Birth year roster

Top names in 1918

The 100 most common names on 1918 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1918 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, 119 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1910s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered67,365
#2Helen Endangered36,148
#3Dorothy Endangered32,030
#4Margaret Endangered27,139
#5Ruth Endangered25,535
#6Mildred Endangered17,258
#7Virginia Endangered16,421
#8Frances Endangered16,132
#9Elizabeth Stable15,853
#10Anna Declining15,666
#11Evelyn Stable13,493
#12Marie Endangered12,589
#13Alice Stable11,590
#14Florence Endangered11,318
#15Lillian Declining9,986
#16Irene Endangered9,774
#17Rose Stable9,568
#18Louise Endangered9,111
#19Doris Endangered9,061
#20Catherine Endangered8,842
#21Betty Endangered8,803
#22Gladys Endangered8,734
#23Edna Endangered8,698
#24Josephine Rising8,682
#25Martha Endangered8,341
#26Eleanor Rising8,176
#27Ruby Stable8,134
#28Ethel Endangered8,075
#29Lucille Stable7,902
#30Edith Endangered7,858
#31Grace Declining7,770
#32Thelma Endangered7,740
#33Hazel Rising7,615
#34Marjorie Endangered7,517
#35Pauline Endangered7,222
#36Annie Rising6,743
#37Jean Endangered6,600
#38Esther Stable6,574
#39Gertrude Endangered6,264
#40Beatrice Endangered5,907
#41Bernice Endangered5,892
#42Lois Endangered5,877
#43Clara Stable5,778
#44Ann Endangered5,613
#45Marion Endangered5,583
#46Emma Declining5,324
#47Agnes Endangered5,291
#48Julia Stable5,268
#49Elsie Rising5,194
#50Katherine Declining5,191
#51Bertha Endangered5,051
#52Sarah Endangered4,969
#53Jane Stable4,730
#54Anne Endangered4,567
#55Eva Declining4,563
#56Pearl Endangered4,521
#57Ida Endangered4,450
#58Rita Endangered4,447
#59Viola Endangered4,331
#60Barbara Endangered4,224
#61Bessie Endangered4,101
#62Myrtle Endangered4,076
#63Kathryn Endangered4,068
#64Laura Endangered4,062
#65Nellie Rising4,048
#66June Rising4,034
#67Stella Stable3,928
#68Vera Stable3,923
#69Lorraine Endangered3,876
#70Willie Endangered3,867
#71Sylvia Rising3,675
#72Vivian Stable3,663
#73Alma Rising3,650
#74Mabel Rising3,636
#75Jessie Endangered3,591
#76Marian Endangered3,503
#77Geraldine Endangered3,446
#78Charlotte Stable3,373
#79Leona Stable3,335
#80Phyllis Endangered3,326
#81Genevieve Stable3,304
#82Wilma Endangered3,298
#83Violet Rising3,294
#84Ella Declining3,291
#85Juanita Endangered3,260
#86Marguerite Endangered3,249
#87Maxine Rising3,216
#88Minnie Endangered3,181
#89Lillie Stable3,112
#90Lucy Stable3,108
#91Jennie Endangered3,033
#92Ellen Endangered3,030
#93Lena Stable2,937
#94Opal Rising2,847
#95Mae Stable2,756
#96Blanche Endangered2,739
#97Shirley Endangered2,654
#98Norma Endangered2,653
#99Kathleen Endangered2,629
#100Mattie Endangered2,610

Boys

#1John Past peak56,558
#2William Declining45,291
#3James Stable42,115
#4Robert Endangered40,619
#5Charles Stable26,921
#6George Stable26,318
#7Joseph Declining26,261
#8Edward Endangered19,489
#9Frank Endangered17,018
#10Thomas Stable13,910
#11Walter Stable13,338
#12Richard Endangered12,323
#13Harold Endangered12,185
#14Paul Endangered11,755
#15Raymond Endangered11,604
#16Henry Stable11,354
#17Arthur Rising10,105
#18Donald Endangered9,972
#19Albert Endangered9,935
#20Harry Endangered9,896
#21Jack Stable8,341
#22Ralph Endangered8,162
#23Clarence Endangered7,187
#24Louis Stable7,082
#25Carl Endangered7,004
#26Howard Endangered6,928
#27Kenneth Endangered6,809
#28David Past peak6,627
#29Willie Endangered6,537
#30Francis Stable6,347
#31Earl Endangered6,321
#32Roy Endangered6,211
#33Fred Endangered6,182
#34Joe Endangered5,805
#35Eugene Endangered5,631
#36Stanley Endangered5,618
#37Ernest Endangered5,527
#38Lawrence Endangered5,372
#39Anthony Declining5,168
#40Herbert Endangered5,128
#41Leonard Endangered4,980
#42Alfred Endangered4,873
#43Samuel Stable4,772
#44Elmer Endangered4,373
#45Michael Past peak4,296
#46Andrew Declining4,138
#47Bernard Endangered4,098
#48Leo Rising4,036
#49Norman Endangered3,867
#50Russell Stable3,833
#51Lloyd Endangered3,742
#52Daniel Declining3,726
#53Peter Stable3,711
#54Chester Endangered3,692
#55Edwin Stable3,487
#56Melvin Endangered3,469
#57Leroy Endangered3,422
#58Woodrow Endangered3,358
#59Frederick Stable3,351
#60Clifford Endangered3,299
#61Floyd Endangered3,235
#62Lester Endangered3,229
#63Victor Declining3,183
#64Theodore Rising3,143
#65Herman Endangered3,041
#66Vernon Endangered2,971
#67Clyde Stable2,917
#68Marvin Endangered2,829
#69Ray Endangered2,763
#70Charlie Rising2,743
#71Philip Endangered2,733
#72Gerald Endangered2,712
#73Vincent Stable2,621
#74Lewis Rising2,593
#75Sam Stable2,506
#76Milton Endangered2,454
#77Leon Rising2,442
#78Jesse Stable2,433
#79Benjamin Declining2,431
#80Alvin Declining2,409
#81Martin Stable2,403
#82Cecil Endangered2,328
#83Willard Endangered2,311
#84Glenn Endangered2,253
#85Gordon Endangered2,233
#86Lee Endangered2,159
#87Oscar Stable2,113
#88Harvey Rising2,111
#89Edgar Declining2,085
#90Warren Rising1,990
#91Wayne Endangered1,912
#92Arnold Endangered1,910
#93Everett Stable1,891
#94Sidney Endangered1,879
#95Claude Endangered1,878
#96Stephen Endangered1,843
#97Wilbur Endangered1,800
#98Allen Endangered1,779
#99Virgil Endangered1,707
#100Homer Endangered1,680