Most popular baby names of 1919

In 1919, the most popular names for US babies were John for boys (53,523 babies, 5.5% of boys) and Mary for girls (65,836 babies, 5.8% of girls). The rest of the top five were William, James, Robert and Charles for boys and Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth for girls. SSA recorded 4,810 different boy names and 5,559 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1919
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	John	53,523	–
2	William	43,970	–
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	▲ 1
15	Paul	11,305	▼ 1
16	Henry	10,613	–
17	Donald	9,904	▲ 1
18	Albert	9,607	▲ 1
19	Arthur	9,540	▼ 2
20	Harry	8,990	–
21	Jack	8,263	–
22	Ralph	7,709	–
23	Willie	6,942	▲ 6
24	Howard	6,843	▲ 2
25	Clarence	6,825	▼ 2
26	Kenneth	6,796	▲ 1
27	David	6,716	▲ 1
28	Louis	6,661	▼ 4
29	Carl	6,474	▼ 4
30	Fred	6,091	▲ 3
31	Earl	5,975	–
32	Roy	5,970	–
33	Eugene	5,892	▲ 2
34	Francis	5,726	▼ 4
35	Joe	5,709	▼ 1
36	Ernest	5,296	▲ 1
37	Stanley	5,238	▼ 1
38	Lawrence	5,205	–
39	Leonard	5,010	▲ 2
40	Herbert	4,960	–
41	Anthony	4,737	▼ 2
42	Alfred	4,615	–
43	Samuel	4,472	–
44	Elmer	3,982	–
45	Bernard	3,915	▲ 2
46	Michael	3,910	▼ 1
47	Andrew	3,851	▼ 1
48	Norman	3,809	▲ 1
49	Leo	3,802	▼ 1
50	Russell	3,645	–
51	Daniel	3,526	▲ 1
52	Edwin	3,450	▲ 3
53	Chester	3,432	▲ 1
54	Theodore	3,424	▲ 10
55	Leroy	3,422	▲ 2
56	Melvin	3,384	–
57	Peter	3,375	▼ 4
58	Lloyd	3,238	▼ 7
59	Floyd	3,121	▲ 2
60	Clifford	3,040	–
61	Herman	3,027	▲ 4
62	Lester	3,020	–
63	Marvin	2,997	▲ 5
64	Frederick	2,932	▼ 5
65	Vernon	2,929	▲ 1
66	Charlie	2,891	▲ 4
67	Clyde	2,884	–
68	Victor	2,751	▼ 5
69	Ray	2,722	–
70	Gerald	2,689	▲ 2
71	Philip	2,531	–
72	Vincent	2,531	▲ 1
73	Milton	2,448	▲ 3
74	Lewis	2,429	–
75	Sam	2,384	–
76	Alvin	2,383	▲ 4
77	Jesse	2,356	▲ 1
78	Cecil	2,300	▲ 4
79	Benjamin	2,279	–
80	Leon	2,250	▼ 3
81	Martin	2,204	–
82	Lee	2,189	▲ 4
83	Warren	2,180	▲ 7
84	Glenn	2,153	–
85	Harvey	2,028	▲ 3
86	Gordon	2,017	▼ 1
87	Willard	2,014	▼ 4
88	Oscar	1,991	▼ 1
89	Edgar	1,986	–
90	Wayne	1,955	▲ 1
91	Woodrow	1,808	▼ 33
92	Claude	1,772	▲ 3
93	Everett	1,772	–
94	Arnold	1,767	▼ 2
95	Johnnie	1,716	▲ 15
96	Sidney	1,715	▼ 2
97	Stephen	1,694	▼ 1
98	Wilbur	1,689	▼ 1
99	Eddie	1,660	▲ 18
100	Morris	1,660	▲ 1

Top 100 girl names, 1919
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
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	▲ 1
9	Frances	15,107	▼ 1
10	Anna	14,498	–
11	Evelyn	13,321	–
12	Marie	12,008	–
13	Alice	11,141	–
14	Florence	10,482	–
15	Betty	10,106	▲ 6
16	Irene	9,712	–
17	Lillian	9,516	▼ 2
18	Doris	9,433	▲ 1
19	Rose	9,195	▼ 2
20	Louise	8,812	▼ 2
21	Gladys	8,717	▲ 1
22	Edna	8,404	▲ 1
23	Catherine	8,335	▼ 3
24	Ruby	8,334	▲ 3
25	Martha	8,322	–
26	Josephine	8,104	▼ 2
27	Lucille	7,856	▲ 2
28	Ethel	7,809	–
29	Edith	7,767	▲ 1
30	Eleanor	7,611	▼ 4
31	Thelma	7,558	▲ 1
32	Hazel	7,430	▲ 1
33	Marjorie	7,335	▲ 1
34	Grace	7,195	▼ 3
35	Annie	7,146	▲ 1
36	Pauline	6,973	▼ 1
37	Jean	6,799	–
38	Esther	6,248	–
39	Gertrude	6,014	–
40	Lois	5,976	▲ 2
41	Beatrice	5,856	▼ 1
42	Bernice	5,793	▼ 1
43	Clara	5,404	–
44	Marion	5,158	▲ 1
45	Emma	5,087	▲ 1
46	Sarah	5,022	▲ 6
47	Elsie	4,995	▲ 2
48	Julia	4,950	–
49	Ann	4,924	▼ 5
50	Agnes	4,901	▼ 3
51	Katherine	4,846	▼ 1
52	Bertha	4,754	▼ 1
53	Jane	4,527	–
54	Rita	4,515	▲ 4
55	Eva	4,484	–
56	Pearl	4,273	–
57	Ida	4,163	–
58	Viola	4,129	▲ 1
59	Bessie	4,106	▲ 2
60	Barbara	4,084	–
61	Willie	4,051	▲ 9
62	Lorraine	3,976	▲ 7
63	Anne	3,975	▼ 9
64	June	3,963	▲ 2
65	Vera	3,848	▲ 3
66	Kathryn	3,825	▼ 3
67	Myrtle	3,816	▼ 5
68	Geraldine	3,727	▲ 9
69	Nellie	3,726	▼ 4
70	Stella	3,700	▼ 3
71	Laura	3,663	▼ 7
72	Vivian	3,640	–
73	Juanita	3,636	▲ 12
74	Violet	3,597	▲ 9
75	Jessie	3,530	–
76	Alma	3,438	▼ 3
77	Sylvia	3,412	▼ 6
78	Mabel	3,405	▼ 4
79	Charlotte	3,353	▼ 1
80	Minnie	3,272	▲ 8
81	Lillie	3,262	▲ 8
82	Marian	3,261	▼ 6
83	Norma	3,199	▲ 15
84	Phyllis	3,189	▼ 4
85	Maxine	3,183	▲ 2
86	Wilma	3,170	▼ 4
87	Ella	3,158	▼ 3
88	Genevieve	3,155	▼ 7
89	Shirley	3,149	▲ 8
90	Leona	3,033	▼ 11
91	Lucy	3,007	▼ 1
92	Ellen	2,929	–
93	Jennie	2,928	▼ 2
94	Lena	2,872	▼ 1
95	Mattie	2,856	▲ 5
96	Marguerite	2,836	▼ 10
97	Blanche	2,668	▼ 1
98	Opal	2,652	▼ 4
99	Mae	2,634	▼ 4
100	Nancy	2,628	▲ 2

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1919. 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.