Most Popular Baby Names of 1922

In 1922, Mary (72,176 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and John (57,281 births) the most common boy name.

Top 100 boy names, 1922
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	57,281
2	Robert	53,796
3	William	51,112
4	James	49,803
5	Charles	28,839
6	George	27,350
7	Joseph	25,699
8	Edward	20,419
9	Richard	17,537
10	Frank	16,013
11	Thomas	15,261
12	Donald	14,913
13	Harold	13,593
14	Paul	12,922
15	Walter	12,631
16	Raymond	12,129
17	Henry	11,207
18	Jack	10,847
19	Arthur	10,114
20	Albert	9,896
21	Kenneth	9,258
22	Harry	9,077
23	Ralph	8,484
24	David	7,865
25	Eugene	7,849
26	Howard	7,296
27	Louis	7,095
28	Willie	6,904
29	Clarence	6,861
30	Carl	6,690
31	Earl	6,461
32	Roy	6,458
33	Fred	6,245
34	Francis	6,147
35	Joe	6,089
36	Lawrence	5,786
37	Ernest	5,503
38	Leonard	5,407
39	Anthony	5,091
40	Herbert	5,047
41	Stanley	5,045
42	Alfred	4,833
43	Samuel	4,600
44	Norman	4,527
45	Warren	4,484
46	Bernard	4,409
47	Daniel	4,285
48	Michael	3,990
49	Russell	3,965
50	Melvin	3,908
51	Leo	3,901
52	Edwin	3,827
53	Andrew	3,803
54	Elmer	3,738
55	Leroy	3,671
56	Marvin	3,580
57	Peter	3,545
58	Gerald	3,541
59	Lloyd	3,364
60	Frederick	3,353
61	Floyd	3,221
62	Theodore	3,216
63	Clifford	3,157
64	Chester	3,133
65	Ray	3,051
66	Herman	3,014
67	Clyde	3,007
68	Vernon	3,003
69	Lester	2,951
70	Philip	2,769
71	Vincent	2,710
72	Charlie	2,655
73	Alvin	2,598
74	Milton	2,556
75	Lewis	2,555
76	Gordon	2,527
77	Leon	2,521
78	Wayne	2,476
79	Glenn	2,425
80	Martin	2,403
81	Jesse	2,395
82	Benjamin	2,378
83	Lee	2,371
84	Sam	2,349
85	Cecil	2,336
86	Victor	2,322
87	Wallace	2,210
88	Harvey	2,207
89	Dale	2,041
90	Billy	2,029
91	Willard	2,017
92	Oscar	2,007
93	Edgar	1,923
94	Arnold	1,892
95	Allen	1,887
96	Roger	1,848
97	Claude	1,806
98	Everett	1,798
99	Virgil	1,790
100	Gilbert	1,748

Full Boy list for 1922

Top 100 girl names, 1922
Rank	Name	Births
1	Mary	72,176
2	Dorothy	37,716
3	Helen	32,510
4	Margaret	26,862
5	Ruth	23,633
6	Betty	20,894
7	Virginia	19,144
8	Mildred	16,412
9	Elizabeth	15,243
10	Frances	15,054
11	Doris	13,798
12	Anna	13,408
13	Evelyn	13,319
14	Marie	11,912
15	Alice	11,277
16	Marjorie	10,385
17	Irene	10,173
18	Florence	10,036
19	Lillian	9,430
20	Jean	9,109
21	Martha	9,021
22	Louise	8,886
23	Rose	8,791
24	Catherine	8,537
25	Gladys	8,042
26	Ruby	8,003
27	Josephine	7,864
28	Eleanor	7,852
29	Edna	7,622
30	Annie	7,476
31	Thelma	7,254
32	Ethel	7,246
33	Lucille	7,151
34	Edith	7,136
35	Lois	6,946
36	Pauline	6,811
37	Hazel	6,757
38	Grace	6,743
39	Shirley	6,407
40	Barbara	6,272
41	Bernice	5,912
42	Marion	5,667
43	Beatrice	5,476
44	Esther	5,474
45	June	5,382
46	Norma	5,238
47	Clara	5,126
48	Gertrude	5,082
49	Ann	5,054
50	Emma	5,013
51	Sarah	4,982
52	Rita	4,976
53	Phyllis	4,935
54	Katherine	4,827
55	Jane	4,805
56	Lorraine	4,668
57	Juanita	4,643
58	Geraldine	4,641
59	Elsie	4,618
60	Julia	4,616
61	Gloria	4,496
62	Agnes	4,480
63	Bertha	4,419
64	Eva	4,192
65	Ida	3,987
66	Anne	3,974
67	Marian	3,951
68	Laura	3,902
68	Patricia	3,902
70	Willie	3,885
71	Pearl	3,848
72	Viola	3,793
73	Kathryn	3,792
74	Vivian	3,733
75	Myrtle	3,649
76	Charlotte	3,582
77	Wilma	3,535
78	Nancy	3,518
79	Vera	3,510
80	Kathleen	3,466
81	Bessie	3,447
82	Maxine	3,444
83	Nellie	3,274
84	Alma	3,233
85	Lillie	3,200
86	Violet	3,194
87	Jessie	3,182
88	Stella	3,166
89	Audrey	3,164
90	Ella	3,150
91	Minnie	3,115
92	Wanda	2,986
93	Lucy	2,977
94	Sylvia	2,961
95	Ellen	2,953
96	Eileen	2,939
97	Jeanne	2,917
98	Genevieve	2,897
99	Mabel	2,894
100	Margie	2,854

