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.

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#433
Nathaniel Nathaniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
4,813 in the 1910s
#434
Eleanore
4,807 in the 1910s
#435
Dan Dan means he judged, and it is a full Hebrew name in its own right before it is short for Daniel — one of Jacob's twelve sons, and the tribe that gave its name to the northern border of Israel.
4,775 in the 1910s
#436
Julian Julian is a boy's name of Latin origin, derived from the Roman family name Julius.
4,766 in the 1910s
#437
Nelson Nelson means son of Neil, and the admiral made it a given name — it was a surname until Trafalgar, after which parents across the English-speaking world started using it as a first name outright.
4,752 in the 1910s
#438
Karl Karl means free man, and it is the original German spelling behind Charles — the word named a free peasant, so it began at the bottom of the free classes and rose to name emperors.
4,715 in the 1910s
#439
Nick Nick means victory of the people, and the compound is political rather than personal — the Greek joins victory to the citizen body, so it describes a public triumph and not an individual one.
4,699 in the 1910s
#440
Tommie Tommie means twin, and it is one of the most evenly split names on this site — 33 percent of recorded births are female, because it serves as a short form of both Thomas and Thomasina.
4,694 in the 1910s
#441
Jay Jay is a name serving as an initial-letter shortening for any J name, as a bird name, and as an Indian name meaning victory.
4,605 in the 1910s
#442
Aaron Aaron is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is not established.
4,592 in the 1910s
#443
Ellis Ellis is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."
4,565 in the 1910s
#444
Melba
4,538 in the 1910s
#445
Adolph
4,531 in the 1910s
#446
Alton Alton means the settlement at the river's source, and that is more specific than the old town reading usually given — the Old English element is a spring or wellhead, not age.
4,491 in the 1910s
#447
Bert
4,490 in the 1910s
#448
Adam Adam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "ground," from adamah.
4,485 in the 1910s
#449
Hannah Hannah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," from Channah.
4,470 in the 1910s
#450
Iris Iris is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rainbow."
4,432 in the 1910s
#451
Virgie
4,430 in the 1910s
#452
Leland Leland means fallow land — ground deliberately left unplowed for a season.
4,430 in the 1910s
#453
Pete Pete means rock, and it began as a joke about a man's character — Jesus renames Simon as Cephas, the Aramaic for a stone, and the pun works in Greek but not in English.
4,368 in the 1910s
#454
Gwendolyn Gwendolyn means white ring or blessed ring, from Welsh, and the second element is a ring — a torc or armlet, which was the standard Celtic mark of rank.
4,331 in the 1910s
#455
Peggy Peggy is a girl's name meaning pearl, a pet form of Margaret by way of Meg.
4,323 in the 1910s
#456
Percy
4,318 in the 1910s
#457
Donna Donna is a girl's name from the Italian word for a lady, a title used as a name.
4,293 in the 1910s
#458
Elnora
4,279 in the 1910s
#459
Leah Leah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is disputed, most often given as "weary" but also linked to a word for wild cow.
4,253 in the 1910s
#460
Elvira
4,229 in the 1910s
#461
Mark Mark is a boy's name of Latin origin, most likely meaning "of Mars," borne by the evangelist who wrote the earliest gospel.
4,222 in the 1910s
#462
Dennis Dennis is a boy's name that traces back to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and ecstatic release — one of the few widely used Christian names derived from a pagan deity.
4,203 in the 1910s
#463
Emmett Emmett is a boy's name of English origin derived from Emma — it is a matronymic surname, formed from a woman's name rather than a man's, which was unusual in medieval England.
4,201 in the 1910s
#464
Millie Millie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of longer names — chiefly Millicent, Mildred, Amelia and Camilla — and is now given in its own right.
4,190 in the 1910s
#465
Rena
4,179 in the 1910s
#466
Antonio Antonio is a boy's name of Etruscan origin whose meaning is unknown.
4,145 in the 1910s
#467
Grady Grady means noble, and it comes from a byname rather than a rank — the Irish grádha describes someone held in esteem, which is a reputation earned rather than a title inherited.
4,140 in the 1910s
#468
Allie Allie means noble, and it serves three different names at once — Alice, Allison and Alexandra all shorten to it, so which one a given Allie belongs to cannot be read off the name itself.
4,129 in the 1910s
#469
Carroll Carroll is one of the more evenly divided names on this site — 14 percent of recorded births are female, and it belonged to the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence.
4,126 in the 1910s
#470
Grover
4,123 in the 1910s
#471
Dean Dean is a boy's name with two English origins.
4,080 in the 1910s
#472
Edythe
4,055 in the 1910s
#473
Lenora
4,050 in the 1910s
#474
Johnny Johnny is a boy's name, the pet form of John, meaning God is gracious.
4,042 in the 1910s
#475
Eugenia
4,033 in the 1910s
#476
Elinor
4,010 in the 1910s
#477
Winnie Winnie is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "blessed reconciliation."
3,998 in the 1910s
#478
Ila
3,968 in the 1910s
#479
Lowell Lowell means little wolf, and it is Norman French rather than English — louvel is a diminutive of loup, so the name is affectionate about an animal most cultures feared.
3,965 in the 1910s
#480
Zelma
3,933 in the 1910s

What Made a 1910s Name

Children in the United States were registered with it between 1910 and 1919. A name's position here is how many of them were.

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.