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The most popular baby names of 1924

SSA recorded 2,381,614 births in 1924 across all reported names — 1,248,872 girls and 1,132,742 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1924

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1923.
#NameBirthsvs 1923
1 Mary 73,534 —
2 Dorothy 39,996 —
3 Helen 31,194 —
4 Betty 30,600 +1
5 Margaret 26,547 -1
6 Ruth 23,601 —
7 Virginia 18,620 —
8 Mildred 15,853 —
9 Doris 15,786 +2
10 Frances 15,183 —
11 Elizabeth 14,950 -2
12 Evelyn 13,358 —
13 Anna 13,076 —
14 Marie 11,575 —
15 Alice 11,537 —
16 Jean 10,721 +3
17 Marjorie 10,069 -1
18 Irene 9,928 -1
19 Shirley 9,489 +7
20 Florence 9,472 -2
21 Martha 9,320 —
22 Lois 9,300 +5
23 Lillian 9,100 -3
24 Louise 8,854 -2
25 Rose 8,479 -2
26 Ruby 8,406 -1
27 Catherine 8,363 -3
28 Barbara 8,305 +5
29 Eleanor 8,193 -1
30 Gladys 7,790 -1
31 Edna 7,408 +1
32 Annie 7,347 +2
33 Thelma 7,316 -2
34 Josephine 7,274 -4
35 Patricia 6,957 +21
36 Edith 6,890 —
37 Lucille 6,744 -2
38 Pauline 6,722 -1
39 Ethel 6,586 -1
40 Norma 6,542 +1
41 Gloria 6,534 +7
42 Hazel 6,342 -2
43 Grace 6,327 -4
44 Phyllis 6,267 +1
45 June 6,150 -3
46 Marion 6,047 -2
47 Bernice 6,033 -4
48 Juanita 5,404 +3
49 Rita 5,381 +1
50 Beatrice 5,271 -4
51 Esther 5,258 -4
52 Lorraine 5,109 +5
53 Jane 5,104 +2
54 Sarah 5,045 —
55 Ann 5,035 -3
56 Clara 4,988 -7
57 Emma 4,897 -4
58 Geraldine 4,833 —
59 Katherine 4,695 +1
60 Gertrude 4,543 -1
61 Elsie 4,499 —
62 Julia 4,289 —
63 Agnes 4,240 —
64 Marian 4,197 +1
65 Bertha 4,122 -1
66 Eva 4,068 —
67 Wilma 4,066 +7
68 Willie 3,992 -1
69 Nancy 3,989 +6
70 Ida 3,861 -2
71 Vivian 3,850 -2
72 Laura 3,829 +1
73 Elaine 3,802 +14
74 Wanda 3,735 +6
75 Dolores 3,729 +8
76 Kathleen 3,663 -6
77 Maxine 3,659 -1
78 Pearl 3,635 —
79 Anne 3,627 -8
80 Charlotte 3,612 -3
81 Kathryn 3,598 -9
82 Viola 3,577 -3
83 Joyce 3,533 +21
84 Audrey 3,520 +1
85 Vera 3,476 -3
86 Bessie 3,404 -5
87 Alma 3,240 +2
88 Violet 3,224 -2
89 Myrtle 3,205 -5
90 Jeanne 3,150 —
91 Jessie 3,147 +2
92 Nellie 3,075 -4
93 Eileen 3,070 +2
94 Ella 3,061 -1
95 Joan 3,023 +22
96 Theresa 3,021 +9
97 Lillie 2,979 -6
98 Lucy 2,978 -6
99 Ellen 2,949 +4
100 Minnie 2,885 -1

