Birth year roster

Top names in 1922

The 100 most common names on 1922 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1922 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, 121 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1920s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered72,177
#2Dorothy Endangered37,716
#3Helen Endangered32,510
#4Margaret Endangered26,862
#5Ruth Endangered23,633
#6Betty Endangered20,895
#7Virginia Endangered19,144
#8Mildred Endangered16,412
#9Elizabeth Stable15,244
#10Frances Endangered15,054
#11Doris Endangered13,798
#12Anna Declining13,408
#13Evelyn Stable13,320
#14Marie Endangered11,912
#15Alice Stable11,277
#16Marjorie Endangered10,385
#17Irene Endangered10,173
#18Florence Endangered10,036
#19Lillian Declining9,430
#20Jean Endangered9,109
#21Martha Endangered9,021
#22Louise Endangered8,886
#23Rose Stable8,791
#24Catherine Endangered8,537
#25Gladys Endangered8,042
#26Ruby Stable8,003
#27Josephine Rising7,864
#28Eleanor Rising7,852
#29Edna Endangered7,622
#30Annie Rising7,476
#31Thelma Endangered7,254
#32Ethel Endangered7,246
#33Lucille Stable7,151
#34Edith Endangered7,136
#35Lois Endangered6,946
#36Pauline Endangered6,811
#37Hazel Rising6,757
#38Grace Declining6,743
#39Shirley Endangered6,407
#40Barbara Endangered6,272
#41Bernice Endangered5,912
#42Marion Endangered5,667
#43Beatrice Endangered5,476
#44Esther Stable5,474
#45June Rising5,382
#46Norma Endangered5,238
#47Clara Stable5,126
#48Gertrude Endangered5,082
#49Ann Endangered5,054
#50Emma Declining5,013
#51Sarah Endangered4,982
#52Rita Endangered4,976
#53Phyllis Endangered4,935
#54Katherine Declining4,827
#55Jane Stable4,805
#56Lorraine Endangered4,668
#57Juanita Endangered4,643
#58Geraldine Endangered4,641
#59Elsie Rising4,618
#60Julia Stable4,616
#61Gloria Endangered4,496
#62Agnes Endangered4,480
#63Bertha Endangered4,419
#64Eva Declining4,192
#65Ida Endangered3,987
#66Anne Endangered3,974
#67Marian Endangered3,951
#68Laura Endangered3,902
#69Patricia Endangered3,902
#70Willie Endangered3,885
#71Pearl Endangered3,848
#72Viola Endangered3,793
#73Kathryn Endangered3,792
#74Vivian Stable3,733
#75Myrtle Endangered3,649
#76Charlotte Stable3,582
#77Wilma Endangered3,535
#78Nancy Endangered3,518
#79Vera Stable3,510
#80Kathleen Endangered3,466
#81Bessie Endangered3,447
#82Maxine Rising3,444
#83Nellie Rising3,274
#84Alma Rising3,233
#85Lillie Stable3,200
#86Violet Rising3,194
#87Jessie Endangered3,182
#88Stella Stable3,166
#89Audrey Declining3,164
#90Ella Declining3,150
#91Minnie Endangered3,115
#92Wanda Endangered2,986
#93Lucy Stable2,977
#94Sylvia Rising2,961
#95Ellen Endangered2,953
#96Eileen Stable2,939
#97Jeanne Endangered2,917
#98Genevieve Stable2,897
#99Mabel Rising2,894
#100Margie Endangered2,854

Boys

#1John Past peak57,280
#2Robert Endangered53,796
#3William Declining51,111
#4James Stable49,802
#5Charles Stable28,839
#6George Stable27,350
#7Joseph Declining25,699
#8Edward Endangered20,419
#9Richard Endangered17,537
#10Frank Endangered16,013
#11Thomas Stable15,261
#12Donald Endangered14,913
#13Harold Endangered13,593
#14Paul Endangered12,922
#15Walter Stable12,631
#16Raymond Endangered12,129
#17Henry Stable11,207
#18Jack Stable10,847
#19Arthur Rising10,114
#20Albert Endangered9,896
#21Kenneth Endangered9,258
#22Harry Endangered9,077
#23Ralph Endangered8,484
#24David Past peak7,865
#25Eugene Endangered7,849
#26Howard Endangered7,296
#27Louis Stable7,095
#28Willie Endangered6,903
#29Clarence Endangered6,861
#30Carl Endangered6,690
#31Earl Endangered6,461
#32Roy Endangered6,458
#33Fred Endangered6,245
#34Francis Stable6,147
#35Joe Endangered6,089
#36Lawrence Endangered5,786
#37Ernest Endangered5,503
#38Leonard Endangered5,407
#39Anthony Declining5,091
#40Herbert Endangered5,047
#41Stanley Endangered5,045
#42Alfred Endangered4,833
#43Samuel Stable4,600
#44Norman Endangered4,527
#45Warren Rising4,484
#46Bernard Endangered4,409
#47Daniel Declining4,285
#48Michael Past peak3,990
#49Russell Stable3,965
#50Melvin Endangered3,908
#51Leo Rising3,901
#52Edwin Stable3,827
#53Andrew Declining3,803
#54Elmer Endangered3,738
#55Leroy Endangered3,671
#56Marvin Endangered3,580
#57Peter Stable3,545
#58Gerald Endangered3,541
#59Lloyd Endangered3,364
#60Frederick Stable3,353
#61Floyd Endangered3,221
#62Theodore Rising3,216
#63Clifford Endangered3,157
#64Chester Endangered3,133
#65Ray Endangered3,051
#66Herman Endangered3,014
#67Clyde Stable3,007
#68Vernon Endangered3,003
#69Lester Endangered2,951
#70Philip Endangered2,769
#71Vincent Stable2,710
#72Charlie Rising2,655
#73Alvin Declining2,599
#74Milton Endangered2,556
#75Lewis Rising2,555
#76Gordon Endangered2,527
#77Leon Rising2,521
#78Wayne Endangered2,476
#79Glenn Endangered2,425
#80Martin Stable2,402
#81Jesse Stable2,395
#82Benjamin Declining2,378
#83Lee Endangered2,371
#84Sam Stable2,349
#85Cecil Endangered2,336
#86Victor Declining2,322
#87Wallace Endangered2,210
#88Harvey Rising2,207
#89Dale Endangered2,041
#90Billy Endangered2,029
#91Willard Endangered2,017
#92Oscar Stable2,007
#93Edgar Declining1,923
#94Arnold Endangered1,892
#95Allen Endangered1,887
#96Roger Endangered1,848
#97Claude Endangered1,806
#98Everett Stable1,798
#99Virgil Endangered1,790
#100Gilbert Endangered1,748