Birth year roster

Top names in 1924

The 100 most common names on 1924 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1924 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); Robert was the #1 boys’ name for 17 years in all (between 1924 and 1953). Of the 200 names below, 123 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1920s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered73,534
#2Dorothy Endangered39,996
#3Helen Endangered31,194
#4Betty Endangered30,600
#5Margaret Endangered26,547
#6Ruth Endangered23,601
#7Virginia Endangered18,620
#8Mildred Endangered15,853
#9Doris Endangered15,786
#10Frances Endangered15,183
#11Elizabeth Stable14,950
#12Evelyn Stable13,358
#13Anna Declining13,076
#14Marie Endangered11,575
#15Alice Stable11,537
#16Jean Endangered10,721
#17Marjorie Endangered10,069
#18Irene Endangered9,928
#19Shirley Endangered9,489
#20Florence Endangered9,472
#21Martha Endangered9,320
#22Lois Endangered9,300
#23Lillian Declining9,100
#24Louise Endangered8,854
#25Rose Stable8,479
#26Ruby Stable8,406
#27Catherine Endangered8,363
#28Barbara Endangered8,305
#29Eleanor Rising8,193
#30Gladys Endangered7,790
#31Edna Endangered7,408
#32Annie Rising7,347
#33Thelma Endangered7,316
#34Josephine Rising7,274
#35Patricia Endangered6,957
#36Edith Endangered6,890
#37Lucille Stable6,744
#38Pauline Endangered6,722
#39Ethel Endangered6,586
#40Norma Endangered6,542
#41Gloria Endangered6,534
#42Hazel Rising6,342
#43Grace Declining6,327
#44Phyllis Endangered6,267
#45June Rising6,150
#46Marion Endangered6,047
#47Bernice Endangered6,033
#48Juanita Endangered5,404
#49Rita Endangered5,381
#50Beatrice Endangered5,271
#51Esther Stable5,258
#52Lorraine Endangered5,109
#53Jane Stable5,104
#54Sarah Endangered5,045
#55Ann Endangered5,035
#56Clara Stable4,988
#57Emma Declining4,897
#58Geraldine Endangered4,833
#59Katherine Declining4,695
#60Gertrude Endangered4,543
#61Elsie Rising4,499
#62Julia Stable4,289
#63Agnes Endangered4,240
#64Marian Endangered4,197
#65Bertha Endangered4,122
#66Eva Declining4,068
#67Wilma Endangered4,066
#68Willie Endangered3,992
#69Nancy Endangered3,989
#70Ida Endangered3,861
#71Vivian Stable3,850
#72Laura Endangered3,829
#73Elaine Rising3,802
#74Wanda Endangered3,735
#75Dolores Endangered3,729
#76Kathleen Endangered3,663
#77Maxine Rising3,659
#78Pearl Endangered3,635
#79Anne Endangered3,627
#80Charlotte Stable3,612
#81Kathryn Endangered3,598
#82Viola Endangered3,577
#83Joyce Endangered3,533
#84Audrey Declining3,520
#85Vera Stable3,476
#86Bessie Endangered3,404
#87Alma Rising3,240
#88Violet Rising3,224
#89Myrtle Endangered3,205
#90Jeanne Endangered3,150
#91Jessie Endangered3,147
#92Nellie Rising3,075
#93Eileen Stable3,070
#94Ella Declining3,061
#95Joan Endangered3,023
#96Theresa Endangered3,021
#97Lillie Stable2,979
#98Lucy Stable2,978
#99Ellen Endangered2,949
#100Minnie Endangered2,885

Boys

#1Robert Endangered60,802
#2John Past peak59,052
#3William Declining53,506
#4James Stable52,942
#5Charles Stable30,460
#6George Stable27,373
#7Joseph Declining25,421
#8Richard Endangered21,244
#9Edward Endangered21,126
#10Donald Endangered17,929
#11Thomas Stable16,555
#12Frank Endangered16,044
#13Harold Endangered14,149
#14Paul Endangered13,338
#15Raymond Endangered12,873
#16Walter Stable12,696
#17Jack Stable11,921
#18Henry Stable11,195
#19Kenneth Endangered10,355
#20Arthur Rising10,172
#21Albert Endangered9,880
#22Harry Endangered9,115
#23Ralph Endangered8,766
#24David Past peak8,758
#25Eugene Endangered8,346
#26Howard Endangered7,371
#27Carl Endangered7,085
#28Louis Stable7,043
#29Clarence Endangered6,895
#30Willie Endangered6,700
#31Roy Endangered6,557
#32Fred Endangered6,532
#33Earl Endangered6,529
#34Francis Stable6,131
#35Joe Endangered6,044
#36Lawrence Endangered5,775
#37Ernest Endangered5,683
#38Leonard Endangered5,601
#39Anthony Declining5,191
#40Stanley Endangered5,186
#41Herbert Endangered5,121
#42Norman Endangered5,045
#43Alfred Endangered4,929
#44Calvin Stable4,918
#45Samuel Stable4,591
#46Bernard Endangered4,505
#47Daniel Declining4,403
#48Melvin Endangered4,168
#49Gerald Endangered4,151
#50Marvin Endangered4,024
#51Leo Rising3,990
#52Russell Stable3,946
#53Leroy Endangered3,922
#54Michael Past peak3,874
#55Edwin Stable3,788
#56Andrew Declining3,744
#57Elmer Endangered3,731
#58Warren Rising3,582
#59Peter Stable3,520
#60Ray Endangered3,369
#61Lloyd Endangered3,350
#62Frederick Stable3,279
#63Billy Endangered3,271
#64Clifford Endangered3,250
#65Theodore Rising3,225
#66Floyd Endangered3,165
#67Chester Endangered3,033
#68Vernon Endangered3,008
#69Clyde Stable3,006
#70Herman Endangered2,954
#71Philip Endangered2,921
#72Lester Endangered2,780
#73Alvin Declining2,759
#74Wayne Endangered2,730
#75Gordon Endangered2,714
#76Leon Rising2,677
#77Lewis Rising2,670
#78Vincent Stable2,638
#79Glenn Endangered2,586
#80Charlie Rising2,507
#81Milton Endangered2,474
#82Martin Stable2,452
#83Lee Endangered2,420
#84Dale Endangered2,396
#85Cecil Endangered2,299
#86Jesse Stable2,292
#87Wallace Endangered2,283
#88Harvey Rising2,242
#89Benjamin Declining2,221
#90Victor Declining2,189
#91Sam Stable2,123
#92Bill Endangered2,067
#93Roger Endangered2,054
#94Allen Endangered2,045
#95Arnold Endangered2,014
#96Edgar Declining1,878
#97Willard Endangered1,834
#98Roland Stable1,822
#99Oscar Stable1,819
#100Gilbert Endangered1,797