United States · 1919
Baby names of 1919
Mary and John topped 1919.
Top girls' names of 1919
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 65,836 |
| 2 | Helen | 33,706 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 31,733 |
| 4 | Margaret | 26,238 |
| 5 | Ruth | 24,562 |
| 6 | Mildred | 17,300 |
| 7 | Virginia | 15,636 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 15,287 |
| 9 | Frances | 15,106 |
| 10 | Anna | 14,498 |
| 11 | Evelyn | 13,321 |
| 12 | Marie | 12,008 |
| 13 | Alice | 11,141 |
| 14 | Florence | 10,482 |
| 15 | Betty | 10,106 |
| 16 | Irene | 9,712 |
| 17 | Lillian | 9,516 |
| 18 | Doris | 9,433 |
| 19 | Rose | 9,195 |
| 20 | Louise | 8,812 |
| 21 | Gladys | 8,717 |
| 22 | Edna | 8,404 |
| 23 | Catherine | 8,335 |
| 24 | Ruby | 8,334 |
| 25 | Martha | 8,322 |
| 26 | Josephine | 8,104 |
| 27 | Lucille | 7,856 |
| 28 | Ethel | 7,809 |
| 29 | Edith | 7,767 |
| 30 | Eleanor | 7,611 |
| 31 | Thelma | 7,558 |
| 32 | Hazel | 7,430 |
| 33 | Marjorie | 7,335 |
| 34 | Grace | 7,195 |
| 35 | Annie | 7,146 |
| 36 | Pauline | 6,973 |
| 37 | Jean | 6,799 |
| 38 | Esther | 6,248 |
| 39 | Gertrude | 6,014 |
| 40 | Lois | 5,976 |
| 41 | Beatrice | 5,856 |
| 42 | Bernice | 5,793 |
| 43 | Clara | 5,404 |
| 44 | Marion | 5,158 |
| 45 | Emma | 5,087 |
| 46 | Sarah | 5,022 |
| 47 | Elsie | 4,995 |
| 48 | Julia | 4,950 |
| 49 | Ann | 4,924 |
| 50 | Agnes | 4,901 |
Top boys' names of 1919
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 53,522 |
| 2 | William | 43,969 |
| 3 | James | 42,392 |
| 4 | Robert | 41,025 |
| 5 | Charles | 25,192 |
| 6 | George | 25,170 |
| 7 | Joseph | 24,266 |
| 8 | Edward | 18,536 |
| 9 | Frank | 15,701 |
| 10 | Thomas | 13,434 |
| 11 | Walter | 12,879 |
| 12 | Richard | 12,441 |
| 13 | Harold | 12,021 |
| 14 | Raymond | 11,384 |
| 15 | Paul | 11,305 |
| 16 | Henry | 10,613 |
| 17 | Donald | 9,904 |
| 18 | Albert | 9,607 |
| 19 | Arthur | 9,540 |
| 20 | Harry | 8,990 |
| 21 | Jack | 8,263 |
| 22 | Ralph | 7,709 |
| 23 | Willie | 6,942 |
| 24 | Howard | 6,843 |
| 25 | Clarence | 6,825 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 6,796 |
| 27 | David | 6,716 |
| 28 | Louis | 6,661 |
| 29 | Carl | 6,474 |
| 30 | Fred | 6,091 |
| 31 | Earl | 5,975 |
| 32 | Roy | 5,970 |
| 33 | Eugene | 5,892 |
| 34 | Francis | 5,726 |
| 35 | Joe | 5,709 |
| 36 | Ernest | 5,296 |
| 37 | Stanley | 5,238 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,205 |
| 39 | Leonard | 5,010 |
| 40 | Herbert | 4,960 |
| 41 | Anthony | 4,737 |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,615 |
| 43 | Samuel | 4,472 |
| 44 | Elmer | 3,982 |
| 45 | Bernard | 3,915 |
| 46 | Michael | 3,909 |
| 47 | Andrew | 3,851 |
| 48 | Norman | 3,809 |
| 49 | Leo | 3,802 |
| 50 | Russell | 3,645 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026