The most popular baby names of 1925
SSA recorded 2,333,303 births in 1925 across all reported names — 1,217,384 girls and 1,115,919 boys.
Top 100 girls' names in 1925
| # | Name | Births | vs 1924 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 70,586 | — |
| 2 | Dorothy | 38,570 | — |
| 3 | Betty | 32,812 | +1 |
| 4 | Helen | 29,173 | -1 |
| 5 | Margaret | 24,463 | — |
| 6 | Ruth | 22,247 | — |
| 7 | Virginia | 17,490 | — |
| 8 | Doris | 16,075 | +1 |
| 9 | Mildred | 14,453 | -1 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 13,936 | +1 |
| 11 | Frances | 13,824 | -1 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 12,505 | — |
| 13 | Anna | 12,250 | — |
| 14 | Jean | 11,598 | +2 |
| 15 | Alice | 11,576 | — |
| 16 | Marie | 10,930 | -2 |
| 17 | Shirley | 10,513 | +2 |
| 18 | Lois | 9,573 | +4 |
| 19 | Irene | 9,440 | -1 |
| 20 | Gloria | 9,381 | +21 |
| 21 | Marjorie | 9,306 | -4 |
| 22 | Barbara | 9,155 | +6 |
| 23 | Martha | 8,762 | -2 |
| 24 | Florence | 8,585 | -4 |
| 25 | Lillian | 8,351 | -2 |
| 26 | Rose | 8,280 | -1 |
| 27 | Louise | 8,275 | -3 |
| 28 | Patricia | 8,096 | +7 |
| 29 | Catherine | 7,867 | -2 |
| 30 | Ruby | 7,843 | -4 |
| 31 | Eleanor | 7,724 | -2 |
| 32 | Annie | 7,350 | — |
| 33 | Gladys | 7,231 | -3 |
| 34 | Norma | 6,941 | +6 |
| 35 | Thelma | 6,823 | -2 |
| 36 | Josephine | 6,810 | -2 |
| 37 | Edna | 6,781 | -6 |
| 38 | Pauline | 6,728 | — |
| 39 | June | 6,649 | +6 |
| 40 | Phyllis | 6,486 | +4 |
| 41 | Lucille | 6,397 | -4 |
| 42 | Edith | 6,275 | -6 |
| 43 | Ethel | 6,176 | -4 |
| 44 | Grace | 5,983 | -1 |
| 45 | Hazel | 5,778 | -3 |
| 46 | Bernice | 5,728 | +1 |
| 47 | Marion | 5,577 | -1 |
| 48 | Rita | 5,323 | +1 |
| 49 | Juanita | 5,232 | -1 |
| 50 | Beatrice | 4,992 | — |
| 51 | Lorraine | 4,983 | +1 |
| 52 | Ann | 4,935 | +3 |
| 53 | Jane | 4,881 | — |
| 54 | Geraldine | 4,838 | +4 |
| 55 | Clara | 4,776 | +1 |
| 56 | Esther | 4,726 | -5 |
| 57 | Emma | 4,714 | — |
| 58 | Sarah | 4,685 | -4 |
| 59 | Joyce | 4,364 | +24 |
| 60 | Nancy | 4,325 | +9 |
| 61 | Katherine | 4,240 | -2 |
| 62 | Wilma | 4,175 | +5 |
| 63 | Elsie | 4,146 | -2 |
| 64 | Dolores | 4,145 | +11 |
| 65 | Julia | 4,047 | -3 |
| 66 | Joan | 4,030 | +29 |
| 67 | Marian | 3,979 | -3 |
| 68 | Willie | 3,947 | — |
| 69 | Agnes | 3,911 | -6 |
| 70 | Gertrude | 3,892 | -10 |
| 71 | Eva | 3,855 | -5 |
| 72 | Wanda | 3,803 | +2 |
| 73 | Elaine | 3,776 | — |
| 74 | Bertha | 3,772 | -9 |
| 75 | Laura | 3,588 | -3 |
| 76 | Vivian | 3,576 | -5 |
| 77 | Charlotte | 3,551 | +3 |
| 78 | Audrey | 3,543 | +6 |
| 79 | Maxine | 3,538 | -2 |
| 80 | Theresa | 3,515 | +16 |
| 81 | Kathleen | 3,503 | -5 |
| 82 | Ida | 3,489 | -12 |
| 83 | Marilyn | 3,419 | +18 |
| 84 | Viola | 3,336 | -2 |
| 85 | Anne | 3,320 | -6 |
| 86 | Vera | 3,280 | -1 |
| 87 | Bessie | 3,266 | -1 |
