Most Popular Baby Names of 1919

In 1919, Mary (65,836 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and John (53,523 births) the most common boy name.

Top 100 boy names, 1919
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	53,523
2	William	43,970
3	James	42,392
4	Robert	41,025
5	Charles	25,192
6	George	25,170
7	Joseph	24,266
8	Edward	18,536
9	Frank	15,701
10	Thomas	13,434
11	Walter	12,879
12	Richard	12,441
13	Harold	12,021
14	Raymond	11,384
15	Paul	11,305
16	Henry	10,613
17	Donald	9,904
18	Albert	9,607
19	Arthur	9,540
20	Harry	8,990
21	Jack	8,263
22	Ralph	7,709
23	Willie	6,942
24	Howard	6,843
25	Clarence	6,825
26	Kenneth	6,796
27	David	6,716
28	Louis	6,661
29	Carl	6,474
30	Fred	6,091
31	Earl	5,975
32	Roy	5,970
33	Eugene	5,892
34	Francis	5,726
35	Joe	5,709
36	Ernest	5,296
37	Stanley	5,238
38	Lawrence	5,205
39	Leonard	5,010
40	Herbert	4,960
41	Anthony	4,737
42	Alfred	4,615
43	Samuel	4,472
44	Elmer	3,982
45	Bernard	3,915
46	Michael	3,910
47	Andrew	3,851
48	Norman	3,809
49	Leo	3,802
50	Russell	3,645
51	Daniel	3,526
52	Edwin	3,450
53	Chester	3,432
54	Theodore	3,424
55	Leroy	3,422
56	Melvin	3,384
57	Peter	3,375
58	Lloyd	3,238
59	Floyd	3,121
60	Clifford	3,040
61	Herman	3,027
62	Lester	3,020
63	Marvin	2,997
64	Frederick	2,932
65	Vernon	2,929
66	Charlie	2,891
67	Clyde	2,884
68	Victor	2,751
69	Ray	2,722
70	Gerald	2,689
71	Philip	2,531
71	Vincent	2,531
73	Milton	2,448
74	Lewis	2,429
75	Sam	2,384
76	Alvin	2,383
77	Jesse	2,356
78	Cecil	2,300
79	Benjamin	2,279
80	Leon	2,250
81	Martin	2,204
82	Lee	2,189
83	Warren	2,180
84	Glenn	2,153
85	Harvey	2,028
86	Gordon	2,017
87	Willard	2,014
88	Oscar	1,991
89	Edgar	1,986
90	Wayne	1,955
91	Woodrow	1,808
92	Claude	1,772
92	Everett	1,772
94	Arnold	1,767
95	Johnnie	1,716
96	Sidney	1,715
97	Stephen	1,694
98	Wilbur	1,689
99	Eddie	1,660
99	Morris	1,660

Full Boy list for 1919

Top 100 girl names, 1919
Rank	Name	Births
1	Mary	65,836
2	Helen	33,706
3	Dorothy	31,733
4	Margaret	26,238
5	Ruth	24,562
6	Mildred	17,300
7	Virginia	15,636
8	Elizabeth	15,287
9	Frances	15,107
10	Anna	14,498
11	Evelyn	13,321
12	Marie	12,008
13	Alice	11,141
14	Florence	10,482
15	Betty	10,106
16	Irene	9,712
17	Lillian	9,516
18	Doris	9,433
19	Rose	9,195
20	Louise	8,812
21	Gladys	8,717
22	Edna	8,404
23	Catherine	8,335
24	Ruby	8,334
25	Martha	8,322
26	Josephine	8,104
27	Lucille	7,856
28	Ethel	7,809
29	Edith	7,767
30	Eleanor	7,611
31	Thelma	7,558
32	Hazel	7,430
33	Marjorie	7,335
34	Grace	7,195
35	Annie	7,146
36	Pauline	6,973
37	Jean	6,799
38	Esther	6,248
39	Gertrude	6,014
40	Lois	5,976
41	Beatrice	5,856
42	Bernice	5,793
43	Clara	5,404
44	Marion	5,158
45	Emma	5,087
46	Sarah	5,022
47	Elsie	4,995
48	Julia	4,950
49	Ann	4,924
50	Agnes	4,901
51	Katherine	4,846
52	Bertha	4,754
53	Jane	4,527
54	Rita	4,515
55	Eva	4,484
56	Pearl	4,273
57	Ida	4,163
58	Viola	4,129
59	Bessie	4,106
60	Barbara	4,084
61	Willie	4,051
62	Lorraine	3,976
63	Anne	3,975
64	June	3,963
65	Vera	3,848
66	Kathryn	3,825
67	Myrtle	3,816
68	Geraldine	3,727
69	Nellie	3,726
70	Stella	3,700
71	Laura	3,663
72	Vivian	3,640
73	Juanita	3,636
74	Violet	3,597
75	Jessie	3,530
76	Alma	3,438
77	Sylvia	3,412
78	Mabel	3,405
79	Charlotte	3,353
80	Minnie	3,272
81	Lillie	3,262
82	Marian	3,261
83	Norma	3,199
84	Phyllis	3,189
85	Maxine	3,183
86	Wilma	3,170
87	Ella	3,158
88	Genevieve	3,155
89	Shirley	3,149
90	Leona	3,033
91	Lucy	3,007
92	Ellen	2,929
93	Jennie	2,928
94	Lena	2,872
95	Mattie	2,856
96	Marguerite	2,836
97	Blanche	2,668
98	Opal	2,652
99	Mae	2,634
100	Nancy	2,628

