Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1921
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1920.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1920 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 74,171 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 58,501 | 0 |
| 3 | Robert | 53,023 | +1 |
| 4 | William | 52,051 | -1 |
| 5 | James | 49,981 | 0 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 39,174 | 0 |
| 7 | Helen | 34,888 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 29,418 | 0 |
| 9 | Margaret | 28,521 | 0 |
| 10 | George | 27,682 | 0 |
| 11 | Joseph | 26,302 | +1 |
| 12 | Ruth | 25,841 | -1 |
| 13 | Edward | 20,897 | 0 |
| 14 | Virginia | 19,070 | +1 |
| 15 | Mildred | 17,922 | -1 |
| 16 | Betty | 17,675 | +6 |
| 17 | Frank | 16,794 | -1 |
| 18 | Richard | 16,447 | +1 |
| 19 | Frances | 16,099 | -2 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 15,835 | -2 |
| 21 | Thomas | 15,384 | -1 |
| 22 | Anna | 14,504 | -1 |
| 23 | Evelyn | 14,308 | 0 |
| 24 | Harold | 13,886 | 0 |
| 25 | Donald | 13,833 | +4 |
| 26 | Doris | 13,233 | +4 |
| 27 | Paul | 13,229 | 0 |
| 28 | Walter | 13,078 | -3 |
| 29 | Raymond | 12,692 | -1 |
| 30 | Marie | 12,538 | -4 |
| 31 | Alice | 11,990 | 0 |
| 32 | Henry | 11,508 | 0 |
| 33 | Marjorie | 11,229 | +13 |
| 34 | Jack | 10,816 | +5 |
| 35 | Florence | 10,744 | -2 |
| 36 | Irene | 10,657 | 0 |
| 37 | Arthur | 10,579 | -2 |
| 38 | Willie | 10,240 | -4 |
| 39 | Albert | 10,204 | -1 |
| 40 | Lillian | 9,793 | -3 |
| 41 | Harry | 9,785 | -1 |
| 42 | Rose | 9,372 | 0 |
| 43 | Martha | 9,281 | +2 |
| 44 | Louise | 9,221 | -3 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 8,993 | +10 |
| 46 | Catherine | 8,904 | -3 |
| 47 | Ralph | 8,902 | 0 |
| 48 | Jean | 8,883 | +5 |
| 49 | Gladys | 8,837 | -5 |
| 50 | Ruby | 8,407 | -1 |
| 51 | Edna | 8,337 | -1 |
| 52 | Josephine | 8,156 | -1 |
| 53 | Eleanor | 8,068 | -5 |
| 54 | Thelma | 7,871 | +2 |
| 55 | Warren | 7,826 | +27 |
| 56 | David | 7,807 | +3 |
| 57 | Eugene | 7,774 | +11 |
| 58 | Howard | 7,749 | 0 |
| 59 | Lucille | 7,720 | -7 |
| 60 | Ethel | 7,635 | -6 |
| 61 | Edith | 7,603 | -4 |
| 62 | Marion | 7,530 | -1 |
| 63 | Hazel | 7,415 | -3 |
| 64 | Clarence | 7,367 | -1 |
| 65 | Louis | 7,296 | +2 |
| 66 | Annie | 7,250 | -4 |
| 66 | Grace | 7,250 | -1 |
| 68 | Pauline | 7,161 | -4 |
| 69 | Carl | 7,119 | -3 |
| 70 | Lois | 6,973 | 0 |
| 71 | Francis | 6,954 | -2 |
| 72 | Earl | 6,797 | -1 |
| 73 | Roy | 6,594 | -1 |
| 74 | Fred | 6,540 | -1 |
| 75 | Joe | 6,341 | -1 |
| 76 | Bernice | 6,309 | 0 |
| 77 | Barbara | 6,024 | +11 |
| 78 | Lawrence | 6,009 | +1 |
| 79 | Beatrice | 5,994 | -2 |
| 80 | Esther | 5,938 | -5 |
| 81 | Shirley | 5,922 | +19 |
| 82 | Ernest | 5,723 | -2 |
| 83 | Leonard | 5,675 | -2 |
| 84 | Clara | 5,627 | -1 |
| 85 | Gertrude | 5,357 | -7 |
| 86 | Anthony | 5,262 | +10 |
| 87 | Stanley | 5,259 | -3 |
| 88 | Herbert | 5,238 | -2 |
| 89 | June | 5,230 | +6 |
| 90 | Jane | 5,200 | -1 |
| 91 | Katherine | 5,168 | -6 |
| 91 | Rita | 5,168 | +3 |
| 93 | Norma | 5,118 | +27 |
| 94 | Emma | 5,084 | -7 |
| 95 | Ann | 5,077 | -5 |
| 96 | Sarah | 5,043 | -5 |
| 97 | Alfred | 4,954 | -5 |
| 98 | Elsie | 4,905 | -5 |
| 99 | Agnes | 4,817 | -2 |
| 100 | Juanita | 4,789 | +7 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.