Top 100 boys' names in 1924

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1923.
#NameBirthsvs 1923
1 Robert 60,802 +1
2 John 59,052 -1
3 William 53,506 —
4 James 52,942 —
5 Charles 30,460 —
6 George 27,373 —
7 Joseph 25,421 —
8 Richard 21,244 +1
9 Edward 21,126 -1
10 Donald 17,929 —
11 Thomas 16,555 +1
12 Frank 16,044 -1
13 Harold 14,149 —
14 Paul 13,338 —
15 Raymond 12,873 —
16 Walter 12,696 —
17 Jack 11,921 —
18 Henry 11,195 —
19 Kenneth 10,355 +2
20 Arthur 10,172 -1
21 Albert 9,880 -1
22 Harry 9,115 —
23 Ralph 8,766 —
24 David 8,758 —
25 Eugene 8,346 —
26 Howard 7,371 —
27 Carl 7,085 +1
28 Louis 7,043 -1
29 Clarence 6,895 —
30 Willie 6,700 —
31 Roy 6,557 +1
32 Fred 6,532 +1
33 Earl 6,529 -2
34 Francis 6,131 —
35 Joe 6,044 —
36 Lawrence 5,775 —
37 Ernest 5,683 +1
38 Leonard 5,601 -1
39 Anthony 5,191 —
40 Stanley 5,186 +1
41 Herbert 5,121 -1
42 Norman 5,045 +2
43 Alfred 4,929 -1
44 Calvin 4,918 +38
45 Samuel 4,591 —
46 Bernard 4,505 —
47 Daniel 4,403 —
48 Melvin 4,168 —
49 Gerald 4,151 +5
50 Marvin 4,024 +1
51 Leo 3,990 -2
52 Russell 3,946 —
53 Leroy 3,922 +2
54 Michael 3,874 -4
55 Edwin 3,788 +1
56 Andrew 3,744 -3
57 Elmer 3,731 —
58 Warren 3,582 -15
59 Peter 3,520 -1
60 Ray 3,369 +1
61 Lloyd 3,350 -2
62 Frederick 3,279 -2
63 Billy 3,271 +15
64 Clifford 3,250 +1
65 Theodore 3,225 -3
66 Floyd 3,165 -2
67 Chester 3,033 -4
68 Vernon 3,008 -1
69 Clyde 3,006 -1
70 Herman 2,954 -4
71 Philip 2,921 -1
72 Lester 2,780 -1
73 Alvin 2,759 —
74 Wayne 2,730 +1
75 Gordon 2,714 +1
76 Leon 2,677 +1
77 Lewis 2,670 -3
78 Vincent 2,638 -6
79 Glenn 2,586 +5
80 Charlie 2,507 -1
81 Milton 2,474 —
82 Martin 2,452 -2
83 Lee 2,420 +2
84 Dale 2,396 +6
85 Cecil 2,299 +2
86 Jesse 2,292 -3
87 Wallace 2,283 -18
88 Harvey 2,242 +3
89 Benjamin 2,221 -3
90 Victor 2,189 -2
91 Sam 2,123 -2
92 Bill 2,067 +6
93 Roger 2,054 +2
94 Allen 2,045 +3
95 Arnold 2,014 -2
96 Edgar 1,878 -2
97 Willard 1,834 -5
98 Roland 1,822 +6
99 Oscar 1,819 -3
100 Gilbert 1,797 +2

Names that climbed fastest in 1924

Ranked by places gained against 1923, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1924Rank 1923Change
Colleen girls 289 377 +88
Therese girls 405 483 +78
Raul boys 331 408 +77
Corinne girls 263 339 +76
Joann girls 342 417 +75
Patsy girls 293 364 +71
Bobby boys 191 260 +69
Roxie girls 416 474 +58
Joanne girls 306 359 +53
Merlin boys 312 365 +53
Nelda girls 388 439 +51
Sheldon boys 329 380 +51
Jo girls 285 334 +49
Janice girls 187 233 +46
Rosemarie girls 400 446 +46

Names that fell fastest in 1924

NameRank 1924Rank 1923Change
Harriette girls 464 400 -64
Allene girls 483 431 -52
Ione girls 431 382 -49
Hester girls 383 335 -48
Tessie girls 492 444 -48
Lorna girls 392 345 -47
Wiley boys 393 346 -47
Zella girls 454 408 -46
Jackson boys 405 363 -42
Elijah boys 374 335 -39
Hannah girls 348 310 -38
Mervin boys 421 384 -37
Solomon boys 364 328 -36
Clare girls 471 436 -35
Adelaide girls 376 343 -33

Names that first appear in 1924

1924 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1924

For these names, 1924 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.