Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1918
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1917.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1917 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 67,534 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 56,806 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 45,463 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 42,327 | 0 |
| 5 | Robert | 40,797 | 0 |
| 6 | Helen | 36,228 | 0 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 32,089 | 0 |
| 8 | Margaret | 27,200 | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 27,065 | +2 |
| 10 | George | 26,475 | 0 |
| 11 | Joseph | 26,351 | -2 |
| 12 | Ruth | 25,582 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 19,552 | 0 |
| 14 | Mildred | 17,300 | 0 |
| 15 | Frank | 17,089 | 0 |
| 16 | Virginia | 16,452 | +3 |
| 17 | Frances | 16,229 | +1 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 15,890 | -1 |
| 19 | Anna | 15,697 | -3 |
| 20 | Thomas | 13,979 | 0 |
| 21 | Evelyn | 13,524 | +1 |
| 22 | Walter | 13,418 | -1 |
| 23 | Marie | 12,615 | 0 |
| 24 | Richard | 12,374 | +3 |
| 25 | Harold | 12,235 | -1 |
| 26 | Paul | 11,825 | -1 |
| 27 | Raymond | 11,651 | +3 |
| 28 | Alice | 11,624 | -2 |
| 29 | Henry | 11,441 | -1 |
| 30 | Florence | 11,350 | -1 |
| 31 | Willie | 10,404 | +5 |
| 32 | Arthur | 10,170 | +1 |
| 33 | Donald | 10,010 | +5 |
| 34 | Lillian | 10,009 | -3 |
| 35 | Albert | 9,978 | -1 |
| 36 | Harry | 9,938 | +1 |
| 37 | Irene | 9,796 | -2 |
| 38 | Rose | 9,603 | -6 |
| 39 | Louise | 9,145 | +1 |
| 40 | Doris | 9,125 | +6 |
| 41 | Catherine | 8,854 | -2 |
| 42 | Betty | 8,824 | +18 |
| 43 | Gladys | 8,759 | +1 |
| 44 | Edna | 8,730 | -3 |
| 45 | Josephine | 8,709 | -3 |
| 46 | Jack | 8,381 | +9 |
| 47 | Martha | 8,357 | -4 |
| 48 | Ruby | 8,213 | -1 |
| 49 | Ralph | 8,192 | +2 |
| 50 | Eleanor | 8,187 | -2 |
| 51 | Ethel | 8,110 | -6 |
| 52 | Lucille | 7,923 | -3 |
| 53 | Edith | 7,877 | -3 |
| 54 | Grace | 7,792 | -2 |
| 55 | Thelma | 7,784 | -1 |
| 56 | Hazel | 7,680 | -3 |
| 57 | Marjorie | 7,537 | +8 |
| 58 | Pauline | 7,238 | -2 |
| 59 | Clarence | 7,227 | +2 |
| 60 | Louis | 7,134 | -3 |
| 61 | Marion | 7,118 | -3 |
| 62 | Carl | 7,055 | -3 |
| 63 | Francis | 7,000 | +1 |
| 64 | Howard | 6,966 | -2 |
| 65 | Kenneth | 6,852 | +3 |
| 66 | Jean | 6,825 | +5 |
| 67 | Annie | 6,782 | -4 |
| 68 | David | 6,664 | +1 |
| 69 | Esther | 6,588 | -2 |
| 70 | Earl | 6,364 | +3 |
| 71 | Gertrude | 6,278 | -5 |
| 72 | Roy | 6,255 | +3 |
| 73 | Fred | 6,235 | -3 |
| 74 | Bernice | 6,008 | +2 |
| 75 | Lois | 5,939 | +2 |
| 76 | Beatrice | 5,933 | -4 |
| 77 | Joe | 5,919 | +2 |
| 78 | Clara | 5,800 | -4 |
| 79 | Eugene | 5,672 | +10 |
| 80 | Stanley | 5,646 | 0 |
| 81 | Ann | 5,626 | -3 |
| 82 | Ernest | 5,559 | +3 |
| 83 | Lawrence | 5,405 | -1 |
| 84 | Emma | 5,343 | -3 |
| 85 | Agnes | 5,303 | -1 |
| 86 | Julia | 5,289 | -3 |
| 87 | Elsie | 5,221 | +1 |
| 88 | Katherine | 5,203 | -1 |
| 89 | Anthony | 5,187 | -3 |
| 90 | Herbert | 5,148 | +3 |
| 91 | Bertha | 5,065 | -1 |
| 92 | Leonard | 5,010 | +2 |
| 93 | Jessie | 5,003 | -2 |
| 94 | Sarah | 4,983 | -2 |
| 95 | Alfred | 4,890 | +2 |
| 96 | Samuel | 4,795 | 0 |
| 97 | Jane | 4,740 | +4 |
| 98 | Pearl | 4,622 | 0 |
| 99 | Anne | 4,578 | -4 |
| 100 | Eva | 4,575 | -1 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.