Birth year roster

Top names in 1925

The 100 most common names on 1925 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1925 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, 124 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1920s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered70,586
#2Dorothy Endangered38,570
#3Betty Endangered32,812
#4Helen Endangered29,173
#5Margaret Endangered24,463
#6Ruth Endangered22,247
#7Virginia Endangered17,490
#8Doris Endangered16,075
#9Mildred Endangered14,453
#10Elizabeth Stable13,936
#11Frances Endangered13,824
#12Evelyn Stable12,505
#13Anna Declining12,250
#14Jean Endangered11,598
#15Alice Stable11,576
#16Marie Endangered10,930
#17Shirley Endangered10,513
#18Lois Endangered9,573
#19Irene Endangered9,440
#20Gloria Endangered9,381
#21Marjorie Endangered9,306
#22Barbara Endangered9,155
#23Martha Endangered8,762
#24Florence Endangered8,585
#25Lillian Declining8,351
#26Rose Stable8,280
#27Louise Endangered8,275
#28Patricia Endangered8,096
#29Catherine Endangered7,867
#30Ruby Stable7,843
#31Eleanor Rising7,724
#32Annie Rising7,350
#33Gladys Endangered7,231
#34Norma Endangered6,941
#35Thelma Endangered6,823
#36Josephine Rising6,810
#37Edna Endangered6,781
#38Pauline Endangered6,728
#39June Rising6,649
#40Phyllis Endangered6,486
#41Lucille Stable6,397
#42Edith Endangered6,275
#43Ethel Endangered6,176
#44Grace Declining5,983
#45Hazel Rising5,778
#46Bernice Endangered5,728
#47Marion Endangered5,577
#48Rita Endangered5,323
#49Juanita Endangered5,232
#50Beatrice Endangered4,992
#51Lorraine Endangered4,983
#52Ann Endangered4,935
#53Jane Stable4,881
#54Geraldine Endangered4,838
#55Clara Stable4,776
#56Esther Stable4,726
#57Emma Declining4,714
#58Sarah Endangered4,685
#59Joyce Endangered4,364
#60Nancy Endangered4,325
#61Katherine Declining4,240
#62Wilma Endangered4,175
#63Elsie Rising4,146
#64Dolores Endangered4,145
#65Julia Stable4,047
#66Joan Endangered4,030
#67Marian Endangered3,979
#68Willie Endangered3,947
#69Agnes Endangered3,911
#70Gertrude Endangered3,892
#71Eva Declining3,855
#72Wanda Endangered3,803
#73Elaine Rising3,776
#74Bertha Endangered3,772
#75Laura Endangered3,588
#76Vivian Stable3,576
#77Charlotte Stable3,551
#78Audrey Declining3,543
#79Maxine Rising3,538
#80Theresa Endangered3,515
#81Kathleen Endangered3,503
#82Ida Endangered3,489
#83Marilyn Endangered3,419
#84Viola Endangered3,336
#85Anne Endangered3,320
#86Vera Stable3,280
#87Bessie Endangered3,266
#88Kathryn Endangered3,262
#89Jeanne Endangered3,225
#90Pearl Endangered3,213
#91Lillie Stable3,119
#92Violet Rising3,032
#93Ella Declining3,006
#94Alma Rising2,996
#95Myrtle Endangered2,980
#96Eileen Stable2,964
#97Jessie Endangered2,951
#98Nellie Rising2,937
#99Margie Endangered2,868
#100Mattie Endangered2,816

Boys

#1Robert Endangered60,895
#2John Past peak57,195
#3William Declining53,310
#4James Stable52,680
#5Charles Stable29,580
#6George Stable26,560
#7Joseph Declining24,613
#8Richard Endangered23,269
#9Edward Endangered20,090
#10Donald Endangered19,193
#11Thomas Stable16,688
#12Frank Endangered15,329
#13Paul Endangered14,175
#14Harold Endangered13,597
#15Raymond Endangered12,441
#16Walter Stable12,130
#17Jack Stable12,011
#18Henry Stable10,618
#19Kenneth Endangered10,146
#20Arthur Rising9,986
#21Albert Endangered9,511
#22David Past peak8,915
#23Harry Endangered8,610
#24Eugene Endangered8,517
#25Ralph Endangered8,467
#26Howard Endangered7,173
#27Willie Endangered7,124
#28Carl Endangered7,061
#29Louis Stable6,798
#30Clarence Endangered6,670
#31Earl Endangered6,436
#32Roy Endangered6,376
#33Fred Endangered6,205
#34Joe Endangered6,107
#35Francis Stable5,978
#36Lawrence Endangered5,633
#37Ernest Endangered5,494
#38Leonard Endangered5,465
#39Anthony Declining5,041
#40Stanley Endangered5,030
#41Norman Endangered4,975
#42Herbert Endangered4,924
#43Alfred Endangered4,796
#44Daniel Declining4,548
#45Gerald Endangered4,507
#46Samuel Stable4,405
#47Calvin Stable4,302
#48Bernard Endangered4,259
#49Billy Endangered4,207
#50Melvin Endangered4,146
#51Marvin Endangered4,092
#52Leroy Endangered3,884
#53Russell Stable3,804
#54Leo Rising3,775
#55Michael Past peak3,761
#56Andrew Declining3,617
#57Edwin Stable3,560
#58Floyd Endangered3,524
#59Clifford Endangered3,424
#60Peter Stable3,373
#61Elmer Endangered3,356
#62Lloyd Endangered3,324
#63Theodore Rising3,226
#64Ray Endangered3,219
#65Frederick Stable3,088
#66Warren Rising2,945
#67Vernon Endangered2,912
#68Clyde Stable2,906
#69Herman Endangered2,890
#70Alvin Declining2,777
#71Vincent Stable2,772
#72Gordon Endangered2,748
#73Chester Endangered2,719
#74Wayne Endangered2,713
#75Philip Endangered2,675
#76Leon Rising2,636
#77Glenn Endangered2,611
#78Charlie Rising2,578
#79Lewis Rising2,577
#80Milton Endangered2,567
#81Lester Endangered2,559
#82Lee Endangered2,537
#83Martin Stable2,417
#84Bill Endangered2,381
#85Jesse Stable2,373
#86Dale Endangered2,302
#87Cecil Endangered2,297
#88Harvey Rising2,190
#89Victor Declining2,119
#90Roger Endangered2,099
#91Sam Stable2,092
#92Wallace Endangered2,076
#93Benjamin Declining2,069
#94Allen Endangered2,034
#95Arnold Endangered1,972
#96Edgar Declining1,809
#97Willard Endangered1,795
#98Roland Stable1,785
#99Oscar Stable1,754
#100Johnnie Endangered1,744