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

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1920 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1919						Change from 1919
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	70,982	5.706	0	5,144	1	John	56,913	5.170	0	3,385
2	Dorothy	36,643	2.945	1	4,909	2	William	50,149	4.556	0	6,178
3	Helen	35,097	2.821	-1	1,391	3	Robert	48,676	4.422	1	7,649
4	Margaret	27,996	2.250	0	1,759	4	James	47,912	4.352	-1	5,522
5	Ruth	26,102	2.098	0	1,537	5	Charles	28,308	2.572	0	3,116
6	Mildred	18,059	1.452	0	759	6	George	26,892	2.443	0	1,720
7	Virginia	17,314	1.392	0	1,678	7	Joseph	25,591	2.325	0	1,327
8	Elizabeth	15,910	1.279	0	623	8	Edward	20,095	1.825	0	1,560
9	Frances	15,883	1.277	0	776	9	Frank	16,430	1.493	0	728
10	Anna	14,581	1.172	0	83	10	Richard	15,010	1.364	2	2,569
11	Betty	14,016	1.127	4	3,910	11	Thomas	14,938	1.357	-1	1,504
12	Evelyn	13,838	1.112	-1	517	12	Harold	13,678	1.243	1	1,657
13	Marie	12,743	1.024	-1	734	13	Walter	13,293	1.208	-2	413
14	Doris	11,892	0.956	4	2,458	14	Paul	12,570	1.142	1	1,264
15	Alice	11,596	0.932	-2	455	15	Raymond	12,194	1.108	-1	811
16	Florence	10,732	0.863	-2	250	16	Donald	11,942	1.085	1	2,039
17	Irene	10,072	0.810	-1	360	17	Henry	11,304	1.027	-1	691
18	Lillian	10,049	0.808	-1	533	18	Arthur	10,237	0.930	1	698
19	Louise	9,179	0.738	1	367	19	Albert	9,998	0.908	-1	391
20	Rose	9,011	0.724	-1	-184	20	Jack	9,599	0.872	1	1,336
21	Catherine	8,878	0.714	2	544	21	Harry	9,407	0.855	-1	418
22	Gladys	8,819	0.709	-1	102	22	Ralph	8,556	0.777	0	846
23	Martha	8,709	0.700	2	388	23	Kenneth	7,840	0.712	3	1,045
24	Marjorie	8,658	0.696	9	1,323	24	Howard	7,465	0.678	0	621
25	Eleanor	8,498	0.683	5	887	25	David	7,445	0.676	2	728
26	Ruby	8,337	0.670	-2	3	26	Clarence	7,221	0.656	-1	396
27	Edna	8,331	0.670	-5	-73	27	Carl	7,010	0.637	2	535
28	Josephine	8,094	0.651	-2	-11	28	Louis	6,967	0.633	0	306
29	Lucille	7,988	0.642	-2	132	29	Willie	6,889	0.626	-6	-53
30	Ethel	7,868	0.632	-2	58	30	Eugene	6,866	0.624	3	974
31	Thelma	7,815	0.628	0	257	31	Earl	6,532	0.593	0	557
32	Edith	7,773	0.625	-3	6	32	Roy	6,354	0.577	0	384
33	Jean	7,714	0.620	4	915	33	Fred	6,298	0.572	-3	206
34	Hazel	7,308	0.587	-2	-122	34	Francis	6,241	0.567	0	515
35	Annie	7,269	0.584	0	123	35	Joe	6,071	0.552	0	362
36	Pauline	7,180	0.577	0	207	36	Lawrence	5,727	0.520	2	522
37	Grace	7,173	0.577	-3	-21	37	Ernest	5,566	0.506	-1	270
38	Lois	6,560	0.527	2	584	38	Leonard	5,511	0.501	1	501
39	Esther	6,068	0.488	-1	-180	39	Warren	5,492	0.499	44	3,312
40	Bernice	5,928	0.477	2	135	40	Stanley	5,314	0.483	-3	76
41	Beatrice	5,804	0.467	0	-52	41	Herbert	5,249	0.477	-1	289
42	Gertrude	5,797	0.466	-3	-218	42	Alfred	5,007	0.455	0	392
43	Marion	5,745	0.462	1	587	43	Anthony	4,944	0.449	-2	207
44	Clara	5,470	0.440	-1	66	44	Samuel	4,654	0.423	-1	182
45	Katherine	5,276	0.424	6	430	45	Elmer	4,206	0.382	-1	225
46	Emma	5,237	0.421	-1	150	46	Bernard	4,164	0.378	-1	249
47	Barbara	5,106	0.410	13	1,022	47	Norman	4,109	0.373	1	301
48	Jane	5,055	0.406	5	529	48	Leo	4,054	0.368	1	252
49	Ann	5,041	0.405	0	117	49	Andrew	4,026	0.366	-2	175
50	Sarah	5,031	0.404	-4	9	50	Michael	4,003	0.364	-4	93

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.