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The most popular names in 1921

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

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Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #11Anna14,476
  12. #12Evelyn14,278
  13. #13Doris13,152
  14. #14Marie12,501
  15. #15Alice11,955
  16. #16Marjorie11,209
  17. #17Florence10,720
  18. #18Irene10,624
  19. #19Lillian9,770
  20. #20Rose9,352
  21. #21Martha9,264
  22. #22Louise9,180
  23. #23Catherine8,887
  24. #24Gladys8,814
  25. #25Jean8,592
  26. #26Ruby8,333
  27. #27Edna8,302
  28. #28Josephine8,135
  29. #29Eleanor8,054
  30. #30Thelma7,839
  31. #31Lucille7,698
  32. #32Ethel7,603
  33. #33Edith7,589
  34. #34Hazel7,341
  35. #35Grace7,230
  36. #36Annie7,209
  37. #37Pauline7,142
  38. #38Lois6,899
  39. #39Bernice6,190
  40. #40Barbara6,013
  41. #41Beatrice5,968
  42. #42Esther5,926
  43. #43Marion5,814
  44. #44Shirley5,695
  45. #45Clara5,606
  46. #46Gertrude5,349
  47. #47Jane5,188
  48. #48Rita5,157
  49. #49Katherine5,156
  50. #50June5,155
  51. #51Norma5,102
  52. #52Emma5,072
  53. #53Ann5,058
  54. #54Sarah5,024
  55. #55Elsie4,879
  56. #56Agnes4,798
  57. #57Juanita4,779
  58. #58Julia4,737
  59. #59Bertha4,608
  60. #60Phyllis4,590
  61. #61Lorraine4,533
  62. #62Geraldine4,523
  63. #63Eva4,325
  64. #64Kathryn4,201
  65. #65Pearl4,175
  66. #66Viola4,160
  67. #67Ida4,146
  68. #68Vivian4,103
  69. #69Marian4,064
  70. #70Anne4,007
  71. #71Laura3,998
  72. #72Wilma3,824
  73. #73Myrtle3,791
  74. #74Willie3,748
  75. #75Bessie3,678
  76. #76Vera3,631
  77. #77Maxine3,630
  78. #78Alma3,589
  79. #79Charlotte3,587
  80. #80Nellie3,513
  81. #81Violet3,469
  82. #82Audrey3,434
  83. #83Kathleen3,419
  84. #84Patricia3,380
  85. #85Mabel3,336
  86. #86Stella3,335
  87. #87Nancy3,323
  88. #88Sylvia3,297
  89. #89Ella3,237
  90. #90Genevieve3,235
  91. #91Jessie3,225
  92. #92Leona3,210
  93. #93Lucy3,157
  94. #94Lillie3,118
  95. #95Ellen3,064
  96. #96Minnie2,998
  97. #97Elaine2,922
  98. #98Marguerite2,897
  99. #99Jennie2,889
  100. #100Eileen2,862

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #11Thomas15,308
  12. #12Harold13,811
  13. #13Donald13,776
  14. #14Paul13,169
  15. #15Walter13,004
  16. #16Raymond12,645
  17. #17Henry11,411
  18. #18Jack10,757
  19. #19Arthur10,527
  20. #20Albert10,158
  21. #21Harry9,731
  22. #22Kenneth8,959
  23. #23Ralph8,860
  24. #24Warren7,798
  25. #25David7,765
  26. #26Eugene7,717
  27. #27Howard7,713
  28. #28Clarence7,332
  29. #29Louis7,247
  30. #30Carl7,077
  31. #31Earl6,754
  32. #32Roy6,545
  33. #33Fred6,496
  34. #34Willie6,492
  35. #35Francis6,293
  36. #36Joe6,204
  37. #37Lawrence5,977
  38. #38Ernest5,697
  39. #39Leonard5,650
  40. #40Anthony5,239
  41. #41Stanley5,231
  42. #42Herbert5,217
  43. #43Alfred4,925
  44. #44Samuel4,754
  45. #45Bernard4,485
  46. #46Norman4,479
  47. #47Michael4,198
  48. #48Elmer4,146
  49. #49Daniel4,087
  50. #50Leo4,066
  51. #51Andrew4,015
  52. #52Russell3,946
  53. #53Melvin3,887
  54. #54Edwin3,750
  55. #55Leroy3,749
  56. #56Chester3,549
  57. #57Peter3,548
  58. #58Lloyd3,536
  59. #59Marvin3,490
  60. #60Gerald3,382
  61. #61Frederick3,376
  62. #62Clifford3,262
  63. #63Floyd3,255
  64. #64Herman3,219
  65. #65Theodore3,172
  66. #66Lester3,076
  67. #67Ray3,075
  68. #68Vernon3,069
  69. #69Clyde3,022
  70. #70Vincent2,779
  71. #71Lewis2,712
  72. #72Philip2,703
  73. #73Alvin2,686
  74. #74Leon2,616
  75. #75Milton2,588
  76. #76Charlie2,574
  77. #77Jesse2,486
  78. #78Martin2,461
  79. #79Cecil2,456
  80. #80Glenn2,449
  81. #81Wayne2,417
  82. #82Benjamin2,412
  83. #83Victor2,407
  84. #84Gordon2,382
  85. #85Sam2,367
  86. #86Lee2,354
  87. #87Harvey2,287
  88. #88Wallace2,095
  89. #89Willard2,077
  90. #90Edgar2,014
  91. #91Arnold1,982
  92. #92Oscar1,978
  93. #93Dale1,956
  94. #94Allen1,937
  95. #95Everett1,913
  96. #96Claude1,887
  97. #97Stephen1,868
  98. #98Virgil1,830
  99. #99Roger1,803
  100. #100Wilbur1,755