Birth year roster

Top names in 1915

The 100 most common names on 1915 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1915 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, 118 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1910s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered58,187
#2Helen Endangered30,866
#3Dorothy Endangered25,154
#4Margaret Endangered23,054
#5Ruth Endangered21,878
#6Mildred Endangered15,254
#7Anna Declining15,119
#8Elizabeth Stable14,103
#9Frances Endangered12,786
#10Evelyn Stable11,595
#11Marie Endangered11,363
#12Virginia Endangered10,952
#13Alice Stable10,525
#14Florence Endangered10,105
#15Lillian Declining9,546
#16Rose Stable9,375
#17Irene Endangered8,323
#18Louise Endangered8,313
#19Catherine Endangered8,181
#20Edna Endangered8,144
#21Gladys Endangered7,857
#22Josephine Rising7,606
#23Ethel Endangered7,379
#24Ruby Stable7,237
#25Martha Endangered7,216
#26Hazel Rising7,092
#27Grace Declining7,044
#28Eleanor Rising7,036
#29Lucille Stable7,006
#30Thelma Endangered6,762
#31Edith Endangered6,761
#32Pauline Endangered6,334
#33Esther Stable6,321
#34Doris Endangered6,292
#35Gertrude Endangered6,077
#36Annie Rising5,936
#37Beatrice Endangered5,342
#38Clara Stable5,285
#39Marjorie Endangered5,119
#40Emma Declining5,044
#41Elsie Rising4,967
#42Bernice Endangered4,937
#43Ann Endangered4,895
#44Julia Stable4,831
#45Agnes Endangered4,795
#46Bertha Endangered4,785
#47Lois Endangered4,775
#48Jean Endangered4,603
#49Katherine Declining4,488
#50Marion Endangered4,456
#51Sarah Endangered4,415
#52Anne Endangered4,333
#53Betty Endangered4,181
#54Ida Endangered4,125
#55Eva Declining4,079
#56Pearl Endangered3,976
#57Bessie Endangered3,888
#58Myrtle Endangered3,865
#59Viola Endangered3,855
#60Kathryn Endangered3,778
#61Laura Endangered3,723
#62Mabel Rising3,683
#63Nellie Rising3,679
#64Stella Stable3,657
#65Vera Stable3,460
#66Jessie Endangered3,356
#67Sylvia Rising3,284
#68Minnie Endangered3,270
#69Jane Stable3,264
#70Alma Rising3,248
#71Rita Endangered3,063
#72Willie Endangered3,041
#73Jennie Endangered3,015
#74Leona Stable2,972
#75Ella Declining2,954
#76Genevieve Stable2,928
#77Lena Stable2,927
#78Vivian Stable2,857
#79Lucy Stable2,814
#80Wilma Endangered2,773
#81Charlotte Stable2,757
#82Violet Rising2,752
#83Barbara Endangered2,704
#84Lillie Stable2,687
#85Marguerite Endangered2,687
#86Marian Endangered2,612
#87Blanche Endangered2,590
#88Ellen Endangered2,581
#89Mae Stable2,486
#90Opal Rising2,482
#91Mattie Endangered2,434
#92Juanita Endangered2,398
#93Theresa Endangered2,309
#94Velma Endangered2,287
#95Beulah Endangered2,268
#96June Rising2,139
#97Sophie Stable2,112
#98Maxine Rising2,110
#99Emily Declining2,091
#100Phyllis Endangered2,088

Boys

#1John Past peak47,576
#2William Declining38,563
#3James Stable33,773
#4Robert Endangered28,737
#5Joseph Declining23,051
#6George Stable22,307
#7Charles Stable21,960
#8Edward Endangered15,889
#9Frank Endangered15,006
#10Thomas Stable11,490
#11Walter Stable11,255
#12Harold Endangered10,444
#13Paul Endangered10,328
#14Henry Stable10,138
#15Richard Endangered9,143
#16Raymond Endangered8,981
#17Albert Endangered8,825
#18Arthur Rising8,564
#19Harry Endangered8,470
#20Donald Endangered7,116
#21Ralph Endangered6,816
#22Carl Endangered6,613
#23Louis Stable6,518
#24Clarence Endangered6,267
#25Howard Endangered6,103
#26Fred Endangered5,778
#27Jack Stable5,749
#28Kenneth Endangered5,681
#29Francis Stable5,594
#30Willie Endangered5,434
#31David Past peak5,394
#32Roy Endangered5,052
#33Earl Endangered4,908
#34Stanley Endangered4,807
#35Ernest Endangered4,787
#36Anthony Declining4,722
#37Lawrence Endangered4,688
#38Joe Endangered4,648
#39Samuel Stable4,351
#40Herbert Endangered4,341
#41Eugene Endangered4,321
#42Alfred Endangered4,231
#43Michael Past peak4,079
#44Leonard Endangered3,993
#45Elmer Endangered3,802
#46Andrew Declining3,573
#47Leo Rising3,527
#48Bernard Endangered3,302
#49Peter Stable3,302
#50Norman Endangered3,262
#51Russell Stable3,250
#52Frederick Stable3,159
#53Edwin Stable3,151
#54Chester Endangered3,043
#55Daniel Declining3,002
#56Herman Endangered2,983
#57Lester Endangered2,943
#58Willard Endangered2,889
#59Floyd Endangered2,824
#60Melvin Endangered2,780
#61Clifford Endangered2,741
#62Lloyd Endangered2,653
#63Clyde Stable2,518
#64Theodore Rising2,504
#65Vincent Stable2,491
#66Leroy Endangered2,450
#67Ray Endangered2,365
#68Sam Stable2,339
#69Philip Endangered2,328
#70Lewis Rising2,307
#71Benjamin Declining2,241
#72Marvin Endangered2,227
#73Milton Endangered2,225
#74Victor Declining2,211
#75Charlie Rising2,193
#76Cecil Endangered2,181
#77Jesse Stable2,111
#78Gerald Endangered2,085
#79Martin Stable2,070
#80Vernon Endangered2,060
#81Alvin Declining2,006
#82Leon Rising1,977
#83Woodrow Endangered1,966
#84Lee Endangered1,916
#85Edgar Declining1,895
#86Stephen Endangered1,850
#87Glenn Endangered1,842
#88Oscar Stable1,788
#89Everett Stable1,731
#90Gordon Endangered1,717
#91Arnold Endangered1,691
#92Wilbur Endangered1,685
#93Morris Endangered1,660
#94Sidney Endangered1,615
#95Harvey Rising1,613
#96Claude Endangered1,605
#97Wayne Endangered1,517
#98Homer Endangered1,487
#99Allen Endangered1,458
#100Gilbert Endangered1,452