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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#777Noah Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," from Noach.1,734 in the 1910s
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#783Mavis Mavis is a girl's name from the old word for the song thrush, from French mauvis.1,718 in the 1910s
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#791Hortense Hortense is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the garden," from hortus.1,693 in the 1910s
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#814Phoebe Phoebe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bright" or "radiant."1,601 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.