| 88 | Kathryn | 3,262 | -7 |
| 89 | Jeanne | 3,225 | +1 |
| 90 | Pearl | 3,213 | -12 |
| 91 | Lillie | 3,119 | +6 |
| 92 | Violet | 3,032 | -4 |
| 93 | Ella | 3,006 | +1 |
| 94 | Alma | 2,996 | -7 |
| 95 | Myrtle | 2,980 | -6 |
| 96 | Eileen | 2,964 | -3 |
| 97 | Jessie | 2,951 | -6 |
| 98 | Nellie | 2,937 | -6 |
| 99 | Margie | 2,868 | +3 |
| 100 | Mattie | 2,816 | +9 |
Top 100 boys' names in 1925
| # | Name | Births | vs 1924 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 60,895 | — |
| 2 | John | 57,195 | — |
| 3 | William | 53,310 | — |
| 4 | James | 52,680 | — |
| 5 | Charles | 29,580 | — |
| 6 | George | 26,560 | — |
| 7 | Joseph | 24,613 | — |
| 8 | Richard | 23,269 | — |
| 9 | Edward | 20,090 | — |
| 10 | Donald | 19,193 | — |
| 11 | Thomas | 16,688 | — |
| 12 | Frank | 15,329 | — |
| 13 | Paul | 14,175 | +1 |
| 14 | Harold | 13,597 | -1 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,441 | — |
| 16 | Walter | 12,130 | — |
| 17 | Jack | 12,011 | — |
| 18 | Henry | 10,618 | — |
| 19 | Kenneth | 10,146 | — |
| 20 | Arthur | 9,986 | — |
| 21 | Albert | 9,511 | — |
| 22 | David | 8,915 | +2 |
| 23 | Harry | 8,610 | -1 |
| 24 | Eugene | 8,517 | +1 |
| 25 | Ralph | 8,467 | -2 |
| 26 | Howard | 7,173 | — |
| 27 | Willie | 7,124 | +3 |
| 28 | Carl | 7,061 | -1 |
| 29 | Louis | 6,798 | -1 |
| 30 | Clarence | 6,670 | -1 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,436 | +2 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,376 | -1 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,205 | -1 |
| 34 | Joe | 6,107 | +1 |
| 35 | Francis | 5,978 | -1 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,633 | — |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,494 | — |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,465 | — |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,041 | — |
| 40 | Stanley | 5,030 | — |
| 41 | Norman | 4,975 | +1 |
| 42 | Herbert | 4,924 | -1 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,796 | — |
| 44 | Daniel | 4,548 | +3 |
| 45 | Gerald | 4,507 | +4 |
| 46 | Samuel | 4,405 | -1 |
| 47 | Calvin | 4,302 | -3 |
| 48 | Bernard | 4,259 | -2 |
| 49 | Billy | 4,207 | +14 |
| 50 | Melvin | 4,146 | -2 |
| 51 | Marvin | 4,092 | -1 |
| 52 | Leroy | 3,884 | +1 |
| 53 | Russell | 3,804 | -1 |
| 54 | Leo | 3,775 | -3 |
| 55 | Michael | 3,761 | -1 |
| 56 | Andrew | 3,617 | — |
| 57 | Edwin | 3,560 | -2 |
| 58 | Floyd | 3,524 | +8 |
| 59 | Clifford | 3,424 | +5 |
| 60 | Peter | 3,373 | -1 |
| 61 | Elmer | 3,356 | -4 |
| 62 | Lloyd | 3,324 | -1 |
| 63 | Theodore | 3,226 | +2 |
| 64 | Ray | 3,219 | -4 |
| 65 | Frederick | 3,088 | -3 |
| 66 | Warren | 2,945 | -8 |
| 67 | Vernon | 2,912 | +1 |
| 68 | Clyde | 2,906 | +1 |
| 69 | Herman | 2,890 | +1 |
| 70 | Alvin | 2,777 | +3 |
| 71 | Vincent | 2,772 | +7 |
