Birth year roster

Top names in 1919

The 100 most common names on 1919 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1919 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 Endangered65,836
#2Helen Endangered33,706
#3Dorothy Endangered31,733
#4Margaret Endangered26,238
#5Ruth Endangered24,562
#6Mildred Endangered17,300
#7Virginia Endangered15,636
#8Elizabeth Stable15,287
#9Frances Endangered15,106
#10Anna Declining14,498
#11Evelyn Stable13,321
#12Marie Endangered12,008
#13Alice Stable11,141
#14Florence Endangered10,482
#15Betty Endangered10,106
#16Irene Endangered9,712
#17Lillian Declining9,516
#18Doris Endangered9,433
#19Rose Stable9,195
#20Louise Endangered8,812
#21Gladys Endangered8,717
#22Edna Endangered8,404
#23Catherine Endangered8,335
#24Ruby Stable8,334
#25Martha Endangered8,322
#26Josephine Rising8,104
#27Lucille Stable7,856
#28Ethel Endangered7,809
#29Edith Endangered7,767
#30Eleanor Rising7,611
#31Thelma Endangered7,558
#32Hazel Rising7,430
#33Marjorie Endangered7,335
#34Grace Declining7,195
#35Annie Rising7,146
#36Pauline Endangered6,973
#37Jean Endangered6,799
#38Esther Stable6,248
#39Gertrude Endangered6,014
#40Lois Endangered5,976
#41Beatrice Endangered5,856
#42Bernice Endangered5,793
#43Clara Stable5,404
#44Marion Endangered5,158
#45Emma Declining5,087
#46Sarah Endangered5,022
#47Elsie Rising4,995
#48Julia Stable4,950
#49Ann Endangered4,924
#50Agnes Endangered4,901
#51Katherine Declining4,846
#52Bertha Endangered4,754
#53Jane Stable4,527
#54Rita Endangered4,515
#55Eva Declining4,484
#56Pearl Endangered4,273
#57Ida Endangered4,163
#58Viola Endangered4,129
#59Bessie Endangered4,106
#60Barbara Endangered4,084
#61Willie Endangered4,051
#62Lorraine Endangered3,976
#63Anne Endangered3,975
#64June Rising3,963
#65Vera Stable3,848
#66Kathryn Endangered3,825
#67Myrtle Endangered3,816
#68Geraldine Endangered3,727
#69Nellie Rising3,726
#70Stella Stable3,700
#71Laura Endangered3,663
#72Vivian Stable3,640
#73Juanita Endangered3,636
#74Violet Rising3,597
#75Jessie Endangered3,530
#76Alma Rising3,438
#77Sylvia Rising3,412
#78Mabel Rising3,405
#79Charlotte Stable3,353
#80Minnie Endangered3,272
#81Lillie Stable3,262
#82Marian Endangered3,261
#83Norma Endangered3,199
#84Phyllis Endangered3,189
#85Maxine Rising3,183
#86Wilma Endangered3,170
#87Ella Declining3,158
#88Genevieve Stable3,155
#89Shirley Endangered3,149
#90Leona Stable3,033
#91Lucy Stable3,007
#92Ellen Endangered2,929
#93Jennie Endangered2,928
#94Lena Stable2,872
#95Mattie Endangered2,856
#96Marguerite Endangered2,836
#97Blanche Endangered2,668
#98Opal Rising2,652
#99Mae Stable2,634
#100Nancy Endangered2,628

Boys

#1John Past peak53,522
#2William Declining43,969
#3James Stable42,392
#4Robert Endangered41,025
#5Charles Stable25,192
#6George Stable25,170
#7Joseph Declining24,266
#8Edward Endangered18,536
#9Frank Endangered15,701
#10Thomas Stable13,434
#11Walter Stable12,879
#12Richard Endangered12,441
#13Harold Endangered12,021
#14Raymond Endangered11,384
#15Paul Endangered11,305
#16Henry Stable10,613
#17Donald Endangered9,904
#18Albert Endangered9,607
#19Arthur Rising9,540
#20Harry Endangered8,990
#21Jack Stable8,263
#22Ralph Endangered7,709
#23Willie Endangered6,942
#24Howard Endangered6,843
#25Clarence Endangered6,825
#26Kenneth Endangered6,796
#27David Past peak6,716
#28Louis Stable6,661
#29Carl Endangered6,474
#30Fred Endangered6,091
#31Earl Endangered5,975
#32Roy Endangered5,970
#33Eugene Endangered5,892
#34Francis Stable5,726
#35Joe Endangered5,709
#36Ernest Endangered5,296
#37Stanley Endangered5,238
#38Lawrence Endangered5,205
#39Leonard Endangered5,010
#40Herbert Endangered4,960
#41Anthony Declining4,737
#42Alfred Endangered4,615
#43Samuel Stable4,472
#44Elmer Endangered3,982
#45Bernard Endangered3,915
#46Michael Past peak3,909
#47Andrew Declining3,851
#48Norman Endangered3,809
#49Leo Rising3,802
#50Russell Stable3,645
#51Daniel Declining3,526
#52Edwin Stable3,450
#53Chester Endangered3,432
#54Theodore Rising3,424
#55Leroy Endangered3,422
#56Melvin Endangered3,384
#57Peter Stable3,375
#58Lloyd Endangered3,238
#59Floyd Endangered3,121
#60Clifford Endangered3,040
#61Herman Endangered3,027
#62Lester Endangered3,020
#63Marvin Endangered2,997
#64Frederick Stable2,932
#65Vernon Endangered2,929
#66Charlie Rising2,891
#67Clyde Stable2,884
#68Victor Declining2,751
#69Ray Endangered2,722
#70Gerald Endangered2,689
#71Philip Endangered2,531
#72Vincent Stable2,531
#73Milton Endangered2,448
#74Lewis Rising2,429
#75Sam Stable2,384
#76Alvin Declining2,383
#77Jesse Stable2,356
#78Cecil Endangered2,300
#79Benjamin Declining2,279
#80Leon Rising2,250
#81Martin Stable2,204
#82Lee Endangered2,189
#83Warren Rising2,180
#84Glenn Endangered2,153
#85Harvey Rising2,028
#86Gordon Endangered2,017
#87Willard Endangered2,014
#88Oscar Stable1,991
#89Edgar Declining1,986
#90Wayne Endangered1,955
#91Woodrow Endangered1,808
#92Claude Endangered1,772
#93Everett Stable1,772
#94Arnold Endangered1,767
#95Johnnie Endangered1,716
#96Sidney Endangered1,715
#97Stephen Endangered1,693
#98Wilbur Endangered1,689
#99Eddie Endangered1,660
#100Morris Endangered1,660