EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1921

United States · 2,334,507 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary73,984—
#2Dorothy39,087—
#3Helen34,822—
#4Margaret28,468—
#5Ruth25,783—
#6Virginia19,032↑1
#7Mildred17,880↓1
#8Betty17,638↑3
#9Frances15,993—
#10Elizabeth15,800↓2
#11Anna14,476↓1
#12Evelyn14,278—
#13Doris13,152↑1
#14Marie12,501↓1
#15Alice11,955—
#16Marjorie11,209↑8
#17Florence10,720↓1
#18Irene10,624↓1
#19Lillian9,770↓1
#20Rose9,352—
#21Martha9,264↑2
#22Louise9,180↓3
#23Catherine8,887↓2
#24Gladys8,814↓2
#25Jean8,592↑8
#26Ruby8,333—
#27Edna8,302—
#28Josephine8,135—
#29Eleanor8,054↓4
#30Thelma7,839↑1
#31Lucille7,698↓2
#32Ethel7,603↓2
#33Edith7,589↓1
#34Hazel7,341—
#35Grace7,230↑2
#36Annie7,209↓1
#37Pauline7,142↓1
#38Lois6,899—
#39Bernice6,190↑1
#40Barbara6,013↑7
#41Beatrice5,968—
#42Esther5,926↓3
#43Marion5,814—
#44Shirley5,695↑12
#45Clara5,606↓1
#46Gertrude5,349↓4
#47Jane5,188↑1
#48Rita5,157↑4
#49Katherine5,156↓4
#50June5,155↑3
#51Norma5,102↑18
#52Emma5,072↓6
#53Ann5,058↓4
#54Sarah5,024↓4
#55Elsie4,879↓4
#56Agnes4,798↓2
#57Juanita4,779↑4
#58Julia4,737↓3
#59Bertha4,608↓2
#60Phyllis4,590↑12
#61Lorraine4,533↑9
#62Geraldine4,523↓2
#63Eva4,325↓5
#64Kathryn4,201↑3
#65Pearl4,175↓3
#66Viola4,160↓7
#67Ida4,146↓1
#68Vivian4,103↓4
#69Marian4,064↑4
#70Anne4,007↓5
#71Laura3,998↓8
#72Wilma3,824↑6
#73Myrtle3,791↓5
#74Willie3,748—
#75Bessie3,678↓4
#76Vera3,631↓1
#77Maxine3,630↑4
#78Alma3,589↑2
#79Charlotte3,587—
#80Nellie3,513↓4
#81Violet3,469↓4
#82Audrey3,434
#83Kathleen3,419↑8
#84Patricia3,380
#85Mabel3,336↓2
#86Stella3,335↓4
#87Nancy3,323↑8
#88Sylvia3,297↓3
#89Ella3,237↓1
#90Genevieve3,235↓4
#91Jessie3,225↓7
#92Leona3,210↓3
#93Lucy3,157↑1
#94Lillie3,118↓4
#95Ellen3,064↓3
#96Minnie2,998↓9
#97Elaine2,922
#98Marguerite2,897↓5
#99Jennie2,889↓2
#100Eileen2,862—

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1John58,216—
#2Robert52,779↑1
#3William51,862↓1
#4James49,750—
#5Charles29,242—
#6George27,476—
#7Joseph26,182—
#8Edward20,817—
#9Frank16,705—
#10Richard16,376—
#11Thomas15,308—
#12Harold13,811—
#13Donald13,776↑3
#14Paul13,169—
#15Walter13,004↓2
#16Raymond12,645↓1
#17Henry11,411—
#18Jack10,757↑2
#19Arthur10,527↓1
#20Albert10,158↓1
#21Harry9,731—
#22Kenneth8,959↑1
#23Ralph8,860↓1
#24Warren7,798↑15
#25David7,765—
#26Eugene7,717↑4
#27Howard7,713↓3
#28Clarence7,332↓2
#29Louis7,247↓1
#30Carl7,077↓3
#31Earl6,754—
#32Roy6,545—
#33Fred6,496—
#34Willie6,492↓5
#35Francis6,293↓1
#36Joe6,204↓1
#37Lawrence5,977↓1
#38Ernest5,697↓1
#39Leonard5,650↓1
#40Anthony5,239↑3
#41Stanley5,231↓1
#42Herbert5,217↓1
#43Alfred4,925↓1
#44Samuel4,754—
#45Bernard4,485↑1
#46Norman4,479↑1
#47Michael4,198↑3
#48Elmer4,146↓3
#49Daniel4,087↑3
#50Leo4,066↓2
#51Andrew4,015↓2
#52Russell3,946↓1
#53Melvin3,887↑1
#54Edwin3,750↓1
#55Leroy3,749↑1
#56Chester3,549↓1
#57Peter3,548—
#58Lloyd3,536—
#59Marvin3,490↑3
#60Gerald3,382↑4
#61Frederick3,376↓1
#62Clifford3,262↓3
#63Floyd3,255↓2
#64Herman3,219↑2
#65Theodore3,172↓2
#66Lester3,076↑3
#67Ray3,075—
#68Vernon3,069↓3
#69Clyde3,022↓1
#70Vincent2,779↑3
#71Lewis2,712↑1
#72Philip2,703↓1
#73Alvin2,686↑3
#74Leon2,616↑1
#75Milton2,588↓1
#76Charlie2,574↓6
#77Jesse2,486↑2
#78Martin2,461—
#79Cecil2,456↓2
#80Glenn2,449—
#81Wayne2,417↑5
#82Benjamin2,412↑1
#83Victor2,407↓2
#84Gordon2,382↑1
#85Sam2,367↓1
#86Lee2,354↓4
#87Harvey2,287—
#88Wallace2,095↑5
#89Willard2,077↓1
#90Edgar2,014↓1
#91Arnold1,982—
#92Oscar1,978↓2
#93Dale1,956
#94Allen1,937—
#95Everett1,913—
#96Claude1,887↓4
#97Stephen1,868↓1
#98Virgil1,830
#99Roger1,803
#100Wilbur1,755↓2