Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1921

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1921 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1920						Change from 1920
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	73,985	5.781	0	3,003	1	John	58,217	5.116	0	1,304
2	Dorothy	39,087	3.054	0	2,444	2	Robert	52,784	4.639	1	4,108
3	Helen	34,822	2.721	0	-275	3	William	51,860	4.557	-1	1,711
4	Margaret	28,467	2.224	0	471	4	James	49,748	4.372	0	1,836
5	Ruth	25,784	2.015	0	-318	5	Charles	29,244	2.570	0	936
6	Virginia	19,033	1.487	1	1,719	6	George	27,476	2.415	0	584
7	Mildred	17,881	1.397	-1	-178	7	Joseph	26,179	2.301	0	588
8	Betty	17,638	1.378	3	3,622	8	Edward	20,818	1.829	0	723
9	Frances	15,993	1.250	0	110	9	Frank	16,708	1.468	0	278
10	Elizabeth	15,800	1.235	-2	-110	10	Richard	16,376	1.439	0	1,366
11	Anna	14,477	1.131	-1	-104	11	Thomas	15,307	1.345	0	369
12	Evelyn	14,278	1.116	0	440	12	Harold	13,811	1.214	0	133
13	Doris	13,152	1.028	1	1,260	13	Donald	13,776	1.211	3	1,834
14	Marie	12,501	0.977	-1	-242	14	Paul	13,168	1.157	0	598
15	Alice	11,956	0.934	0	360	15	Walter	13,005	1.143	-2	-288
16	Marjorie	11,209	0.876	8	2,551	16	Raymond	12,644	1.111	-1	450
17	Florence	10,719	0.838	-1	-13	17	Henry	11,412	1.003	0	108
18	Irene	10,624	0.830	-1	552	18	Jack	10,757	0.945	2	1,158
19	Lillian	9,770	0.763	-1	-279	19	Arthur	10,527	0.925	-1	290
20	Rose	9,352	0.731	0	341	20	Albert	10,158	0.893	-1	160
21	Martha	9,264	0.724	2	555	21	Harry	9,731	0.855	0	324
22	Louise	9,180	0.717	-3	1	22	Kenneth	8,959	0.787	1	1,119
23	Catherine	8,887	0.694	-2	9	23	Ralph	8,860	0.779	-1	304
24	Gladys	8,813	0.689	-2	-6	24	Warren	7,797	0.685	15	2,305
25	Jean	8,593	0.671	8	879	25	David	7,767	0.683	0	322
26	Ruby	8,333	0.651	0	-4	26	Eugene	7,717	0.678	4	851
27	Edna	8,303	0.649	0	-28	27	Howard	7,713	0.678	-3	248
28	Josephine	8,133	0.636	0	39	28	Clarence	7,332	0.644	-2	111
29	Eleanor	8,053	0.629	-4	-445	29	Louis	7,247	0.637	-1	280
30	Thelma	7,839	0.613	1	24	30	Carl	7,077	0.622	-3	67
31	Lucille	7,698	0.602	-2	-290	31	Earl	6,755	0.594	0	223
32	Ethel	7,603	0.594	-2	-265	32	Roy	6,545	0.575	0	191
33	Edith	7,589	0.593	-1	-184	33	Fred	6,494	0.571	0	196
34	Hazel	7,341	0.574	0	33	34	Willie	6,489	0.570	-5	-400
35	Grace	7,230	0.565	2	57	35	Francis	6,293	0.553	-1	52
36	Annie	7,208	0.563	-1	-61	36	Joe	6,203	0.545	-1	132
37	Pauline	7,142	0.558	-1	-38	37	Lawrence	5,977	0.525	-1	250
38	Lois	6,899	0.539	0	339	38	Ernest	5,698	0.501	-1	132
39	Bernice	6,190	0.484	1	262	39	Leonard	5,651	0.497	-1	140
40	Barbara	6,014	0.470	7	908	40	Anthony	5,237	0.460	3	293
41	Beatrice	5,968	0.466	0	164	41	Stanley	5,233	0.460	-1	-81
42	Esther	5,925	0.463	-3	-143	42	Herbert	5,218	0.459	-1	-31
43	Marion	5,814	0.454	0	69	43	Alfred	4,925	0.433	-1	-82
44	Shirley	5,694	0.445	12	981	44	Samuel	4,755	0.418	0	101
45	Clara	5,606	0.438	-1	136	45	Bernard	4,484	0.394	1	320
46	Gertrude	5,349	0.418	-4	-448	46	Norman	4,479	0.394	1	370
47	Jane	5,187	0.405	1	132	47	Michael	4,198	0.369	3	195
48	Rita	5,157	0.403	4	178	48	Elmer	4,146	0.364	-3	-60
49	Katherine	5,156	0.403	-4	-120	49	Daniel	4,088	0.359	3	192
50	June	5,155	0.403	3	244	50	Leo	4,066	0.357	-2	12

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.