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

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1921 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	73,985	5.781	-125	-71,658	1	John	58,217	5.116	-26	-49,098
2	Dorothy	39,087	3.054	-584	-38,570	2	Robert	52,784	4.639	-69	-47,644
3	Helen	34,822	2.721	-410	-34,077	3	William	51,860	4.557	0	-37,344
4	Margaret	28,467	2.224	-123	-26,155	4	James	49,748	4.372	0	-36,223
5	Ruth	25,784	2.015	-260	-24,550	5	Charles	29,244	2.570	-47	-22,640
6	Virginia	19,033	1.487	-534	-18,455	6	George	27,476	2.415	-121	-24,417
7	Mildred	17,881	1.397	-2,062	-17,788	7	Joseph	26,179	2.301	-16	-16,624
8	Betty	17,638	1.378	-1,120	-17,423	8	Edward	20,818	1.829	-161	-18,550
9	Frances	15,993	1.250	-436	-15,278	9	Frank	16,708	1.468	-383	-15,905
10	Elizabeth	15,800	1.235	-3	-7,287	10	Richard	16,376	1.439	-178	-14,257
11	Anna	14,477	1.131	-43	-10,332	11	Thomas	15,307	1.345	-38	-8,528
12	Evelyn	14,278	1.116	2	-3,902	12	Harold	13,811	1.214	-785	-13,530
13	Doris	13,152	1.028	-1,801	-13,041	13	Donald	13,776	1.211	-513	-13,243
14	Marie	12,501	0.977	-562	-11,971	14	Paul	13,168	1.157	-220	-11,543
15	Alice	11,956	0.934	-56	-8,313	15	Walter	13,005	1.143	-256	-11,702
16	Marjorie	11,209	0.876	-1,151	-11,004	16	Raymond	12,644	1.111	-283	-11,495
17	Florence	10,719	0.838	-954	-10,450	17	Henry	11,412	1.003	1	-763
18	Irene	10,624	0.830	-619	-10,160	18	Jack	10,757	0.945	-10	-1,923
19	Lillian	9,770	0.763	-15	-4,236	19	Arthur	10,527	0.925	-211	-8,885
20	Rose	9,352	0.731	-103	-6,920	20	Albert	10,158	0.893	-432	-9,501
21	Martha	9,264	0.724	-776	-8,923	21	Harry	9,731	0.855	-599	-9,304
22	Louise	9,180	0.717	-778	-8,841	22	Kenneth	8,959	0.787	-204	-7,304
23	Catherine	8,887	0.694	-181	-7,389	23	Ralph	8,860	0.779	-928	-8,643
24	Gladys	8,813	0.689	-3,415	-8,768	24	Warren	7,797	0.685	-313	-6,804
25	Jean	8,593	0.671	-2,368	-8,518	25	David	7,767	0.683	3	1,930
26	Ruby	8,333	0.651	-48	-4,781	26	Eugene	7,717	0.678	-836	-7,465
27	Edna	8,303	0.649	-1,710	-8,186	27	Howard	7,713	0.678	-941	-7,500
28	Josephine	8,133	0.636	-63	-5,110	28	Clarence	7,332	0.644	-1,088	-7,160
29	Eleanor	8,053	0.629	-3	-2,359	29	Louis	7,247	0.637	-234	-5,879
30	Thelma	7,839	0.613	-4,928	-7,812	30	Carl	7,077	0.622	-670	-6,735
31	Lucille	7,698	0.602	-264	-6,583	31	Earl	6,755	0.594	-1,633	-6,660
32	Ethel	7,603	0.594	-4,324	-7,571	32	Roy	6,545	0.575	-510	-6,031
33	Edith	7,589	0.593	-485	-6,990	33	Fred	6,494	0.571	-1,617	-6,397
34	Hazel	7,341	0.574	-8	-2,425	34	Willie	6,489	0.570	-900	-6,265
35	Grace	7,230	0.565	11	-506	35	Francis	6,293	0.553	-445	-5,687
36	Annie	7,208	0.563	-272	-6,128	36	Joe	6,203	0.545	-659	-5,858
37	Pauline	7,142	0.558	-2,748	-7,081	37	Lawrence	5,977	0.525	-461	-5,404
38	Lois	6,899	0.539	-1,655	-6,777	38	Ernest	5,698	0.501	-940	-5,488
39	Bernice	6,190	0.484	-2,629	-6,126	39	Leonard	5,651	0.497	-594	-5,236
40	Barbara	6,014	0.470	-890	-5,729	40	Anthony	5,237	0.460	2	2,766
41	Beatrice	5,968	0.466	-532	-5,433	41	Stanley	5,233	0.460	-666	-4,894
42	Esther	5,925	0.463	-111	-4,094	42	Herbert	5,218	0.459	-1,985	-5,147
43	Marion	5,814	0.454	-1,562	-5,681	43	Alfred	4,925	0.433	-829	-4,676
44	Shirley	5,694	0.445	-1,420	-5,544	44	Samuel	4,755	0.418	23	4,979
45	Clara	5,606	0.438	-58	-2,729	45	Bernard	4,484	0.394	-1,106	-4,319
46	Gertrude	5,349	0.418	-5,440	-5,326	46	Norman	4,479	0.394	-1,178	-4,328
47	Jane	5,187	0.405	-244	-4,064	47	Michael	4,198	0.369	33	7,422
48	Rita	5,157	0.403	-1,203	-4,973	48	Elmer	4,146	0.364	-1,211	-4,001
49	Katherine	5,156	0.403	-63	-2,490	49	Daniel	4,088	0.359	34	7,085
50	June	5,155	0.403	-191	-3,813	50	Leo	4,066	0.357	0	2,653

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.