Top Names of 1921

The most popular names recorded in 1921 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary73,984
2Dorothy39,087
3Helen34,822
4Margaret28,468
5Ruth25,783
6Virginia19,032
7Mildred17,880
8Betty17,638
9Frances15,993
10Elizabeth15,800
11Anna14,476
12Evelyn14,278
13Doris13,152
14Marie12,501
15Alice11,955
16Marjorie11,209
17Florence10,720
18Irene10,624
19Lillian9,770
20Rose9,352
21Martha9,264
22Louise9,180
23Catherine8,887
24Gladys8,814
25Jean8,592
26Ruby8,333
27Edna8,302
28Josephine8,135
29Eleanor8,054
30Thelma7,839
31Lucille7,698
32Ethel7,603
33Edith7,589
34Hazel7,341
35Grace7,230
36Annie7,209
37Pauline7,142
38Lois6,899
39Bernice6,190
40Barbara6,013
41Beatrice5,968
42Esther5,926
43Marion5,814
44Shirley5,695
45Clara5,606
46Gertrude5,349
47Jane5,188
48Rita5,157
49Katherine5,156
50June5,155

Boys

#NameBabies
1John58,215
2Robert52,779
3William51,862
4James49,750
5Charles29,242
6George27,476
7Joseph26,182
8Edward20,817
9Frank16,705
10Richard16,376
11Thomas15,308
12Harold13,811
13Donald13,776
14Paul13,169
15Walter13,004
16Raymond12,645
17Henry11,411
18Jack10,757
19Arthur10,527
20Albert10,158
21Harry9,731
22Kenneth8,959
23Ralph8,860
24Warren7,798
25David7,765
26Eugene7,717
27Howard7,713
28Clarence7,332
29Louis7,247
30Carl7,077
31Earl6,754
32Roy6,545
33Fred6,496
34Willie6,491
35Francis6,293
36Joe6,204
37Lawrence5,977
38Ernest5,697
39Leonard5,650
40Anthony5,239
41Stanley5,231
42Herbert5,217
43Alfred4,925
44Samuel4,754
45Bernard4,485
46Norman4,479
47Michael4,198
48Elmer4,146
49Daniel4,087
50Leo4,066