United States · 2,262,645 recorded births
Top baby names of 1920
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Shirley (up 33), Joan (up 31), Warren (up 44), Calvin (up 24).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 70,983 | · |
| 2 | Dorothy | 36,643 | ▲ 1 |
| 3 | Helen | 35,097 | ▼ 1 |
| 4 | Margaret | 27,994 | · |
| 5 | Ruth | 26,102 | · |
| 6 | Mildred | 18,060 | · |
| 7 | Virginia | 17,314 | · |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 15,908 | · |
| 9 | Frances | 15,883 | · |
| 10 | Anna | 14,581 | · |
| 11 | Betty | 14,016 | ▲ 4 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 13,838 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Marie | 12,743 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Doris | 11,892 | ▲ 4 |
| 15 | Alice | 11,596 | ▼ 2 |
| 16 | Florence | 10,731 | ▼ 2 |
| 17 | Irene | 10,072 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Lillian | 10,049 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Louise | 9,179 | ▲ 1 |
| 20 | Rose | 9,011 | ▼ 1 |
| 21 | Catherine | 8,878 | ▲ 2 |
| 22 | Gladys | 8,819 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Martha | 8,709 | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | Marjorie | 8,658 | ▲ 9 |
| 25 | Eleanor | 8,497 | ▲ 5 |
| 26 | Ruby | 8,336 | ▼ 2 |
| 27 | Edna | 8,331 | ▼ 5 |
| 28 | Josephine | 8,093 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | Lucille | 7,989 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Ethel | 7,868 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Thelma | 7,814 | · |
| 32 | Edith | 7,773 | ▼ 3 |
| 33 | Jean | 7,714 | ▲ 4 |
| 34 | Hazel | 7,308 | ▼ 2 |
| 35 | Annie | 7,268 | · |
| 36 | Pauline | 7,180 | · |
| 37 | Grace | 7,172 | ▼ 3 |
| 38 | Lois | 6,560 | ▲ 2 |
| 39 | Esther | 6,068 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Bernice | 5,928 | ▲ 2 |
| 41 | Beatrice | 5,804 | · |
| 42 | Gertrude | 5,797 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Marion | 5,745 | ▲ 1 |
| 44 | Clara | 5,470 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Katherine | 5,276 | ▲ 6 |
| 46 | Emma | 5,238 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Barbara | 5,106 | ▲ 13 |
| 48 | Jane | 5,054 | ▲ 5 |
| 49 | Ann | 5,041 | · |
| 50 | Sarah | 5,031 | ▼ 4 |
| 51 | Elsie | 4,993 | ▼ 4 |
| 52 | Rita | 4,979 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | June | 4,911 | ▲ 11 |
| 54 | Agnes | 4,907 | ▼ 4 |
| 55 | Julia | 4,889 | ▼ 7 |
| 56 | Shirley | 4,713 | ▲ 33 |
| 57 | Bertha | 4,604 | ▼ 5 |
| 58 | Eva | 4,498 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Viola | 4,292 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Geraldine | 4,265 | ▲ 8 |
| 61 | Juanita | 4,238 | ▲ 12 |
| 62 | Pearl | 4,204 | ▼ 6 |
| 63 | Laura | 4,171 | ▲ 8 |
| 64 | Vivian | 4,128 | ▲ 8 |
| 65 | Anne | 4,114 | ▼ 2 |
| 66 | Ida | 4,090 | ▼ 9 |
| 67 | Kathryn | 4,082 | ▼ 1 |
| 68 | Myrtle | 3,955 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Norma | 3,949 | ▲ 14 |
| 70 | Lorraine | 3,928 | ▼ 8 |
| 71 | Bessie | 3,906 | ▼ 12 |
| 72 | Phyllis | 3,852 | ▲ 12 |
| 73 | Marian | 3,845 | ▲ 9 |
| 74 | Willie | 3,816 | ▼ 13 |
| 75 | Vera | 3,785 | ▼ 10 |
| 76 | Nellie | 3,762 | ▼ 7 |
| 77 | Violet | 3,694 | ▼ 3 |
| 78 | Wilma | 3,670 | ▲ 8 |
| 79 | Charlotte | 3,624 | · |
| 80 | Alma | 3,584 | ▼ 4 |
| 81 | Maxine | 3,507 | ▲ 4 |
| 82 | Stella | 3,492 | ▼ 12 |
| 83 | Mabel | 3,364 | ▼ 5 |
| 84 | Jessie | 3,329 | ▼ 9 |
| 85 | Sylvia | 3,317 | ▼ 8 |
| 86 | Genevieve | 3,258 | ▲ 2 |
| 87 | Minnie | 3,244 | ▼ 7 |
| 88 | Ella | 3,232 | ▼ 1 |
| 89 | Leona | 3,166 | ▲ 1 |
| 90 | Lillie | 3,162 | ▼ 9 |
| 91 | Kathleen | 3,158 | ▲ 10 |
| 92 | Ellen | 3,076 | · |
| 93 | Marguerite | 3,055 | ▲ 3 |
| 94 | Lucy | 3,018 | ▼ 3 |
| 95 | Nancy | 2,982 | ▲ 5 |
| 96 | Mattie | 2,902 | ▼ 1 |
| 97 | Jennie | 2,808 | ▼ 4 |
| 98 | Lena | 2,785 | ▼ 4 |
| 99 | Mae | 2,730 | · |
| 100 | Eileen | 2,718 | ▲ 3 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 56,913 | · |
| 2 | William | 50,146 | · |
| 3 | Robert | 48,679 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | James | 47,908 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | Charles | 28,309 | · |
