US baby names · 1915

Most popular baby names of 1915

In 1915, Social Security card applications recorded 983,852 girls and 848,575 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 4,967 distinct girls’ names and 4,390 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (58,187 girls) and John (47,576 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 23% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 30% of boys. Compared with 1914, 416,084 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1914, 3 girls’ names and 4 boys’ names in 1915 are newcomers (girls: June, Maxine, Phyllis; boys: Wayne, Homer, Allen). Of these names, 20 of the 100 girls’ names and 20 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 1915 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, 1915

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	58,187
#2	Helen	30,866
#3	Dorothy	25,154
#4	Margaret	23,054
#5	Ruth	21,878
#6	Mildred	15,254
#7	Anna	15,119
#8	Elizabeth	14,103
#9	Frances	12,786
#10	Evelyn	11,595
#11	Marie	11,363
#12	Virginia	10,952
#13	Alice	10,525
#14	Florence	10,105
#15	Lillian	9,546
#16	Rose	9,375
#17	Irene	8,323
#18	Louise	8,313
#19	Catherine	8,181
#20	Edna	8,144
#21	Gladys	7,857
#22	Josephine	7,606
#23	Ethel	7,379
#24	Ruby	7,237
#25	Martha	7,216
#26	Hazel	7,092
#27	Grace	7,044
#28	Eleanor	7,036
#29	Lucille	7,006
#30	Thelma	6,762
#31	Edith	6,761
#32	Pauline	6,334
#33	Esther	6,321
#34	Doris	6,292
#35	Gertrude	6,077
#36	Annie	5,936
#37	Beatrice	5,342
#38	Clara	5,285
#39	Marjorie	5,119
#40	Emma	5,044
#41	Elsie	4,967
#42	Bernice	4,937
#43	Ann	4,895
#44	Julia	4,831
#45	Agnes	4,795
#46	Bertha	4,785
#47	Lois	4,775
#48	Jean	4,603
#49	Katherine	4,488
#50	Marion	4,456
#51	Sarah	4,415
#52	Anne	4,333
#53	Betty	4,181
#54	Ida	4,125
#55	Eva	4,079
#56	Pearl	3,976
#57	Bessie	3,888
#58	Myrtle	3,865
#59	Viola	3,855
#60	Kathryn	3,778
#61	Laura	3,723
#62	Mabel	3,683
#63	Nellie	3,679
#64	Stella	3,657
#65	Vera	3,460
#66	Jessie	3,356
#67	Sylvia	3,284
#68	Minnie	3,270
#69	Jane	3,264
#70	Alma	3,248
#71	Rita	3,063
#72	Willie	3,041
#73	Jennie	3,015
#74	Leona	2,972
#75	Ella	2,954
#76	Genevieve	2,928
#77	Lena	2,927
#78	Vivian	2,857
#79	Lucy	2,814
#80	Wilma	2,773
#81	Charlotte	2,757
#82	Violet	2,752
#83	Barbara	2,704
#84	Lillie	2,687
#85	Marguerite	2,687
#86	Marian	2,612
#87	Blanche	2,590
#88	Ellen	2,581
#89	Mae	2,486
#90	Opal	2,482
#91	Mattie	2,434
#92	Juanita	2,398
#93	Theresa	2,309
#94	Velma	2,287
#95	Beulah	2,268
#96	June	2,139
#97	Sophie	2,112
#98	Maxine	2,110
#99	Emily	2,091
#100	Phyllis	2,088

Top 100 boys’ names, 1915

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	John	47,576
#2	William	38,563
#3	James	33,773
#4	Robert	28,737
#5	Joseph	23,051
#6	George	22,307
#7	Charles	21,960
#8	Edward	15,889
#9	Frank	15,006
#10	Thomas	11,490
#11	Walter	11,255
#12	Harold	10,444
#13	Paul	10,328
#14	Henry	10,138
#15	Richard	9,143
#16	Raymond	8,981
#17	Albert	8,825
#18	Arthur	8,564
#19	Harry	8,470
#20	Donald	7,116
#21	Ralph	6,816
#22	Carl	6,613
#23	Louis	6,518
#24	Clarence	6,267
#25	Howard	6,103
#26	Fred	5,778
#27	Jack	5,749
#28	Kenneth	5,681
#29	Francis	5,594
#30	Willie	5,434
#31	David	5,394
#32	Roy	5,052
#33	Earl	4,908
#34	Stanley	4,807
#35	Ernest	4,787
#36	Anthony	4,722
#37	Lawrence	4,688
#38	Joe	4,648
#39	Samuel	4,351
#40	Herbert	4,341
#41	Eugene	4,321
#42	Alfred	4,231
#43	Michael	4,079
#44	Leonard	3,993
#45	Elmer	3,802
#46	Andrew	3,573
#47	Leo	3,527
#48	Bernard	3,302
#49	Peter	3,302
#50	Norman	3,262
#51	Russell	3,250
#52	Frederick	3,159
#53	Edwin	3,151
#54	Chester	3,043
#55	Daniel	3,002
#56	Herman	2,983
#57	Lester	2,943
#58	Willard	2,889
#59	Floyd	2,824
#60	Melvin	2,780
#61	Clifford	2,741
#62	Lloyd	2,653
#63	Clyde	2,518
#64	Theodore	2,504
#65	Vincent	2,491
#66	Leroy	2,450
#67	Ray	2,365
#68	Sam	2,339
#69	Philip	2,328
#70	Lewis	2,307
#71	Benjamin	2,241
#72	Marvin	2,227
#73	Milton	2,225
#74	Victor	2,211
#75	Charlie	2,193
#76	Cecil	2,181
#77	Jesse	2,111
#78	Gerald	2,085
#79	Martin	2,070
#80	Vernon	2,060
#81	Alvin	2,006
#82	Leon	1,977
#83	Woodrow	1,966
#84	Lee	1,916
#85	Edgar	1,895
#86	Stephen	1,850
#87	Glenn	1,842
#88	Oscar	1,788
#89	Everett	1,731
#90	Gordon	1,717
#91	Arnold	1,691
#92	Wilbur	1,685
#93	Morris	1,660
#94	Sidney	1,615
#95	Harvey	1,613
#96	Claude	1,605
#97	Wayne	1,517
#98	Homer	1,487
#99	Allen	1,458
#100	Gilbert	1,452