1920s Baby Names

1,363 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

#9,363
Marchel
27 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,374
Orea
27 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,378
Novell
27 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,381
Orlanda
27 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,388
Perl
27 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,409
Clevie
26 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,434
Copeland
26 in the 1920s 5 of 10 years
#9,438
Bronnie
26 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,441
Iran
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,444
Reber
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,455
Kimble
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,472
Melvis
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,486
Remell
26 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,500
Marnell
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,501
Currie
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,545
Lyndol
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,551
Camiel
25 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,556
Gwin
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,567
Ardel
25 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,571
Edis
25 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,609
Rannie
24 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#9,610
Starlin
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,621
Truth
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,645
Jaye
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,660
Revel
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,662
Delone
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,694
Quillie
24 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,704
Seiko
24 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,716
Algene
23 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,723
Tally
23 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,741
Ali Ali is a name of Arabic origin meaning "exalted" or "high."
23 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,767
Sherrel
23 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,803
Vermont
23 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,817
Gertis
23 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,847
Alfonsa
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,848
Mavin
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,866
Muril
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,871
Onell
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,875
Odene
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,878
Camile
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,887
Jorden
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,894
Arion
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,898
Benie
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,906
Wannie
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,909
Ren
22 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#9,911
Dama
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,912
Ailean
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years
#9,917
Ovel
22 in the 1920s 4 of 10 years

What made a 1920s name

Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1920 and 1929, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1920s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.

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.