Top Names of 1924
The most popular names recorded in 1924 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 73,534 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 39,996 |
| 3 | Helen | 31,194 |
| 4 | Betty | 30,600 |
| 5 | Margaret | 26,546 |
| 6 | Ruth | 23,600 |
| 7 | Virginia | 18,620 |
| 8 | Mildred | 15,853 |
| 9 | Doris | 15,786 |
| 10 | Frances | 15,183 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 14,950 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 13,358 |
| 13 | Anna | 13,076 |
| 14 | Marie | 11,575 |
| 15 | Alice | 11,537 |
| 16 | Jean | 10,721 |
| 17 | Marjorie | 10,069 |
| 18 | Irene | 9,928 |
| 19 | Shirley | 9,489 |
| 20 | Florence | 9,472 |
| 21 | Martha | 9,320 |
| 22 | Lois | 9,299 |
| 23 | Lillian | 9,100 |
| 24 | Louise | 8,853 |
| 25 | Rose | 8,479 |
| 26 | Ruby | 8,406 |
| 27 | Catherine | 8,363 |
| 28 | Barbara | 8,305 |
| 29 | Eleanor | 8,193 |
| 30 | Gladys | 7,790 |
| 31 | Edna | 7,408 |
| 32 | Annie | 7,347 |
| 33 | Thelma | 7,316 |
| 34 | Josephine | 7,274 |
| 35 | Patricia | 6,957 |
| 36 | Edith | 6,890 |
| 37 | Lucille | 6,744 |
| 38 | Pauline | 6,722 |
| 39 | Ethel | 6,586 |
| 40 | Norma | 6,542 |
| 41 | Gloria | 6,534 |
| 42 | Hazel | 6,342 |
| 43 | Grace | 6,327 |
| 44 | Phyllis | 6,267 |
| 45 | June | 6,150 |
| 46 | Marion | 6,047 |
| 47 | Bernice | 6,033 |
| 48 | Juanita | 5,404 |
| 49 | Rita | 5,381 |
| 50 | Beatrice | 5,271 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 60,799 |
| 2 | John | 59,052 |
| 3 | William | 53,506 |
| 4 | James | 52,941 |
| 5 | Charles | 30,460 |
| 6 | George | 27,374 |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,421 |
| 8 | Richard | 21,244 |
| 9 | Edward | 21,126 |
| 10 | Donald | 17,929 |
| 11 | Thomas | 16,555 |
| 12 | Frank | 16,044 |
| 13 | Harold | 14,149 |
| 14 | Paul | 13,339 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,872 |
| 16 | Walter | 12,696 |
| 17 | Jack | 11,921 |
| 18 | Henry | 11,195 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 10,355 |
| 20 | Arthur | 10,172 |
| 21 | Albert | 9,880 |
| 22 | Harry | 9,115 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,766 |
| 24 | David | 8,758 |
| 25 | Eugene | 8,346 |
| 26 | Howard | 7,372 |
| 27 | Carl | 7,085 |
| 28 | Louis | 7,042 |
| 29 | Clarence | 6,895 |
| 30 | Willie | 6,700 |
| 31 | Roy | 6,557 |
| 32 | Fred | 6,532 |
| 33 | Earl | 6,529 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,131 |
| 35 | Joe | 6,044 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,775 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,683 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,601 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,191 |
| 40 | Stanley | 5,186 |
| 41 | Herbert | 5,121 |
| 42 | Norman | 5,045 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,929 |
| 44 | Calvin | 4,919 |
| 45 | Samuel | 4,592 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,505 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,403 |
| 48 | Melvin | 4,168 |
| 49 | Gerald | 4,151 |
| 50 | Marvin | 4,024 |