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The most popular baby names of 1922

SSA recorded 2,289,157 births in 1922 across all reported names — 1,201,003 girls and 1,088,154 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1922

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1921.
#NameBirthsvs 1921
1 Mary 72,177 —
2 Dorothy 37,716 —
3 Helen 32,510 —
4 Margaret 26,862 —
5 Ruth 23,633 —
6 Betty 20,895 +2
7 Virginia 19,144 -1
8 Mildred 16,412 -1
9 Elizabeth 15,244 +1
10 Frances 15,054 -1
11 Doris 13,798 +2
12 Anna 13,408 -1
13 Evelyn 13,320 -1
14 Marie 11,912 —
15 Alice 11,277 —
16 Marjorie 10,385 —
17 Irene 10,173 +1
18 Florence 10,036 -1
19 Lillian 9,430 —
20 Jean 9,109 +5
21 Martha 9,021 —
22 Louise 8,886 —
23 Rose 8,791 -3
24 Catherine 8,537 -1
25 Gladys 8,042 -1
26 Ruby 8,003 —
27 Josephine 7,864 +1
28 Eleanor 7,852 +1
29 Edna 7,622 -2
30 Annie 7,476 +6
31 Thelma 7,254 -1
32 Ethel 7,246 —
33 Lucille 7,151 -2
34 Edith 7,136 -1
35 Lois 6,946 +3
36 Pauline 6,811 +1
37 Hazel 6,757 -3
38 Grace 6,743 -3
39 Shirley 6,407 +5
40 Barbara 6,272 —
41 Bernice 5,912 -2
42 Marion 5,667 +1
43 Beatrice 5,476 -2
44 Esther 5,474 -2
45 June 5,382 +5
46 Norma 5,238 +5
47 Clara 5,126 -2
48 Gertrude 5,082 -2
49 Ann 5,054 +4
50 Emma 5,013 +2
51 Sarah 4,982 +3
52 Rita 4,976 -4
53 Phyllis 4,935 +7
54 Katherine 4,827 -5
55 Jane 4,805 -8
56 Lorraine 4,668 +5
57 Juanita 4,643 —
58 Geraldine 4,641 +4
59 Elsie 4,618 -4
60 Julia 4,616 -2
61 Gloria 4,496 +41
62 Agnes 4,480 -6
63 Bertha 4,419 -4
64 Eva 4,192 -1
65 Ida 3,987 +2
66 Anne 3,974 +4
67 Marian 3,951 +2
68 Laura 3,902 +3
68 Patricia 3,902 +16
70 Willie 3,885 +4
71 Pearl 3,848 -6
72 Viola 3,793 -6
73 Kathryn 3,792 -9
74 Vivian 3,733 -6
75 Myrtle 3,649 -2
76 Charlotte 3,582 +3
77 Wilma 3,535 -5
78 Nancy 3,518 +9
79 Vera 3,510 -3
80 Kathleen 3,466 +3
81 Bessie 3,447 -6
82 Maxine 3,444 -5
83 Nellie 3,274 -3
84 Alma 3,233 -6
85 Lillie 3,200 +9
86 Violet 3,194 -5
87 Jessie 3,182 +4
88 Stella 3,166 -2
89 Audrey 3,164 -7
90 Ella 3,150 -1
91 Minnie 3,115 +5
92 Wanda 2,986 +9
93 Lucy 2,977 —
94 Sylvia 2,961 -6
95 Ellen 2,953 —
96 Eileen 2,939 +4
97 Jeanne 2,917 +12
98 Genevieve 2,897 -8
99 Mabel 2,894 -14
100 Margie 2,854 +6

