Most popular baby names of 1925

In 1925, the most popular names for US babies were Robert for boys (60,896 babies, 5.5% of boys) and Mary for girls (70,586 babies, 5.8% of girls). The rest of the top five were John, William, James and Charles for boys and Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret for girls. SSA recorded 4,867 different boy names and 5,771 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1925
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Robert	60,896	–
2	John	57,195	–
3	William	53,309	–
4	James	52,679	–
5	Charles	29,580	–
6	George	26,561	–
7	Joseph	24,614	–
8	Richard	23,269	–
9	Edward	20,090	–
10	Donald	19,193	–
11	Thomas	16,688	–
12	Frank	15,329	–
13	Paul	14,174	▲ 1
14	Harold	13,597	▼ 1
15	Raymond	12,442	–
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	▲ 2
23	Harry	8,611	▼ 1
24	Eugene	8,517	▲ 1
25	Ralph	8,467	▼ 2
26	Howard	7,171	–
27	Willie	7,124	▲ 3
28	Carl	7,061	▼ 1
29	Louis	6,798	▼ 1
30	Clarence	6,670	▼ 1
31	Earl	6,436	▲ 2
32	Roy	6,376	▼ 1
33	Fred	6,205	▼ 1
34	Joe	6,107	▲ 1
35	Francis	5,978	▼ 1
36	Lawrence	5,633	–
37	Ernest	5,494	–
38	Leonard	5,465	–
39	Anthony	5,041	–
40	Stanley	5,030	–
41	Norman	4,975	▲ 1
42	Herbert	4,924	▼ 1
43	Alfred	4,796	–
44	Daniel	4,548	▲ 3
45	Gerald	4,507	▲ 4
46	Samuel	4,405	▼ 1
47	Calvin	4,301	▼ 3
48	Bernard	4,259	▼ 2
49	Billy	4,207	▲ 14
50	Melvin	4,146	▼ 2
51	Marvin	4,092	▼ 1
52	Leroy	3,884	▲ 1
53	Russell	3,804	▼ 1
54	Leo	3,775	▼ 3
55	Michael	3,761	▼ 1
56	Andrew	3,617	–
57	Edwin	3,560	▼ 2
58	Floyd	3,524	▲ 8
59	Clifford	3,424	▲ 5
60	Peter	3,373	▼ 1
61	Elmer	3,356	▼ 4
62	Lloyd	3,324	▼ 1
63	Theodore	3,226	▲ 2
64	Ray	3,219	▼ 4
65	Frederick	3,088	▼ 3
66	Warren	2,945	▼ 8
67	Vernon	2,912	▲ 1
68	Clyde	2,906	▲ 1
69	Herman	2,890	▲ 1
70	Alvin	2,777	▲ 3
71	Vincent	2,772	▲ 7
72	Gordon	2,748	▲ 3
73	Chester	2,719	▼ 6
74	Wayne	2,713	–
75	Philip	2,675	▼ 4
76	Leon	2,636	–
77	Glenn	2,611	▲ 2
78	Charlie	2,578	▲ 2
79	Lewis	2,577	▼ 2
80	Milton	2,567	▲ 1
81	Lester	2,559	▼ 9
82	Lee	2,537	▲ 1
83	Martin	2,417	▼ 1
84	Bill	2,381	▲ 8
85	Jesse	2,373	▲ 1
86	Dale	2,302	▼ 2
87	Cecil	2,297	▼ 2
88	Harvey	2,190	–
89	Victor	2,119	▲ 1
90	Roger	2,099	▲ 3
91	Sam	2,092	–
92	Wallace	2,076	▼ 5
93	Benjamin	2,069	▼ 4
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	▲ 1

