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Girl Names of the 1910s

The 100 most common girl names given in the United States during the 1910s, by the number of children recorded with each name across those years.

All 100 names

  1. Mary 478,636
  2. Helen 248,154
  3. Dorothy 207,475
  4. Margaret 189,234
  5. Ruth 173,675
  6. Mildred 123,998
  7. Anna 118,998
  8. Elizabeth 116,811
  9. Frances 105,599
  10. Virginia 94,322
  11. Marie 92,086
  12. Evelyn 91,492
  13. Alice 85,866
  14. Florence 81,465
  15. Lillian 75,914
  16. Rose 74,690
  17. Irene 68,968
  18. Louise 67,973
  19. Edna 66,897
  20. Catherine 65,823
  21. Gladys 65,812
  22. Ethel 63,662
  23. Josephine 61,355
  24. Ruby 60,308
  25. Martha 59,508
  26. Grace 57,973
  27. Hazel 57,068
  28. Thelma 57,011
  29. Lucille 56,147
  30. Edith 56,059
  31. Eleanor 54,163
  32. Doris 53,249
  33. Annie 52,301
  34. Pauline 50,075
  35. Gertrude 49,565
  36. Esther 49,212
  37. Betty 44,894
  38. Beatrice 44,515
  39. Marjorie 44,452
  40. Clara 44,346
  41. Emma 41,819
  42. Bernice 40,346
  43. Bertha 40,120
  44. Ann 39,506
  45. Jean 39,284
  46. Elsie 39,274
  47. Julia 39,259
  48. Agnes 39,255
  49. Lois 38,179
  50. Sarah 38,120
  51. Marion 37,974
  52. Katherine 36,884
  53. Eva 34,909
  54. Ida 34,792
  55. Bessie 33,859
  56. Pearl 33,834
  57. Anne 33,478
  58. Viola 33,076
  59. Myrtle 32,432
  60. Nellie 30,879
  61. Mabel 30,783
  62. Laura 30,549
  63. Kathryn 29,235
  64. Stella 28,526
  65. Vera 28,289
  66. Willie 28,179
  67. Jessie 27,834
  68. Jane 27,740
  69. Alma 27,515
  70. Minnie 27,486
  71. Sylvia 25,655
  72. Ella 24,913
  73. Lillie 24,651
  74. Rita 23,850
  75. Leona 23,825
  76. Barbara 23,704
  77. Vivian 23,634
  78. Lena 23,624
  79. Violet 23,157
  80. Lucy 23,117
  81. Jennie 23,068
  82. Genevieve 22,830
  83. Marguerite 22,658
  84. Charlotte 22,548
  85. Mattie 22,243
  86. Marian 22,158
  87. Blanche 21,977
  88. Mae 21,530
  89. Ellen 21,500
  90. Wilma 21,384
  91. Juanita 20,878
  92. Opal 20,386
  93. June 19,244
  94. Geraldine 18,990
  95. Beulah 18,874
  96. Velma 18,631
  97. Theresa 18,348
  98. Carrie 18,067
  99. Phyllis 17,885
  100. Maxine 17,800

How 1910s girl names compare

Mary was the most common girl name of the 1910s, given to 478,636 girls across those years, with Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth behind it. The hundredth name on the list, Maxine, accounts for 17,800. Between them the hundred names cover 5,384,295 births. Mary was number one in every one of those ten years.

84 of these names were also in the 1900s top 100, and 16 were not. 18 are still in the 2025 top 100 — Elizabeth, Evelyn, Alice, Lillian, Josephine, Ruby, Grace and Hazel, among others — and 49 are inside the top 500.

Those hundred names cover 66.0% of all girls born in the 1910s — 5,384,295 of 8,156,259 — and Mary alone accounts for 5.9% of them. The hundred most common names of 2025 take 31.5% between them, so naming has spread wider since. Every one of the hundred was already in the record before the 1910s began.

Questions about 1910s girl names

What was the most popular girl name of the 1910s?

Mary, given to 478,636 girls across those years. The next two were Helen and Dorothy.

Are 1910s girl names still used today?

18 of the hundred are in the 2025 top 100: Elizabeth, Evelyn, Alice, Lillian, Josephine, Ruby, Grace and Hazel, among others.