Top Names of 1918

The most popular names recorded in 1918 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary67,365
2Helen36,148
3Dorothy32,030
4Margaret27,139
5Ruth25,535
6Mildred17,258
7Virginia16,421
8Frances16,131
9Elizabeth15,853
10Anna15,666
11Evelyn13,493
12Marie12,589
13Alice11,590
14Florence11,318
15Lillian9,986
16Irene9,774
17Rose9,568
18Louise9,111
19Doris9,061
20Catherine8,842
21Betty8,803
22Gladys8,734
23Edna8,698
24Josephine8,682
25Martha8,342
26Eleanor8,176
27Ruby8,134
28Ethel8,075
29Lucille7,902
30Edith7,858
31Grace7,770
32Thelma7,740
33Hazel7,615
34Marjorie7,517
35Pauline7,222
36Annie6,743
37Jean6,600
38Esther6,574
39Gertrude6,264
40Beatrice5,907
41Bernice5,892
42Lois5,877
43Clara5,778
44Ann5,613
45Marion5,583
46Emma5,324
47Agnes5,291
48Julia5,268
49Elsie5,194
50Katherine5,191

Boys

#NameBabies
1John56,558
2William45,291
3James42,115
4Robert40,619
5Charles26,921
6George26,318
7Joseph26,261
8Edward19,489
9Frank17,018
10Thomas13,910
11Walter13,338
12Richard12,323
13Harold12,185
14Paul11,755
15Raymond11,604
16Henry11,354
17Arthur10,105
18Donald9,972
19Albert9,935
20Harry9,896
21Jack8,341
22Ralph8,162
23Clarence7,187
24Louis7,082
25Carl7,003
26Howard6,928
27Kenneth6,809
28David6,627
29Willie6,537
30Francis6,347
31Earl6,321
32Roy6,211
33Fred6,182
34Joe5,805
35Eugene5,631
36Stanley5,618
37Ernest5,527
38Lawrence5,372
39Anthony5,168
40Herbert5,128
41Leonard4,980
42Alfred4,873
43Samuel4,772
44Elmer4,373
45Michael4,296
46Andrew4,138
47Bernard4,098
48Leo4,036
49Norman3,867
50Russell3,833