Top Names of 1920

The most popular names recorded in 1920 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary70,983
2Dorothy36,643
3Helen35,097
4Margaret27,994
5Ruth26,102
6Mildred18,060
7Virginia17,314
8Elizabeth15,908
9Frances15,883
10Anna14,581
11Betty14,016
12Evelyn13,838
13Marie12,743
14Doris11,892
15Alice11,596
16Florence10,731
17Irene10,072
18Lillian10,049
19Louise9,179
20Rose9,011
21Catherine8,878
22Gladys8,819
23Martha8,709
24Marjorie8,658
25Eleanor8,497
26Ruby8,336
27Edna8,331
28Josephine8,093
29Lucille7,989
30Ethel7,868
31Thelma7,814
32Edith7,773
33Jean7,714
34Hazel7,308
35Annie7,268
36Pauline7,180
37Grace7,172
38Lois6,560
39Esther6,068
40Bernice5,928
41Beatrice5,804
42Gertrude5,797
43Marion5,745
44Clara5,470
45Katherine5,276
46Emma5,238
47Barbara5,106
48Jane5,054
49Ann5,041
50Sarah5,031

Boys

#NameBabies
1John56,913
2William50,146
3Robert48,679
4James47,908
5Charles28,309
6George26,891
7Joseph25,587
8Edward20,097
9Frank16,430
10Richard15,010
11Thomas14,936
12Harold13,678
13Walter13,294
14Paul12,570
15Raymond12,193
16Donald11,941
17Henry11,305
18Arthur10,236
19Albert9,997
20Jack9,599
21Harry9,406
22Ralph8,556
23Kenneth7,840
24Howard7,466
25David7,444
26Clarence7,221
27Carl7,010
28Louis6,966
29Willie6,887
30Eugene6,867
31Earl6,533
32Roy6,355
33Fred6,298
34Francis6,241
35Joe6,071
36Lawrence5,727
37Ernest5,566
38Leonard5,511
39Warren5,492
40Stanley5,314
41Herbert5,249
42Alfred5,006
43Anthony4,944
44Samuel4,654
45Elmer4,206
46Bernard4,163
47Norman4,109
48Leo4,054
49Andrew4,026
50Michael4,003