Popular Names of 1918

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1918, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1918
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	67,365	125
2	Helen	36,148	462
3	Dorothy	32,030	421
4	Margaret	27,139	112
5	Ruth	25,535	173
6	Mildred	17,258	1,973
7	Virginia	16,421	526
8	Frances	16,132	318
9	Elizabeth	15,853	17
10	Anna	15,666	107
11	Evelyn	13,493	8
12	Marie	12,589	618
13	Alice	11,590	65
14	Florence	11,318	391
15	Lillian	9,986	57
16	Irene	9,774	651
17	Rose	9,568	114
18	Louise	9,111	516
19	Doris	9,061	2,909
20	Catherine	8,842	314

Table 2. Male names, 1918
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	56,558	23
2	William	45,291	9
3	James	42,115	6
4	Robert	40,619	92
5	Charles	26,921	48
6	George	26,318	126
7	Joseph	26,261	29
8	Edward	19,489	224
9	Frank	17,018	514
10	Thomas	13,910	34
11	Walter	13,338	252
12	Richard	12,323	234
13	Harold	12,185	993
14	Paul	11,755	262
15	Raymond	11,604	395
16	Henry	11,354	5
17	Arthur	10,105	87
18	Donald	9,972	690
19	Albert	9,935	614
20	Harry	9,896	775

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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.