Most Popular Baby Names of 1913

In 1913, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 36,642 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 29,329. Mary held on to number one for a 34th year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 34th year in a row.

Social Security counted 624,546 girls and 512,566 boys born in 1913 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 3,707 different girls' names and 3,261 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1913

Top girls' names, 1913
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912
1	Mary	36,642	same
2	Helen	18,888	same
3	Dorothy	14,674	same
4	Margaret	14,486	same
5	Ruth	12,609	same
6	Mildred	9,921	same
7	Anna	9,687	same
8	Elizabeth	9,505	same
9	Frances	7,694	same
10	Marie	7,353	same
11	Alice	6,934	same
12	Evelyn	6,683	up 1
13	Florence	6,279	down 1
14	Rose	6,171	up 1
15	Virginia	6,036	up 5
16	Lillian	6,015	down 2
17	Louise	5,577	same
18	Edna	5,558	down 2
19	Gladys	5,428	same
20	Ethel	5,369	down 2
21	Irene	5,335	up 1
22	Catherine	5,302	down 1
23	Ruby	4,913	same
24	Josephine	4,822	up 4
25	Grace	4,669	down 1
26	Thelma	4,595	same
27	Hazel	4,589	down 2
28	Martha	4,538	up 1
29	Edith	4,366	up 2
30	Annie	4,267	down 3
31	Lucille	4,098	up 1
32	Esther	4,090	up 1
33	Gertrude	4,015	down 3
34	Eleanor	3,938	up 5
35	Pauline	3,636	up 3
36	Clara	3,633	down 2
37	Beatrice	3,567	same
38	Emma	3,474	down 3
39	Bertha	3,345	down 3
40	Elsie	3,209	up 2
41	Agnes	3,206	down 1
42	Julia	3,195	up 2
43	Sarah	3,178	down 2
44	Doris	3,049	up 4
45	Bernice	3,036	up 6
46	Ann	2,998	up 1
47	Bessie	2,952	down 4
48	Marjorie	2,922	up 8
49	Ida	2,916	down 4
50	Eva	2,891	down 1
51	Marion	2,854	up 4
52	Viola	2,847	same
53	Myrtle	2,843	down 3
54	Katherine	2,794	down 1
55	Pearl	2,756	down 1
56	Mabel	2,741	down 10
57	Anne	2,684	up 1
58	Nellie	2,645	up 1
59	Lois	2,560	up 4
60	Jean	2,545	up 4
61	Jessie	2,475	up 4
62	Laura	2,454	down 5
63	Minnie	2,332	down 3
64	Alma	2,297	down 2
65	Willie	2,264	down 4
66	Kathryn	2,246	up 5
67	Betty	2,240	down 1
68	Vera	2,209	same
69	Stella	2,205	up 4
70	Ella	2,071	down 1
71	Lillie	2,030	down 4
72	Sylvia	2,013	up 5
73	Lena	1,973	down 1
74	Leona	1,911	up 2
75	Mattie	1,868	down 5
76	Blanche	1,856	down 1
77	Lucy	1,856	up 1
78	Marguerite	1,822	up 1
79	Mae	1,814	down 5
80	Jennie	1,809	up 1
81	Jane	1,759	up 8
82	Violet	1,751	up 1
83	Vivian	1,727	up 1
84	Genevieve	1,684	up 8
85	Beulah	1,641	down 5
86	Opal	1,629	down 1
87	Charlotte	1,603	up 4
88	Ellen	1,579	down 2
89	Velma	1,556	down 1
90	Carrie	1,517	down 8
91	Fannie	1,488	down 4
92	Wilma	1,469	up 7
93	Marian	1,452	same
94	Barbara	1,451	up 8
95	Juanita	1,443	up 8
96	Hattie	1,434	down 6
97	Theresa	1,403	same
98	Inez	1,395	up 2
99	Emily	1,386	up 6
100	Georgia	1,382	up 1

