Top Baby Names of 1920
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1920, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1920)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 56,913 |
| 2 | William | 50,146 |
| 3 | Robert | 48,679 |
| 4 | James | 47,908 |
| 5 | Charles | 28,309 |
| 6 | George | 26,891 |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,587 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,097 |
| 9 | Frank | 16,430 |
| 10 | Richard | 15,010 |
| 11 | Thomas | 14,936 |
| 12 | Harold | 13,678 |
| 13 | Walter | 13,294 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,570 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,193 |
| 16 | Donald | 11,941 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,305 |
| 18 | Arthur | 10,236 |
| 19 | Albert | 9,997 |
| 20 | Jack | 9,599 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,406 |
| 22 | Ralph | 8,556 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 7,840 |
| 24 | Howard | 7,466 |
| 25 | David | 7,444 |
| 26 | Clarence | 7,221 |
| 27 | Carl | 7,010 |
| 28 | Louis | 6,966 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,887 |
| 30 | Eugene | 6,867 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,533 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,355 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,298 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,241 |
| 35 | Joe | 6,071 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,727 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,566 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,511 |
| 39 | Warren | 5,492 |
| 40 | Stanley | 5,314 |
| 41 | Herbert | 5,249 |
| 42 | Alfred | 5,006 |
| 43 | Anthony | 4,944 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,654 |
| 45 | Elmer | 4,206 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,163 |
| 47 | Norman | 4,109 |
| 48 | Leo | 4,054 |
| 49 | Andrew | 4,026 |
| 50 | Michael | 4,003 |
| 51 | Russell | 3,901 |
| 52 | Daniel | 3,897 |
| 53 | Edwin | 3,734 |
| 54 | Melvin | 3,717 |
| 55 | Chester | 3,698 |
| 56 | Leroy | 3,549 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,497 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,454 |
| 59 | Clifford | 3,291 |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,275 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,260 |
| 62 | Marvin | 3,244 |
| 63 | Theodore | 3,219 |
| 64 | Gerald | 3,157 |
| 65 | Vernon | 3,144 |
| 66 | Herman | 3,109 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,086 |
| 68 | Clyde | 3,069 |
| 69 | Lester | 3,068 |
| 70 | Charlie | 2,785 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,700 |
| 72 | Lewis | 2,688 |
| 73 | Vincent | 2,661 |
| 74 | Milton | 2,592 |
| 75 | Leon | 2,554 |
| 76 | Alvin | 2,523 |
| 77 | Cecil | 2,459 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,439 |
| 79 | Jesse | 2,420 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,375 |
| 81 | Victor | 2,349 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,321 |
| 83 | Benjamin | 2,309 |
| 84 | Sam | 2,283 |
| 85 | Gordon | 2,277 |
| 86 | Wayne | 2,180 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,165 |
| 88 | Willard | 2,089 |
| 89 | Edgar | 2,029 |
| 90 | Oscar | 2,006 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,911 |
| 92 | Claude | 1,893 |
| 93 | Wallace | 1,877 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,866 |
| 95 | Everett | 1,827 |
| 96 | Stephen | 1,771 |
| 97 | Gilbert | 1,763 |
| 98 | Wilbur | 1,741 |
| 99 | Johnnie | 1,727 |
| 100 | Homer | 1,722 |