Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1924

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1924 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1923						Change from 1923
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	73,534	5.675	0	1,896	1	Robert	60,801	5.201	1	4,684
2	Dorothy	39,999	3.087	0	955	2	John	59,055	5.051	-1	1,585
3	Helen	31,192	2.407	0	-296	3	William	53,511	4.577	0	1,375
4	Betty	30,599	2.362	1	4,608	4	James	52,939	4.528	0	2,476
5	Margaret	26,549	2.049	-1	416	5	Charles	30,461	2.606	0	1,499
6	Ruth	23,600	1.821	0	-38	6	George	27,375	2.342	0	354
7	Virginia	18,622	1.437	0	296	7	Joseph	25,428	2.175	0	-133
8	Mildred	15,853	1.224	0	-137	8	Richard	21,246	1.817	1	2,362
9	Doris	15,785	1.218	2	1,176	9	Edward	21,128	1.807	-1	531
10	Frances	15,183	1.172	0	304	10	Donald	17,929	1.534	0	1,494
11	Elizabeth	14,951	1.154	-2	-510	11	Thomas	16,556	1.416	1	672
12	Evelyn	13,356	1.031	0	181	12	Frank	16,041	1.372	-1	135
13	Anna	13,078	1.009	0	214	13	Harold	14,151	1.210	0	276
14	Marie	11,577	0.893	0	67	14	Paul	13,338	1.141	0	-25
15	Alice	11,538	0.890	0	208	15	Raymond	12,871	1.101	0	410
16	Jean	10,724	0.828	3	1,213	16	Walter	12,696	1.086	0	262
17	Marjorie	10,069	0.777	-1	-151	17	Jack	11,923	1.020	0	731
18	Irene	9,930	0.766	-1	-122	18	Henry	11,197	0.958	0	130
19	Shirley	9,488	0.732	7	1,569	19	Kenneth	10,356	0.886	2	624
20	Florence	9,471	0.731	-2	-275	20	Arthur	10,173	0.870	-1	251
21	Martha	9,317	0.719	0	355	21	Albert	9,880	0.845	-1	55
22	Lois	9,299	0.718	5	1,485	22	Harry	9,113	0.780	0	-148
23	Lillian	9,099	0.702	-3	-229	23	Ralph	8,766	0.750	0	136
24	Louise	8,853	0.683	-2	-31	24	David	8,758	0.749	0	527
25	Rose	8,480	0.654	-2	38	25	Eugene	8,348	0.714	0	401
26	Ruby	8,406	0.649	-1	175	26	Howard	7,372	0.631	0	213
27	Catherine	8,363	0.645	-3	-75	27	Carl	7,086	0.606	1	215
28	Barbara	8,306	0.641	5	1,098	28	Louis	7,041	0.602	-1	-32
29	Eleanor	8,193	0.632	-1	421	29	Clarence	6,895	0.590	0	93
30	Gladys	7,791	0.601	-1	96	30	Willie	6,700	0.573	0	37
31	Edna	7,409	0.572	1	111	31	Roy	6,557	0.561	1	239
32	Annie	7,349	0.567	2	254	32	Fred	6,533	0.559	1	218
33	Thelma	7,317	0.565	-2	-61	33	Earl	6,529	0.558	-2	191
34	Josephine	7,275	0.561	-4	-284	34	Francis	6,132	0.525	0	45
35	Patricia	6,958	0.537	21	2,158	35	Joe	6,044	0.517	0	40
36	Edith	6,891	0.532	0	56	36	Lawrence	5,775	0.494	0	-138
37	Lucille	6,745	0.521	-2	-170	37	Ernest	5,685	0.486	1	314
38	Pauline	6,721	0.519	-1	14	38	Leonard	5,602	0.479	-1	117
39	Ethel	6,585	0.508	-1	44	39	Anthony	5,193	0.444	0	73
40	Norma	6,542	0.505	1	656	40	Stanley	5,187	0.444	1	153
41	Gloria	6,534	0.504	7	1,224	41	Herbert	5,120	0.438	-1	48
42	Hazel	6,342	0.489	-2	97	42	Norman	5,044	0.431	2	337
43	Grace	6,329	0.488	-4	13	43	Alfred	4,929	0.422	-1	-77
44	Phyllis	6,267	0.484	1	791	44	Calvin	4,917	0.421	38	2,506
45	June	6,150	0.475	-3	340	45	Samuel	4,594	0.393	0	15
46	Marion	6,047	0.467	-2	336	46	Bernard	4,506	0.385	0	129
47	Bernice	6,033	0.466	-4	225	47	Daniel	4,403	0.377	0	138
48	Juanita	5,404	0.417	3	356	48	Melvin	4,169	0.357	0	157
49	Rita	5,381	0.415	1	286	49	Gerald	4,153	0.355	5	458
50	Beatrice	5,270	0.407	-4	-194	50	Marvin	4,023	0.344	1	212

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.