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Top Baby Names 1921

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,233,058 · Total Boys: 1,101,447

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	73,984	6.000%
2	Dorothy	39,087	3.170%
3	Helen	34,822	2.824%
4	Margaret	28,468	2.309%
5	Ruth	25,783	2.091%
6	Virginia	19,032	1.543%
7	Mildred	17,880	1.450%
8	Betty	17,638	1.430%
9	Frances	15,993	1.297%
10	Elizabeth	15,800	1.281%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Anna	14,476	1.174%
12	Evelyn	14,278	1.158%
13	Doris	13,152	1.067%
14	Marie	12,501	1.014%
15	Alice	11,955	0.970%
16	Marjorie	11,209	0.909%
17	Florence	10,720	0.869%
18	Irene	10,624	0.862%
19	Lillian	9,770	0.792%
20	Rose	9,352	0.758%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Martha	9,264	0.751%
22	Louise	9,180	0.744%
23	Catherine	8,887	0.721%
24	Gladys	8,814	0.715%
25	Jean	8,592	0.697%
26	Ruby	8,333	0.676%
27	Edna	8,302	0.673%
28	Josephine	8,135	0.660%
29	Eleanor	8,054	0.653%
30	Thelma	7,839	0.636%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Lucille	7,698	0.624%
32	Ethel	7,603	0.617%
33	Edith	7,589	0.615%
34	Hazel	7,341	0.595%
35	Grace	7,230	0.586%
36	Annie	7,209	0.585%
37	Pauline	7,142	0.579%
38	Lois	6,899	0.560%
39	Bernice	6,190	0.502%
40	Barbara	6,013	0.488%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Beatrice	5,968	0.484%
42	Esther	5,926	0.481%
43	Marion	5,814	0.472%
44	Shirley	5,695	0.462%
45	Clara	5,606	0.455%
46	Gertrude	5,349	0.434%
47	Jane	5,188	0.421%
48	Rita	5,157	0.418%
49	Katherine	5,156	0.418%
50	June	5,155	0.418%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Norma	5,102	0.414%
52	Emma	5,072	0.411%
53	Ann	5,058	0.410%
54	Sarah	5,024	0.407%
55	Elsie	4,879	0.396%
56	Agnes	4,798	0.389%
57	Juanita	4,779	0.388%
58	Julia	4,737	0.384%
59	Bertha	4,608	0.374%
60	Phyllis	4,590	0.372%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Lorraine	4,533	0.368%
62	Geraldine	4,523	0.367%
63	Eva	4,325	0.351%
64	Kathryn	4,201	0.341%
65	Pearl	4,175	0.339%
66	Viola	4,160	0.337%
67	Ida	4,146	0.336%
68	Vivian	4,103	0.333%
69	Marian	4,064	0.330%
70	Anne	4,007	0.325%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Laura	3,998	0.324%
72	Wilma	3,824	0.310%
73	Myrtle	3,791	0.307%
74	Willie	3,748	0.304%
75	Bessie	3,678	0.298%
76	Vera	3,631	0.294%
77	Maxine	3,630	0.294%
78	Alma	3,589	0.291%
79	Charlotte	3,587	0.291%
80	Nellie	3,513	0.285%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Violet	3,469	0.281%
82	Audrey	3,434	0.278%
83	Kathleen	3,419	0.277%
84	Patricia	3,380	0.274%
85	Mabel	3,336	0.271%
86	Stella	3,335	0.270%
87	Nancy	3,323	0.269%
88	Sylvia	3,297	0.267%
89	Ella	3,237	0.263%
90	Genevieve	3,235	0.262%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jessie	3,225	0.262%
92	Leona	3,210	0.260%
93	Lucy	3,157	0.256%
94	Lillie	3,118	0.253%
95	Ellen	3,064	0.248%
96	Minnie	2,998	0.243%
97	Elaine	2,922	0.237%
98	Marguerite	2,897	0.235%