Full Girl list for 1922

Biggest movers since 1921

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

Rising boy names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Billy	1,622	2,029	+25%	109 → 90
Gene	873	1,089	+25%	169 → 143
Rudolph	960	1,145	+19%	157 → 138
Bennie	775	915	+18%	181 → 166
Junior	877	1,024	+17%	167 → 149
Bill	1,482	1,675	+13%	121 → 104
Dan	717	806	+12%	192 → 174
Dean	876	983	+12%	168 → 158
Donald	13,776	14,913	+8%	13 → 12
Alton	688	741	+8%	200 → 187

Falling boy names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Warren	7,798	4,484	-42%	24 → 45
Mike	1,080	931	-14%	145 → 163
Chester	3,549	3,133	-12%	56 → 64
Leland	866	767	-11%	171 → 183
Alexander	1,533	1,359	-11%	116 → 125
Orville	1,149	1,022	-11%	137 → 151
Antonio	745	665	-11%	188 → 200
Elmer	4,146	3,738	-10%	48 → 54
Ira	878	792	-10%	166 → 176
Irvin	789	718	-9%	179 → 192

Rising girl names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Gloria	2,731	4,496	+65%	102 → 61
Peggy	1,066	1,304	+22%	195 → 171
Beverly	1,160	1,411	+22%	186 → 163
Donna	1,111	1,349	+21%	189 → 166
Betty	17,638	20,894	+18%	8 → 6
Patricia	3,380	3,902	+15%	84 → 68
Bonnie	1,609	1,824	+13%	151 → 137
Jeanne	2,590	2,917	+13%	109 → 97
Bette	1,316	1,482	+13%	169 → 160
Shirley	5,695	6,407	+13%	44 → 39

Falling girl names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Olive	1,567	1,323	-16%	154 → 169
Irma	1,376	1,167	-15%	165 → 184
Sophie	1,865	1,582	-15%	136 → 153
Mabel	3,336	2,894	-13%	85 → 99
Adeline	1,246	1,085	-13%	177 → 193
Leona	3,210	2,825	-12%	92 → 101
Eloise	1,379	1,222	-11%	164 → 179
Caroline	1,425	1,269	-11%	162 → 176
Dora	2,026	1,807	-11%	130 → 138
Genevieve	3,235	2,897	-10%	90 → 98

