United States · 2,334,507 recorded births
Top baby names of 1921
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Gloria (up 93), Margie (up 62), Junior (up 26), Billy (up 23).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1920 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 73,984 | · |
| 2 | Dorothy | 39,087 | · |
| 3 | Helen | 34,822 | · |
| 4 | Margaret | 28,468 | · |
| 5 | Ruth | 25,783 | · |
| 6 | Virginia | 19,032 | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | Mildred | 17,880 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Betty | 17,638 | ▲ 3 |
| 9 | Frances | 15,993 | · |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 15,800 | ▼ 2 |
| 11 | Anna | 14,476 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 14,278 | · |
| 13 | Doris | 13,152 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Marie | 12,501 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Alice | 11,955 | · |
| 16 | Marjorie | 11,209 | ▲ 8 |
| 17 | Florence | 10,720 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Irene | 10,624 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Lillian | 9,770 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Rose | 9,352 | · |
| 21 | Martha | 9,264 | ▲ 2 |
| 22 | Louise | 9,180 | ▼ 3 |
| 23 | Catherine | 8,887 | ▼ 2 |
| 24 | Gladys | 8,814 | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Jean | 8,592 | ▲ 8 |
| 26 | Ruby | 8,333 | · |
| 27 | Edna | 8,302 | · |
| 28 | Josephine | 8,135 | · |
| 29 | Eleanor | 8,054 | ▼ 4 |
| 30 | Thelma | 7,839 | ▲ 1 |
| 31 | Lucille | 7,698 | ▼ 2 |
| 32 | Ethel | 7,603 | ▼ 2 |
| 33 | Edith | 7,589 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Hazel | 7,341 | · |
| 35 | Grace | 7,230 | ▲ 2 |
| 36 | Annie | 7,209 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Pauline | 7,142 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Lois | 6,899 | · |
| 39 | Bernice | 6,190 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Barbara | 6,013 | ▲ 7 |
| 41 | Beatrice | 5,968 | · |
| 42 | Esther | 5,926 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Marion | 5,814 | · |
| 44 | Shirley | 5,695 | ▲ 12 |
| 45 | Clara | 5,606 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Gertrude | 5,349 | ▼ 4 |
| 47 | Jane | 5,188 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Rita | 5,157 | ▲ 4 |
| 49 | Katherine | 5,156 | ▼ 4 |
| 50 | June | 5,155 | ▲ 3 |
| 51 | Norma | 5,102 | ▲ 18 |
| 52 | Emma | 5,072 | ▼ 6 |
| 53 | Ann | 5,058 | ▼ 4 |
| 54 | Sarah | 5,024 | ▼ 4 |
| 55 | Elsie | 4,879 | ▼ 4 |
| 56 | Agnes | 4,798 | ▼ 2 |
| 57 | Juanita | 4,779 | ▲ 4 |
| 58 | Julia | 4,737 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Bertha | 4,608 | ▼ 2 |
| 60 | Phyllis | 4,590 | ▲ 12 |
| 61 | Lorraine | 4,533 | ▲ 9 |
| 62 | Geraldine | 4,523 | ▼ 2 |
| 63 | Eva | 4,325 | ▼ 5 |
| 64 | Kathryn | 4,201 | ▲ 3 |
| 65 | Pearl | 4,175 | ▼ 3 |
| 66 | Viola | 4,160 | ▼ 7 |
| 67 | Ida | 4,146 | ▼ 1 |
| 68 | Vivian | 4,103 | ▼ 4 |
| 69 | Marian | 4,064 | ▲ 4 |
| 70 | Anne | 4,007 | ▼ 5 |
| 71 | Laura | 3,998 | ▼ 8 |
| 72 | Wilma | 3,824 | ▲ 6 |
| 73 | Myrtle | 3,791 | ▼ 5 |
| 74 | Willie | 3,748 | · |
| 75 | Bessie | 3,678 | ▼ 4 |
| 76 | Vera | 3,631 | ▼ 1 |
| 77 | Maxine | 3,630 | ▲ 4 |
| 78 | Alma | 3,589 | ▲ 2 |
| 79 | Charlotte | 3,587 | · |
| 80 | Nellie | 3,513 | ▼ 4 |
| 81 | Violet | 3,469 | ▼ 4 |
| 82 | Audrey | 3,434 | ▲ 21 |
| 83 | Kathleen | 3,419 | ▲ 8 |
| 84 | Patricia | 3,380 | ▲ 20 |
| 85 | Mabel | 3,336 | ▼ 2 |
| 86 | Stella | 3,335 | ▼ 4 |
| 87 | Nancy | 3,323 | ▲ 8 |
| 88 | Sylvia | 3,297 | ▼ 3 |
| 89 | Ella | 3,237 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Genevieve | 3,235 | ▼ 4 |
| 91 | Jessie | 3,225 | ▼ 7 |
| 92 | Leona | 3,210 | ▼ 3 |
| 93 | Lucy | 3,157 | ▲ 1 |
| 94 | Lillie | 3,118 | ▼ 4 |
| 95 | Ellen | 3,064 | ▼ 3 |
| 96 | Minnie | 2,998 | ▼ 9 |
| 97 | Elaine | 2,922 | ▲ 10 |
| 98 | Marguerite | 2,897 | ▼ 5 |
| 99 | Jennie | 2,889 | ▼ 2 |
| 100 | Eileen | 2,862 | · |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1920 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 58,216 | · |
| 2 | Robert | 52,779 | ▲ 1 |
| 3 | William | 51,862 | ▼ 1 |
| 4 | James | 49,750 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 29,242 | · |
