Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1920
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1919.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 71,178 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 57,194 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 50,350 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert | 48,884 | +1 |
| 5 | James | 48,157 | -1 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 36,719 | +1 |
| 7 | Helen | 35,160 | -1 |
| 8 | Charles | 28,472 | +2 |
| 9 | Margaret | 28,044 | -1 |
| 10 | George | 27,057 | -1 |
| 11 | Ruth | 26,156 | 0 |
| 12 | Joseph | 25,699 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 20,161 | 0 |
| 14 | Mildred | 18,099 | 0 |
| 15 | Virginia | 17,346 | +1 |
| 16 | Frank | 16,495 | -1 |
| 17 | Frances | 15,991 | +1 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 15,942 | -1 |
| 19 | Richard | 15,064 | +4 |
| 20 | Thomas | 15,018 | 0 |
| 21 | Anna | 14,614 | -2 |
| 22 | Betty | 14,041 | +10 |
| 23 | Evelyn | 13,862 | -2 |
| 24 | Harold | 13,744 | 0 |
| 25 | Walter | 13,363 | -3 |
| 26 | Marie | 12,774 | -1 |
| 27 | Paul | 12,645 | 0 |
| 28 | Raymond | 12,233 | -2 |
| 29 | Donald | 11,987 | +4 |
| 30 | Doris | 11,978 | +8 |
| 31 | Alice | 11,624 | -3 |
| 32 | Henry | 11,371 | -2 |
| 33 | Florence | 10,763 | -2 |
| 34 | Willie | 10,703 | -5 |
| 35 | Arthur | 10,300 | +1 |
| 36 | Irene | 10,096 | -2 |
| 37 | Lillian | 10,075 | 0 |
| 38 | Albert | 10,030 | -3 |
| 39 | Jack | 9,659 | +8 |
| 40 | Harry | 9,452 | 0 |
| 41 | Louise | 9,226 | 0 |
| 42 | Rose | 9,035 | -3 |
| 43 | Catherine | 8,897 | +2 |
| 44 | Gladys | 8,832 | -2 |
| 45 | Martha | 8,728 | +1 |
| 46 | Marjorie | 8,678 | +10 |
| 47 | Ralph | 8,598 | +5 |
| 48 | Eleanor | 8,507 | +5 |
| 49 | Ruby | 8,412 | -5 |
| 50 | Edna | 8,356 | -7 |
| 51 | Josephine | 8,107 | -3 |
| 52 | Lucille | 8,006 | -3 |
| 53 | Jean | 7,991 | +6 |
| 54 | Ethel | 7,891 | -4 |
| 55 | Kenneth | 7,876 | +8 |
| 56 | Thelma | 7,846 | -2 |
| 57 | Edith | 7,799 | -6 |
| 58 | Howard | 7,510 | +3 |
| 59 | David | 7,477 | +5 |
| 60 | Hazel | 7,387 | -5 |
| 61 | Marion | 7,349 | +5 |
| 62 | Annie | 7,306 | -4 |
| 63 | Clarence | 7,265 | -2 |
| 64 | Pauline | 7,200 | -4 |
| 65 | Grace | 7,193 | -8 |
| 66 | Carl | 7,055 | +1 |
| 67 | Louis | 7,025 | -2 |
| 68 | Eugene | 6,916 | +7 |
| 69 | Francis | 6,894 | -1 |
| 70 | Lois | 6,616 | +1 |
| 71 | Earl | 6,585 | +2 |
| 72 | Roy | 6,401 | +2 |
| 73 | Fred | 6,345 | -3 |
| 74 | Joe | 6,205 | +4 |
| 75 | Esther | 6,085 | -6 |
| 76 | Bernice | 6,042 | 0 |
| 77 | Beatrice | 5,825 | 0 |
| 78 | Gertrude | 5,814 | -6 |
| 79 | Lawrence | 5,749 | +3 |
| 80 | Ernest | 5,601 | 0 |
| 81 | Leonard | 5,543 | +3 |
| 82 | Warren | 5,517 | +112 |
| 83 | Clara | 5,486 | -4 |
| 84 | Stanley | 5,333 | -3 |
| 85 | Katherine | 5,293 | +7 |
| 86 | Herbert | 5,268 | +2 |
| 87 | Emma | 5,248 | -4 |
| 88 | Barbara | 5,115 | +16 |
| 89 | Jane | 5,063 | +7 |
| 90 | Ann | 5,056 | 0 |
| 91 | Sarah | 5,045 | -6 |
| 92 | Alfred | 5,031 | +3 |
| 93 | Elsie | 5,015 | -7 |
| 94 | Rita | 4,992 | +3 |
| 95 | June | 4,984 | +10 |
| 96 | Anthony | 4,976 | -2 |
| 97 | Agnes | 4,920 | -6 |
| 98 | Jessie | 4,919 | -11 |
| 99 | Julia | 4,912 | -10 |
| 100 | Shirley | 4,909 | +36 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.