Top 100 baby girl names in the USA during year 1921

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
11Mary73,983
22Dorothy39,083
33Helen34,819
44Margaret28,466
55Ruth25,783
66Virginia19,030
77Mildred17,883
88Betty17,637
99Frances15,995
1010Elizabeth15,800
1111Anna14,475
1212Evelyn14,279
1313Doris13,152
1414Marie12,501
1515Alice11,956
1616Marjorie11,208
1717Florence10,719
1818Irene10,623
1919Lillian9,769
2020Rose9,351
2121Martha9,264
2222Louise9,181
2323Catherine8,888
2424Gladys8,813
2525Jean8,593
2626Ruby8,333
2727Edna8,303
2828Josephine8,132
2929Eleanor8,053
3030Thelma7,838
3131Lucille7,698
3232Ethel7,604
3333Edith7,588
3434Hazel7,340
3535Grace7,229
3636Annie7,208
3737Pauline7,140
3838Lois6,899
3939Bernice6,190
4040Barbara6,015
4141Beatrice5,968
4242Esther5,926
4343Marion5,813
4444Shirley5,695
4545Clara5,606
4646Gertrude5,348
4747Jane5,186
4848Rita5,157
4949Katherine5,156
5050June5,155
5151Norma5,102
5252Emma5,073
5353Ann5,058
5454Sarah5,023
5555Elsie4,879
5656Agnes4,797
5757Juanita4,779
5858Julia4,737
5959Bertha4,608
6060Phyllis4,591
6161Lorraine4,532
6262Geraldine4,522
6363Eva4,327
6464Kathryn4,201
6565Pearl4,175
6666Viola4,158
6767Ida4,146
6868Vivian4,102
6969Marian4,064
7070Anne4,006
7171Laura3,998
7272Wilma3,821
7373Myrtle3,791
7474Willie3,747
7575Bessie3,677
7676Maxine3,631
7777Vera3,631
7878Alma3,589
7979Charlotte3,587
8080Nellie3,512
8181Violet3,469
8282Audrey3,434
8383Kathleen3,420
8484Patricia3,382
8585Mabel3,337
8686Stella3,336
8787Nancy3,323
8888Sylvia3,296
8989Ella3,237
9090Genevieve3,234
9191Jessie3,226
9292Leona3,210
9393Lucy3,157
9494Lillie3,118
9595Ellen3,065
9696Minnie2,998
9797Elaine2,921
9898Marguerite2,897
9999Jennie2,888
100100Eileen2,862

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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