Leora girls 463 412 -51
Barney boys 369 319 -50
Theda girls 385 337 -48
Kate girls 415 368 -47
Louella girls 461 418 -43
Elise girls 470 427 -43
Marietta girls 437 396 -41
Levi boys 375 334 -41

Names that first appear in 1920

1920 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1920

For these names, 1920 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.