Top Names of 1913
The most popular names recorded in 1913 were Mary for girls
and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 36,642 |
| 2 | Helen | 18,888 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 14,674 |
| 4 | Margaret | 14,486 |
| 5 | Ruth | 12,609 |
| 6 | Mildred | 9,921 |
| 7 | Anna | 9,687 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 9,505 |
| 9 | Frances | 7,694 |
| 10 | Marie | 7,353 |
| 11 | Alice | 6,934 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 6,683 |
| 13 | Florence | 6,279 |
| 14 | Rose | 6,171 |
| 15 | Virginia | 6,036 |
| 16 | Lillian | 6,015 |
| 17 | Louise | 5,577 |
| 18 | Edna | 5,558 |
| 19 | Gladys | 5,428 |
| 20 | Ethel | 5,369 |
| 21 | Irene | 5,335 |
| 22 | Catherine | 5,302 |
| 23 | Ruby | 4,913 |
| 24 | Josephine | 4,822 |
| 25 | Grace | 4,669 |
| 26 | Thelma | 4,595 |
| 27 | Hazel | 4,589 |
| 28 | Martha | 4,538 |
| 29 | Edith | 4,366 |
| 30 | Annie | 4,267 |
| 31 | Lucille | 4,098 |
| 32 | Esther | 4,090 |
| 33 | Gertrude | 4,015 |
| 34 | Eleanor | 3,938 |
| 35 | Pauline | 3,636 |
| 36 | Clara | 3,633 |
| 37 | Beatrice | 3,567 |
| 38 | Emma | 3,474 |
| 39 | Bertha | 3,345 |
| 40 | Elsie | 3,209 |
| 41 | Agnes | 3,206 |
| 42 | Julia | 3,195 |
| 43 | Sarah | 3,178 |
| 44 | Doris | 3,049 |
| 45 | Bernice | 3,036 |
| 46 | Ann | 2,998 |
| 47 | Bessie | 2,952 |
| 48 | Marjorie | 2,922 |
| 49 | Ida | 2,916 |
| 50 | Eva | 2,891 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | John | 29,329 |
| 2 | William | 23,538 |
| 3 | James | 20,832 |
| 4 | Robert | 15,684 |
| 5 | Joseph | 14,471 |
| 6 | George | 13,874 |
| 7 | Charles | 13,190 |
| 8 | Edward | 9,474 |
| 9 | Frank | 9,237 |
| 10 | Thomas | 7,096 |
| 11 | Walter | 6,890 |
| 12 | Henry | 6,391 |
| 13 | Harold | 6,157 |
| 14 | Paul | 5,966 |
| 15 | Harry | 5,458 |
| 16 | Albert | 5,449 |
| 17 | Arthur | 5,422 |
| 18 | Raymond | 5,310 |
| 19 | Richard | 5,107 |
| 20 | Louis | 4,258 |
| 21 | Clarence | 4,046 |
| 22 | Ralph | 3,963 |
| 23 | Carl | 3,935 |
| 24 | Willie | 3,760 |
| 25 | Donald | 3,703 |
| 26 | Howard | 3,663 |
| 27 | Fred | 3,624 |
| 28 | Jack | 3,538 |
| 29 | David | 3,282 |
| 30 | Francis | 3,205 |
| 31 | Earl | 3,110 |
| 32 | Roy | 3,090 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 3,065 |
| 34 | Ernest | 2,940 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 2,853 |
| 36 | Samuel | 2,850 |
| 37 | Joe | 2,806 |
| 38 | Anthony | 2,781 |
| 39 | Herbert | 2,723 |
| 40 | Michael | 2,607 |
| 41 | Stanley | 2,595 |
| 42 | Alfred | 2,577 |
| 43 | Eugene | 2,525 |
| 44 | Woodrow | 2,333 |
| 45 | Elmer | 2,323 |
| 46 | Leonard | 2,276 |
| 47 | Andrew | 2,222 |
| 48 | Leo | 2,031 |
| 49 | Frederick | 1,996 |
| 50 | Russell | 1,946 |