Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1920

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1920 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	70,982	5.706	-125	-68,655	1	John	56,913	5.170	-26	-47,794
2	Dorothy	36,643	2.945	-584	-36,126	2	William	50,149	4.556	-1	-35,633
3	Helen	35,097	2.821	-410	-34,352	3	Robert	48,676	4.422	-68	-43,536
4	Margaret	27,996	2.250	-123	-25,684	4	James	47,912	4.352	0	-34,387
5	Ruth	26,102	2.098	-260	-24,868	5	Charles	28,308	2.572	-47	-21,704
6	Mildred	18,059	1.452	-2,063	-17,966	6	George	26,892	2.443	-121	-23,833
7	Virginia	17,314	1.392	-533	-16,736	7	Joseph	25,591	2.325	-16	-16,036
8	Elizabeth	15,910	1.279	-5	-7,397	8	Edward	20,095	1.825	-161	-17,827
9	Frances	15,883	1.277	-436	-15,168	9	Frank	16,430	1.493	-383	-15,627
10	Anna	14,581	1.172	-44	-10,436	10	Richard	15,010	1.364	-178	-12,891
11	Betty	14,016	1.127	-1,117	-13,801	11	Thomas	14,938	1.357	-38	-8,159
12	Evelyn	13,838	1.112	2	-3,462	12	Harold	13,678	1.243	-785	-13,397
13	Marie	12,743	1.024	-563	-12,213	13	Walter	13,293	1.208	-258	-11,990
14	Doris	11,892	0.956	-1,800	-11,781	14	Paul	12,570	1.142	-220	-10,945
15	Alice	11,596	0.932	-56	-7,953	15	Raymond	12,194	1.108	-284	-11,045
16	Florence	10,732	0.863	-955	-10,463	16	Donald	11,942	1.085	-510	-11,409
17	Irene	10,072	0.810	-620	-9,608	17	Henry	11,304	1.027	1	-655
18	Lillian	10,049	0.808	-16	-4,515	18	Arthur	10,237	0.930	-212	-8,595
19	Louise	9,179	0.738	-781	-8,840	19	Albert	9,998	0.908	-433	-9,341
20	Rose	9,011	0.724	-103	-6,579	20	Jack	9,599	0.872	-8	-765
21	Catherine	8,878	0.714	-183	-7,380	21	Harry	9,407	0.855	-599	-8,980
22	Gladys	8,819	0.709	-3,417	-8,774	22	Ralph	8,556	0.777	-929	-8,339
23	Martha	8,709	0.700	-774	-8,368	23	Kenneth	7,840	0.712	-203	-6,185
24	Marjorie	8,658	0.696	-1,143	-8,453	24	Howard	7,465	0.678	-944	-7,252
25	Eleanor	8,498	0.683	-7	-2,804	25	David	7,445	0.676	3	2,252
26	Ruby	8,337	0.670	-48	-4,785	26	Clarence	7,221	0.656	-1,090	-7,049
27	Edna	8,331	0.670	-1,710	-8,214	27	Carl	7,010	0.637	-673	-6,668
28	Josephine	8,094	0.651	-63	-5,071	28	Louis	6,967	0.633	-235	-5,599
29	Lucille	7,988	0.642	-266	-6,873	29	Willie	6,889	0.626	-905	-6,665
30	Ethel	7,868	0.632	-4,326	-7,836	30	Eugene	6,866	0.624	-832	-6,614
31	Thelma	7,815	0.628	-4,927	-7,788	31	Earl	6,532	0.593	-1,633	-6,437
32	Edith	7,773	0.625	-486	-7,174	32	Roy	6,354	0.577	-510	-5,840
33	Jean	7,714	0.620	-2,360	-7,639	33	Fred	6,298	0.572	-1,617	-6,201
34	Hazel	7,308	0.587	-8	-2,392	34	Francis	6,241	0.567	-446	-5,635
35	Annie	7,269	0.584	-273	-6,189	35	Joe	6,071	0.552	-660	-5,726
36	Pauline	7,180	0.577	-2,749	-7,119	36	Lawrence	5,727	0.520	-462	-5,154
37	Grace	7,173	0.577	13	-449	37	Ernest	5,566	0.506	-941	-5,356
38	Lois	6,560	0.527	-1,655	-6,438	38	Leonard	5,511	0.501	-595	-5,096
39	Esther	6,068	0.488	-114	-4,237	39	Warren	5,492	0.499	-298	-4,499
40	Bernice	5,928	0.477	-2,628	-5,864	40	Stanley	5,314	0.483	-667	-4,975
41	Beatrice	5,804	0.467	-532	-5,269	41	Herbert	5,249	0.477	-1,986	-5,178
42	Gertrude	5,797	0.466	-5,444	-5,774	42	Alfred	5,007	0.455	-830	-4,758
43	Marion	5,745	0.462	-1,562	-5,612	43	Anthony	4,944	0.449	5	3,059
44	Clara	5,470	0.440	-59	-2,593	44	Samuel	4,654	0.423	23	5,080
45	Katherine	5,276	0.424	-67	-2,610	45	Elmer	4,206	0.382	-1,214	-4,061
46	Emma	5,237	0.421	45	13,451	46	Bernard	4,164	0.378	-1,105	-3,999
47	Barbara	5,106	0.410	-883	-4,821	47	Norman	4,109	0.373	-1,177	-3,958
48	Jane	5,055	0.406	-243	-3,932	48	Leo	4,054	0.368	-2	2,665
49	Ann	5,041	0.405	-934	-4,774	49	Andrew	4,026	0.366	6	3,208
50	Sarah	5,031	0.404	-17	-1,297	50	Michael	4,003	0.364	36	7,617

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.