Birth year roster

Top names in 1913

The 100 most common names on 1913 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1913 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, 117 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1910s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered36,642
#2Helen Endangered18,888
#3Dorothy Endangered14,674
#4Margaret Endangered14,486
#5Ruth Endangered12,609
#6Mildred Endangered9,921
#7Anna Declining9,687
#8Elizabeth Stable9,505
#9Frances Endangered7,694
#10Marie Endangered7,353
#11Alice Stable6,934
#12Evelyn Stable6,683
#13Florence Endangered6,279
#14Rose Stable6,171
#15Virginia Endangered6,036
#16Lillian Declining6,015
#17Louise Endangered5,577
#18Edna Endangered5,558
#19Gladys Endangered5,428
#20Ethel Endangered5,369
#21Irene Endangered5,335
#22Catherine Endangered5,302
#23Ruby Stable4,913
#24Josephine Rising4,822
#25Grace Declining4,669
#26Thelma Endangered4,595
#27Hazel Rising4,589
#28Martha Endangered4,538
#29Edith Endangered4,366
#30Annie Rising4,267
#31Lucille Stable4,098
#32Esther Stable4,090
#33Gertrude Endangered4,015
#34Eleanor Rising3,938
#35Pauline Endangered3,636
#36Clara Stable3,633
#37Beatrice Endangered3,567
#38Emma Declining3,474
#39Bertha Endangered3,345
#40Elsie Rising3,209
#41Agnes Endangered3,206
#42Julia Stable3,195
#43Sarah Endangered3,178
#44Doris Endangered3,049
#45Bernice Endangered3,036
#46Ann Endangered2,998
#47Bessie Endangered2,952
#48Marjorie Endangered2,922
#49Ida Endangered2,916
#50Eva Declining2,891
#51Marion Endangered2,854
#52Viola Endangered2,847
#53Myrtle Endangered2,843
#54Katherine Declining2,794
#55Pearl Endangered2,756
#56Mabel Rising2,741
#57Anne Endangered2,684
#58Nellie Rising2,645
#59Lois Endangered2,560
#60Jean Endangered2,545
#61Jessie Endangered2,475
#62Laura Endangered2,454
#63Minnie Endangered2,332
#64Alma Rising2,297
#65Willie Endangered2,264
#66Kathryn Endangered2,246
#67Betty Endangered2,240
#68Vera Stable2,209
#69Stella Stable2,205
#70Ella Declining2,071
#71Lillie Stable2,030
#72Sylvia Rising2,013
#73Lena Stable1,973
#74Leona Stable1,911
#75Mattie Endangered1,868
#76Blanche Endangered1,856
#77Lucy Stable1,856
#78Marguerite Endangered1,822
#79Mae Stable1,814
#80Jennie Endangered1,809
#81Jane Stable1,759
#82Violet Rising1,751
#83Vivian Stable1,727
#84Genevieve Stable1,684
#85Beulah Endangered1,641
#86Opal Rising1,629
#87Charlotte Stable1,603
#88Ellen Endangered1,579
#89Velma Endangered1,556
#90Carrie Endangered1,517
#91Fannie Endangered1,488
#92Wilma Endangered1,469
#93Marian Endangered1,452
#94Barbara Endangered1,451
#95Juanita Endangered1,443
#96Hattie Rising1,434
#97Theresa Endangered1,403
#98Inez Endangered1,395
#99Emily Declining1,386
#100Georgia Rising1,382

Boys

#1John Past peak29,329
#2William Declining23,538
#3James Stable20,832
#4Robert Endangered15,684
#5Joseph Declining14,471
#6George Stable13,874
#7Charles Stable13,191
#8Edward Endangered9,474
#9Frank Endangered9,237
#10Thomas Stable7,096
#11Walter Stable6,890
#12Henry Stable6,391
#13Harold Endangered6,157
#14Paul Endangered5,966
#15Harry Endangered5,458
#16Albert Endangered5,449
#17Arthur Rising5,422
#18Raymond Endangered5,310
#19Richard Endangered5,107
#20Louis Stable4,258
#21Clarence Endangered4,046
#22Ralph Endangered3,963
#23Carl Endangered3,935
#24Willie Endangered3,760
#25Donald Endangered3,702
#26Howard Endangered3,663
#27Fred Endangered3,624
#28Jack Stable3,538
#29David Past peak3,282
#30Francis Stable3,205
#31Earl Endangered3,110
#32Roy Endangered3,090
#33Kenneth Endangered3,065
#34Ernest Endangered2,940
#35Lawrence Endangered2,853
#36Samuel Stable2,850
#37Joe Endangered2,806
#38Anthony Declining2,781
#39Herbert Endangered2,723
#40Michael Past peak2,607
#41Stanley Endangered2,595
#42Alfred Endangered2,577
#43Eugene Endangered2,525
#44Woodrow Endangered2,333
#45Elmer Endangered2,323
#46Leonard Endangered2,276
#47Andrew Declining2,222
#48Leo Rising2,031
#49Frederick Stable1,996
#50Russell Stable1,946
#51Peter Stable1,934
#52Bernard Endangered1,916
#53Herman Endangered1,905
#54Daniel Declining1,878
#55Edwin Stable1,825
#56Chester Endangered1,765
#57Norman Endangered1,748
#58Floyd Endangered1,740
#59Lester Endangered1,736
#60Theodore Rising1,650
#61Melvin Endangered1,642
#62Charlie Rising1,618
#63Leroy Endangered1,582
#64Clyde Stable1,537
#65Sam Stable1,527
#66Vincent Stable1,527
#67Lloyd Endangered1,521
#68Clifford Endangered1,520
#69Philip Endangered1,484
#70Benjamin Declining1,466
#71Milton Endangered1,419
#72Lewis Rising1,384
#73Ray Endangered1,328
#74Cecil Endangered1,276
#75Martin Stable1,259
#76Oscar Stable1,249
#77Marvin Endangered1,236
#78Lee Endangered1,228
#79Jesse Stable1,214
#80Victor Declining1,177
#81Leon Rising1,160
#82Alvin Declining1,144
#83Vernon Endangered1,143
#84Gerald Endangered1,142
#85Glenn Endangered1,122
#86Stephen Endangered1,097
#87Edgar Declining1,087
#88Claude Endangered1,076
#89Morris Endangered1,073
#90Sidney Endangered1,073
#91Wilbur Endangered1,044
#92Arnold Endangered1,032
#93Harvey Rising1,028
#94Gordon Endangered1,017
#95Maurice Declining994
#96Homer Endangered987
#97Everett Stable948
#98Alexander Declining937
#99Willard Endangered926
#100Allen Endangered903