99	Jennie	2,889	0.234%
100	Eileen	2,862	0.232%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	58,215	5.285%
2	Robert	52,779	4.792%
3	William	51,862	4.709%
4	James	49,750	4.517%
5	Charles	29,242	2.655%
6	George	27,476	2.495%
7	Joseph	26,182	2.377%
8	Edward	20,817	1.890%
9	Frank	16,705	1.517%
10	Richard	16,376	1.487%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Thomas	15,308	1.390%
12	Harold	13,811	1.254%
13	Donald	13,776	1.251%
14	Paul	13,169	1.196%
15	Walter	13,004	1.181%
16	Raymond	12,645	1.148%
17	Henry	11,411	1.036%
18	Jack	10,757	0.977%
19	Arthur	10,527	0.956%
20	Albert	10,158	0.922%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Harry	9,731	0.883%
22	Kenneth	8,959	0.813%
23	Ralph	8,860	0.804%
24	Warren	7,798	0.708%
25	David	7,765	0.705%
26	Eugene	7,717	0.701%
27	Howard	7,713	0.700%
28	Clarence	7,332	0.666%
29	Louis	7,247	0.658%
30	Carl	7,077	0.643%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Earl	6,754	0.613%
32	Roy	6,545	0.594%
33	Fred	6,496	0.590%
34	Willie	6,491	0.589%
35	Francis	6,293	0.571%
36	Joe	6,204	0.563%
37	Lawrence	5,977	0.543%
38	Ernest	5,697	0.517%
39	Leonard	5,650	0.513%
40	Anthony	5,239	0.476%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Stanley	5,231	0.475%
42	Herbert	5,217	0.474%
43	Alfred	4,925	0.447%
44	Samuel	4,754	0.432%
45	Bernard	4,485	0.407%
46	Norman	4,479	0.407%
47	Michael	4,198	0.381%
48	Elmer	4,146	0.376%
49	Daniel	4,087	0.371%
50	Leo	4,066	0.369%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Andrew	4,015	0.365%
52	Russell	3,946	0.358%
53	Melvin	3,887	0.353%
54	Edwin	3,750	0.340%
55	Leroy	3,749	0.340%
56	Chester	3,549	0.322%
57	Peter	3,548	0.322%
58	Lloyd	3,536	0.321%
59	Marvin	3,490	0.317%
60	Gerald	3,382	0.307%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Frederick	3,376	0.307%
62	Clifford	3,262	0.296%
63	Floyd	3,255	0.296%
64	Herman	3,219	0.292%
65	Theodore	3,172	0.288%
66	Lester	3,076	0.279%
67	Ray	3,075	0.279%
68	Vernon	3,069	0.279%
69	Clyde	3,022	0.274%
70	Vincent	2,779	0.252%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Lewis	2,712	0.246%
72	Philip	2,703	0.245%
73	Alvin	2,687	0.244%
74	Leon	2,616	0.238%
75	Milton	2,588	0.235%
76	Charlie	2,574	0.234%
77	Jesse	2,486	0.226%
78	Martin	2,461	0.223%
79	Cecil	2,456	0.223%
80	Glenn	2,449	0.222%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Wayne	2,417	0.219%
82	Benjamin	2,412	0.219%
83	Victor	2,407	0.219%
84	Gordon	2,382	0.216%
85	Sam	2,367	0.215%
86	Lee	2,354	0.214%
87	Harvey	2,287	0.208%
88	Wallace	2,095	0.190%
89	Willard	2,077	0.189%
90	Edgar	2,014	0.183%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Arnold	1,982	0.180%
92	Oscar	1,978	0.180%
93	Dale	1,956	0.178%
94	Allen	1,937	0.176%
95	Everett	1,913	0.174%
96	Claude	1,887	0.171%
97	Stephen	1,868	0.170%
98	Virgil	1,830	0.166%
99	Roger	1,803	0.164%
100	Wilbur	1,755	0.159%

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