Names by decade · United States

The names of the 1910s

Mary for girls and John for boys: the 30 most-given names of the decade, and the share of babies who got each.

Girls

  1. Mary1 in 17
  2. Helen1 in 33
  3. Dorothy1 in 39
  4. Margaret1 in 43
  5. Ruth1 in 47
  6. Mildred1 in 66
  7. Anna1 in 69
  8. Elizabeth1 in 70
  9. Frances1 in 77
  10. Virginia1 in 86
  11. Marie1 in 89
  12. Evelyn1 in 89
  13. Alice1 in 95
  14. Florence1 in 100
  15. Lillian1 in 107
  16. Rose1 in 109
  17. Irene1 in 118
  18. Louise1 in 120
  19. Edna1 in 122
  20. Catherine1 in 124
  21. Gladys1 in 124
  22. Ethel1 in 128
  23. Josephine1 in 133
  24. Ruby1 in 135
  25. Martha1 in 137
  26. Grace1 in 141
  27. Hazel1 in 143
  28. Thelma1 in 143
  29. Lucille1 in 145
  30. Edith1 in 145

Boys

  1. John1 in 18
  2. William1 in 22
  3. James1 in 24
  4. Robert1 in 28
  5. Joseph1 in 37
  6. George1 in 38
  7. Charles1 in 38
  8. Edward1 in 53
  9. Frank1 in 58
  10. Thomas1 in 73
  11. Walter1 in 75
  12. Harold1 in 84
  13. Henry1 in 84
  14. Paul1 in 85
  15. Richard1 in 89
  16. Raymond1 in 93
  17. Albert1 in 98
  18. Arthur1 in 99
  19. Harry1 in 101
  20. Donald1 in 117
  21. Ralph1 in 127
  22. Louis1 in 132
  23. Jack1 in 135
  24. Clarence1 in 136
  25. Carl1 in 138
  26. Willie1 in 140
  27. Howard1 in 143
  28. Fred1 in 151
  29. David1 in 152
  30. Kenneth1 in 154

Year by year, the 1910s

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