How Many of Me

Most Popular First Names of the 1910s

The top first names registered in the United States between 1910 and 1919, ranked by total births recorded with the Social Security Administration. The sparkline for each name shows how it trended across the 10 years of the decade.

During this decade, the SSA recorded 3,926,648 male and 4,104,914 female births across the top 50 names shown below. Click any name for a full statistical profile.

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How to read this table

Each name is ranked by total birth registrations across all 10 years of the 1910s. The Trend column shows a sparkline of annual births within the decade. Hover over any sparkline to see the exact count for each year.

The Change column compares the first year (1910) to the last year (1919). A positive percentage means the name was gaining popularity by the end of the decade. A negative one means it was on the decline.

Top Male Names

3,926,648 births across top 50

# Name Births Trend Change
1 John 376,312 +367.4%
2 William 303,018 +397.2%
3 James 275,070 +361.1%
4 Robert 239,185 +631.4%
5 Joseph 179,300 +364.2%
6 George 176,609 +362.6%
7 Charles 173,534 +426.6%
8 Edward 125,720 +444.1%
9 Frank 116,017 +316.7%
10 Thomas 91,619 +371.2%
11 Walter 89,145 +396.1%
12 Harold 79,721 +529.7%
13 Henry 79,667 +266.1%
14 Paul 78,216 +463.8%
15 Richard 74,603 +652.2%
16 Raymond 71,820 +555.4%
17 Albert 68,207 +340.1%
18 Arthur 67,478 +391.2%
19 Harry 65,874 +354.5%
20 Donald 57,002 +1051.6%
21 Ralph 52,522 +503.2%
22 Louis 50,600 +324.5%
23 Jack 49,526 +424.3%
24 Clarence 49,196 +300.1%
25 Carl 48,454 +383.5%
26 Willie 47,690 +139.6%
27 Howard 46,596 +422.8%
28 Fred 44,345 +283.8%
29 David 43,853 +433.9%
30 Kenneth 43,248 +672.3%
31 Francis 41,053 +472.6%
32 Roy 40,340 +371.2%
33 Earl 40,273 +438.8%
34 Joe 38,250 +267.6%
35 Ernest 37,134 +353.8%
36 Lawrence 36,354 +415.9%
37 Stanley 35,908 +588.3%
38 Anthony 35,627 +383.4%
39 Eugene 35,160 +563.5%
40 Samuel 34,166 +296.1%
41 Herbert 33,860 +459.8%
42 Alfred 32,635 +400.5%
43 Leonard 31,878 +531.8%
44 Michael 30,859 +363.3%
45 Elmer 28,600 +423.9%
46 Andrew 28,152 +335.6%
47 Leo 26,656 +437.8%
48 Bernard 25,628 +599.1%
49 Norman 25,033 +583.8%
50 Peter 24,935 +434.9%

Top Female Names

4,104,914 births across top 50

# Name Births Trend Change
1 Mary 478,636 +188.1%
2 Helen 248,154 +221.7%
3 Dorothy 207,475 +333.6%
4 Margaret 189,234 +219%
5 Ruth 173,675 +240.6%
6 Mildred 123,998 +203.9%
7 Anna 118,998 +125.3%
8 Elizabeth 116,811 +163.6%
9 Frances 105,599 +239.6%
10 Virginia 94,322 +447.7%
11 Marie 92,086 +150.7%
12 Evelyn 91,492 +252.7%
13 Alice 85,866 +138.5%
14 Florence 81,465 +144.8%
15 Lillian 75,914 +130.6%
16 Rose 74,690 +139.6%
17 Irene 68,968 +196%
18 Louise 67,973 +154.9%
19 Edna 66,897 +129.4%
20 Catherine 65,823 +163.7%
21 Gladys 65,812 +126.9%
22 Ethel 63,662 +88.4%
23 Josephine 61,355 +189.3%
24 Ruby 60,308 +188.1%
25 Martha 59,509 +191.2%
26 Grace 57,973 +128.8%
27 Hazel 57,068 +145.1%
28 Thelma 57,011 +154%
29 Lucille 56,147 +191.8%
30 Edith 56,059 +199.7%
31 Eleanor 54,163 +323.3%
32 Doris 53,249 +514.1%
33 Annie 52,301 +103.1%
34 Pauline 50,075 +223.9%
35 Gertrude 49,565 +105.1%
36 Esther 49,212 +162.7%
37 Betty 44,894 +627.6%
38 Beatrice 44,515 +138.1%
39 Marjorie 44,452 +427.3%
40 Clara 44,346 +102.8%
41 Emma 41,819 +95.1%
42 Bernice 40,346 +236.6%
43 Bertha 40,120 +79.3%
44 Ann 39,506 +167.3%
45 Jean 39,284 +445.7%
46 Elsie 39,274 +133.3%
47 Julia 39,259 +138.7%
48 Agnes 39,255 +126.6%
49 Lois 38,179 +370.2%
50 Sarah 38,120 +131.1%
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