Names by year · United States

The names of 1913

In 1913, the SSA recorded 1,137,112 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Mary1 in 1736,642#125
2Helen1 in 3318,888#462
3Dorothy1 in 4314,674#421
4Margaret1 in 4314,486#112
5Ruth1 in 5012,609#173
6Mildred1 in 639,921#1,973
7Anna1 in 649,687#107
8Elizabeth1 in 669,505#17
9Frances1 in 817,694#318
10Marie1 in 857,353#618
11Alice1 in 906,934#65
12Evelyn1 in 936,683#8
13Florence1 in 996,279#391
14Rose1 in 1016,171#114
15Virginia1 in 1036,036#526
16Lillian1 in 1046,015#57
17Louise1 in 1125,577#516
18Edna1 in 1125,558#2,463
19Gladys1 in 1155,428#3,224
20Ethel1 in 1165,369#4,211
21Irene1 in 1175,335#651
22Catherine1 in 1185,302#314
23Ruby1 in 1274,913#64
24Josephine1 in 1304,822#53
25Grace1 in 1344,669#38

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1John1 in 1729,329#23
2William1 in 2223,538#9
3James1 in 2520,832#6
4Robert1 in 3315,684#92
5Joseph1 in 3514,471#29
6George1 in 3713,874#126
7Charles1 in 3913,191#48
8Edward1 in 549,474#224
9Frank1 in 559,237#514
10Thomas1 in 727,096#34
11Walter1 in 746,890#252
12Henry1 in 806,391#5
13Harold1 in 836,157#993
14Paul1 in 865,966#262
15Harry1 in 945,458#775
16Albert1 in 945,449#614
17Arthur1 in 955,422#87
18Raymond1 in 975,310#395
19Richard1 in 1005,107#234
20Louis1 in 1204,258#249
21Clarence1 in 1274,046#1,500
22Ralph1 in 1293,963#1,048
23Carl1 in 1303,935#1,134
24Willie1 in 1363,760#1,322
25Donald1 in 1383,702#690

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