Popular Names of 1919

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1919, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Sibyl peaked among human females this year, at 376th.

Table 1. Female names, 1919
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	65,836	125
2	Helen	33,706	462
3	Dorothy	31,733	421
4	Margaret	26,238	112
5	Ruth	24,562	173
6	Mildred	17,300	1,973
7	Virginia	15,636	526
8	Elizabeth	15,287	17
9	Frances	15,106	318
10	Anna	14,498	107
11	Evelyn	13,321	8
12	Marie	12,008	618
13	Alice	11,141	65
14	Florence	10,482	391
15	Betty	10,106	1,113
16	Irene	9,712	651
17	Lillian	9,516	57
18	Doris	9,433	2,909
19	Rose	9,195	114
20	Louise	8,812	516

Table 2. Male names, 1919
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	53,522	23
2	William	43,969	9
3	James	42,392	6
4	Robert	41,025	92
5	Charles	25,192	48
6	George	25,170	126
7	Joseph	24,266	29
8	Edward	18,536	224
9	Frank	15,701	514
10	Thomas	13,434	34
11	Walter	12,879	252
12	Richard	12,441	234
13	Harold	12,021	993
14	Raymond	11,384	395
15	Paul	11,305	262
16	Henry	10,613	5
17	Donald	9,904	690
18	Albert	9,607	614
19	Arthur	9,540	87
20	Harry	8,990	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.