| 72 | Gordon | 2,748 | +3 |
| 73 | Chester | 2,719 | -6 |
| 74 | Wayne | 2,713 | — |
| 75 | Philip | 2,675 | -4 |
| 76 | Leon | 2,636 | — |
| 77 | Glenn | 2,611 | +2 |
| 78 | Charlie | 2,578 | +2 |
| 79 | Lewis | 2,577 | -2 |
| 80 | Milton | 2,567 | +1 |
| 81 | Lester | 2,559 | -9 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,537 | +1 |
| 83 | Martin | 2,417 | -1 |
| 84 | Bill | 2,381 | +8 |
| 85 | Jesse | 2,373 | +1 |
| 86 | Dale | 2,302 | -2 |
| 87 | Cecil | 2,297 | -2 |
| 88 | Harvey | 2,190 | — |
| 89 | Victor | 2,119 | +1 |
| 90 | Roger | 2,099 | +3 |
| 91 | Sam | 2,092 | — |
| 92 | Wallace | 2,076 | -5 |
| 93 | Benjamin | 2,069 | -4 |
| 94 | Allen | 2,034 | — |
| 95 | Arnold | 1,972 | — |
| 96 | Edgar | 1,809 | — |
| 97 | Willard | 1,795 | — |
| 98 | Roland | 1,785 | — |
| 99 | Oscar | 1,754 | — |
| 100 | Johnnie | 1,744 | +1 |
Names that climbed fastest in 1925
Ranked by places gained against 1924, among names with at least 200 births in both years.
| Name | Rank 1925 | Rank 1924 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemarie girls | 275 | 400 | +125 |
| Therese girls | 291 | 405 | +114 |
| Gene girls | 352 | 436 | +84 |
| Bobbie boys | 315 | 391 | +76 |
| Jackie boys | 355 | 429 | +74 |
| Allene girls | 413 | 483 | +70 |
| Vada girls | 426 | 495 | +69 |
| James girls | 357 | 425 | +68 |
| Ester girls | 410 | 473 | +63 |
| Jimmy boys | 197 | 250 | +53 |
| Pat boys | 336 | 388 | +52 |
| Earnestine girls | 395 | 446 | +51 |
| Larry boys | 190 | 237 | +47 |
| Betsy girls | 407 | 453 | +46 |
| Joanne girls | 262 | 306 | +44 |
Names that fell fastest in 1925
| Name | Rank 1925 | Rank 1924 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maudie girls | 454 | 401 | -53 |
| Adrian boys | 363 | 315 | -48 |
| Luis boys | 360 | 314 | -46 |
| Kay girls | 439 | 395 | -44 |
| Retha girls | 482 | 438 | -44 |
| Woodrow boys | 295 | 254 | -41 |
| Frieda girls | 323 | 283 | -40 |
| Hope girls | 373 | 333 | -40 |
| Molly girls | 443 | 404 | -39 |
| Sophia girls | 402 | 364 | -38 |
| Isabell girls | 450 | 412 | -38 |
| Antonia girls | 410 | 373 | -37 |
| Barney boys | 396 | 359 | -37 |
| Nola girls | 414 | 378 | -36 |
| Bruno boys | 410 | 374 | -36 |
Names that first appear in 1925
1925 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.
- Irmalee 37
- Johna 11
- Wayburn 11
- Dulcia 9
- Jeweldine 9
- Julias 9
- Calletana 8
- Clennon 8
- Evell 8
- Eyvonne 8
- Geretha 8
- Ivaline 8
- Masahiro 8
- Nikki 8
- Shelvy 8
- Valoyce 8
- Vernadean 8
- Walford 8
- Annil 7
- Aravella 7
Names that peaked in 1925
For these names, 1925 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.
- Willie 11,071
- June 6,723
- Wilma 4,202
- Clifford 3,473
- Margie 2,882
- Rosa 2,245
- Reba 792
- Ila 649
- Burton 597
- Irwin 534
- Vito 316
- Ester 307
- Lenard 204