Most popular baby names of 1915

In 1915, the most popular names for US babies were John for boys (47,576 babies, 5.6% of boys) and Mary for girls (58,187 babies, 5.9% of girls). The rest of the top five were William, James, Robert and Joseph for boys and Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth for girls. SSA recorded 4,390 different boy names and 4,967 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1915
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
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	▲ 1
11	Walter	11,255	▼ 1
12	Harold	10,444	▲ 2
13	Paul	10,328	–
14	Henry	10,138	▼ 2
15	Richard	9,143	▲ 2
16	Raymond	8,981	–
17	Albert	8,825	▼ 2
18	Arthur	8,564	–
19	Harry	8,470	–
20	Donald	7,115	▲ 3
21	Ralph	6,816	–
22	Carl	6,613	▲ 2
23	Louis	6,518	▼ 3
24	Clarence	6,267	▼ 2
25	Howard	6,103	▲ 1
26	Fred	5,778	▲ 2
27	Jack	5,748	–
28	Kenneth	5,681	▲ 2
29	Francis	5,594	▲ 2
30	Willie	5,434	▼ 5
31	David	5,394	▼ 2
32	Roy	5,052	–
33	Earl	4,908	–
34	Stanley	4,807	▲ 5
35	Ernest	4,787	▲ 3
36	Anthony	4,722	▲ 1
37	Lawrence	4,688	▼ 2
38	Joe	4,648	▼ 4
39	Samuel	4,351	▼ 3
40	Herbert	4,341	▲ 2
41	Eugene	4,321	▲ 2
42	Alfred	4,231	▼ 1
43	Michael	4,079	▼ 3
44	Leonard	3,993	▲ 1
45	Elmer	3,802	▲ 1
46	Andrew	3,573	▼ 2
47	Leo	3,527	–
48	Bernard	3,302	▲ 2
49	Peter	3,302	▼ 1
50	Norman	3,262	▲ 4
51	Russell	3,250	▼ 2
52	Frederick	3,159	–
53	Edwin	3,151	–
54	Chester	3,043	▲ 2
55	Daniel	3,002	–
56	Herman	2,983	▼ 5
57	Lester	2,943	–
58	Willard	2,889	▲ 34
59	Floyd	2,824	▼ 1
60	Melvin	2,780	▼ 1
61	Clifford	2,741	▲ 1
62	Lloyd	2,653	▲ 4
63	Clyde	2,518	–
64	Theodore	2,504	–
65	Vincent	2,491	▼ 4
66	Leroy	2,450	▼ 6
67	Ray	2,365	▲ 7
68	Sam	2,339	▼ 1
69	Philip	2,328	▼ 1
70	Lewis	2,307	▲ 2
71	Benjamin	2,241	▼ 1
72	Marvin	2,227	▲ 3
73	Milton	2,225	▼ 4
74	Victor	2,211	▲ 2
75	Charlie	2,193	▼ 10
76	Cecil	2,181	▲ 3
77	Jesse	2,111	▲ 5
78	Gerald	2,085	▲ 3
79	Martin	2,070	▼ 6
80	Vernon	2,060	▲ 3
81	Alvin	2,006	▼ 3
82	Leon	1,977	▲ 3
83	Woodrow	1,966	▼ 12
84	Lee	1,916	–
85	Edgar	1,895	▲ 2
86	Stephen	1,850	▼ 6
87	Glenn	1,842	▲ 4
88	Oscar	1,788	▼ 11
89	Everett	1,731	▲ 1
90	Gordon	1,717	▼ 2
91	Arnold	1,691	▲ 6
92	Wilbur	1,685	▲ 4
93	Morris	1,660	▼ 7
94	Sidney	1,615	▼ 5
95	Harvey	1,613	–
96	Claude	1,605	▼ 3
97	Wayne	1,517	▲ 14
98	Homer	1,487	▲ 3
99	Allen	1,458	▲ 6
100	Gilbert	1,452	▲ 4