Full Girl list for 1919

Biggest movers since 1918

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Billy	645	858	+33%	198 → 154
Jose	871	1,026	+18%	160 → 141
Jimmie	874	1,020	+17%	158 → 142
Eddie	1,423	1,660	+17%	117 → 99
Bill	1,038	1,196	+15%	143 → 130
Nathaniel	661	748	+13%	193 → 174
Johnnie	1,521	1,716	+13%	110 → 95
Isaac	658	737	+12%	194 → 178
Wallace	1,334	1,481	+11%	124 → 107
Elbert	663	735	+11%	191 → 179

Falling boy names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Woodrow	3,358	1,808	-46%	58 → 91
Wilson	1,381	853	-38%	122 → 155
Rudolph	962	802	-17%	149 → 170
Steve	1,523	1,294	-15%	109 → 125
Victor	3,183	2,751	-14%	63 → 68
Lloyd	3,742	3,238	-13%	51 → 58
Willard	2,311	2,014	-13%	83 → 87
Mike	1,287	1,122	-13%	127 → 132
Frederick	3,351	2,932	-13%	59 → 64
Lyle	993	877	-12%	145 → 153

Rising girl names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Patricia	1,760	2,144	+22%	133 → 114
Norma	2,653	3,199	+21%	98 → 83
Shirley	2,654	3,149	+19%	97 → 89
Rosie	1,190	1,398	+17%	174 → 158
Bonnie	1,151	1,343	+17%	178 → 163
Betty	8,803	10,106	+15%	21 → 15
Elaine	1,473	1,688	+15%	152 → 136
Juanita	3,260	3,636	+12%	85 → 73
Constance	971	1,078	+11%	198 → 182
Mattie	2,610	2,856	+9%	100 → 95

Falling girl names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Victoria	1,758	1,429	-19%	134 → 154
Winifred	1,593	1,332	-16%	144 → 164
Anne	4,567	3,975	-13%	54 → 63
Marguerite	3,249	2,836	-13%	86 → 96
Ann	5,613	4,924	-12%	44 → 49
Fern	1,341	1,181	-12%	164 → 176
Caroline	1,458	1,296	-11%	154 → 169
Claire	1,072	953	-11%	186 → 197
Joan	1,384	1,247	-10%	160 → 174
Laura	4,062	3,663	-10%	64 → 71