| 6 | George | 27,476 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 26,182 | · |
| 8 | Edward | 20,817 | · |
| 9 | Frank | 16,705 | · |
| 10 | Richard | 16,376 | · |
| 11 | Thomas | 15,308 | · |
| 12 | Harold | 13,811 | · |
| 13 | Donald | 13,776 | ▲ 3 |
| 14 | Paul | 13,169 | · |
| 15 | Walter | 13,004 | ▼ 2 |
| 16 | Raymond | 12,645 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,411 | · |
| 18 | Jack | 10,757 | ▲ 2 |
| 19 | Arthur | 10,527 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Albert | 10,158 | ▼ 1 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,731 | · |
| 22 | Kenneth | 8,959 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,860 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Warren | 7,798 | ▲ 15 |
| 25 | David | 7,765 | · |
| 26 | Eugene | 7,717 | ▲ 4 |
| 27 | Howard | 7,713 | ▼ 3 |
| 28 | Clarence | 7,332 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | Louis | 7,247 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Carl | 7,077 | ▼ 3 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,754 | · |
| 32 | Roy | 6,545 | · |
| 33 | Fred | 6,496 | · |
| 34 | Willie | 6,492 | ▼ 5 |
| 35 | Francis | 6,293 | ▼ 1 |
| 36 | Joe | 6,204 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,977 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Ernest | 5,697 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Leonard | 5,650 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Anthony | 5,239 | ▲ 3 |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,231 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Herbert | 5,217 | ▼ 1 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,925 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,754 | · |
| 45 | Bernard | 4,485 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Norman | 4,479 | ▲ 1 |
| 47 | Michael | 4,198 | ▲ 3 |
| 48 | Elmer | 4,146 | ▼ 3 |
| 49 | Daniel | 4,087 | ▲ 3 |
| 50 | Leo | 4,066 | ▼ 2 |
| 51 | Andrew | 4,015 | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Russell | 3,946 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,887 | ▲ 1 |
| 54 | Edwin | 3,750 | ▼ 1 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,749 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Chester | 3,549 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,548 | · |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,536 | · |
| 59 | Marvin | 3,490 | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Gerald | 3,382 | ▲ 4 |
| 61 | Frederick | 3,376 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Clifford | 3,262 | ▼ 3 |
| 63 | Floyd | 3,255 | ▼ 2 |
| 64 | Herman | 3,219 | ▲ 2 |
| 65 | Theodore | 3,172 | ▼ 2 |
| 66 | Lester | 3,076 | ▲ 3 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,075 | · |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,069 | ▼ 3 |
| 69 | Clyde | 3,022 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Vincent | 2,779 | ▲ 3 |
| 71 | Lewis | 2,712 | ▲ 1 |
| 72 | Philip | 2,703 | ▼ 1 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,686 | ▲ 3 |
| 74 | Leon | 2,616 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Milton | 2,588 | ▼ 1 |
| 76 | Charlie | 2,574 | ▼ 6 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,486 | ▲ 2 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,461 | · |
| 79 | Cecil | 2,456 | ▼ 2 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,449 | · |
| 81 | Wayne | 2,417 | ▲ 5 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 2,412 | ▲ 1 |
| 83 | Victor | 2,407 | ▼ 2 |
| 84 | Gordon | 2,382 | ▲ 1 |
| 85 | Sam | 2,367 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Lee | 2,354 | ▼ 4 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,287 | · |
| 88 | Wallace | 2,095 | ▲ 5 |
| 89 | Willard | 2,077 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Edgar | 2,014 | ▼ 1 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,982 | · |
| 92 | Oscar | 1,978 | ▼ 2 |
| 93 | Dale | 1,956 | ▲ 12 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,937 | · |
| 95 | Everett | 1,913 | · |
| 96 | Claude | 1,887 | ▼ 4 |
| 97 | Stephen | 1,868 | ▼ 1 |
| 98 | Virgil | 1,830 | ▲ 3 |
| 99 | Roger | 1,803 | ▲ 4 |
| 100 | Wilbur | 1,755 | ▼ 2 |