US baby names · 1913

Most popular baby names of 1913

In 1913, Social Security card applications recorded 624,546 girls and 512,566 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 3,707 distinct girls’ names and 3,261 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (36,642 girls) and John (29,329 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 23% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 31% of boys. Compared with 1912, 149,051 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1912, 4 girls’ names and 2 boys’ names in 1913 are newcomers (girls: Barbara, Juanita, Emily; boys: Willard, Allen). Of these names, 20 of the 100 girls’ names and 21 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1913 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1913

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	36,642
#2	Helen	18,888
#3	Dorothy	14,674
#4	Margaret	14,486
#5	Ruth	12,609
#6	Mildred	9,921
#7	Anna	9,687
#8	Elizabeth	9,505
#9	Frances	7,694
#10	Marie	7,353
#11	Alice	6,934
#12	Evelyn	6,683
#13	Florence	6,279
#14	Rose	6,171
#15	Virginia	6,036
#16	Lillian	6,015
#17	Louise	5,577
#18	Edna	5,558
#19	Gladys	5,428
#20	Ethel	5,369
#21	Irene	5,335
#22	Catherine	5,302
#23	Ruby	4,913
#24	Josephine	4,822
#25	Grace	4,669
#26	Thelma	4,595
#27	Hazel	4,589
#28	Martha	4,538
#29	Edith	4,366
#30	Annie	4,267
#31	Lucille	4,098
#32	Esther	4,090
#33	Gertrude	4,015
#34	Eleanor	3,938
#35	Pauline	3,636
#36	Clara	3,633
#37	Beatrice	3,567
#38	Emma	3,474
#39	Bertha	3,345
#40	Elsie	3,209
#41	Agnes	3,206
#42	Julia	3,195
#43	Sarah	3,178
#44	Doris	3,049
#45	Bernice	3,036
#46	Ann	2,998
#47	Bessie	2,952
#48	Marjorie	2,922
#49	Ida	2,916
#50	Eva	2,891
#51	Marion	2,854
#52	Viola	2,847
#53	Myrtle	2,843
#54	Katherine	2,794
#55	Pearl	2,756
#56	Mabel	2,741
#57	Anne	2,684
#58	Nellie	2,645
#59	Lois	2,560
#60	Jean	2,545
#61	Jessie	2,475
#62	Laura	2,454
#63	Minnie	2,332
#64	Alma	2,297
#65	Willie	2,264
#66	Kathryn	2,246
#67	Betty	2,240
#68	Vera	2,209
#69	Stella	2,205
#70	Ella	2,071
#71	Lillie	2,030
#72	Sylvia	2,013
#73	Lena	1,973
#74	Leona	1,911
#75	Mattie	1,868
#76	Blanche	1,856
#77	Lucy	1,856
#78	Marguerite	1,822
#79	Mae	1,814
#80	Jennie	1,809
#81	Jane	1,759
#82	Violet	1,751
#83	Vivian	1,727
#84	Genevieve	1,684
#85	Beulah	1,641
#86	Opal	1,629
#87	Charlotte	1,603
#88	Ellen	1,579
#89	Velma	1,556
#90	Carrie	1,517
#91	Fannie	1,488
#92	Wilma	1,469
#93	Marian	1,452
#94	Barbara	1,451
#95	Juanita	1,443
#96	Hattie	1,434
#97	Theresa	1,403
#98	Inez	1,395
#99	Emily	1,386
#100	Georgia	1,382

Top 100 boys’ names, 1913

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	John	29,329
#2	William	23,538
#3	James	20,832
#4	Robert	15,684
#5	Joseph	14,471
#6	George	13,874
#7	Charles	13,191
#8	Edward	9,474
#9	Frank	9,237
#10	Thomas	7,096
#11	Walter	6,890
#12	Henry	6,391
#13	Harold	6,157
#14	Paul	5,966
#15	Harry	5,458
#16	Albert	5,449
#17	Arthur	5,422
#18	Raymond	5,310
#19	Richard	5,107
#20	Louis	4,258
#21	Clarence	4,046
#22	Ralph	3,963
#23	Carl	3,935
#24	Willie	3,760
#25	Donald	3,702
#26	Howard	3,663
#27	Fred	3,624
#28	Jack	3,538
#29	David	3,282
#30	Francis	3,205
#31	Earl	3,110
#32	Roy	3,090
#33	Kenneth	3,065
#34	Ernest	2,940
#35	Lawrence	2,853
#36	Samuel	2,850
#37	Joe	2,806
#38	Anthony	2,781
#39	Herbert	2,723
#40	Michael	2,607
#41	Stanley	2,595
#42	Alfred	2,577
#43	Eugene	2,525
#44	Woodrow	2,333
#45	Elmer	2,323
#46	Leonard	2,276
#47	Andrew	2,222
#48	Leo	2,031
#49	Frederick	1,996
#50	Russell	1,946
#51	Peter	1,934
#52	Bernard	1,916
#53	Herman	1,905
#54	Daniel	1,878
#55	Edwin	1,825
#56	Chester	1,765
#57	Norman	1,748
#58	Floyd	1,740
#59	Lester	1,736
#60	Theodore	1,650
#61	Melvin	1,642
#62	Charlie	1,618
#63	Leroy	1,582
#64	Clyde	1,537
#65	Sam	1,527
#66	Vincent	1,527
#67	Lloyd	1,521
#68	Clifford	1,520
#69	Philip	1,484
#70	Benjamin	1,466
#71	Milton	1,419
#72	Lewis	1,384
#73	Ray	1,328
#74	Cecil	1,276
#75	Martin	1,259
#76	Oscar	1,249
#77	Marvin	1,236
#78	Lee	1,228
#79	Jesse	1,214
#80	Victor	1,177
#81	Leon	1,160
#82	Alvin	1,144
#83	Vernon	1,143
#84	Gerald	1,142
#85	Glenn	1,122
#86	Stephen	1,097
#87	Edgar	1,087
#88	Claude	1,076
#89	Morris	1,073
#90	Sidney	1,073
#91	Wilbur	1,044
#92	Arnold	1,032
#93	Harvey	1,028
#94	Gordon	1,017
#95	Maurice	994
#96	Homer	987
#97	Everett	948
#98	Alexander	937
#99	Willard	926
#100	Allen	903