Top Baby Names of 1921
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1921, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1921)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 58,215 |
| 2 | Robert | 52,779 |
| 3 | William | 51,862 |
| 4 | James | 49,750 |
| 5 | Charles | 29,242 |
| 6 | George | 27,476 |
| 7 | Joseph | 26,182 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,817 |
| 9 | Frank | 16,705 |
| 10 | Richard | 16,376 |
| 11 | Thomas | 15,308 |
| 12 | Harold | 13,811 |
| 13 | Donald | 13,776 |
| 14 | Paul | 13,169 |
| 15 | Walter | 13,004 |
| 16 | Raymond | 12,645 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,411 |
| 18 | Jack | 10,757 |
| 19 | Arthur | 10,527 |
| 20 | Albert | 10,158 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,731 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 8,959 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,860 |
| 24 | Warren | 7,798 |
| 25 | David | 7,765 |
| 26 | Eugene | 7,717 |
| 27 | Howard | 7,713 |
| 28 | Clarence | 7,332 |
| 29 | Louis | 7,247 |
| 30 | Carl | 7,077 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,754 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,545 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,496 |
| 34 | Willie | 6,491 |
| 35 | Francis | 6,293 |
| 36 | Joe | 6,204 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,977 |
| 38 | Ernest | 5,697 |
| 39 | Leonard | 5,650 |
| 40 | Anthony | 5,239 |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,231 |
| 42 | Herbert | 5,217 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,925 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,754 |
| 45 | Bernard | 4,485 |
| 46 | Norman | 4,479 |
| 47 | Michael | 4,198 |
| 48 | Elmer | 4,146 |
| 49 | Daniel | 4,087 |
| 50 | Leo | 4,066 |
| 51 | Andrew | 4,015 |
| 52 | Russell | 3,946 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,887 |
| 54 | Edwin | 3,750 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,749 |
| 56 | Chester | 3,549 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,548 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,536 |
| 59 | Marvin | 3,490 |
| 60 | Gerald | 3,382 |
| 61 | Frederick | 3,376 |
| 62 | Clifford | 3,262 |
| 63 | Floyd | 3,255 |
| 64 | Herman | 3,219 |
| 65 | Theodore | 3,172 |
| 66 | Lester | 3,076 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,075 |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,069 |
| 69 | Clyde | 3,022 |
| 70 | Vincent | 2,779 |
| 71 | Lewis | 2,712 |
| 72 | Philip | 2,703 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,687 |
| 74 | Leon | 2,616 |
| 75 | Milton | 2,588 |
| 76 | Charlie | 2,574 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,486 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,461 |
| 79 | Cecil | 2,456 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,449 |
| 81 | Wayne | 2,417 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 2,412 |
| 83 | Victor | 2,407 |
| 84 | Gordon | 2,382 |
| 85 | Sam | 2,367 |
| 86 | Lee | 2,354 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,287 |
| 88 | Wallace | 2,095 |
| 89 | Willard | 2,077 |
| 90 | Edgar | 2,014 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,982 |
| 92 | Oscar | 1,978 |
| 93 | Dale | 1,956 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,937 |
| 95 | Everett | 1,913 |
| 96 | Claude | 1,887 |
| 97 | Stephen | 1,868 |
| 98 | Virgil | 1,830 |
| 99 | Roger | 1,803 |
| 100 | Wilbur | 1,755 |