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.

  • #10,321
    Evern
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,322
    Kalliope
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,323
    Bettelou
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,324
    Dott
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,325
    Sherril
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,326
    Mcadoo
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,327
    Relma
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,328
    Glendene
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,329
    Tama
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,330
    Yvetta
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,331
    Mineola
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,332
    Earie
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,333
    Lavanda
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,334
    Adalaide
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,335
    Norvelle
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,336
    Emalee
    19 in the 1920s 2 of 10 years
  • #10,337
    Chisato
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,338
    Nicholina
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,339
    Byran
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,340
    Alberteen
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,341
    Isah
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,342
    Maleta
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,343
    Maydene
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,344
    Kennett
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,345
    Chesterfield
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,346
    Olgie
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,347
    Shizuka
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,348
    Florean
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,349
    Pinckney
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,350
    Tiodoro
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,351
    Demple
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,352
    Virlie
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,353
    Ladislav
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,354
    Lucenda
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,355
    Aldus
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,356
    Natsue
    19 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,357
    Clemmon
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,358
    Laurabel
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,359
    Chales
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,360
    Levonne
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,361
    Kendal
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,362
    Lareta
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,363
    Jester
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,364
    Odom
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,365
    Ozelia
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,366
    Renelda
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,367
    Hilah
    18 in the 1920s 3 of 10 years
  • #10,368
    Hollice
    18 in the 1920s 3 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.