Top 100 girl names, 1915
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Mary	58,187	–
2	Helen	30,866	–
3	Dorothy	25,154	–
4	Margaret	23,054	–
5	Ruth	21,878	–
6	Mildred	15,254	▲ 1
7	Anna	15,119	▼ 1
8	Elizabeth	14,103	–
9	Frances	12,786	–
10	Evelyn	11,595	▲ 1
11	Marie	11,363	▼ 1
12	Virginia	10,952	▲ 2
13	Alice	10,525	▼ 1
14	Florence	10,105	▼ 1
15	Lillian	9,546	▲ 1
16	Rose	9,375	▼ 1
17	Irene	8,323	▲ 5
18	Louise	8,313	▼ 1
19	Catherine	8,181	▼ 1
20	Edna	8,144	▼ 1
21	Gladys	7,857	▼ 1
22	Josephine	7,606	▲ 1
23	Ethel	7,379	▼ 2
24	Ruby	7,237	–
25	Martha	7,216	▲ 2
26	Hazel	7,092	▲ 3
27	Grace	7,044	▼ 2
28	Eleanor	7,036	–
29	Lucille	7,006	▲ 1
30	Thelma	6,762	▼ 4
31	Edith	6,761	–
32	Pauline	6,334	▲ 2
33	Esther	6,321	▲ 2
34	Doris	6,292	▲ 2
35	Gertrude	6,077	▼ 3
36	Annie	5,936	▼ 3
37	Beatrice	5,342	▲ 1
38	Clara	5,285	▼ 1
39	Marjorie	5,119	▲ 6
40	Emma	5,044	▼ 1
41	Elsie	4,967	▲ 5
42	Bernice	4,937	▲ 1
43	Ann	4,895	▼ 3
44	Julia	4,831	▼ 2
45	Agnes	4,795	▼ 1
46	Bertha	4,785	▼ 5
47	Lois	4,775	▲ 4
48	Jean	4,603	▲ 6
49	Katherine	4,488	▼ 1
50	Marion	4,456	–
51	Sarah	4,415	▼ 4
52	Anne	4,333	▲ 1
53	Betty	4,181	▲ 9
54	Ida	4,125	▼ 5
55	Eva	4,079	▼ 3
56	Pearl	3,976	–
57	Bessie	3,888	▼ 2
58	Myrtle	3,865	▲ 2
59	Viola	3,855	▼ 2
60	Kathryn	3,778	▲ 3
61	Laura	3,723	▼ 2
62	Mabel	3,683	▼ 4
63	Nellie	3,679	▼ 2
64	Stella	3,657	▲ 1
65	Vera	3,460	▲ 3
66	Jessie	3,356	▼ 2
67	Sylvia	3,284	▲ 3
68	Minnie	3,270	▼ 1
69	Jane	3,264	▲ 2
70	Alma	3,248	▼ 1
71	Rita	3,063	▲ 16
72	Willie	3,041	▼ 6
73	Jennie	3,015	▲ 4
74	Leona	2,972	▲ 5
75	Ella	2,954	▼ 3
76	Genevieve	2,928	–
77	Lena	2,927	▼ 2
78	Vivian	2,857	▲ 3
79	Lucy	2,814	▼ 6
80	Wilma	2,773	▲ 15
81	Charlotte	2,757	▲ 7
82	Violet	2,752	▲ 1
83	Barbara	2,704	▼ 1
84	Lillie	2,687	▼ 10
85	Marguerite	2,687	▼ 1
86	Marian	2,612	▲ 4
87	Blanche	2,590	▼ 7
88	Ellen	2,581	▼ 2
89	Mae	2,486	▼ 4
90	Opal	2,482	▼ 1
91	Mattie	2,434	▼ 13
92	Juanita	2,398	▲ 2
93	Theresa	2,309	–
94	Velma	2,287	▼ 2
95	Beulah	2,268	▲ 1
96	June	2,139	▲ 36
97	Sophie	2,112	▲ 3
98	Maxine	2,110	▲ 16
99	Emily	2,091	▼ 1
100	Phyllis	2,088	▲ 13

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1915. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.