1910s Baby Names

11,931 names were given to children in the United States between 1910 and 1919, ranked below by how many.

A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.

All Girls Boys Unisex

Rankings for

#1
Mary Mary is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning has never been settled.
480,009 in the 1910s
#2
John John is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," from Yochanan.
378,105 in the 1910s
#3
William William is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protection," from wil, meaning will or desire, and helm, meaning helmet.
304,150 in the 1910s
#4
James James is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, an English form of Jacob by way of Late Latin Iacomus.
276,392 in the 1910s
#5
Helen Helen is a girl's name from Greek whose meaning is not settled, though torch and shining are the usual readings.
248,717 in the 1910s
#6
Robert Robert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," from hrod, fame, and beraht, bright.
240,237 in the 1910s
#7
Dorothy Dorothy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God."
207,956 in the 1910s
#8
Margaret Margaret is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl," from margarites.
189,707 in the 1910s
#9
Joseph Joseph is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," from Yosef.
179,927 in the 1910s
#10
George George is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
177,705 in the 1910s
#11
Charles Charles is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man," from karl.
174,419 in the 1910s
#12
Ruth Ruth is a girl's name of Hebrew origin usually given as "companion" or "friend," though the derivation is not secure.
174,122 in the 1910s
#13
Edward Edward is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "wealthy guardian."
126,151 in the 1910s
#14
Mildred Mildred is a girl's name from Old English elements meaning gentle strength, and it is among the least fashionable names of the twentieth century — yet our data marks it reviving, ninety years after its 1920 peak.
124,347 in the 1910s
#15
Anna Anna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," the Greek and Latin form of Hannah.
119,311 in the 1910s
#16
Elizabeth Elizabeth is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," from Elisheva, the name of Aaron's wife in the Book of Exodus.
117,074 in the 1910s
#17
Frank Frank is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frank."
116,577 in the 1910s
#18
Frances Frances is a girl's name meaning a Frank, or a free one, and the feminine of Francis.
106,323 in the 1910s
#19
Virginia Virginia is a girl's name from a Roman family name, and the American state was named before the name became common in America — both honoring Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen.
94,522 in the 1910s
#20
Marie Marie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the French form of Mary, and the largest name in our entire dataset with more than 2.8 million births on record.
92,366 in the 1910s
#21
Thomas Thomas is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "twin," from te'oma.
92,063 in the 1910s
#22
Evelyn Evelyn is a girl's name of English and French origin meaning "desired" or "wished for".
91,710 in the 1910s
#23
Walter Walter is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning ruler of the army.
89,635 in the 1910s
#24
Alice Alice is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," arrived at by a long contraction of Adelaide.
86,117 in the 1910s
#25
Florence Florence is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blossoming" or "flourishing."
81,759 in the 1910s
#26
Henry Henry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler," from heim, meaning home or estate, and ric, meaning ruler or power.
80,267 in the 1910s
#27
Harold Harold is a boy's name from Norse and Old English elements meaning army ruler, and it belongs to the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, killed at Hastings in 1066.
80,088 in the 1910s
#28
Paul Paul is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "small" or "humble," borne by the apostle whose letters shaped Christian doctrine.
78,626 in the 1910s
#29
Lillian Lillian is a girl's name usually explained as an elaboration of Lily, from the Latin lilium, and sometimes as a variant of Elizabeth by way of the medieval pet form Lilian.
76,158 in the 1910s
#30
Willie Willie is a pet form of William meaning resolute protector, and one of the more genuinely mixed names in our records — a quarter of the births we hold are female, which is unusual for a name read today as male.
75,869 in the 1910s
#31
Rose Rose is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the flower, from rosa.
74,965 in the 1910s
#32
Richard Richard is a boy's name from Germanic roots meaning strong or brave ruler.
74,952 in the 1910s
#33
Raymond Raymond is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning counsel and protection.
72,095 in the 1910s
#34
Irene Irene is a girl's name from the Greek word for peace, and the name of the goddess who personified it.
69,162 in the 1910s
#35
Albert Albert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble and bright."
68,491 in the 1910s
#36
Louise Louise is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the French feminine form of Louis.
68,302 in the 1910s
#37
Arthur Arthur is a boy's name of disputed origin.
67,812 in the 1910s
#38
Edna Edna is a girl's name from a Hebrew word meaning delight, and it shares its root with Eden.
67,106 in the 1910s
#39
Harry Harry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler."
66,155 in the 1910s
#40
Gladys Gladys is a girl's name from Welsh, usually taken as a form of Claudia — which would give it the meaning lame.
66,058 in the 1910s
#41
Catherine Catherine is a girl's name of Greek origin whose meaning is genuinely unknown — the familiar reading of pure is a later reshaping, not the original sense.
65,970 in the 1910s
#42
Ethel Ethel is a girl's name from an Old English word meaning noble, and it is not a name in its own right in that language — it is the first half of longer names like Ethelred, cut off and used alone.
63,949 in the 1910s
#43
Josephine Josephine is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," the French feminine form of Joseph.
61,513 in the 1910s
#44
Ruby Ruby is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the red gemstone, from ruber, meaning red.
60,812 in the 1910s
#45
Martha Martha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin meaning "lady" or "mistress of the house."
59,670 in the 1910s
#46
Grace Grace is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "favor" or "blessing," from gratia.
58,135 in the 1910s
#47
Hazel Hazel is a girl's name of English origin naming the hazel tree, from the Old English hæsel.
57,629 in the 1910s
#48
Thelma Thelma is a girl's name invented for a novel in 1887, and the Greek word it was probably built from means "will" or "volition."
57,284 in the 1910s

What made a 1910s name

Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1910 and 1919, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1910s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.

Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade

A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.

Where to Go Next

Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.