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.

All Girls Boys Unisex

Rankings for

#10,406
Modie
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,416
Hollice
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,427
Kendal
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,467
Austen
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,485
Arzo
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,488
Elgia
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,492
Camillus
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,494
Romelle
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,497
Laren
18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,503
Cubie
18 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,540
Jona
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,544
Hong
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,551
Tobey
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,555
Ilia
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,556
Nebraska
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,563
Emo
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,565
Fortune
17 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,573
Quincey
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,587
Aven
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,632
Wildred
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,642
Nima
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,668
Amory
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,677
Floren
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,679
Nim
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,681
Florenz
17 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,696
Hagan
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,697
Vader
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,698
Ordie
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,712
Ripley
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,720
Beebe
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,724
Raby
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,770
Paddy Paddy is a unisex name of Latin origin, the familiar form of Pádraig, meaning "nobleman."
16 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,790
Nevel
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,794
Ather
16 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,812
Jennis
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,815
Parris
16 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,817
Edner
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,818
Gee
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,821
Evin
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,857
Elis
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,858
Ramie
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,861
Kellis
16 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,868
Pal
15 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,875
Kam
15 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,883
Amarante
15 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
#10,922
Criss
15 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,934
Denby
15 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
#10,937
Ovell
15 in the 1920s 2 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.