1920s Baby Names

1,289 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

#9,385
Trellis
27 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,386
Pita
27 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,387
Marchel
27 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,389
Jissie
27 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,403
Remell
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,412
Clevie
26 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,432
Reber
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,435
Bronnie
26 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,465
Melvis
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,467
Copeland
26 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,481
Kimble
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,504
Rand
25 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,523
Gwin
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,526
Ardel
25 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,532
Lyndol
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,553
Currie
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,569
Marnell
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,573
Camiel
25 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,589
Rannie
24 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#9,598
Delone
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,617
Quillie
24 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,654
Seiko
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,678
Revel
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,696
Jaye
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,697
Truth
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,708
Starlin
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,728
Gertis
23 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,810
Remy Remy is a name of Latin origin meaning "oarsman" or "rower."
23 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,812
Sherrel
23 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,818
Vermont
23 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,829
Algene
23 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,852
Odene
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,899
Ren
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,900
Onell
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,909
Dorean
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,917
Ovel
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,918
Dama
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,922
Jorden
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,932
Charlot
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,940
Benie
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,949
Alfonsa
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,953
Paulie
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,955
Ailean
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,963
Wannie
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,965
Muril
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,977
Alvern
21 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,983
Orlee
21 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,986
Arlice
21 in the 1920s 4 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.