US baby names · 1925

Most popular baby names of 1925

In 1925, Social Security card applications recorded 1,217,384 girls and 1,115,919 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 5,771 distinct girls’ names and 4,867 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (70,586 girls) and Robert (60,895 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 1924, 48,311 fewer babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1924, 3 girls’ names and 1 boys’ names in 1925 are newcomers (girls: Marilyn, Margie, Mattie; boys: Johnnie). Of these names, 17 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 1925 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, 1925

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	70,586
#2	Dorothy	38,570
#3	Betty	32,812
#4	Helen	29,173
#5	Margaret	24,463
#6	Ruth	22,247
#7	Virginia	17,490
#8	Doris	16,075
#9	Mildred	14,453
#10	Elizabeth	13,936
#11	Frances	13,824
#12	Evelyn	12,505
#13	Anna	12,250
#14	Jean	11,598
#15	Alice	11,576
#16	Marie	10,930
#17	Shirley	10,513
#18	Lois	9,573
#19	Irene	9,440
#20	Gloria	9,381
#21	Marjorie	9,306
#22	Barbara	9,155
#23	Martha	8,762
#24	Florence	8,585
#25	Lillian	8,351
#26	Rose	8,280
#27	Louise	8,275
#28	Patricia	8,096
#29	Catherine	7,867
#30	Ruby	7,843
#31	Eleanor	7,724
#32	Annie	7,350
#33	Gladys	7,231
#34	Norma	6,941
#35	Thelma	6,823
#36	Josephine	6,810
#37	Edna	6,781
#38	Pauline	6,728
#39	June	6,649
#40	Phyllis	6,486
#41	Lucille	6,397
#42	Edith	6,275
#43	Ethel	6,176
#44	Grace	5,983
#45	Hazel	5,778
#46	Bernice	5,728
#47	Marion	5,577
#48	Rita	5,323
#49	Juanita	5,232
#50	Beatrice	4,992
#51	Lorraine	4,983
#52	Ann	4,935
#53	Jane	4,881
#54	Geraldine	4,838
#55	Clara	4,776
#56	Esther	4,726
#57	Emma	4,714
#58	Sarah	4,685
#59	Joyce	4,364
#60	Nancy	4,325
#61	Katherine	4,240
#62	Wilma	4,175
#63	Elsie	4,146
#64	Dolores	4,145
#65	Julia	4,047
#66	Joan	4,030
#67	Marian	3,979
#68	Willie	3,947
#69	Agnes	3,911
#70	Gertrude	3,892
#71	Eva	3,855
#72	Wanda	3,803
#73	Elaine	3,776
#74	Bertha	3,772
#75	Laura	3,588
#76	Vivian	3,576
#77	Charlotte	3,551
#78	Audrey	3,543
#79	Maxine	3,538
#80	Theresa	3,515
#81	Kathleen	3,503
#82	Ida	3,489
#83	Marilyn	3,419
#84	Viola	3,336
#85	Anne	3,320
#86	Vera	3,280
#87	Bessie	3,266
#88	Kathryn	3,262
#89	Jeanne	3,225
#90	Pearl	3,213
#91	Lillie	3,119
#92	Violet	3,032
#93	Ella	3,006
#94	Alma	2,996
#95	Myrtle	2,980
#96	Eileen	2,964
#97	Jessie	2,951
#98	Nellie	2,937
#99	Margie	2,868
#100	Mattie	2,816

Top 100 boys’ names, 1925

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	Robert	60,895
#2	John	57,195
#3	William	53,310
#4	James	52,680
#5	Charles	29,580
#6	George	26,560
#7	Joseph	24,613
#8	Richard	23,269
#9	Edward	20,090
#10	Donald	19,193
#11	Thomas	16,688
#12	Frank	15,329
#13	Paul	14,175
#14	Harold	13,597
#15	Raymond	12,441
#16	Walter	12,130
#17	Jack	12,011
#18	Henry	10,618
#19	Kenneth	10,146
#20	Arthur	9,986
#21	Albert	9,511
#22	David	8,915
#23	Harry	8,610
#24	Eugene	8,517
#25	Ralph	8,467
#26	Howard	7,173
#27	Willie	7,124
#28	Carl	7,061
#29	Louis	6,798
#30	Clarence	6,670
#31	Earl	6,436
#32	Roy	6,376
#33	Fred	6,205
#34	Joe	6,107
#35	Francis	5,978
#36	Lawrence	5,633
#37	Ernest	5,494
#38	Leonard	5,465
#39	Anthony	5,041
#40	Stanley	5,030
#41	Norman	4,975
#42	Herbert	4,924
#43	Alfred	4,796
#44	Daniel	4,548
#45	Gerald	4,507
#46	Samuel	4,405
#47	Calvin	4,302
#48	Bernard	4,259
#49	Billy	4,207
#50	Melvin	4,146
#51	Marvin	4,092
#52	Leroy	3,884
#53	Russell	3,804
#54	Leo	3,775
#55	Michael	3,761
#56	Andrew	3,617
#57	Edwin	3,560
#58	Floyd	3,524
#59	Clifford	3,424
#60	Peter	3,373
#61	Elmer	3,356
#62	Lloyd	3,324
#63	Theodore	3,226
#64	Ray	3,219
#65	Frederick	3,088
#66	Warren	2,945
#67	Vernon	2,912
#68	Clyde	2,906
#69	Herman	2,890
#70	Alvin	2,777
#71	Vincent	2,772
#72	Gordon	2,748
#73	Chester	2,719
#74	Wayne	2,713
#75	Philip	2,675
#76	Leon	2,636
#77	Glenn	2,611
#78	Charlie	2,578
#79	Lewis	2,577
#80	Milton	2,567
#81	Lester	2,559
#82	Lee	2,537
#83	Martin	2,417
#84	Bill	2,381
#85	Jesse	2,373
#86	Dale	2,302
#87	Cecil	2,297
#88	Harvey	2,190
#89	Victor	2,119
#90	Roger	2,099
#91	Sam	2,092
#92	Wallace	2,076
#93	Benjamin	2,069
#94	Allen	2,034
#95	Arnold	1,972
#96	Edgar	1,809
#97	Willard	1,795
#98	Roland	1,785
#99	Oscar	1,754
#100	Johnnie	1,744