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G.I. Generation baby name rankings

Compare the most popular boy and girl names recorded in the United States for babies born from 1901 to 1927.

Leading boy name John

909,254 recorded births

Leading girl name Mary

1,194,808 recorded births

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U.S. births

Boy names

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Rank Name Recorded births
1 John 909,254
2 William 779,228
3 James 740,411
4 Robert 727,079
5 Charles 442,478
6 George 429,329
7 Joseph 411,084
8 Edward 309,151
9 Frank 266,880
10 Richard 248,371
11 Thomas 239,099
12 Walter 206,152
13 Harold 200,510
14 Donald 200,237
15 Paul 196,358
16 Henry 185,501
17 Raymond 182,677
18 Arthur 160,796
19 Albert 159,325
20 Harry 152,943
21 Jack 149,017
22 Ralph 129,575
23 Kenneth 125,030
24 David 119,033
25 Willie 117,883
26 Clarence 116,063
27 Louis 115,276
28 Carl 113,313
29 Howard 111,673
30 Fred 106,625
31 Eugene 106,483
32 Roy 100,975
33 Earl 100,386
34 Joe 96,935
35 Francis 95,732
36 Ernest 88,738
37 Lawrence 88,506
38 Anthony 80,867
39 Herbert 80,651
40 Stanley 80,432
41 Leonard 80,269
42 Samuel 77,389
43 Alfred 77,327
44 Norman 66,512
45 Michael 66,415
46 Andrew 63,445
47 Elmer 63,307
48 Bernard 63,150
49 Daniel 63,031
50 Leo 62,562

U.S. births

Girl names

100 shown
Rank Name Recorded births
1 Mary 1,194,808
2 Helen 557,724
3 Dorothy 547,762
4 Margaret 447,353
5 Ruth 404,560
6 Mildred 282,619
7 Anna 271,371
8 Elizabeth 271,080
9 Betty 262,487
10 Virginia 249,613
11 Frances 248,765
12 Marie 217,441
13 Evelyn 212,726
14 Alice 208,946
15 Florence 188,849
16 Doris 179,064
17 Lillian 175,890
18 Rose 169,311
19 Irene 168,426
20 Louise 157,704
21 Gladys 154,807
22 Edna 151,852
23 Catherine 151,443
24 Martha 149,719
25 Ethel 147,993
26 Ruby 140,836
27 Josephine 136,651
28 Annie 133,909
29 Grace 132,460
30 Thelma 131,495
31 Hazel 128,616
32 Edith 128,563
33 Marjorie 127,478
34 Jean 126,667
35 Eleanor 125,800
36 Lucille 124,293
37 Pauline 115,939
38 Lois 112,706
39 Esther 108,769
40 Gertrude 107,315
41 Clara 105,348
42 Emma 101,618
43 Beatrice 101,148
44 Bernice 96,002
45 Bertha 93,958
46 Barbara 93,665
47 Marion 93,615
48 Sarah 92,117
49 Elsie 91,079
50 Ann 88,408