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US baby names · 1924

Most popular baby names of 1924

In 1924, Social Security card applications recorded 1,248,872 girls and 1,132,742 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 5,900 distinct girls’ names and 4,970 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (73,534 girls) and Robert (60,802 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 23% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 33% of boys. Compared with 1923, 79,146 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1923, 4 girls’ names and 2 boys’ names in 1924 are newcomers (girls: Joyce, Joan, Theresa; boys: Roland, Gilbert). Of these names, 18 of the 100 girls’ names and 19 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 1924 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, 1924

RankNameGirlsBirths per year since 1880
#1Mary73,534
#2Dorothy39,996
#3Helen31,194
#4Betty30,600
#5Margaret26,547
#6Ruth23,601
#7Virginia18,620
#8Mildred15,853
#9Doris15,786
#10Frances15,183
#11Elizabeth14,950
#12Evelyn13,358
#13Anna13,076
#14Marie11,575
#15Alice11,537
#16Jean10,721
#17Marjorie10,069
#18Irene9,928
#19Shirley9,489
#20Florence9,472
#21Martha9,320
#22Lois9,300
#23Lillian9,100
#24Louise8,854
#25Rose8,479
#26Ruby8,406
#27Catherine8,363
#28Barbara8,305
#29Eleanor8,193
#30Gladys7,790
#31Edna7,408
#32Annie7,347
#33Thelma7,316
#34Josephine7,274
#35Patricia6,957
#36Edith6,890
#37Lucille6,744
#38Pauline6,722
#39Ethel6,586
#40Norma6,542
#41Gloria6,534
#42Hazel6,342
#43Grace6,327
#44Phyllis6,267
#45June6,150
#46Marion6,047
#47Bernice6,033
#48Juanita5,404
#49Rita5,381
#50Beatrice5,271
#51Esther5,258
#52Lorraine5,109
#53Jane5,104
#54Sarah5,045
#55Ann5,035
#56Clara4,988
#57Emma4,897
#58Geraldine4,833
#59Katherine4,695
#60Gertrude4,543
#61Elsie4,499
#62Julia4,289
#63Agnes4,240
#64Marian4,197
#65Bertha4,122
#66Eva4,068
#67Wilma4,066
#68Willie3,992
#69Nancy3,989
#70Ida3,861
#71Vivian3,850
#72Laura3,829
#73Elaine3,802
#74Wanda3,735
#75Dolores3,729
#76Kathleen3,663
#77Maxine3,659
#78Pearl3,635
#79Anne3,627
#80Charlotte3,612
#81Kathryn3,598
#82Viola3,577
#83Joyce3,533
#84Audrey3,520
#85Vera3,476
#86Bessie3,404
#87Alma3,240
#88Violet3,224
#89Myrtle3,205
#90Jeanne3,150
#91Jessie3,147
#92Nellie3,075
#93Eileen3,070
#94Ella3,061
#95Joan3,023
#96Theresa3,021
#97Lillie2,979
#98Lucy2,978
#99Ellen2,949
#100Minnie2,885

Top 100 boys’ names, 1924

RankNameBoysBirths per year since 1880
#1Robert60,802
#2John59,052
#3William53,506
#4James52,942
#5Charles30,460
#6George27,373
#7Joseph25,421
#8Richard21,244
#9Edward21,126
#10Donald17,929
#11Thomas16,555
#12Frank16,044
#13Harold14,149
#14Paul13,338
#15Raymond12,873
#16Walter12,696
#17Jack11,921
#18Henry11,195
#19Kenneth10,355
#20Arthur10,172
#21Albert9,880
#22Harry9,115
#23Ralph8,766
#24David8,758
#25Eugene8,346
#26Howard7,371
#27Carl7,085
#28Louis7,043
#29Clarence6,895
#30Willie6,700
#31Roy6,557
#32Fred6,532
#33Earl6,529
#34Francis6,131
#35Joe6,044
#36Lawrence5,775
#37Ernest5,683
#38Leonard5,601
#39Anthony5,191
#40Stanley5,186
#41Herbert5,121
#42Norman5,045
#43Alfred4,929
#44Calvin4,918
#45Samuel4,591
#46Bernard4,505
#47Daniel4,403
#48Melvin4,168
#49Gerald4,151
#50Marvin4,024
#51Leo3,990
#52Russell3,946
#53Leroy3,922
#54Michael3,874
#55Edwin3,788
#56Andrew3,744
#57Elmer3,731
#58Warren3,582
#59Peter3,520
#60Ray3,369
#61Lloyd3,350
#62Frederick3,279
#63Billy3,271
#64Clifford3,250
#65Theodore3,225
#66Floyd3,165
#67Chester3,033
#68Vernon3,008
#69Clyde3,006
#70Herman2,954
#71Philip2,921
#72Lester2,780
#73Alvin2,759
#74Wayne2,730
#75Gordon2,714
#76Leon2,677
#77Lewis2,670
#78Vincent2,638
#79Glenn2,586
#80Charlie2,507
#81Milton2,474
#82Martin2,452
#83Lee2,420
#84Dale2,396
#85Cecil2,299
#86Jesse2,292
#87Wallace2,283
#88Harvey2,242
#89Benjamin2,221
#90Victor2,189
#91Sam2,123
#92Bill2,067
#93Roger2,054
#94Allen2,045
#95Arnold2,014
#96Edgar1,878
#97Willard1,834
#98Roland1,822
#99Oscar1,819
#100Gilbert1,797