Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1922
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1921.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1921 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 72,363 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 57,565 | 0 |
| 3 | Robert | 54,033 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 51,305 | 0 |
| 5 | James | 50,041 | 0 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 37,782 | 0 |
| 7 | Helen | 32,577 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 29,038 | 0 |
| 9 | George | 27,547 | +1 |
| 10 | Margaret | 26,896 | -1 |
| 11 | Joseph | 25,803 | 0 |
| 12 | Ruth | 23,706 | 0 |
| 13 | Betty | 20,930 | +3 |
| 14 | Edward | 20,512 | -1 |
| 15 | Virginia | 19,181 | -1 |
| 16 | Richard | 17,612 | +2 |
| 17 | Mildred | 16,454 | -2 |
| 18 | Frank | 16,090 | -1 |
| 19 | Thomas | 15,328 | +2 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 15,274 | 0 |
| 21 | Frances | 15,149 | -2 |
| 22 | Donald | 14,969 | +3 |
| 23 | Doris | 13,871 | +3 |
| 24 | Harold | 13,655 | 0 |
| 25 | Anna | 13,449 | -3 |
| 26 | Evelyn | 13,351 | -3 |
| 27 | Paul | 13,003 | 0 |
| 28 | Walter | 12,714 | 0 |
| 29 | Raymond | 12,181 | 0 |
| 30 | Marie | 11,944 | 0 |
| 31 | Alice | 11,306 | 0 |
| 32 | Henry | 11,287 | 0 |
| 33 | Jack | 10,912 | +1 |
| 34 | Willie | 10,788 | +4 |
| 35 | Marjorie | 10,400 | -2 |
| 36 | Irene | 10,210 | 0 |
| 37 | Arthur | 10,169 | 0 |
| 38 | Florence | 10,064 | -3 |
| 39 | Albert | 9,949 | 0 |
| 40 | Lillian | 9,459 | 0 |
| 41 | Jean | 9,398 | +7 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 9,300 | +3 |
| 43 | Harry | 9,120 | -2 |
| 44 | Martha | 9,040 | -1 |
| 45 | Louise | 8,929 | -1 |
| 46 | Rose | 8,829 | -4 |
| 47 | Catherine | 8,559 | -1 |
| 48 | Ralph | 8,540 | -1 |
| 49 | Gladys | 8,063 | 0 |
| 50 | Ruby | 8,058 | 0 |
| 51 | David | 7,896 | +5 |
| 52 | Eugene | 7,894 | +5 |
| 53 | Josephine | 7,887 | -1 |
| 54 | Eleanor | 7,874 | -1 |
| 55 | Edna | 7,642 | -4 |
| 56 | Annie | 7,513 | +10 |
| 57 | Howard | 7,337 | +1 |
| 58 | Marion | 7,298 | +4 |
| 59 | Thelma | 7,281 | -5 |
| 60 | Ethel | 7,271 | 0 |
| 61 | Lucille | 7,171 | -2 |
| 62 | Louis | 7,158 | +3 |
| 63 | Edith | 7,152 | -2 |
| 64 | Lois | 7,007 | +6 |
| 65 | Clarence | 6,897 | -1 |
| 66 | Hazel | 6,826 | -3 |
| 67 | Pauline | 6,824 | +1 |
| 68 | Grace | 6,769 | -2 |
| 69 | Francis | 6,754 | +2 |
| 70 | Carl | 6,738 | -1 |
| 71 | Shirley | 6,636 | +10 |
| 72 | Roy | 6,519 | +1 |
| 73 | Earl | 6,513 | -1 |
| 74 | Fred | 6,292 | 0 |
| 75 | Barbara | 6,282 | +2 |
| 76 | Joe | 6,238 | -1 |
| 77 | Bernice | 6,033 | -1 |
| 78 | Lawrence | 5,808 | 0 |
| 79 | Ernest | 5,537 | +3 |
| 80 | Beatrice | 5,501 | -1 |
| 81 | Esther | 5,495 | -1 |
| 82 | June | 5,471 | +7 |
| 83 | Leonard | 5,433 | 0 |
| 84 | Norma | 5,250 | +9 |
| 85 | Clara | 5,144 | -1 |
| 86 | Anthony | 5,115 | 0 |
| 87 | Gertrude | 5,095 | -2 |
| 88 | Ann | 5,075 | +7 |
| 89 | Herbert | 5,066 | -1 |
| 90 | Stanley | 5,060 | -3 |
| 91 | Emma | 5,029 | +3 |
| 92 | Sarah | 5,001 | +4 |
| 93 | Rita | 4,984 | -2 |
| 94 | Phyllis | 4,945 | +11 |
| 95 | Alfred | 4,856 | +2 |
| 96 | Katherine | 4,840 | -5 |
| 97 | Jane | 4,823 | -7 |
| 98 | Jessie | 4,773 | +5 |
| 99 | Lorraine | 4,691 | +7 |
| 100 | Juanita | 4,658 | 0 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.