Top 100 boys' names in 1922

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1921.
#NameBirthsvs 1921
1 John 57,280 —
2 Robert 53,796 —
3 William 51,111 —
4 James 49,802 —
5 Charles 28,839 —
6 George 27,350 —
7 Joseph 25,699 —
8 Edward 20,419 —
9 Richard 17,537 +1
10 Frank 16,013 -1
11 Thomas 15,261 —
12 Donald 14,913 +1
13 Harold 13,593 -1
14 Paul 12,922 —
15 Walter 12,631 —
16 Raymond 12,129 —
17 Henry 11,207 —
18 Jack 10,847 —
19 Arthur 10,114 —
20 Albert 9,896 —
21 Kenneth 9,258 +1
22 Harry 9,077 -1
23 Ralph 8,484 —
24 David 7,865 +1
25 Eugene 7,849 +1
26 Howard 7,296 +1
27 Louis 7,095 +2
28 Willie 6,903 +6
29 Clarence 6,861 -1
30 Carl 6,690 —
31 Earl 6,461 —
32 Roy 6,458 —
33 Fred 6,245 —
34 Francis 6,147 +1
35 Joe 6,089 +1
36 Lawrence 5,786 +1
37 Ernest 5,503 +1
38 Leonard 5,407 +1
39 Anthony 5,091 +1
40 Herbert 5,047 +2
41 Stanley 5,045 —
42 Alfred 4,833 +1
43 Samuel 4,600 +1
44 Norman 4,527 +2
45 Warren 4,484 -21
46 Bernard 4,409 -1
47 Daniel 4,285 +2
48 Michael 3,990 -1
49 Russell 3,965 +3
50 Melvin 3,908 +3
51 Leo 3,901 -1
52 Edwin 3,827 +2
53 Andrew 3,803 -2
54 Elmer 3,738 -6
55 Leroy 3,671 —
56 Marvin 3,580 +3
57 Peter 3,545 —
58 Gerald 3,541 +2
59 Lloyd 3,364 -1
60 Frederick 3,353 +1
61 Floyd 3,221 +2
62 Theodore 3,216 +3
63 Clifford 3,157 -1
64 Chester 3,133 -8
65 Ray 3,051 +2
66 Herman 3,014 -2
67 Clyde 3,007 +2
68 Vernon 3,003 —
69 Lester 2,951 -3
70 Philip 2,769 +2
71 Vincent 2,710 -1
72 Charlie 2,655 +4
73 Alvin 2,599 —
74 Milton 2,556 +1
75 Lewis 2,555 -4
76 Gordon 2,527 +8
77 Leon 2,521 -3
78 Wayne 2,476 +3
79 Glenn 2,425 +1
80 Martin 2,402 -2
81 Jesse 2,395 -4
82 Benjamin 2,378 —
83 Lee 2,371 +3
84 Sam 2,349 +1
85 Cecil 2,336 -6
86 Victor 2,322 -3
87 Wallace 2,210 +1
88 Harvey 2,207 -1
89 Dale 2,041 +4
90 Billy 2,029 +19
91 Willard 2,017 -2
92 Oscar 2,007 —
93 Edgar 1,923 -3
94 Arnold 1,892 -3
95 Allen 1,887 -1
96 Roger 1,848 +3
97 Claude 1,806 -1
98 Everett 1,798 -3
99 Virgil 1,790 -1
100 Gilbert 1,748 +3

Names that climbed fastest in 1922

Ranked by places gained against 1921, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1922Rank 1921Change
Marilyn girls 145 253 +108
Bobby boys 293 364 +71
Marianne girls 433 488 +55
Miles boys 344 398 +54
Patsy girls 396 449 +53
Elijah boys 327 378 +51
Lorine girls 396 446 +50
Maryann girls 410 460 +50
Tommie girls 384 430 +46
Ward boys 320 366 +46
Nelda girls 415 459 +44
Gloria girls 61 102 +41
Jo girls 376 417 +41
Forest boys 339 380 +41
Yolanda girls 306 346 +40

Names that fell fastest in 1922

NameRank 1922Rank 1921Change
Theda girls 483 394 -89
Stephanie girls 459 382 -77
Jess boys 381 317 -64
Enid girls 481 418 -63
Erna girls 474 418 -56
Earle boys 367 320 -47
Ellsworth boys 409 362 -47
Kate girls 443 398 -45
Monica girls 479 434 -45
Dortha girls 433 389 -44
Jayne girls 468 424 -44
Wilburn boys 382 338 -44
Mercedes girls 430 387 -43
Oma girls 458 416 -42
Beth girls 387 346 -41

Names that first appear in 1922

1922 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1922

For these names, 1922 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.