The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1925

5,771 different girls’ names were recorded in 1925, covering 1,217,384 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	70,586
2	Dorothy	38,570
3	Betty	32,812
4	Helen	29,173
5	Margaret	24,463
6	Ruth	22,247
7	Virginia	17,490
8	Doris	16,075
9	Mildred	14,453
10	Elizabeth	13,936
11	Frances	13,824
12	Evelyn	12,505
13	Anna	12,250
14	Jean	11,598
15	Alice	11,576
16	Marie	10,930
17	Shirley	10,513
18	Lois	9,573
19	Irene	9,440
20	Gloria	9,381
21	Marjorie	9,306
22	Barbara	9,155
23	Martha	8,762
24	Florence	8,585
25	Lillian	8,351
26	Rose	8,280
27	Louise	8,275
28	Patricia	8,096
29	Catherine	7,867
30	Ruby	7,843
31	Eleanor	7,724
32	Annie	7,350
33	Gladys	7,231
34	Norma	6,941
35	Thelma	6,823
36	Josephine	6,810
37	Edna	6,781
38	Pauline	6,728
39	June	6,649
40	Phyllis	6,486
41	Lucille	6,397
42	Edith	6,275
43	Ethel	6,176
44	Grace	5,983
45	Hazel	5,778
46	Bernice	5,728
47	Marion	5,577
48	Rita	5,323
49	Juanita	5,232
50	Beatrice	4,992
51	Lorraine	4,983
52	Ann	4,935
53	Jane	4,881
54	Geraldine	4,838
55	Clara	4,776
56	Esther	4,726
57	Emma	4,714
58	Sarah	4,685
59	Joyce	4,364
60	Nancy	4,325
61	Katherine	4,240
62	Wilma	4,175
63	Elsie	4,146
64	Dolores	4,145
65	Julia	4,047
66	Joan	4,030
67	Marian	3,979
68	Willie	3,947
69	Agnes	3,911
70	Gertrude	3,892
71	Eva	3,855
72	Wanda	3,803
73	Elaine	3,776
74	Bertha	3,772
75	Laura	3,588
76	Vivian	3,576
77	Charlotte	3,551
78	Audrey	3,543
79	Maxine	3,538
80	Theresa	3,515
81	Kathleen	3,503
82	Ida	3,489
83	Marilyn	3,419
84	Viola	3,336
85	Anne	3,320
86	Vera	3,280
87	Bessie	3,266
88	Kathryn	3,262
89	Jeanne	3,225
90	Pearl	3,213
91	Lillie	3,119
92	Violet	3,032
93	Ella	3,006
94	Alma	2,996
95	Myrtle	2,980
96	Eileen	2,964
97	Jessie	2,951
98	Nellie	2,937
99	Margie	2,868
100	Mattie	2,816
101	Ellen	2,794
102	Lucy	2,766
103	Rosemary	2,755
104	Minnie	2,739
105	Beverly	2,668
106	Sylvia	2,537
107	Bonnie	2,532
108	Leona	2,515
109	Geneva	2,470
110	Donna	2,429
111	Janet	2,428
112	Georgia	2,411
113	Genevieve	2,404
114	Stella	2,402
115	Maria	2,360
116	Mae	2,332
117	Peggy	2,321
118	Mabel	2,292
119	Carol	2,286
120	Arlene	2,275
121	Jennie	2,263
122	Loretta	2,255
123	Christine	2,254
124	Lena	2,235
125	Rosa	2,230
126	Muriel	2,215
127	Carolyn	2,189
128	Velma	2,177
129	Opal	2,108
130	Eunice	2,097
131	Harriet	2,067
132	Marguerite	2,061
133	Sara	2,032
134	Carrie	2,025
135	Jacqueline	1,990
136	Dora	1,945
137	Jeanette	1,920
138	Blanche	1,894
139	Inez	1,890
140	Alberta	1,843
141	Billie	1,828
142	Hilda	1,824
143	Beulah	1,777
144	Naomi	1,768
145	Emily	1,767
146	Anita	1,764
147	Roberta	1,759
148	Hattie	1,738
149	Lula	1,707
150	Cora	1,679
151	Fannie	1,656
152	Constance	1,654
153	Verna	1,613
154	Miriam	1,599
155	Bette	1,592
156	Rosie	1,516
157	Janice	1,510
158	Madeline	1,506
159	Claire	1,503
160	Mamie	1,502
161	Ada	1,500
162	Erma	1,490
163	Delores	1,486
164	Lola	1,470
165	Rachel	1,439
166	Mable	1,408
167	Marcella	1,407
168	Flora	1,404
169	Daisy	1,400
170	Laverne	1,335
171	Nora	1,317
172	Susie	1,311
173	Sally	1,310
174	Lila	1,248
174	Imogene	1,248
176	Estelle	1,240
177	Irma	1,230
178	Winifred	1,221
179	Maggie	1,215
180	Eloise	1,212
181	Bettie	1,204
182	Rebecca	1,203
182	Eula	1,203
184	Nina	1,197
185	Caroline	1,193
186	Olga	1,173
187	Antoinette	1,172
188	Lorene	1,151
189	Johnnie	1,127
190	Sophie	1,102
191	Rosalie	1,092
192	Regina	1,077
193	Henrietta	1,059
194	Sadie	1,051
195	Jeannette	1,050
196	Victoria	1,046
197	Della	1,028
197	Angelina	1,028
199	Adeline	1,022
199	Ernestine	1,022

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1925 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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