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

#49
Donald Donald is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall, meaning world ruler.
57,198 in the 1910s
#50
Lucille Lucille is a girl's name from the Latin for light, given to children born at daybreak.
56,332 in the 1910s
#51
Edith Edith is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."
56,193 in the 1910s
#52
Eleanor Eleanor is a girl's name that traces back to Eleanor of Aquitaine, the twelfth-century queen of France and later England, whose own name, Aliénor, is widely explained as "the other Aenor," distinguishing her from her mother, also named Aenor.
54,258 in the 1910s
#53
Doris Doris is a girl's name from Greek mythology, where she is a sea nymph and the mother of the fifty Nereids.
53,647 in the 1910s
#54
Ralph Ralph is a boy's name of Norse origin meaning "wolf counsel."
52,749 in the 1910s
#55
Annie Annie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor."
52,569 in the 1910s
#56
Louis Louis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."
50,972 in the 1910s
#57
Pauline Pauline is a girl's name from the Latin for small or humble, the feminine of Paul.
50,210 in the 1910s
#58
Jack Jack is a boy's name of English origin that began as a pet form of John, by way of the medieval nickname Jankin.
49,837 in the 1910s
#59
Gertrude Gertrude is a girl's name from Germanic elements meaning spear-strength, and its saint is patron of cats — a modern attribution that no medieval source supports.
49,700 in the 1910s
#60
Clarence Clarence is a boy's name taken from an English dukedom, itself named for a Suffolk town.
49,468 in the 1910s
#61
Esther Esther is a girl's name usually connected to the Persian word for star, and possibly to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
49,367 in the 1910s
#62
Carl Carl is a boy's name from the Germanic word for a free man, the same root as Charles.
48,767 in the 1910s
#63
Marion Marion is a French diminutive of Mary that has crossed sexes twice over — it is 81 percent female in our records, yet its most famous bearer was John Wayne, born Marion Robert Morrison.
48,130 in the 1910s
#64
Howard Howard is a boy's name whose origin is genuinely contested — high guardian, brave heart and even a keeper of pigs have all been proposed.
46,823 in the 1910s
#65
Francis Francis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "Frenchman" or "free man."
45,446 in the 1910s
#66
Betty Betty is a girl's name that began as a short form of Elizabeth and is now used in its own right.
44,983 in the 1910s
#67
Beatrice Beatrice is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "she who brings happiness."
44,675 in the 1910s
#68
Fred Fred is a boy's name, the short form of Frederick meaning peaceful ruler.
44,663 in the 1910s
#69
Marjorie Marjorie is a girl's name meaning pearl, an English form of Margaret whose modern spelling was pulled toward the herb marjoram by nothing more than a coincidence of sound.
44,541 in the 1910s
#70
Clara Clara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright" or "clear," from clarus.
44,502 in the 1910s
#71
David David is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "beloved," from Dawid.
44,080 in the 1910s
#72
Kenneth Kenneth is a boy's name anglicizing two separate Gaelic names, one meaning born of fire and one meaning handsome.
43,451 in the 1910s
#73
Emma Emma is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "whole" or "universal," from the element ermen, found in older names such as Ermintrude.
41,963 in the 1910s
#74
Bernice Bernice is a girl's name meaning bringer of victory, and it is the same name as Veronica — both descend from the Greek Berenike by different routes.
41,026 in the 1910s
#75
Jean Jean is a unisex name in our data: the French form of John, meaning "God is gracious," and separately a Scottish feminine form of Jane.
40,635 in the 1910s
#76
Roy Roy is a boy's name with two independent sources — the Gaelic ruadh, meaning red-haired, and the French roi, meaning king.
40,629 in the 1910s
#77
Earl Earl is a boy's name taken from the English noble title, and it is the only rank in the British peerage with a native English name rather than a French one.
40,557 in the 1910s
#78
Bertha Bertha is a girl's name from a Germanic word meaning bright, and it was Charlemagne's mother's name.
40,250 in the 1910s
#79
Ann Ann is a girl's name from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace or favor, and the spelling without the final e.
39,613 in the 1910s
#80
Elsie Elsie is a girl's name that began as a Scottish short form of Elspeth, itself a Scottish form of Elizabeth.
39,471 in the 1910s
#81
Julia Julia is a girl's name of Latin origin, the feminine of the Roman family name Julius.
39,405 in the 1910s
#82
Agnes Agnes is a girl's name from the Greek for pure, and the reason its saint is shown with a lamb is a Latin pun — agnus, lamb, sounds like the Greek hagnos but is a completely different word.
39,354 in the 1910s
#83
Joe Joe is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," a short form of Joseph that has become the English word for an ordinary person.
39,097 in the 1910s
#84
Lois Lois is a girl's name that appears once in the New Testament, in a letter naming Timothy's grandmother, and its meaning has never been established.
38,676 in the 1910s
#85
Sarah Sarah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
38,244 in the 1910s
#86
Jessie Jessie is a name that arrives from two unrelated directions — the Scottish pet form of Janet, and a feminine of the Hebrew Jesse.
38,004 in the 1910s
#87
Ernest Ernest is a boy's name from a Germanic word meaning serious or resolute, and it is far stronger in Europe than in America — 252nd in England and Wales and 276th in France against 1042nd in the United States.
37,310 in the 1910s
#88
Katherine Katherine is a girl's name whose meaning is not settled.
36,965 in the 1910s
#89
Lawrence Lawrence is a boy's name meaning from Laurentum, an ancient Italian town linked to the laurel.
36,543 in the 1910s
#90
Stanley Stanley is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "stony clearing."
36,048 in the 1910s
#91
Anthony Anthony is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, whose meaning is genuinely unknown — it is probably Etruscan rather than Latin.
35,772 in the 1910s
#92
Eugene Eugene is a boy's name from the Greek for well-born, and it is the source of the word eugenics — a connection worth knowing, since the name long predates and has nothing to do with that movement.
35,435 in the 1910s
#93
Eva Eva is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "life" or "living."
35,044 in the 1910s
#94
Ida Ida is a girl's name from a Germanic word for work or labor, and it charts in all seven markets we track.
34,922 in the 1910s
#95
Pearl Pearl is a girl's name taken from the gem, and it charts in all seven markets we track.
34,520 in the 1910s
#96
Samuel Samuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin usually translated as "God has heard," from Shemu'el.
34,264 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.