United States · 2,381,614 recorded births
Top baby names of 1924
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Donna (up 25), Beverly (up 23), Calvin (up 38), Bob (up 22).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1923 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 73,534 | · |
| 2 | Dorothy | 39,996 | · |
| 3 | Helen | 31,194 | · |
| 4 | Betty | 30,600 | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Margaret | 26,547 | ▼ 1 |
| 6 | Ruth | 23,601 | · |
| 7 | Virginia | 18,620 | · |
| 8 | Mildred | 15,853 | · |
| 9 | Doris | 15,786 | ▲ 2 |
| 10 | Frances | 15,183 | · |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 14,950 | ▼ 2 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 13,358 | · |
| 13 | Anna | 13,076 | · |
| 14 | Marie | 11,575 | · |
| 15 | Alice | 11,537 | · |
| 16 | Jean | 10,721 | ▲ 3 |
| 17 | Marjorie | 10,069 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Irene | 9,928 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Shirley | 9,489 | ▲ 7 |
| 20 | Florence | 9,472 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Martha | 9,320 | · |
| 22 | Lois | 9,300 | ▲ 5 |
| 23 | Lillian | 9,100 | ▼ 3 |
| 24 | Louise | 8,854 | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Rose | 8,479 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Ruby | 8,406 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Catherine | 8,363 | ▼ 3 |
| 28 | Barbara | 8,305 | ▲ 5 |
| 29 | Eleanor | 8,193 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Gladys | 7,790 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Edna | 7,408 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Annie | 7,347 | ▲ 2 |
| 33 | Thelma | 7,316 | ▼ 2 |
| 34 | Josephine | 7,274 | ▼ 4 |
| 35 | Patricia | 6,957 | ▲ 21 |
| 36 | Edith | 6,890 | · |
| 37 | Lucille | 6,744 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Pauline | 6,722 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Ethel | 6,586 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Norma | 6,542 | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Gloria | 6,534 | ▲ 7 |
| 42 | Hazel | 6,342 | ▼ 2 |
| 43 | Grace | 6,327 | ▼ 4 |
| 44 | Phyllis | 6,267 | ▲ 1 |
| 45 | June | 6,150 | ▼ 3 |
| 46 | Marion | 6,047 | ▼ 2 |
| 47 | Bernice | 6,033 | ▼ 4 |
| 48 | Juanita | 5,404 | ▲ 3 |
| 49 | Rita | 5,381 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Beatrice | 5,271 | ▼ 4 |
| 51 | Esther | 5,258 | ▼ 4 |
| 52 | Lorraine | 5,109 | ▲ 5 |
| 53 | Jane | 5,104 | ▲ 2 |
| 54 | Sarah | 5,045 | · |
| 55 | Ann | 5,035 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Clara | 4,988 | ▼ 7 |
| 57 | Emma | 4,897 | ▼ 4 |
| 58 | Geraldine | 4,833 | · |
| 59 | Katherine | 4,695 | ▲ 1 |
| 60 | Gertrude | 4,543 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Elsie | 4,499 | · |
| 62 | Julia | 4,289 | · |
| 63 | Agnes | 4,240 | · |
| 64 | Marian | 4,197 | ▲ 1 |
| 65 | Bertha | 4,122 | ▼ 1 |
| 66 | Eva | 4,068 | · |
| 67 | Wilma | 4,066 | ▲ 7 |
| 68 | Willie | 3,992 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Nancy | 3,989 | ▲ 6 |
| 70 | Ida | 3,861 | ▼ 2 |
| 71 | Vivian | 3,850 | ▼ 2 |
| 72 | Laura | 3,829 | ▲ 1 |
| 73 | Elaine | 3,802 | ▲ 14 |
| 74 | Wanda | 3,735 | ▲ 6 |
| 75 | Dolores | 3,729 | ▲ 8 |
| 76 | Kathleen | 3,663 | ▼ 6 |
| 77 | Maxine | 3,659 | ▼ 1 |
| 78 | Pearl | 3,635 | · |
| 79 | Anne | 3,627 | ▼ 8 |
| 80 | Charlotte | 3,612 | ▼ 3 |
| 81 | Kathryn | 3,598 | ▼ 9 |
| 82 | Viola | 3,577 | ▼ 3 |
| 83 | Joyce | 3,533 | ▲ 21 |
| 84 | Audrey | 3,520 | ▲ 1 |
| 85 | Vera | 3,476 | ▼ 3 |
| 86 | Bessie | 3,404 | ▼ 5 |
| 87 | Alma | 3,240 | ▲ 2 |
| 88 | Violet | 3,224 | ▼ 2 |
| 89 | Myrtle | 3,205 | ▼ 5 |
| 90 | Jeanne | 3,150 | · |
| 91 | Jessie | 3,147 | ▲ 3 |
| 92 | Nellie | 3,075 | ▼ 4 |
| 93 | Eileen | 3,070 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Ella | 3,061 | ▼ 1 |
| 95 | Joan | 3,023 | ▲ 22 |
| 96 | Theresa | 3,021 | ▲ 9 |
| 97 | Lillie | 2,979 | ▼ 6 |
| 98 | Lucy | 2,978 | ▼ 6 |
| 99 | Ellen | 2,949 | ▲ 4 |
| 100 | Minnie | 2,885 | ▼ 1 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1923 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 60,802 | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | John | 59,052 | ▼ 1 |
