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The most popular baby names of 1921

SSA recorded 2,334,507 births in 1921 across all reported names — 1,233,058 girls and 1,101,449 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1921

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1920.
#NameBirthsvs 1920
1 Mary 73,984 —
2 Dorothy 39,087 —
3 Helen 34,822 —
4 Margaret 28,468 —
5 Ruth 25,783 —
6 Virginia 19,032 +1
7 Mildred 17,880 -1
8 Betty 17,638 +3
9 Frances 15,993 —
10 Elizabeth 15,800 -2
11 Anna 14,476 -1
12 Evelyn 14,278 —
13 Doris 13,152 +1
14 Marie 12,501 -1
15 Alice 11,955 —
16 Marjorie 11,209 +8
17 Florence 10,720 -1
18 Irene 10,624 -1
19 Lillian 9,770 -1
20 Rose 9,352 —
21 Martha 9,264 +2
22 Louise 9,180 -3
23 Catherine 8,887 -2
24 Gladys 8,814 -2
25 Jean 8,592 +8
26 Ruby 8,333 —
27 Edna 8,302 —
28 Josephine 8,135 —
29 Eleanor 8,054 -4
30 Thelma 7,839 +1
31 Lucille 7,698 -2
32 Ethel 7,603 -2
33 Edith 7,589 -1
34 Hazel 7,341 —
35 Grace 7,230 +2
36 Annie 7,209 -1
37 Pauline 7,142 -1
38 Lois 6,899 —
39 Bernice 6,190 +1
40 Barbara 6,013 +7
41 Beatrice 5,968 —
42 Esther 5,926 -3
43 Marion 5,814 —
44 Shirley 5,695 +12
45 Clara 5,606 -1
46 Gertrude 5,349 -4
47 Jane 5,188 +1
48 Rita 5,157 +4
49 Katherine 5,156 -4
50 June 5,155 +3
51 Norma 5,102 +18
52 Emma 5,072 -6
53 Ann 5,058 -4
54 Sarah 5,024 -4
55 Elsie 4,879 -4
56 Agnes 4,798 -2
57 Juanita 4,779 +4
58 Julia 4,737 -3
59 Bertha 4,608 -2
60 Phyllis 4,590 +12
61 Lorraine 4,533 +9
62 Geraldine 4,523 -2
63 Eva 4,325 -5
64 Kathryn 4,201 +3
65 Pearl 4,175 -3
66 Viola 4,160 -7
67 Ida 4,146 -1
68 Vivian 4,103 -4
69 Marian 4,064 +4
70 Anne 4,007 -5
71 Laura 3,998 -8
72 Wilma 3,824 +6
73 Myrtle 3,791 -5
74 Willie 3,748 —
75 Bessie 3,678 -4
76 Vera 3,631 -1
77 Maxine 3,630 +4
78 Alma 3,589 +2
79 Charlotte 3,587 —
80 Nellie 3,513 -4
81 Violet 3,469 -4
82 Audrey 3,434 +21
83 Kathleen 3,419 +8
84 Patricia 3,380 +20
85 Mabel 3,336 -2
86 Stella 3,335 -4
87 Nancy 3,323 +8
88 Sylvia 3,297 -3
89 Ella 3,237 -1
90 Genevieve 3,235 -4
91 Jessie 3,225 -7
92 Leona 3,210 -3
93 Lucy 3,157 +1
94 Lillie 3,118 -4
95 Ellen 3,064 -3
96 Minnie 2,998 -9
97 Elaine 2,922 +10
98 Marguerite 2,897 -5
99 Jennie 2,889 -2
100 Eileen 2,862 —