Top 100 boy names, 1922

Rank

Name

Births

John

57,281

Robert

53,796

William

51,112

James

49,803

28,839

27,350

25,699

20,419

Richard

17,537

Frank

16,013

Thomas

15,261

Donald

14,913

Harold

13,593

Paul

12,922

Walter

12,631

Raymond

12,129

Henry

11,207

Jack

10,847

Arthur

10,114

Albert

9,896

Kenneth

9,258

Harry

9,077

Ralph

8,484

David

7,865

Eugene

7,849

Howard

7,296

Louis

7,095

Willie

6,904

Clarence

6,861

Carl

6,690

Earl

6,461

Roy

6,458

Fred

6,245

Francis

6,147

Joe

6,089

Lawrence

5,786

Ernest

5,503

Leonard

5,407

Anthony

5,091

Herbert

5,047

Stanley

5,045

Alfred

4,833

Samuel

4,600

Norman

4,527

Warren

4,484

Bernard

4,409

Daniel

4,285

Michael

3,990

Russell

3,965

Melvin

3,908

Leo

3,901

Edwin

3,827

Andrew

3,803

Elmer

3,738

Leroy

3,671

3,580

3,545

3,541

3,364

Frederick

3,353

Floyd

3,221

Theodore

3,216

Clifford

3,157

Chester

3,133

Ray

3,051

Herman

3,014

Clyde

3,007

Vernon

3,003

Lester

2,951

2,769

2,710

2,655

2,598

2,556

Lewis

2,555

Gordon

2,527

Leon

2,521

Wayne

2,476

Glenn

2,425

Martin

2,403

Jesse

2,395

Benjamin

2,378

Lee

2,371

2,349

2,336

2,322

2,210

2,207

Dale

2,041

Billy

2,029

Willard

2,017

Oscar

2,007

Edgar

1,923

Arnold

1,892

Allen

1,887

Roger

1,848

Claude

1,806

Everett

1,798

Virgil

1,790

100

Gilbert

1,748

Top 100 girl names, 1922

Rank

Name

Births

Mary

72,176

Dorothy

37,716

Helen

32,510

Margaret

26,862

Ruth

23,633

Betty

20,894

Virginia

19,144

Mildred

16,412

Elizabeth

15,243

Frances

15,054

Doris

13,798

Anna

13,408

Evelyn

13,319

Marie

11,912

Alice

11,277

Marjorie

10,385

Irene

10,173

Florence

10,036

Lillian

9,430

Jean

9,109

Martha

9,021

Louise

8,886

Rose

8,791

Catherine

8,537

Gladys

8,042

Ruby

8,003

Josephine

7,864

Eleanor

7,852

Edna

7,622

Annie

7,476

Thelma

7,254

Ethel

7,246

Lucille

7,151

Edith

7,136

Lois

6,946

Pauline

6,811

Hazel

6,757

Grace

6,743

Shirley

6,407

Barbara

6,272

Bernice

5,912

Marion

5,667

Beatrice

5,476

Esther

5,474

June

5,382

Norma

5,238

Clara

5,126

Gertrude

5,082

Ann

5,054

Emma

5,013

Sarah

4,982

Rita

4,976

Phyllis

4,935

Katherine

4,827

Jane

4,805

Lorraine

4,668

Juanita

4,643

Geraldine

4,641

Elsie

4,618

Julia

4,616

Gloria

4,496

Agnes

4,480

Bertha

4,419

Eva

4,192

Ida

3,987

Anne

3,974

Marian

3,951

Laura

3,902

Patricia

3,902

Willie

3,885

Pearl

3,848

Viola

3,793

Kathryn

3,792

Vivian

3,733

Myrtle

3,649

Charlotte

3,582

Wilma

3,535

Nancy

3,518

Vera

3,510

Kathleen

3,466

Bessie

3,447

Maxine

3,444

Nellie

3,274

Alma

3,233

Lillie

3,200

Violet

3,194

Jessie

3,182

Stella

3,166

Audrey

3,164

Ella

3,150

Minnie

3,115

Wanda

2,986

Lucy

2,977

Sylvia

2,961

Ellen

2,953

Eileen

2,939

Jeanne

2,917

Genevieve

2,897

Mabel

2,894

100

Margie

2,854

Biggest movers since 1921

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

Rising boy names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Billy	1,622	2,029	+25%	109 → 90
Gene	873	1,089	+25%	169 → 143
Rudolph	960	1,145	+19%	157 → 138
Bennie	775	915	+18%	181 → 166
Junior	877	1,024	+17%	167 → 149
Bill	1,482	1,675	+13%	121 → 104
Dan	717	806	+12%	192 → 174
Dean	876	983	+12%	168 → 158
Donald	13,776	14,913	+8%	13 → 12
Alton	688	741	+8%	200 → 187

Falling boy names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Warren	7,798	4,484	-42%	24 → 45
Mike	1,080	931	-14%	145 → 163
Chester	3,549	3,133	-12%	56 → 64
Leland	866	767	-11%	171 → 183
Alexander	1,533	1,359	-11%	116 → 125
Orville	1,149	1,022	-11%	137 → 151
Antonio	745	665	-11%	188 → 200
Elmer	4,146	3,738	-10%	48 → 54
Ira	878	792	-10%	166 → 176
Irvin	789	718	-9%	179 → 192

Rising girl names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Gloria	2,731	4,496	+65%	102 → 61
Peggy	1,066	1,304	+22%	195 → 171
Beverly	1,160	1,411	+22%	186 → 163
Donna	1,111	1,349	+21%	189 → 166
Betty	17,638	20,894	+18%	8 → 6
Patricia	3,380	3,902	+15%	84 → 68
Bonnie	1,609	1,824	+13%	151 → 137
Jeanne	2,590	2,917	+13%	109 → 97
Bette	1,316	1,482	+13%	169 → 160
Shirley	5,695	6,407	+13%	44 → 39

Falling girl names, 1921 to 1922
Name	Births 1921	Births 1922	Change	Rank 1921 → 1922
Olive	1,567	1,323	-16%	154 → 169
Irma	1,376	1,167	-15%	165 → 184
Sophie	1,865	1,582	-15%	136 → 153
Mabel	3,336	2,894	-13%	85 → 99
Adeline	1,246	1,085	-13%	177 → 193
Leona	3,210	2,825	-12%	92 → 101
Eloise	1,379	1,222	-11%	164 → 179
Caroline	1,425	1,269	-11%	162 → 176
Dora	2,026	1,807	-11%	130 → 138
Genevieve	3,235	2,897	-10%	90 → 98

Top 100 boy names of 1922

Top 100 girl names of 1922

Biggest movers since 1921

Top 100 boy names of 1922

Top 100 girl names of 1922

Biggest movers since 1921