Decade dossier
1910s baby names
The names that defined the 1910s: John and Mary led the decade, but the full roster tells a richer story.
A 1910s classroom probably included Mary, Helen, John, William. Some became durable classics; others now read like timestamps.
Girls
- #1Mary478,636
- #2Helen248,154
- #3Dorothy207,475
- #4Margaret189,234
- #5Ruth173,675
- #6Mildred123,998
- #7Anna118,998
- #8Elizabeth116,811
- #9Frances105,599
- #10Virginia94,322
- #11Marie92,086
- #12Evelyn91,492
- #13Alice85,866
- #14Florence81,465
- #15Lillian75,914
- #16Rose74,690
- #17Irene68,968
- #18Louise67,973
- #19Edna66,897
- #20Catherine65,823
- #21Gladys65,812
- #22Ethel63,662
- #23Josephine61,355
- #24Ruby60,308
- #25Martha59,508
Boys
- #1John376,311
- #2William303,017
- #3James275,070
- #4Robert239,185
- #5Joseph179,300
- #6George176,609
- #7Charles173,535
- #8Edward125,720
- #9Frank116,017
- #10Thomas91,619
- #11Walter89,145
- #12Harold79,721
- #13Henry79,667
- #14Paul78,216
- #15Richard74,603
- #16Raymond71,820
- #17Albert68,207
- #18Arthur67,478
- #19Harry65,874
- #20Donald57,001
- #21Ralph52,522
- #22Louis50,600
- #23Jack49,526
- #24Clarence49,196
- #25Carl48,454