Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1919
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1918.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1918 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 65,990 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 53,829 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 44,144 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 42,584 | 0 |
| 5 | Robert | 41,209 | 0 |
| 6 | Helen | 33,766 | 0 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 31,799 | 0 |
| 8 | Margaret | 26,296 | 0 |
| 9 | George | 25,334 | +1 |
| 10 | Charles | 25,321 | -1 |
| 11 | Ruth | 24,625 | +1 |
| 12 | Joseph | 24,355 | -1 |
| 13 | Edward | 18,601 | 0 |
| 14 | Mildred | 17,344 | 0 |
| 15 | Frank | 15,785 | 0 |
| 16 | Virginia | 15,664 | 0 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 15,306 | +1 |
| 18 | Frances | 15,207 | -1 |
| 19 | Anna | 14,540 | 0 |
| 20 | Thomas | 13,500 | 0 |
| 21 | Evelyn | 13,348 | 0 |
| 22 | Walter | 12,945 | 0 |
| 23 | Richard | 12,515 | +1 |
| 24 | Harold | 12,092 | +1 |
| 25 | Marie | 12,045 | -2 |
| 26 | Raymond | 11,420 | +1 |
| 27 | Paul | 11,364 | -1 |
| 28 | Alice | 11,169 | 0 |
| 29 | Willie | 10,993 | +2 |
| 30 | Henry | 10,709 | -1 |
| 31 | Florence | 10,513 | -1 |
| 32 | Betty | 10,125 | +10 |
| 33 | Donald | 9,946 | 0 |
| 34 | Irene | 9,745 | +3 |
| 35 | Albert | 9,651 | 0 |
| 36 | Arthur | 9,597 | -4 |
| 37 | Lillian | 9,542 | -3 |
| 38 | Doris | 9,496 | +2 |
| 39 | Rose | 9,229 | -1 |
| 40 | Harry | 9,029 | -4 |
| 41 | Louise | 8,855 | -2 |
| 42 | Gladys | 8,741 | +1 |
| 43 | Edna | 8,424 | +1 |
| 44 | Ruby | 8,390 | +4 |
| 45 | Catherine | 8,352 | -4 |
| 46 | Martha | 8,350 | +1 |
| 47 | Jack | 8,318 | -1 |
| 48 | Josephine | 8,124 | -3 |
| 49 | Lucille | 7,879 | +3 |
| 50 | Ethel | 7,849 | +1 |
| 51 | Edith | 7,784 | +2 |
| 52 | Ralph | 7,754 | -3 |
| 53 | Eleanor | 7,621 | -3 |
| 54 | Thelma | 7,600 | +1 |
| 55 | Hazel | 7,509 | +1 |
| 56 | Marjorie | 7,347 | +1 |
| 57 | Grace | 7,206 | -3 |
| 58 | Annie | 7,179 | +9 |
| 59 | Jean | 7,023 | +7 |
| 60 | Pauline | 6,986 | -2 |
| 61 | Clarence | 6,871 | -2 |
| 61 | Howard | 6,871 | +3 |
| 63 | Kenneth | 6,827 | +2 |
| 64 | David | 6,748 | +4 |
| 65 | Louis | 6,704 | -5 |
| 66 | Marion | 6,646 | -5 |
| 67 | Carl | 6,519 | -5 |
| 68 | Francis | 6,399 | -5 |
| 69 | Esther | 6,265 | 0 |
| 70 | Fred | 6,148 | +3 |
| 71 | Lois | 6,052 | +4 |
| 72 | Gertrude | 6,030 | -1 |
| 73 | Earl | 6,016 | -3 |
| 74 | Roy | 6,014 | -2 |
| 75 | Eugene | 5,939 | +4 |
| 76 | Bernice | 5,896 | -2 |
| 77 | Beatrice | 5,867 | -1 |
| 78 | Joe | 5,839 | -1 |
| 79 | Clara | 5,421 | -1 |
| 80 | Ernest | 5,321 | +2 |
| 81 | Stanley | 5,263 | -1 |
| 82 | Lawrence | 5,231 | +1 |
| 83 | Emma | 5,099 | +1 |
| 84 | Leonard | 5,036 | +8 |
| 85 | Sarah | 5,033 | +9 |
| 86 | Elsie | 5,016 | +1 |
| 87 | Jessie | 5,003 | +6 |
| 88 | Herbert | 4,981 | +2 |
| 89 | Julia | 4,973 | -3 |
| 90 | Ann | 4,932 | -9 |
| 91 | Agnes | 4,908 | -6 |
| 92 | Katherine | 4,857 | -4 |
| 93 | Bertha | 4,764 | -2 |
| 94 | Anthony | 4,761 | -5 |
| 95 | Alfred | 4,643 | 0 |
| 96 | Jane | 4,544 | +1 |
| 97 | Rita | 4,515 | +5 |
| 98 | Eva | 4,497 | +2 |
| 99 | Samuel | 4,487 | -3 |
| 100 | Pearl | 4,371 | -2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.