Popular Names of 1922

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1922, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1922
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	72,177	125
2	Dorothy	37,716	421
3	Helen	32,510	462
4	Margaret	26,862	112
5	Ruth	23,633	173
6	Betty	20,895	1,113
7	Virginia	19,144	526
8	Mildred	16,412	1,973
9	Elizabeth	15,244	17
10	Frances	15,054	318
11	Doris	13,798	2,909
12	Anna	13,408	107
13	Evelyn	13,320	8
14	Marie	11,912	618
15	Alice	11,277	65
16	Marjorie	10,385	1,019
17	Irene	10,173	651
18	Florence	10,036	391
19	Lillian	9,430	57
20	Jean	9,109	2,130

Table 2. Male names, 1922
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	57,280	23
2	Robert	53,796	92
3	William	51,111	9
4	James	49,802	6
5	Charles	28,839	48
6	George	27,350	126
7	Joseph	25,699	29
8	Edward	20,419	224
9	Richard	17,537	234
10	Frank	16,013	514
11	Thomas	15,261	34
12	Donald	14,913	690
13	Harold	13,593	993
14	Paul	12,922	262
15	Walter	12,631	252
16	Raymond	12,129	395
17	Henry	11,207	5
18	Jack	10,847	15
19	Arthur	10,114	87
20	Albert	9,896	614

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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.