Birth year roster

Top names in 1910

The 100 most common names on 1910 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1910 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 115 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1910s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered22,848
#2Helen Endangered10,479
#3Margaret Endangered8,226
#4Dorothy Endangered7,318
#5Ruth Endangered7,212
#6Anna Declining6,436
#7Elizabeth Stable5,800
#8Mildred Endangered5,692
#9Marie Endangered4,790
#10Alice Stable4,671
#11Frances Endangered4,448
#12Florence Endangered4,282
#13Ethel Endangered4,146
#14Lillian Declining4,127
#15Gladys Endangered3,842
#16Rose Stable3,837
#17Evelyn Stable3,777
#18Edna Endangered3,664
#19Annie Rising3,519
#20Louise Endangered3,457
#21Irene Endangered3,281
#22Catherine Endangered3,161
#23Grace Declining3,145
#24Hazel Rising3,032
#25Thelma Endangered2,976
#26Gertrude Endangered2,932
#27Ruby Stable2,893
#28Martha Endangered2,858
#29Virginia Endangered2,855
#30Josephine Rising2,801
#31Lucille Stable2,692
#32Clara Stable2,665
#33Bertha Endangered2,651
#34Emma Declining2,607
#35Edith Endangered2,592
#36Beatrice Endangered2,459
#37Bessie Endangered2,392
#38Esther Stable2,378
#39Pearl Endangered2,177
#40Sarah Endangered2,173
#41Agnes Endangered2,163
#42Pauline Endangered2,153
#43Myrtle Endangered2,145
#44Elsie Rising2,141
#45Eva Declining2,123
#46Mabel Rising2,123
#47Ida Endangered2,107
#48Viola Endangered2,090
#49Julia Stable2,074
#50Minnie Endangered1,983
#51Nellie Rising1,928
#52Ann Endangered1,842
#53Laura Endangered1,834
#54Lillie Stable1,824
#55Eleanor Rising1,798
#56Willie Endangered1,796
#57Katherine Declining1,752
#58Bernice Endangered1,721
#59Marion Endangered1,703
#60Mattie Endangered1,687
#61Alma Rising1,630
#62Ella Declining1,587
#63Jessie Endangered1,541
#64Doris Endangered1,536
#65Mae Stable1,453
#66Lena Stable1,431
#67Anne Endangered1,413
#68Marjorie Endangered1,391
#69Betty Endangered1,389
#70Carrie Endangered1,381
#71Vera Stable1,346
#72Stella Stable1,319
#73Hattie Rising1,314
#74Blanche Endangered1,288
#75Lucy Stable1,283
#76Lois Endangered1,271
#77Jean Endangered1,246
#78Fannie Endangered1,237
#79Leona Stable1,220
#80Kathryn Endangered1,198
#81Jennie Endangered1,183
#82Beulah Endangered1,131
#83Rosa Stable1,131
#84Marguerite Endangered1,086
#85Cora Stable1,079
#86Mamie Endangered1,079
#87Opal Rising1,051
#88Ellen Endangered1,038
#89Violet Rising1,037
#90Velma Endangered1,035
#91Georgia Rising1,010
#92Sylvia Rising1,000
#93Lula Endangered975
#94Ada Rising960
#95Maggie Stable940
#96Theresa Endangered926
#97Inez Endangered916
#98Genevieve Stable908
#99Charlotte Stable896
#100Sadie Stable886

Boys

#1John Past peak11,450
#2James Stable9,194
#3William Declining8,844
#4Robert Endangered5,609
#5George Stable5,441
#6Joseph Declining5,228
#7Charles Stable4,784
#8Frank Endangered3,768
#9Edward Endangered3,407
#10Henry Stable2,899
#11Willie Endangered2,897
#12Thomas Stable2,851
#13Walter Stable2,596
#14Albert Endangered2,183
#15Paul Endangered2,005
#16Harry Endangered1,978
#17Arthur Rising1,942
#18Harold Endangered1,909
#19Raymond Endangered1,737
#20Clarence Endangered1,706
#21Richard Endangered1,654
#22Fred Endangered1,587
#23Jack Stable1,576
#24Louis Stable1,569
#25Joe Endangered1,553
#26Carl Endangered1,339
#27Howard Endangered1,309
#28Ralph Endangered1,278
#29Roy Endangered1,267
#30David Past peak1,258
#31Ernest Endangered1,167
#32Samuel Stable1,129
#33Earl Endangered1,109
#34Charlie Rising1,107
#35Lawrence Endangered1,009
#36Francis Stable1,000
#37Anthony Declining980
#38Alfred Endangered922
#39Eugene Endangered888
#40Sam Stable888
#41Herbert Endangered886
#42Andrew Declining884
#43Kenneth Endangered880
#44Donald Endangered860
#45Michael Past peak844
#46Leonard Endangered793
#47Stanley Endangered761
#48Elmer Endangered760
#49Lee Endangered741
#50Leroy Endangered733
#51Leo Rising707
#52Herman Endangered696
#53Daniel Declining692
#54Theodore Rising692
#55Floyd Endangered687
#56Peter Stable631
#57Clyde Stable617
#58Russell Stable615
#59Eddie Endangered595
#60Jesse Stable590
#61Chester Endangered561
#62Bernard Endangered560
#63Norman Endangered557
#64Lester Endangered556
#65Lewis Rising555
#66Clifford Endangered551
#67Lloyd Endangered545
#68Ray Endangered545
#69Frederick Stable543
#70Benjamin Declining536
#71Edwin Stable536
#72Jessie Endangered516
#73Oscar Stable505
#74Johnnie Endangered502
#75Melvin Endangered482
#76Milton Endangered476
#77Cecil Endangered472
#78Claude Endangered463
#79Ben Stable454
#80Edgar Declining441
#81Leon Rising435
#82Tom Endangered428
#83Philip Endangered418
#84Marvin Endangered413
#85Alvin Declining401
#86Martin Stable396
#87Luther Endangered383
#88Everett Stable382
#89Harvey Rising382
#90Victor Declining372
#91Morris Endangered367
#92Allen Endangered355
#93Sidney Endangered353
#94Vernon Endangered351
#95Julius Stable350
#96Stephen Endangered350
#97Glenn Endangered349
#98Homer Endangered347
#99Vincent Stable343
#100Jim Endangered331