1920s Baby Names

6,994 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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Rankings for

#10,301
Amandy
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,303
Robertta
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,304
Octava
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,305
Patria
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,307
Erminie
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,312
Leokadia
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,315
Marsella
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,316
Dova
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,319
Alameda
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,322
Kalliope
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,323
Bettelou
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,324
Dott
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,325
Sherril
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,327
Relma
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,328
Glendene
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,329
Tama
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,330
Yvetta
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,331
Mineola
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,332
Earie
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,333
Lavanda
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,334
Adalaide
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,336
Emalee
19 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,337
Chisato
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,338
Nicholina
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,340
Alberteen
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,342
Maleta
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,343
Maydene
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,346
Olgie
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,347
Shizuka
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,348
Florean
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,351
Demple
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,352
Virlie
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,354
Lucenda
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,356
Natsue
19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,358
Laurabel
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,360
Levonne
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,362
Lareta
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,365
Ozelia
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,366
Renelda
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,367
Hilah
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,369
Mitsuyo
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,370
Earlen
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,372
Marydell
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,378
Lonetta
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,387
Londa
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,389
Virgilia
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,393
Laurell
18 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,396
Dosia
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years

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.