Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1918

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1918 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1917						Change from 1917
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	67,366	5.603	0	3,085	1	John	56,558	5.393	0	4,705
2	Helen	36,148	3.006	0	1,897	2	William	45,290	4.319	0	2,868
3	Dorothy	32,032	2.664	0	3,181	3	James	42,118	4.016	0	4,779
4	Margaret	27,139	2.257	0	1,579	4	Robert	40,620	3.874	0	5,400
5	Ruth	25,534	2.124	0	1,966	5	Charles	26,922	2.567	2	2,779
6	Mildred	17,258	1.435	0	1,001	6	George	26,318	2.510	0	2,122
7	Virginia	16,421	1.366	3	2,160	7	Joseph	26,263	2.504	-2	1,501
8	Frances	16,131	1.342	1	1,768	8	Edward	19,489	1.858	0	1,987
9	Elizabeth	15,853	1.318	-1	722	9	Frank	17,017	1.623	0	1,248
10	Anna	15,666	1.303	-3	506	10	Thomas	13,910	1.326	0	1,299
11	Evelyn	13,493	1.122	0	961	11	Walter	13,338	1.272	0	756
12	Marie	12,589	1.047	0	776	12	Richard	12,323	1.175	2	1,409
13	Alice	11,590	0.964	0	600	13	Harold	12,185	1.162	-1	991
14	Florence	11,316	0.941	0	777	14	Paul	11,755	1.121	-1	600
15	Lillian	9,986	0.831	0	143	15	Raymond	11,604	1.107	1	1,648
16	Irene	9,774	0.813	1	611	16	Henry	11,354	1.083	-1	658
17	Rose	9,568	0.796	-1	-215	17	Arthur	10,105	0.964	0	823
18	Louise	9,110	0.758	1	526	18	Donald	9,973	0.951	2	1,244
19	Doris	9,061	0.754	6	1,242	19	Albert	9,935	0.947	-1	778
20	Catherine	8,842	0.735	-2	153	20	Harry	9,896	0.944	-1	1,040
21	Betty	8,803	0.732	13	2,164	21	Jack	8,342	0.795	1	1,468
22	Gladys	8,735	0.726	1	660	22	Ralph	8,161	0.778	-1	769
23	Edna	8,698	0.723	-3	276	23	Clarence	7,188	0.685	2	602
24	Josephine	8,682	0.722	-3	356	24	Louis	7,082	0.675	-1	311
25	Martha	8,342	0.694	-3	81	25	Carl	7,003	0.668	-1	304
26	Eleanor	8,176	0.680	0	507	26	Howard	6,928	0.661	0	518
27	Ruby	8,134	0.677	0	472	27	Kenneth	6,809	0.649	0	667
28	Ethel	8,076	0.672	-4	212	28	David	6,627	0.632	0	527
29	Lucille	7,902	0.657	0	374	29	Willie	6,537	0.623	2	786
30	Edith	7,859	0.654	-2	327	30	Francis	6,347	0.605	0	546
31	Grace	7,770	0.646	-1	397	31	Earl	6,322	0.603	1	690
32	Thelma	7,740	0.644	0	495	32	Roy	6,211	0.592	1	625
33	Hazel	7,615	0.633	-2	330	33	Fred	6,182	0.590	-4	196
34	Marjorie	7,517	0.625	2	1,118	34	Joe	5,804	0.553	1	661
35	Pauline	7,222	0.601	-2	326	35	Eugene	5,632	0.537	4	759
36	Annie	6,742	0.561	-1	338	36	Stanley	5,618	0.536	-2	432
37	Jean	6,600	0.549	3	908	37	Ernest	5,527	0.527	0	472
38	Esther	6,574	0.547	0	293	38	Lawrence	5,372	0.512	-2	278
39	Gertrude	6,264	0.521	-2	-36	39	Anthony	5,168	0.493	-1	141
40	Beatrice	5,907	0.491	-1	68	40	Herbert	5,128	0.489	0	383
41	Bernice	5,893	0.490	1	347	41	Leonard	4,980	0.475	0	286
42	Lois	5,877	0.489	1	392	42	Alfred	4,873	0.465	1	449
43	Clara	5,778	0.481	-2	152	43	Samuel	4,771	0.455	-1	280
44	Ann	5,613	0.467	0	158	44	Elmer	4,373	0.417	1	561
45	Marion	5,583	0.464	0	212	45	Michael	4,296	0.410	-1	7
46	Emma	5,324	0.443	0	203	46	Andrew	4,139	0.395	2	387
47	Agnes	5,291	0.440	1	225	47	Bernard	4,098	0.391	2	387
48	Julia	5,268	0.438	-1	190	48	Leo	4,036	0.385	-1	257
49	Elsie	5,194	0.432	1	255	49	Norman	3,867	0.369	-3	78
50	Katherine	5,191	0.432	-1	235	50	Russell	3,833	0.366	2	397

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.