Most Popular Baby Names of the 1910s

The top U.S. baby names across the 1910s (1910–1919), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Mary for girls and John for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	478,636
2	Helen	248,154
3	Dorothy	207,475
4	Margaret	189,234
5	Ruth	173,675
6	Mildred	123,998
7	Anna	118,998
8	Elizabeth	116,811
9	Frances	105,599
10	Virginia	94,322
11	Marie	92,086
12	Evelyn	91,492
13	Alice	85,866
14	Florence	81,465
15	Lillian	75,914
16	Rose	74,690
17	Irene	68,968
18	Louise	67,973
19	Edna	66,897
20	Catherine	65,823
21	Gladys	65,812
22	Ethel	63,662
23	Josephine	61,355
24	Ruby	60,308
25	Martha	59,509
26	Grace	57,973
27	Hazel	57,068
28	Thelma	57,011
29	Lucille	56,147
30	Edith	56,059
31	Eleanor	54,163
32	Doris	53,249
33	Annie	52,301
34	Pauline	50,075
35	Gertrude	49,565
36	Esther	49,212
37	Betty	44,894
38	Beatrice	44,515
39	Marjorie	44,452
40	Clara	44,346
41	Emma	41,819
42	Bernice	40,346
43	Bertha	40,120
44	Ann	39,506
45	Jean	39,284
46	Elsie	39,274
47	Julia	39,259
48	Agnes	39,255
49	Lois	38,179
50	Sarah	38,120

Boys — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	John	376,312
2	William	303,018
3	James	275,070
4	Robert	239,185
5	Joseph	179,300
6	George	176,609
7	Charles	173,534
8	Edward	125,720
9	Frank	116,017
10	Thomas	91,619
11	Walter	89,145
12	Harold	79,721
13	Henry	79,667
14	Paul	78,216
15	Richard	74,603
16	Raymond	71,820
17	Albert	68,207
18	Arthur	67,478
19	Harry	65,874
20	Donald	57,002
21	Ralph	52,522
22	Louis	50,600
23	Jack	49,526
24	Clarence	49,196
25	Carl	48,454
26	Willie	47,690
27	Howard	46,596
28	Fred	44,345
29	David	43,853
30	Kenneth	43,248
31	Francis	41,053
32	Roy	40,340
33	Earl	40,273
34	Joe	38,250
35	Ernest	37,134
36	Lawrence	36,354
37	Stanley	35,908
38	Anthony	35,627
39	Eugene	35,160
40	Samuel	34,166
41	Herbert	33,860
42	Alfred	32,635
43	Leonard	31,878
44	Michael	30,859
45	Elmer	28,600
46	Andrew	28,152
47	Leo	26,656
48	Bernard	25,628
49	Norman	25,033
50	Peter	24,935