Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1913

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1912.

Top 100

RankNameRecorded countChange from 1912
1Mary36,7680
2John29,4510
3William23,6320
4James20,9270
5Helen18,9390
6Robert15,7560
7Dorothy14,7170
8Margaret14,5240
9Joseph14,5090
10George13,9510
11Charles13,240+1
12Ruth12,642-1
13Mildred9,9520
14Anna9,7180
15Elizabeth9,5290
16Edward9,5160
17Frank9,2730
18Frances7,7530
19Marie7,3900
20Thomas7,132+1
21Alice6,958-1
22Walter6,9300
23Evelyn6,702+3
24Henry6,427+1
25Florence6,304-1
26Rose6,188+2
27Harold6,182+4
28Virginia6,052+6
29Lillian6,036-2
30Willie6,024-7
31Paul5,997+4
32Louise5,603-2
33Edna5,573-4
34Harry5,480+5
35Albert5,471+5
36Gladys5,447-3
37Arthur5,438-1
38Ethel5,396-6
39Irene5,347-1
40Raymond5,327+3
41Catherine5,314-4
42Richard5,129+3
43Ruby4,963-2
44Josephine4,835+4
45Grace4,690-3
46Hazel4,627-2
47Thelma4,624-1
48Martha4,554+1
49Edith4,375+2
50Annie4,292-3
51Louis4,289+2
52Lucille4,1130
53Esther4,100+2
54Clarence4,0680
55Gertrude4,028-5
56Ralph3,988+1
57Carl3,960+3
58Eleanor3,945+7
59Donald3,716+12
60Howard3,683+1
61Pauline3,646+3
62Fred3,643+4
63Clara3,642-7
64Marion3,625-1
65Beatrice3,580-3
66Jack3,557+4
67Francis3,504+8
68Emma3,485-10
69Bertha3,359-10
70David3,295+2
71Jessie3,233+6
72Elsie3,225-3
73Agnes3,218-6
74Julia3,2080
75Sarah3,188-7
76Earl3,133+16
77Roy3,107+6
78Bernice3,087+4
79Kenneth3,080+11
80Doris3,075-1
81Ann3,005-1
82Bessie2,966-9
83Ernest2,951+5
84Marjorie2,931+10
85Ida2,921-9
86Eva2,903-5
87Lawrence2,870+7
88Joe2,868-1
89Viola2,8570
90Samuel2,855-6
91Myrtle2,851-6
92Pearl2,826-6
93Katherine2,804-2
94Anthony2,789-1
95Mabel2,749-17
96Herbert2,733+4
97Anne2,6940
98Nellie2,6510
99Jean2,645+5
100Michael2,619+6

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.