Top 100 boys' names in 1921

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1920.
#NameBirthsvs 1920
1 John 58,216 —
2 Robert 52,779 +1
3 William 51,862 -1
4 James 49,750 —
5 Charles 29,242 —
6 George 27,476 —
7 Joseph 26,182 —
8 Edward 20,817 —
9 Frank 16,705 —
10 Richard 16,376 —
11 Thomas 15,308 —
12 Harold 13,811 —
13 Donald 13,776 +3
14 Paul 13,169 —
15 Walter 13,004 -2
16 Raymond 12,645 -1
17 Henry 11,411 —
18 Jack 10,757 +2
19 Arthur 10,527 -1
20 Albert 10,158 -1
21 Harry 9,731 —
22 Kenneth 8,959 +1
23 Ralph 8,860 -1
24 Warren 7,798 +15
25 David 7,765 —
26 Eugene 7,717 +4
27 Howard 7,713 -3
28 Clarence 7,332 -2
29 Louis 7,247 -1
30 Carl 7,077 -3
31 Earl 6,754 —
32 Roy 6,545 —
33 Fred 6,496 —
34 Willie 6,492 -5
35 Francis 6,293 -1
36 Joe 6,204 -1
37 Lawrence 5,977 -1
38 Ernest 5,697 -1
39 Leonard 5,650 -1
40 Anthony 5,239 +3
41 Stanley 5,231 -1
42 Herbert 5,217 -1
43 Alfred 4,925 -1
44 Samuel 4,754 —
45 Bernard 4,485 +1
46 Norman 4,479 +1
47 Michael 4,198 +3
48 Elmer 4,146 -3
49 Daniel 4,087 +3
50 Leo 4,066 -2
51 Andrew 4,015 -2
52 Russell 3,946 -1
53 Melvin 3,887 +1
54 Edwin 3,750 -1
55 Leroy 3,749 +1
56 Chester 3,549 -1
57 Peter 3,548 —
58 Lloyd 3,536 —
59 Marvin 3,490 +3
60 Gerald 3,382 +4
61 Frederick 3,376 -1
62 Clifford 3,262 -3
63 Floyd 3,255 -2
64 Herman 3,219 +2
65 Theodore 3,172 -2
66 Lester 3,076 +3
67 Ray 3,075 —
68 Vernon 3,069 -3
69 Clyde 3,022 -1
70 Vincent 2,779 +3
71 Lewis 2,712 +1
72 Philip 2,703 -1
73 Alvin 2,686 +3
74 Leon 2,616 +1
75 Milton 2,588 -1
76 Charlie 2,574 -6
77 Jesse 2,486 +2
78 Martin 2,461 —
79 Cecil 2,456 -2
80 Glenn 2,449 —
81 Wayne 2,417 +5
82 Benjamin 2,412 +1
83 Victor 2,407 -2
84 Gordon 2,382 +1
85 Sam 2,367 -1
86 Lee 2,354 -4
87 Harvey 2,287 —
88 Wallace 2,095 +5
89 Willard 2,077 -1
90 Edgar 2,014 -1
91 Arnold 1,982 —
92 Oscar 1,978 -2
93 Dale 1,956 +12
94 Allen 1,937 —
95 Everett 1,913 —
96 Claude 1,887 -4
97 Stephen 1,868 -1
98 Virgil 1,830 +3
99 Roger 1,803 +4
100 Wilbur 1,755 -2

Names that climbed fastest in 1921

Ranked by places gained against 1920, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1921Rank 1920Change
Gloria girls 102 195 +93
Deloris girls 339 405 +66
Zelda girls 405 470 +65
Darlene girls 336 398 +62
Margie girls 106 167 +61
Winston boys 351 405 +54
Suzanne girls 338 388 +50
Marietta girls 389 437 +48
Harlan boys 273 318 +45
Lionel boys 318 362 +44
Norris boys 350 394 +44
Jacqueline girls 239 282 +43
Molly girls 384 427 +43
Marjory girls 392 434 +42
Jayne girls 424 465 +41

Names that fell fastest in 1921

NameRank 1921Rank 1920Change
Quentin boys 398 312 -86
Beryl girls 447 374 -73
Garnet girls 485 422 -63
Valeria girls 486 437 -49
Alphonse boys 364 320 -44
Emory boys 375 332 -43
Kermit boys 328 287 -41
Mozelle girls 456 416 -40
Syble girls 488 448 -40
Dave boys 331 291 -40
Corine girls 375 336 -39
Forest boys 380 341 -39
Queen girls 483 445 -38
Weldon boys 360 323 -37
Coy boys 422 385 -37

Names that first appear in 1921

1921 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1921

For these names, 1921 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.