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 on record, 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 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 on record: 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 1,042nd 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 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.
34,922 in the 1910s
#95
Pearl Pearl is a girl's name taken from the gem, and it charts in all seven markets.
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

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.