| 6 | George | 26,891 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,587 | · |
| 8 | Edward | 20,097 | · |
| 9 | Frank | 16,430 | · |
| 10 | Richard | 15,010 | ▲ 2 |
| 11 | Thomas | 14,936 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Harold | 13,678 | ▲ 1 |
| 13 | Walter | 13,294 | ▼ 2 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,570 | ▲ 1 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,193 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Donald | 11,941 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,305 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Arthur | 10,236 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Albert | 9,997 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Jack | 9,599 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,406 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Ralph | 8,556 | · |
| 23 | Kenneth | 7,840 | ▲ 3 |
| 24 | Howard | 7,466 | · |
| 25 | David | 7,444 | ▲ 2 |
| 26 | Clarence | 7,221 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Carl | 7,010 | ▲ 2 |
| 28 | Louis | 6,966 | · |
| 29 | Willie | 6,887 | ▼ 6 |
| 30 | Eugene | 6,867 | ▲ 3 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,533 | · |
| 32 | Roy | 6,355 | · |
| 33 | Fred | 6,298 | ▼ 3 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,241 | · |
| 35 | Joe | 6,071 | · |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,727 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,566 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,511 | ▲ 1 |
| 39 | Warren | 5,492 | ▲ 44 |
| 40 | Stanley | 5,314 | ▼ 3 |
| 41 | Herbert | 5,249 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Alfred | 5,006 | · |
| 43 | Anthony | 4,944 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,654 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Elmer | 4,206 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,163 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Norman | 4,109 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Leo | 4,054 | ▲ 1 |
| 49 | Andrew | 4,026 | ▼ 2 |
| 50 | Michael | 4,003 | ▼ 4 |
| 51 | Russell | 3,901 | ▼ 1 |
| 52 | Daniel | 3,897 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Edwin | 3,734 | ▼ 1 |
| 54 | Melvin | 3,717 | ▲ 2 |
| 55 | Chester | 3,698 | ▼ 2 |
| 56 | Leroy | 3,549 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,497 | · |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,454 | · |
| 59 | Clifford | 3,291 | ▲ 1 |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,275 | ▲ 4 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,260 | ▼ 2 |
| 62 | Marvin | 3,244 | ▲ 1 |
| 63 | Theodore | 3,219 | ▼ 9 |
| 64 | Gerald | 3,157 | ▲ 6 |
| 65 | Vernon | 3,144 | · |
| 66 | Herman | 3,109 | ▼ 5 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,086 | ▲ 2 |
| 68 | Clyde | 3,069 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Lester | 3,068 | ▼ 7 |
| 70 | Charlie | 2,785 | ▼ 4 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,700 | · |
| 72 | Lewis | 2,688 | ▲ 2 |
| 73 | Vincent | 2,661 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Milton | 2,592 | ▼ 1 |
| 75 | Leon | 2,554 | ▲ 5 |
| 76 | Alvin | 2,523 | · |
| 77 | Cecil | 2,459 | ▲ 1 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,439 | ▲ 3 |
| 79 | Jesse | 2,420 | ▼ 2 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,375 | ▲ 4 |
| 81 | Victor | 2,349 | ▼ 13 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,321 | · |
| 83 | Benjamin | 2,309 | ▼ 4 |
| 84 | Sam | 2,283 | ▼ 9 |
| 85 | Gordon | 2,277 | ▲ 1 |
| 86 | Wayne | 2,180 | ▲ 4 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,165 | ▼ 2 |
| 88 | Willard | 2,089 | ▼ 1 |
| 89 | Edgar | 2,029 | · |
| 90 | Oscar | 2,006 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,911 | ▲ 3 |
| 92 | Claude | 1,893 | · |
| 93 | Wallace | 1,877 | ▲ 14 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,866 | ▲ 7 |
| 95 | Everett | 1,827 | ▼ 2 |
| 96 | Stephen | 1,771 | ▲ 1 |
| 97 | Gilbert | 1,763 | ▲ 5 |
| 98 | Wilbur | 1,741 | · |
| 99 | Johnnie | 1,727 | ▼ 4 |
| 100 | Homer | 1,722 | ▲ 4 |