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