Top 100 boy names, 1919

Rank

Name

Births

John

53,523

William

43,970

James

42,392

41,025

25,192

25,170

24,266

18,536

15,701

13,434

Walter

12,879

Richard

12,441

Harold

12,021

Raymond

11,384

Paul

11,305

Henry

10,613

Donald

9,904

Albert

9,607

Arthur

9,540

Harry

8,990

Jack

8,263

Ralph

7,709

6,942

6,843

6,825

6,796

6,716

Louis

6,661

Carl

6,474

Fred

6,091

Earl

5,975

Roy

5,970

Eugene

5,892

Francis

5,726

Joe

5,709

Ernest

5,296

Stanley

5,238

Lawrence

5,205

Leonard

5,010

Herbert

4,960

Anthony

4,737

Alfred

4,615

Samuel

4,472

Elmer

3,982

Bernard

3,915

Michael

3,910

Andrew

3,851

Norman

3,809

Leo

3,802

Russell

3,645

Daniel

3,526

Edwin

3,450

Chester

3,432

Theodore

3,424

Leroy

3,422

Melvin

3,384

Peter

3,375

Lloyd

3,238

Floyd

3,121

Clifford

3,040

Herman

3,027

Lester

3,020

Marvin

2,997

Frederick

2,932

Vernon

2,929

Charlie

2,891

Clyde

2,884

Victor

2,751

Ray

2,722

2,689

2,531

2,531

2,448

Lewis

2,429

Sam

2,384

Alvin

2,383

Jesse

2,356

2,300

2,279

2,250

2,204

Lee

2,189

Warren

2,180

Glenn

2,153

Harvey

2,028

Gordon

2,017

Willard

2,014

Oscar

1,991

Edgar

1,986

Wayne

1,955

Woodrow

1,808

Claude

1,772

Everett

1,772

Arnold

1,767

Johnnie

1,716

Sidney

1,715

Stephen

1,694

Wilbur

1,689

Eddie

1,660

Morris

1,660

Top 100 girl names, 1919

Rank

Name

Births

Mary

65,836

Helen

33,706

Dorothy

31,733

Margaret

26,238

Ruth

24,562

Mildred

17,300

Virginia

15,636

Elizabeth

15,287

Frances

15,107

Anna

14,498

Evelyn

13,321

Marie

12,008

Alice

11,141

10,482

10,106

9,712

9,516

Doris

9,433

Rose

9,195

Louise

8,812

Gladys

8,717

Edna

8,404

Catherine

8,335

Ruby

8,334

Martha

8,322

Josephine

8,104

Lucille

7,856

Ethel

7,809

Edith

7,767

Eleanor

7,611

Thelma

7,558

Hazel

7,430

Marjorie

7,335

Grace

7,195

Annie

7,146

Pauline

6,973

Jean

6,799

Esther

6,248

Gertrude

6,014

Lois

5,976

Beatrice

5,856

Bernice

5,793

Clara

5,404

Marion

5,158

Emma

5,087

Sarah

5,022

Elsie

4,995

Julia

4,950

Ann

4,924

Agnes

4,901

Katherine

4,846

Bertha

4,754

Jane

4,527

Rita

4,515

Eva

4,484

Pearl

4,273

Ida

4,163

Viola

4,129

Bessie

4,106

Barbara

4,084

Willie

4,051

Lorraine

3,976

Anne

3,975

June

3,963

Vera

3,848

Kathryn

3,825

Myrtle

3,816

Geraldine

3,727

Nellie

3,726

Stella

3,700

Laura

3,663

Vivian

3,640

Juanita

3,636

Violet

3,597

Jessie

3,530

3,438

3,412

3,405

3,353

Minnie

3,272

Lillie

3,262

Marian

3,261

Norma

3,199

Phyllis

3,189

Maxine

3,183

Wilma

3,170

Ella

3,158

Genevieve

3,155

Shirley

3,149

Leona

3,033

Lucy

3,007

Ellen

2,929

Jennie

2,928

Lena

2,872

Mattie

2,856

Marguerite

2,836

Blanche

2,668

Opal

2,652

Mae

2,634

100

Nancy

2,628

Biggest movers since 1918

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Billy	645	858	+33%	198 → 154
Jose	871	1,026	+18%	160 → 141
Jimmie	874	1,020	+17%	158 → 142
Eddie	1,423	1,660	+17%	117 → 99
Bill	1,038	1,196	+15%	143 → 130
Nathaniel	661	748	+13%	193 → 174
Johnnie	1,521	1,716	+13%	110 → 95
Isaac	658	737	+12%	194 → 178
Wallace	1,334	1,481	+11%	124 → 107
Elbert	663	735	+11%	191 → 179

Falling boy names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Woodrow	3,358	1,808	-46%	58 → 91
Wilson	1,381	853	-38%	122 → 155
Rudolph	962	802	-17%	149 → 170
Steve	1,523	1,294	-15%	109 → 125
Victor	3,183	2,751	-14%	63 → 68
Lloyd	3,742	3,238	-13%	51 → 58
Willard	2,311	2,014	-13%	83 → 87
Mike	1,287	1,122	-13%	127 → 132
Frederick	3,351	2,932	-13%	59 → 64
Lyle	993	877	-12%	145 → 153

Rising girl names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Patricia	1,760	2,144	+22%	133 → 114
Norma	2,653	3,199	+21%	98 → 83
Shirley	2,654	3,149	+19%	97 → 89
Rosie	1,190	1,398	+17%	174 → 158
Bonnie	1,151	1,343	+17%	178 → 163
Betty	8,803	10,106	+15%	21 → 15
Elaine	1,473	1,688	+15%	152 → 136
Juanita	3,260	3,636	+12%	85 → 73
Constance	971	1,078	+11%	198 → 182
Mattie	2,610	2,856	+9%	100 → 95

Falling girl names, 1918 to 1919
Name	Births 1918	Births 1919	Change	Rank 1918 → 1919
Victoria	1,758	1,429	-19%	134 → 154
Winifred	1,593	1,332	-16%	144 → 164
Anne	4,567	3,975	-13%	54 → 63
Marguerite	3,249	2,836	-13%	86 → 96
Ann	5,613	4,924	-12%	44 → 49
Fern	1,341	1,181	-12%	164 → 176
Caroline	1,458	1,296	-11%	154 → 169
Claire	1,072	953	-11%	186 → 197
Joan	1,384	1,247	-10%	160 → 174
Laura	4,062	3,663	-10%	64 → 71

Top 100 boy names of 1919

Top 100 girl names of 1919

Biggest movers since 1918

Top 100 boy names of 1919

Top 100 girl names of 1919

Biggest movers since 1918