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Top Baby Names 1918

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,157,631 · Total Boys: 1,013,480

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	67,365	5.819%
2	Helen	36,148	3.123%
3	Dorothy	32,030	2.767%
4	Margaret	27,139	2.344%
5	Ruth	25,535	2.206%
6	Mildred	17,258	1.491%
7	Virginia	16,421	1.419%
8	Frances	16,131	1.393%
9	Elizabeth	15,853	1.369%
10	Anna	15,666	1.353%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Evelyn	13,493	1.166%
12	Marie	12,589	1.087%
13	Alice	11,590	1.001%
14	Florence	11,318	0.978%
15	Lillian	9,986	0.863%
16	Irene	9,774	0.844%
17	Rose	9,568	0.827%
18	Louise	9,111	0.787%
19	Doris	9,061	0.783%
20	Catherine	8,842	0.764%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Betty	8,803	0.760%
22	Gladys	8,734	0.754%
23	Edna	8,698	0.751%
24	Josephine	8,682	0.750%
25	Martha	8,342	0.721%
26	Eleanor	8,176	0.706%
27	Ruby	8,134	0.703%
28	Ethel	8,075	0.698%
29	Lucille	7,902	0.683%
30	Edith	7,858	0.679%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Grace	7,770	0.671%
32	Thelma	7,740	0.669%
33	Hazel	7,615	0.658%
34	Marjorie	7,517	0.649%
35	Pauline	7,222	0.624%
36	Annie	6,743	0.582%
37	Jean	6,600	0.570%
38	Esther	6,574	0.568%
39	Gertrude	6,264	0.541%
40	Beatrice	5,907	0.510%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Bernice	5,892	0.509%
42	Lois	5,877	0.508%
43	Clara	5,778	0.499%
44	Ann	5,613	0.485%
45	Marion	5,583	0.482%
46	Emma	5,324	0.460%
47	Agnes	5,291	0.457%
48	Julia	5,268	0.455%
49	Elsie	5,194	0.449%
50	Katherine	5,191	0.448%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Bertha	5,051	0.436%
52	Sarah	4,969	0.429%
53	Jane	4,730	0.409%
54	Anne	4,567	0.395%
55	Eva	4,563	0.394%
56	Pearl	4,521	0.391%
57	Ida	4,450	0.384%
58	Rita	4,447	0.384%
59	Viola	4,331	0.374%
60	Barbara	4,224	0.365%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Bessie	4,101	0.354%
62	Myrtle	4,076	0.352%
63	Kathryn	4,068	0.351%
64	Laura	4,062	0.351%
65	Nellie	4,048	0.350%
66	June	4,034	0.348%
67	Stella	3,928	0.339%
68	Vera	3,923	0.339%
69	Lorraine	3,876	0.335%
70	Willie	3,867	0.334%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Sylvia	3,675	0.317%
72	Vivian	3,663	0.316%
73	Alma	3,650	0.315%
74	Mabel	3,636	0.314%
75	Jessie	3,591	0.310%
76	Marian	3,503	0.303%
77	Geraldine	3,446	0.298%
78	Charlotte	3,373	0.291%
79	Leona	3,335	0.288%
80	Phyllis	3,326	0.287%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Genevieve	3,304	0.285%
82	Wilma	3,298	0.285%
83	Violet	3,294	0.285%
84	Ella	3,291	0.284%
85	Juanita	3,260	0.282%
86	Marguerite	3,249	0.281%
87	Maxine	3,216	0.278%
88	Minnie	3,181	0.275%
89	Lillie	3,112	0.269%
90	Lucy	3,108	0.268%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jennie	3,033	0.262%
92	Ellen	3,030	0.262%
93	Lena	2,937	0.254%
94	Opal	2,847	0.246%
95	Mae	2,756	0.238%
96	Blanche	2,739	0.237%
97	Shirley	2,654	0.229%
98	Norma	2,653	0.229%
