Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1918

John and Mary topped the list in 1918. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 23% of girls, from 4,812 boy names and 5,583 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1918

  1. John 56,558
  2. William 45,291
  3. James 42,115
  4. Robert 40,619
  5. Charles 26,921
  6. George 26,318
  7. Joseph 26,261
  8. Edward 19,489
  9. Frank 17,018
  10. Thomas 13,910
  11. Walter 13,338
  12. Richard 12,323
  13. Harold 12,185
  14. Paul 11,755
  15. Raymond 11,604
  16. Henry 11,354
  17. Arthur 10,105
  18. Donald 9,972
  19. Albert 9,935
  20. Harry 9,896
  21. Jack 8,341
  22. Ralph 8,162
  23. Clarence 7,187
  24. Louis 7,082
  25. Carl 7,004
  26. Howard 6,928
  27. Kenneth 6,809
  28. David 6,627
  29. Willie 6,537
  30. Francis 6,347
  31. Earl 6,321
  32. Roy 6,211
  33. Fred 6,182
  34. Joe 5,805
  35. Eugene 5,631
  36. Stanley 5,618
  37. Ernest 5,527
  38. Lawrence 5,372
  39. Anthony 5,168
  40. Herbert 5,128
  41. Leonard 4,980
  42. Alfred 4,873
  43. Samuel 4,772
  44. Elmer 4,373
  45. Michael 4,296
  46. Andrew 4,138
  47. Bernard 4,098
  48. Leo 4,036
  49. Norman 3,867
  50. Russell 3,833
  51. Lloyd 3,742
  52. Daniel 3,726
  53. Peter 3,711
  54. Chester 3,692
  55. Edwin 3,487
  56. Melvin 3,469
  57. Leroy 3,422
  58. Woodrow 3,358
  59. Frederick 3,351
  60. Clifford 3,299
  61. Floyd 3,235
  62. Lester 3,229
  63. Victor 3,183
  64. Theodore 3,143
  65. Herman 3,041
  66. Vernon 2,971
  67. Clyde 2,917
  68. Marvin 2,829
  69. Ray 2,763
  70. Charlie 2,743
  71. Philip 2,733
  72. Gerald 2,712
  73. Vincent 2,621
  74. Lewis 2,593
  75. Sam 2,506
  76. Milton 2,454
  77. Leon 2,442
  78. Jesse 2,433
  79. Benjamin 2,431
  80. Alvin 2,409
  81. Martin 2,403
  82. Cecil 2,328
  83. Willard 2,311
  84. Glenn 2,253
  85. Gordon 2,233
  86. Lee 2,159
  87. Oscar 2,113
  88. Harvey 2,111
  89. Edgar 2,085
  90. Warren 1,990
  91. Wayne 1,912
  92. Arnold 1,910
  93. Everett 1,891
  94. Sidney 1,879
  95. Claude 1,878
  96. Stephen 1,843
  97. Wilbur 1,800
  98. Allen 1,779
  99. Virgil 1,707
  100. Homer 1,680

Top girl names of 1918

  1. Mary 67,365
  2. Helen 36,148
  3. Dorothy 32,030
  4. Margaret 27,139
  5. Ruth 25,535
  6. Mildred 17,258
  7. Virginia 16,421
  8. Frances 16,132
  9. Elizabeth 15,853
  10. Anna 15,666
  11. Evelyn 13,493
  12. Marie 12,589
  13. Alice 11,590
  14. Florence 11,318
  15. Lillian 9,986
  16. Irene 9,774
  17. Rose 9,568
  18. Louise 9,111
  19. Doris 9,061
  20. Catherine 8,842
  21. Betty 8,803
  22. Gladys 8,734
  23. Edna 8,698
  24. Josephine 8,682
  25. Martha 8,341
  26. Eleanor 8,176
  27. Ruby 8,134
  28. Ethel 8,075
  29. Lucille 7,902
  30. Edith 7,858
  31. Grace 7,770
  32. Thelma 7,740
  33. Hazel 7,615
  34. Marjorie 7,517
  35. Pauline 7,222
  36. Annie 6,743
  37. Jean 6,600
  38. Esther 6,574
  39. Gertrude 6,264
  40. Beatrice 5,907
  41. Bernice 5,892
  42. Lois 5,877
  43. Clara 5,778
  44. Ann 5,613
  45. Marion 5,583
  46. Emma 5,324
  47. Agnes 5,291
  48. Julia 5,268
  49. Elsie 5,194
  50. Katherine 5,191
  51. Bertha 5,051
  52. Sarah 4,969
  53. Jane 4,730
  54. Anne 4,567
  55. Eva 4,563
  56. Pearl 4,521
  57. Ida 4,450
  58. Rita 4,447
  59. Viola 4,331
  60. Barbara 4,224
  61. Bessie 4,101
  62. Myrtle 4,076
  63. Kathryn 4,068
  64. Laura 4,062
  65. Nellie 4,048
  66. June 4,034
  67. Stella 3,928
  68. Vera 3,923
  69. Lorraine 3,876
  70. Willie 3,867
  71. Sylvia 3,675
  72. Vivian 3,663
  73. Alma 3,650
  74. Mabel 3,636
  75. Jessie 3,591
  76. Marian 3,503
  77. Geraldine 3,446
  78. Charlotte 3,373
  79. Leona 3,335
  80. Phyllis 3,326
  81. Genevieve 3,304
  82. Wilma 3,298
  83. Violet 3,294
  84. Ella 3,291
  85. Juanita 3,260
  86. Marguerite 3,249
  87. Maxine 3,216
  88. Minnie 3,181
  89. Lillie 3,112
  90. Lucy 3,108
  91. Jennie 3,033
  92. Ellen 3,030
  93. Lena 2,937
  94. Opal 2,847
  95. Mae 2,756
  96. Blanche 2,739
  97. Shirley 2,654
  98. Norma 2,653
  99. Kathleen 2,629
  100. Mattie 2,610

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1918?
John was the #1 boy name in 1918 (56,558 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (67,365 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1918?
Social Security records list 2,171,111 babies born in 1918 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,013,480 boys and 1,157,631 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.