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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#455Isabelle Isabelle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath."6,964 in the 1920s
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#465Natalie Natalie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "birthday of the Lord," from natalis.6,744 in the 1920s
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#473Angela Angela is a girl's name from the Greek for messenger, the word that also gives us angel.6,341 in the 1920s
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#510Mavis Mavis is a girl's name from the old word for the song thrush, from French mauvis.5,597 in the 1920s
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#513Joann Joann is a girl's name meaning God is gracious, a simplified spelling of Joanna.5,583 in the 1920s
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#545Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."5,021 in the 1920s
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#557Willa Willa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute" or "will".4,799 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.