Top 100 girl names, 1925
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Mary	70,586	–
2	Dorothy	38,570	–
3	Betty	32,812	▲ 1
4	Helen	29,173	▼ 1
5	Margaret	24,462	–
6	Ruth	22,247	–
7	Virginia	17,490	–
8	Doris	16,075	▲ 1
9	Mildred	14,453	▼ 1
10	Elizabeth	13,936	▲ 1
11	Frances	13,825	▼ 1
12	Evelyn	12,505	–
13	Anna	12,250	–
14	Jean	11,598	▲ 2
15	Alice	11,576	–
16	Marie	10,930	▼ 2
17	Shirley	10,513	▲ 2
18	Lois	9,573	▲ 4
19	Irene	9,440	▼ 1
20	Gloria	9,381	▲ 21
21	Marjorie	9,306	▼ 4
22	Barbara	9,155	▲ 6
23	Martha	8,762	▼ 2
24	Florence	8,585	▼ 4
25	Lillian	8,352	▼ 2
26	Rose	8,280	▼ 1
27	Louise	8,276	▼ 3
28	Patricia	8,096	▲ 7
29	Catherine	7,867	▼ 2
30	Ruby	7,843	▼ 4
31	Eleanor	7,724	▼ 2
32	Annie	7,350	–
33	Gladys	7,231	▼ 3
34	Norma	6,941	▲ 6
35	Thelma	6,823	▼ 2
36	Josephine	6,810	▼ 2
37	Edna	6,781	▼ 6
38	Pauline	6,728	–
39	June	6,649	▲ 6
40	Phyllis	6,486	▲ 4
41	Lucille	6,397	▼ 4
42	Edith	6,275	▼ 6
43	Ethel	6,176	▼ 4
44	Grace	5,983	▼ 1
45	Hazel	5,778	▼ 3
46	Bernice	5,728	▲ 1
47	Marion	5,577	▼ 1
48	Rita	5,323	▲ 1
49	Juanita	5,232	▼ 1
50	Beatrice	4,992	–
51	Lorraine	4,983	▲ 1
52	Ann	4,935	▲ 3
53	Jane	4,881	–
54	Geraldine	4,838	▲ 4
55	Clara	4,776	▲ 1
56	Esther	4,726	▼ 5
57	Emma	4,714	–
58	Sarah	4,685	▼ 4
59	Joyce	4,364	▲ 24
60	Nancy	4,325	▲ 9
61	Katherine	4,240	▼ 2
62	Wilma	4,175	▲ 5
63	Elsie	4,146	▼ 2
64	Dolores	4,145	▲ 11
65	Julia	4,047	▼ 3
66	Joan	4,030	▲ 29
67	Marian	3,979	▼ 3
68	Willie	3,947	–
69	Agnes	3,911	▼ 6
70	Gertrude	3,892	▼ 10
71	Eva	3,855	▼ 5
72	Wanda	3,803	▲ 2
73	Elaine	3,776	–
74	Bertha	3,772	▼ 9
75	Laura	3,588	▼ 3
76	Vivian	3,576	▼ 5
77	Charlotte	3,551	▲ 3
78	Audrey	3,543	▲ 6
79	Maxine	3,538	▼ 2
80	Theresa	3,515	▲ 16
81	Kathleen	3,503	▼ 5
82	Ida	3,489	▼ 12
83	Marilyn	3,419	▲ 18
84	Viola	3,336	▼ 2
85	Anne	3,320	▼ 6
86	Vera	3,280	▼ 1
87	Bessie	3,266	▼ 1
88	Kathryn	3,262	▼ 7
89	Jeanne	3,225	▲ 1
90	Pearl	3,213	▼ 12
91	Lillie	3,119	▲ 6
92	Violet	3,032	▼ 4
93	Ella	3,006	▲ 1
94	Alma	2,996	▼ 7
95	Myrtle	2,980	▼ 6
96	Eileen	2,964	▼ 3
97	Jessie	2,951	▼ 6
98	Nellie	2,937	▼ 6
99	Margie	2,868	▲ 3
100	Mattie	2,816	▲ 9

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1925. 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.