US baby names · 1919

Most popular baby names of 1919

In 1919, Social Security card applications recorded 1,130,117 girls and 980,122 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 5,559 distinct girls’ names and 4,810 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (65,836 girls) and John (53,522 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 1918, 60,872 fewer babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1918, 1 girls’ names and 3 boys’ names in 1919 are newcomers (girls: Nancy; boys: Johnnie, Eddie, Morris). Of these names, 18 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 1919 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, 1919

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	65,836
#2	Helen	33,706
#3	Dorothy	31,733
#4	Margaret	26,238
#5	Ruth	24,562
#6	Mildred	17,300
#7	Virginia	15,636
#8	Elizabeth	15,287
#9	Frances	15,106
#10	Anna	14,498
#11	Evelyn	13,321
#12	Marie	12,008
#13	Alice	11,141
#14	Florence	10,482
#15	Betty	10,106
#16	Irene	9,712
#17	Lillian	9,516
#18	Doris	9,433
#19	Rose	9,195
#20	Louise	8,812
#21	Gladys	8,717
#22	Edna	8,404
#23	Catherine	8,335
#24	Ruby	8,334
#25	Martha	8,322
#26	Josephine	8,104
#27	Lucille	7,856
#28	Ethel	7,809
#29	Edith	7,767
#30	Eleanor	7,611
#31	Thelma	7,558
#32	Hazel	7,430
#33	Marjorie	7,335
#34	Grace	7,195
#35	Annie	7,146
#36	Pauline	6,973
#37	Jean	6,799
#38	Esther	6,248
#39	Gertrude	6,014
#40	Lois	5,976
#41	Beatrice	5,856
#42	Bernice	5,793
#43	Clara	5,404
#44	Marion	5,158
#45	Emma	5,087
#46	Sarah	5,022
#47	Elsie	4,995
#48	Julia	4,950
#49	Ann	4,924
#50	Agnes	4,901
#51	Katherine	4,846
#52	Bertha	4,754
#53	Jane	4,527
#54	Rita	4,515
#55	Eva	4,484
#56	Pearl	4,273
#57	Ida	4,163
#58	Viola	4,129
#59	Bessie	4,106
#60	Barbara	4,084
#61	Willie	4,051
#62	Lorraine	3,976
#63	Anne	3,975
#64	June	3,963
#65	Vera	3,848
#66	Kathryn	3,825
#67	Myrtle	3,816
#68	Geraldine	3,727
#69	Nellie	3,726
#70	Stella	3,700
#71	Laura	3,663
#72	Vivian	3,640
#73	Juanita	3,636
#74	Violet	3,597
#75	Jessie	3,530
#76	Alma	3,438
#77	Sylvia	3,412
#78	Mabel	3,405
#79	Charlotte	3,353
#80	Minnie	3,272
#81	Lillie	3,262
#82	Marian	3,261
#83	Norma	3,199
#84	Phyllis	3,189
#85	Maxine	3,183
#86	Wilma	3,170
#87	Ella	3,158
#88	Genevieve	3,155
#89	Shirley	3,149
#90	Leona	3,033
#91	Lucy	3,007
#92	Ellen	2,929
#93	Jennie	2,928
#94	Lena	2,872
#95	Mattie	2,856
#96	Marguerite	2,836
#97	Blanche	2,668
#98	Opal	2,652
#99	Mae	2,634
#100	Nancy	2,628

Top 100 boys’ names, 1919

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	John	53,522
#2	William	43,969
#3	James	42,392
#4	Robert	41,025
#5	Charles	25,192
#6	George	25,170
#7	Joseph	24,266
#8	Edward	18,536
#9	Frank	15,701
#10	Thomas	13,434
#11	Walter	12,879
#12	Richard	12,441
#13	Harold	12,021
#14	Raymond	11,384
#15	Paul	11,305
#16	Henry	10,613
#17	Donald	9,904
#18	Albert	9,607
#19	Arthur	9,540
#20	Harry	8,990
#21	Jack	8,263
#22	Ralph	7,709
#23	Willie	6,942
#24	Howard	6,843
#25	Clarence	6,825
#26	Kenneth	6,796
#27	David	6,716
#28	Louis	6,661
#29	Carl	6,474
#30	Fred	6,091
#31	Earl	5,975
#32	Roy	5,970
#33	Eugene	5,892
#34	Francis	5,726
#35	Joe	5,709
#36	Ernest	5,296
#37	Stanley	5,238
#38	Lawrence	5,205
#39	Leonard	5,010
#40	Herbert	4,960
#41	Anthony	4,737
#42	Alfred	4,615
#43	Samuel	4,472
#44	Elmer	3,982
#45	Bernard	3,915
#46	Michael	3,909
#47	Andrew	3,851
#48	Norman	3,809
#49	Leo	3,802
#50	Russell	3,645
#51	Daniel	3,526
#52	Edwin	3,450
#53	Chester	3,432
#54	Theodore	3,424
#55	Leroy	3,422
#56	Melvin	3,384
#57	Peter	3,375
#58	Lloyd	3,238
#59	Floyd	3,121
#60	Clifford	3,040
#61	Herman	3,027
#62	Lester	3,020
#63	Marvin	2,997
#64	Frederick	2,932
#65	Vernon	2,929
#66	Charlie	2,891
#67	Clyde	2,884
#68	Victor	2,751
#69	Ray	2,722
#70	Gerald	2,689
#71	Philip	2,531
#72	Vincent	2,531
#73	Milton	2,448
#74	Lewis	2,429
#75	Sam	2,384
#76	Alvin	2,383
#77	Jesse	2,356
#78	Cecil	2,300
#79	Benjamin	2,279
#80	Leon	2,250
#81	Martin	2,204
#82	Lee	2,189
#83	Warren	2,180
#84	Glenn	2,153
#85	Harvey	2,028
#86	Gordon	2,017
#87	Willard	2,014
#88	Oscar	1,991
#89	Edgar	1,986
#90	Wayne	1,955
#91	Woodrow	1,808
#92	Claude	1,772
#93	Everett	1,772
#94	Arnold	1,767
#95	Johnnie	1,716
#96	Sidney	1,715
#97	Stephen	1,693
#98	Wilbur	1,689
#99	Eddie	1,660
#100	Morris	1,660