Top boys' names, 1913
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912
1	John	29,329	same
2	William	23,538	same
3	James	20,832	same
4	Robert	15,684	same
5	Joseph	14,471	same
6	George	13,874	same
7	Charles	13,191	same
8	Edward	9,474	same
9	Frank	9,237	same
10	Thomas	7,096	same
11	Walter	6,890	same
12	Henry	6,391	same
13	Harold	6,157	same
14	Paul	5,966	same
15	Harry	5,458	up 1
16	Albert	5,449	up 1
17	Arthur	5,422	down 2
18	Raymond	5,310	same
19	Richard	5,107	same
20	Louis	4,258	same
21	Clarence	4,046	same
22	Ralph	3,963	up 1
23	Carl	3,935	up 1
24	Willie	3,760	down 2
25	Donald	3,702	up 2
26	Howard	3,663	down 1
27	Fred	3,624	down 1
28	Jack	3,538	same
29	David	3,282	same
30	Francis	3,205	up 5
31	Earl	3,110	up 3
32	Roy	3,090	down 1
33	Kenneth	3,065	same
34	Ernest	2,940	down 2
35	Lawrence	2,853	up 3
36	Samuel	2,850	down 6
37	Joe	2,806	down 1
38	Anthony	2,781	down 1
39	Herbert	2,723	same
40	Michael	2,607	up 2
41	Stanley	2,595	up 2
42	Alfred	2,577	down 2
43	Eugene	2,525	down 2
44	Woodrow	2,333	up 2
45	Elmer	2,323	up 2
46	Leonard	2,276	down 1
47	Andrew	2,222	down 3
48	Leo	2,031	up 1
49	Frederick	1,996	up 2
50	Russell	1,946	up 6
51	Peter	1,934	down 3
52	Bernard	1,916	up 8
53	Herman	1,905	down 3
54	Daniel	1,878	down 1
55	Edwin	1,825	down 1
56	Chester	1,765	down 1
57	Norman	1,748	up 4
58	Floyd	1,740	up 1
59	Lester	1,736	down 1
60	Theodore	1,650	down 8
61	Melvin	1,642	up 10
62	Charlie	1,618	down 5
63	Leroy	1,582	up 3
64	Clyde	1,537	up 1
65	Sam	1,527	down 2
66	Vincent	1,527	up 6
67	Lloyd	1,521	up 3
68	Clifford	1,520	down 6
69	Philip	1,484	same
70	Benjamin	1,466	down 3
71	Milton	1,419	down 7
72	Lewis	1,384	down 4
73	Ray	1,328	up 4
74	Cecil	1,276	up 2
75	Martin	1,259	same
76	Oscar	1,249	down 3
77	Marvin	1,236	up 6
78	Lee	1,228	same
79	Jesse	1,214	down 5
80	Victor	1,177	up 1
81	Leon	1,160	down 2
82	Alvin	1,144	up 4
83	Vernon	1,143	up 7
84	Gerald	1,142	up 3
85	Glenn	1,122	down 1
86	Stephen	1,097	up 2
87	Edgar	1,087	down 2
88	Claude	1,076	up 1
89	Morris	1,073	down 7
90	Sidney	1,073	down 10
91	Wilbur	1,044	up 1
92	Arnold	1,032	up 7
93	Harvey	1,028	down 2
94	Gordon	1,017	down 1
95	Maurice	994	same
96	Homer	987	up 2
97	Everett	948	down 1
98	Alexander	937	down 1
99	Willard	926	up 6
100	Allen	903	up 3

Biggest climbers in 1913

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1912.

Girls

Jayne: up 236 places, from 989th to 753rd
Betsy: up 231 places, from 980th to 749th
Emilia: up 203 places, from 722nd to 519th
Andrea: up 191 places, from 869th to 678th
Darlene: up 184 places, from 927th to 743rd
Lavinia: up 173 places, from 950th to 777th
Edward: up 169 places, from 981st to 812th
Vita: up 167 places, from 976th to 809th
Vincenza: up 149 places, from 785th to 636th
Rosanna: up 147 places, from 887th to 740th

Boys

Brooks: up 281 places, from 898th to 617th
Erling: up 275 places, from 947th to 672nd
Julio: up 262 places, from 924th to 662nd
Malvin: up 241 places, from 983rd to 742nd
Alec: up 223 places, from 1000th to 777th
Raul: up 222 places, from 831st to 609th
Jennings: up 221 places, from 866th to 645th
Silvio: up 218 places, from 910th to 692nd
Thurston: up 212 places, from 891st to 679th
Franklyn: up 212 places, from 949th to 737th

New to the top 1,000 in 1913

Girls

Mabelle, 789th (back after dropping out)
Margaretta, 790th (back after dropping out)
Sidney, 808th (back after dropping out)
Margarete, 816th (back after dropping out)
Elinore, 825th (back after dropping out)
Margarett, 827th (back after dropping out)
Willia, 829th (back after dropping out)
Santa, 838th (back after dropping out)
Bettye, 841st (back after dropping out)
Madonna, 849th (back after dropping out)

Boys

Ernie, 639th (back after dropping out)
Kendall, 675th (its first time ever)
Arturo, 681st (back after dropping out)
Dayton, 716th (back after dropping out)
Toivo, 758th (back after dropping out)
Ignacio, 768th (back after dropping out)
Claudie, 781st (back after dropping out)
Elliot, 783rd (back after dropping out)
Marie, 785th (back after dropping out)
Price, 800th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1913?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 22.6% of the girls counted in 1913, and the top ten boys' names to 30.6% of the boys. In 1893, those shares were 20.8% for girls and 36.8% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.