| 3 | William | 53,506 | · |
| 4 | James | 52,942 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 30,460 | · |
| 6 | George | 27,373 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,421 | · |
| 8 | Richard | 21,244 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Edward | 21,126 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Donald | 17,929 | · |
| 11 | Thomas | 16,555 | ▲ 1 |
| 12 | Frank | 16,044 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Harold | 14,149 | · |
| 14 | Paul | 13,338 | · |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,873 | · |
| 16 | Walter | 12,696 | · |
| 17 | Jack | 11,921 | · |
| 18 | Henry | 11,195 | · |
| 19 | Kenneth | 10,355 | ▲ 2 |
| 20 | Arthur | 10,172 | ▼ 1 |
| 21 | Albert | 9,880 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Harry | 9,115 | · |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,766 | · |
| 24 | David | 8,758 | · |
| 25 | Eugene | 8,346 | · |
| 26 | Howard | 7,371 | · |
| 27 | Carl | 7,085 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Louis | 7,043 | ▼ 1 |
| 29 | Clarence | 6,895 | · |
| 30 | Willie | 6,700 | · |
| 31 | Roy | 6,557 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Fred | 6,532 | ▲ 1 |
| 33 | Earl | 6,529 | ▼ 2 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,131 | · |
| 35 | Joe | 6,044 | · |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,775 | · |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,683 | ▲ 1 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,601 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,191 | · |
| 40 | Stanley | 5,186 | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Herbert | 5,121 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Norman | 5,045 | ▲ 2 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,929 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Calvin | 4,918 | ▲ 38 |
| 45 | Samuel | 4,591 | · |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,505 | · |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,403 | · |
| 48 | Melvin | 4,168 | · |
| 49 | Gerald | 4,151 | ▲ 5 |
| 50 | Marvin | 4,024 | ▲ 1 |
| 51 | Leo | 3,990 | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Russell | 3,946 | · |
| 53 | Leroy | 3,922 | ▲ 2 |
| 54 | Michael | 3,874 | ▼ 4 |
| 55 | Edwin | 3,788 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Andrew | 3,744 | ▼ 3 |
| 57 | Elmer | 3,731 | · |
| 58 | Warren | 3,582 | ▼ 15 |
| 59 | Peter | 3,520 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Ray | 3,369 | ▲ 1 |
| 61 | Lloyd | 3,350 | ▼ 2 |
| 62 | Frederick | 3,279 | ▼ 2 |
| 63 | Billy | 3,271 | ▲ 15 |
| 64 | Clifford | 3,250 | ▲ 1 |
| 65 | Theodore | 3,225 | ▼ 3 |
| 66 | Floyd | 3,165 | ▼ 2 |
| 67 | Chester | 3,033 | ▼ 4 |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,008 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Clyde | 3,006 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Herman | 2,954 | ▼ 4 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,921 | ▼ 1 |
| 72 | Lester | 2,780 | ▼ 1 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,759 | · |
| 74 | Wayne | 2,730 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Gordon | 2,714 | ▲ 1 |
| 76 | Leon | 2,677 | ▲ 1 |
| 77 | Lewis | 2,670 | ▼ 3 |
| 78 | Vincent | 2,638 | ▼ 6 |
| 79 | Glenn | 2,586 | ▲ 5 |
| 80 | Charlie | 2,507 | ▼ 1 |
| 81 | Milton | 2,474 | · |
| 82 | Martin | 2,452 | ▼ 2 |
| 83 | Lee | 2,420 | ▲ 2 |
| 84 | Dale | 2,396 | ▲ 6 |
| 85 | Cecil | 2,299 | ▲ 2 |
| 86 | Jesse | 2,292 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Wallace | 2,283 | ▼ 18 |
| 88 | Harvey | 2,242 | ▲ 3 |
| 89 | Benjamin | 2,221 | ▼ 3 |
| 90 | Victor | 2,189 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Sam | 2,123 | ▼ 2 |
| 92 | Bill | 2,067 | ▲ 6 |
| 93 | Roger | 2,054 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Allen | 2,045 | ▲ 3 |
| 95 | Arnold | 2,014 | ▼ 2 |
| 96 | Edgar | 1,878 | ▼ 2 |
| 97 | Willard | 1,834 | ▼ 5 |
| 98 | Roland | 1,822 | ▲ 6 |
| 99 | Oscar | 1,819 | ▼ 3 |
| 100 | Gilbert | 1,797 | ▲ 2 |