Popular Names of 1915

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1915, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Edwin peaked among human males this year, at 53rd.

Table 1. Female names, 1915
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	58,187	125
2	Helen	30,866	462
3	Dorothy	25,154	421
4	Margaret	23,054	112
5	Ruth	21,878	173
6	Mildred	15,254	1,973
7	Anna	15,119	107
8	Elizabeth	14,103	17
9	Frances	12,786	318
10	Evelyn	11,595	8
11	Marie	11,363	618
12	Virginia	10,952	526
13	Alice	10,525	65
14	Florence	10,105	391
15	Lillian	9,546	57
16	Rose	9,375	114
17	Irene	8,323	651
18	Louise	8,313	516
19	Catherine	8,181	314
20	Edna	8,144	2,463

Table 2. Male names, 1915
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	47,576	23
2	William	38,563	9
3	James	33,773	6
4	Robert	28,737	92
5	Joseph	23,051	29
6	George	22,307	126
7	Charles	21,960	48
8	Edward	15,889	224
9	Frank	15,006	514
10	Thomas	11,490	34
11	Walter	11,255	252
12	Harold	10,444	993
13	Paul	10,328	262
14	Henry	10,138	5
15	Richard	9,143	234
16	Raymond	8,981	395
17	Albert	8,825	614
18	Arthur	8,564	87
19	Harry	8,470	775
20	Donald	7,116	690

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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.