Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1924
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1923.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1923 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 73,758 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 61,101 | +1 |
| 3 | John | 59,434 | -1 |
| 4 | William | 53,751 | 0 |
| 5 | James | 53,216 | 0 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 40,097 | 0 |
| 7 | Helen | 31,273 | 0 |
| 8 | Betty | 30,668 | +3 |
| 9 | Charles | 30,646 | -1 |
| 10 | George | 27,570 | -1 |
| 11 | Margaret | 26,635 | -1 |
| 12 | Joseph | 25,556 | 0 |
| 13 | Ruth | 23,672 | 0 |
| 14 | Richard | 21,338 | +1 |
| 15 | Edward | 21,223 | -1 |
| 16 | Virginia | 18,666 | 0 |
| 17 | Donald | 18,014 | 0 |
| 18 | Thomas | 16,640 | +2 |
| 19 | Frank | 16,138 | 0 |
| 20 | Mildred | 15,897 | -2 |
| 21 | Doris | 15,890 | +2 |
| 22 | Frances | 15,288 | 0 |
| 23 | Elizabeth | 14,992 | -2 |
| 24 | Harold | 14,230 | 0 |
| 25 | Paul | 13,416 | 0 |
| 26 | Evelyn | 13,397 | 0 |
| 27 | Anna | 13,108 | 0 |
| 28 | Raymond | 12,930 | 0 |
| 29 | Walter | 12,782 | 0 |
| 30 | Jack | 11,996 | +2 |
| 31 | Marie | 11,610 | -1 |
| 32 | Alice | 11,576 | -1 |
| 33 | Henry | 11,291 | 0 |
| 34 | Jean | 11,056 | +5 |
| 35 | Willie | 10,692 | -1 |
| 36 | Kenneth | 10,401 | +4 |
| 37 | Arthur | 10,228 | 0 |
| 38 | Marjorie | 10,089 | -3 |
| 39 | Irene | 9,957 | -3 |
| 40 | Albert | 9,928 | -2 |
| 41 | Shirley | 9,715 | +10 |
| 42 | Florence | 9,497 | -1 |
| 43 | Lois | 9,373 | +10 |
| 44 | Martha | 9,359 | 0 |
| 45 | Harry | 9,158 | -2 |
| 46 | Lillian | 9,135 | -4 |
| 47 | Louise | 8,912 | -2 |
| 48 | Ralph | 8,810 | -2 |
| 49 | David | 8,809 | +1 |
| 50 | Rose | 8,505 | -3 |
| 51 | Ruby | 8,472 | -2 |
| 52 | Eugene | 8,414 | 0 |
| 53 | Catherine | 8,391 | -5 |
| 54 | Barbara | 8,317 | +6 |
| 55 | Eleanor | 8,217 | -1 |
| 56 | Gladys | 7,810 | -1 |
| 57 | Marion | 7,660 | +1 |
| 58 | Edna | 7,434 | +1 |
| 59 | Howard | 7,417 | +2 |
| 60 | Annie | 7,388 | +3 |
| 61 | Thelma | 7,361 | -4 |
| 62 | Josephine | 7,291 | -6 |
| 63 | Carl | 7,131 | +2 |
| 64 | Louis | 7,100 | -2 |
| 65 | Patricia | 6,975 | +34 |
| 66 | Clarence | 6,940 | +1 |
| 67 | Edith | 6,908 | -1 |
| 68 | Francis | 6,777 | +1 |
| 69 | Lucille | 6,761 | -5 |
| 70 | Pauline | 6,732 | -2 |
| 71 | Ethel | 6,627 | -1 |
| 72 | Roy | 6,603 | 0 |
| 73 | Earl | 6,585 | -2 |
| 74 | Fred | 6,566 | -1 |
| 75 | Norma | 6,560 | +4 |
| 76 | Gloria | 6,544 | +10 |
| 77 | Hazel | 6,413 | -2 |
| 78 | Grace | 6,342 | -4 |
| 79 | Phyllis | 6,285 | +4 |
| 80 | June | 6,229 | 0 |
| 81 | Joe | 6,195 | -5 |
| 82 | Bernice | 6,143 | -4 |
| 83 | Lawrence | 5,799 | -6 |
| 84 | Ernest | 5,722 | 0 |
| 85 | Leonard | 5,628 | -4 |
| 86 | Juanita | 5,428 | +5 |
| 87 | Rita | 5,393 | +2 |
| 88 | Beatrice | 5,286 | -6 |
| 89 | Esther | 5,273 | -4 |
| 90 | Stanley | 5,215 | +2 |
| 91 | Anthony | 5,211 | -3 |
| 92 | Herbert | 5,149 | -2 |
| 93 | Lorraine | 5,135 | +7 |
| 94 | Jane | 5,121 | +3 |
| 95 | Norman | 5,080 | +6 |
| 96 | Sarah | 5,073 | 0 |
| 97 | Ann | 5,049 | -4 |
| 98 | Clara | 5,006 | -11 |
| 99 | Alfred | 4,954 | -5 |
| 100 | Calvin | 4,940 | +94 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.