The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1919

5,559 different girls’ names were recorded in 1919, covering 1,130,117 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	65,836
2	Helen	33,706
3	Dorothy	31,733
4	Margaret	26,238
5	Ruth	24,562
6	Mildred	17,300
7	Virginia	15,636
8	Elizabeth	15,287
9	Frances	15,106
10	Anna	14,498
11	Evelyn	13,321
12	Marie	12,008
13	Alice	11,141
14	Florence	10,482
15	Betty	10,106
16	Irene	9,712
17	Lillian	9,516
18	Doris	9,433
19	Rose	9,195
20	Louise	8,812
21	Gladys	8,717
22	Edna	8,404
23	Catherine	8,335
24	Ruby	8,334
25	Martha	8,322
26	Josephine	8,104
27	Lucille	7,856
28	Ethel	7,809
29	Edith	7,767
30	Eleanor	7,611
31	Thelma	7,558
32	Hazel	7,430
33	Marjorie	7,335
34	Grace	7,195
35	Annie	7,146
36	Pauline	6,973
37	Jean	6,799
38	Esther	6,248
39	Gertrude	6,014
40	Lois	5,976
41	Beatrice	5,856
42	Bernice	5,793
43	Clara	5,404
44	Marion	5,158
45	Emma	5,087
46	Sarah	5,022
47	Elsie	4,995
48	Julia	4,950
49	Ann	4,924
50	Agnes	4,901
51	Katherine	4,846
52	Bertha	4,754
53	Jane	4,527
54	Rita	4,515
55	Eva	4,484
56	Pearl	4,273
57	Ida	4,163
58	Viola	4,129
59	Bessie	4,106
60	Barbara	4,084
61	Willie	4,051
62	Lorraine	3,976
63	Anne	3,975
64	June	3,963
65	Vera	3,848
66	Kathryn	3,825
67	Myrtle	3,816
68	Geraldine	3,727
69	Nellie	3,726
70	Stella	3,700
71	Laura	3,663
72	Vivian	3,640
73	Juanita	3,636
74	Violet	3,597
75	Jessie	3,530
76	Alma	3,438
77	Sylvia	3,412
78	Mabel	3,405
79	Charlotte	3,353
80	Minnie	3,272
81	Lillie	3,262
82	Marian	3,261
83	Norma	3,199
84	Phyllis	3,189
85	Maxine	3,183
86	Wilma	3,170
87	Ella	3,158
88	Genevieve	3,155
89	Shirley	3,149
90	Leona	3,033
91	Lucy	3,007
92	Ellen	2,929
93	Jennie	2,928
94	Lena	2,872
95	Mattie	2,856
96	Marguerite	2,836
97	Blanche	2,668
98	Opal	2,652
99	Mae	2,634
100	Nancy	2,628
101	Kathleen	2,587
102	Theresa	2,380
103	Eileen	2,346
104	Velma	2,341
105	Emily	2,307
106	Georgia	2,284
107	Geneva	2,262
108	Beulah	2,212
109	Sophie	2,200
110	Rosa	2,189
111	Carrie	2,180
112	Sara	2,171
113	Harriet	2,168
114	Patricia	2,144
115	Audrey	2,114
116	Christine	2,111
117	Inez	2,083
118	Loretta	2,067
119	Eunice	2,061
120	Alberta	2,017
121	Fannie	1,981
122	Cora	1,940
123	Hilda	1,917
124	Dolores	1,911
125	Hattie	1,896
126	Janet	1,864
127	Dora	1,835
128	Wanda	1,824
129	Ada	1,818
130	Jeanne	1,817
131	Verna	1,816
132	Mamie	1,793
132	Muriel	1,793
134	Lula	1,776
135	Jeanette	1,767
136	Elaine	1,688
137	Olga	1,687
138	Maria	1,678
139	Madeline	1,659
140	Naomi	1,632
141	Estelle	1,618
142	Lola	1,617
143	Mable	1,610
144	Roberta	1,552
145	Miriam	1,541
146	Anita	1,504
147	Erma	1,497
148	Daisy	1,496
149	Olive	1,488
149	Rachel	1,488
151	Susie	1,476
152	Lucile	1,447
153	Flora	1,444
154	Victoria	1,429
155	Maggie	1,428
156	Arlene	1,427
157	Sadie	1,412
158	Rosie	1,398
159	Eula	1,390
160	Irma	1,375
161	Nora	1,372
162	Lottie	1,368
163	Bonnie	1,343
164	Winifred	1,332
165	Carolyn	1,330
165	Rosemary	1,330
167	Henrietta	1,301
168	Lorene	1,300
169	Caroline	1,296
170	Rebecca	1,267
171	Marcella	1,266
172	Adeline	1,261
173	Joyce	1,255
174	Joan	1,247
175	Della	1,190
176	Fern	1,181
177	Margie	1,158
178	Nina	1,124
179	Nettie	1,109
180	Antoinette	1,090
181	Amelia	1,085
182	Constance	1,078
183	Katie	1,073
184	Regina	1,068
184	Jeannette	1,068
186	Lydia	1,059
187	Veronica	1,047
188	Eloise	1,030
189	Essie	1,023
190	Cleo	1,013
191	Dorothea	1,001
192	Sally	991
193	Goldie	989
194	May	981
195	Ollie	976
196	Isabel	957
197	Claire	953
198	Laverne	944
199	Angelina	940
200	Carol	932

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1919 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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