1920s Baby Names
5,242 names were given to children in the United States between 1920 and 1929, 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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#815Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.2,352 in the 1920s
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#832Noah Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," from Noach.2,284 in the 1920s
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#839Rene Rene is a name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.2,239 in the 1920s
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#842Gabriel Gabriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from Gavri'el.2,228 in the 1920s
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#885Eric Eric is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler" or "sole ruler."2,027 in the 1920s
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#920Scott Scott is a boy's name meaning a Scot, from the surname given to people from Scotland.1,913 in the 1920s
What Made a 1920s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1920 and 1929. 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.