1920s Baby Names
13,525 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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#920Scott Scott is a boy's name meaning a Scot, from the surname given to people from Scotland.1,913 in the 1920s
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#925Valeria Valeria is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy."1,901 in the 1920s
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#927Claudine Claudine is a French girl's name meaning lame, from a Roman family name.1,880 in the 1920s
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#933Phoebe Phoebe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bright" or "radiant."1,851 in the 1920s
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#950Denver Denver is a unisex name of English origin meaning "the Danes' crossing".1,813 in the 1920s
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#955Hortense Hortense is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the garden," from hortus.1,794 in the 1920s
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#959Danny Danny is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my judge," a diminutive of Daniel.1,779 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.