Popular Names of 1913

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1913, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Mildred peaked among human females this year, at 6th.

Table 1. Female names, 1913
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	36,642	125
2	Helen	18,888	462
3	Dorothy	14,674	421
4	Margaret	14,486	112
5	Ruth	12,609	173
6	Mildred	9,921	1,973
7	Anna	9,687	107
8	Elizabeth	9,505	17
9	Frances	7,694	318
10	Marie	7,353	618
11	Alice	6,934	65
12	Evelyn	6,683	8
13	Florence	6,279	391
14	Rose	6,171	114
15	Virginia	6,036	526
16	Lillian	6,015	57
17	Louise	5,577	516
18	Edna	5,558	2,463
19	Gladys	5,428	3,224
20	Ethel	5,369	4,211

Table 2. Male names, 1913
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	29,329	23
2	William	23,538	9
3	James	20,832	6
4	Robert	15,684	92
5	Joseph	14,471	29
6	George	13,874	126
7	Charles	13,191	48
8	Edward	9,474	224
9	Frank	9,237	514
10	Thomas	7,096	34
11	Walter	6,890	252
12	Henry	6,391	5
13	Harold	6,157	993
14	Paul	5,966	262
15	Harry	5,458	775
16	Albert	5,449	614
17	Arthur	5,422	87
18	Raymond	5,310	395
19	Richard	5,107	234
20	Louis	4,258	249

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.