99	Kathleen	2,629	0.227%
100	Mattie	2,610	0.225%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	56,558	5.581%
2	William	45,291	4.469%
3	James	42,115	4.155%
4	Robert	40,619	4.008%
5	Charles	26,921	2.656%
6	George	26,318	2.597%
7	Joseph	26,261	2.591%
8	Edward	19,489	1.923%
9	Frank	17,018	1.679%
10	Thomas	13,910	1.373%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Walter	13,338	1.316%
12	Richard	12,323	1.216%
13	Harold	12,185	1.202%
14	Paul	11,755	1.160%
15	Raymond	11,604	1.145%
16	Henry	11,354	1.120%
17	Arthur	10,105	0.997%
18	Donald	9,972	0.984%
19	Albert	9,935	0.980%
20	Harry	9,896	0.976%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Jack	8,341	0.823%
22	Ralph	8,162	0.805%
23	Clarence	7,187	0.709%
24	Louis	7,082	0.699%
25	Carl	7,003	0.691%
26	Howard	6,928	0.684%
27	Kenneth	6,809	0.672%
28	David	6,627	0.654%
29	Willie	6,537	0.645%
30	Francis	6,347	0.626%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Earl	6,321	0.624%
32	Roy	6,211	0.613%
33	Fred	6,182	0.610%
34	Joe	5,805	0.573%
35	Eugene	5,631	0.556%
36	Stanley	5,618	0.554%
37	Ernest	5,527	0.545%
38	Lawrence	5,372	0.530%
39	Anthony	5,168	0.510%
40	Herbert	5,128	0.506%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Leonard	4,980	0.491%
42	Alfred	4,873	0.481%
43	Samuel	4,772	0.471%
44	Elmer	4,373	0.431%
45	Michael	4,296	0.424%
46	Andrew	4,138	0.408%
47	Bernard	4,098	0.404%
48	Leo	4,036	0.398%
49	Norman	3,867	0.382%
50	Russell	3,833	0.378%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Lloyd	3,742	0.369%
52	Daniel	3,726	0.368%
53	Peter	3,711	0.366%
54	Chester	3,692	0.364%
55	Edwin	3,487	0.344%
56	Melvin	3,469	0.342%
57	Leroy	3,422	0.338%
58	Woodrow	3,358	0.331%
59	Frederick	3,351	0.331%
60	Clifford	3,299	0.326%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Floyd	3,235	0.319%
62	Lester	3,229	0.319%
63	Victor	3,183	0.314%
64	Theodore	3,143	0.310%
65	Herman	3,041	0.300%
66	Vernon	2,971	0.293%
67	Clyde	2,917	0.288%
68	Marvin	2,829	0.279%
69	Ray	2,763	0.273%
70	Charlie	2,743	0.271%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Philip	2,733	0.270%
72	Gerald	2,712	0.268%
73	Vincent	2,621	0.259%
74	Lewis	2,593	0.256%
75	Sam	2,505	0.247%
76	Milton	2,454	0.242%
77	Leon	2,442	0.241%
78	Jesse	2,433	0.240%
79	Benjamin	2,431	0.240%
80	Alvin	2,409	0.238%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Martin	2,403	0.237%
82	Cecil	2,328	0.230%
83	Willard	2,311	0.228%
84	Glenn	2,253	0.222%
85	Gordon	2,233	0.220%
86	Lee	2,159	0.213%
87	Oscar	2,113	0.208%
88	Harvey	2,111	0.208%
89	Edgar	2,085	0.206%
90	Warren	1,990	0.196%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Wayne	1,912	0.189%
92	Arnold	1,910	0.188%
93	Everett	1,891	0.187%
94	Sidney	1,879	0.185%
95	Claude	1,878	0.185%
96	Stephen	1,843	0.182%
97	Wilbur	1,800	0.178%
98	Allen	1,779	0.176%
99	Virgil	1,707	0.168%
100	Homer	1,680	0.166%

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