Most Popular Baby Names of 1915

In 1915, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 58,187 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 47,576. Mary held on to number one for a 36th year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 36th year in a row.

Social Security counted 983,852 girls and 848,575 boys born in 1915 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 4,967 different girls' names and 4,390 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1915

Top girls' names, 1915
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914
1	Mary	58,187	same
2	Helen	30,866	same
3	Dorothy	25,154	same
4	Margaret	23,054	same
5	Ruth	21,878	same
6	Mildred	15,254	up 1
7	Anna	15,119	down 1
8	Elizabeth	14,103	same
9	Frances	12,786	same
10	Evelyn	11,595	up 1
11	Marie	11,363	down 1
12	Virginia	10,952	up 2
13	Alice	10,525	down 1
14	Florence	10,105	down 1
15	Lillian	9,546	up 1
16	Rose	9,375	down 1
17	Irene	8,323	up 5
18	Louise	8,313	down 1
19	Catherine	8,181	down 1
20	Edna	8,144	down 1
21	Gladys	7,857	down 1
22	Josephine	7,606	up 1
23	Ethel	7,379	down 2
24	Ruby	7,237	same
25	Martha	7,216	up 2
26	Hazel	7,092	up 3
27	Grace	7,044	down 2
28	Eleanor	7,036	same
29	Lucille	7,006	up 1
30	Thelma	6,762	down 4
31	Edith	6,761	same
32	Pauline	6,334	up 2
33	Esther	6,321	up 2
34	Doris	6,292	up 2
35	Gertrude	6,077	down 3
36	Annie	5,936	down 3
37	Beatrice	5,342	up 1
38	Clara	5,285	down 1
39	Marjorie	5,119	up 6
40	Emma	5,044	down 1
41	Elsie	4,967	up 5
42	Bernice	4,937	up 1
43	Ann	4,895	down 3
44	Julia	4,831	down 2
45	Agnes	4,795	down 1
46	Bertha	4,785	down 5
47	Lois	4,775	up 4
48	Jean	4,603	up 6
49	Katherine	4,488	down 1
50	Marion	4,456	same
51	Sarah	4,415	down 4
52	Anne	4,333	up 1
53	Betty	4,181	up 9
54	Ida	4,125	down 5
55	Eva	4,079	down 3
56	Pearl	3,976	same
57	Bessie	3,888	down 2
58	Myrtle	3,865	up 2
59	Viola	3,855	down 2
60	Kathryn	3,778	up 3
61	Laura	3,723	down 2
62	Mabel	3,683	down 4
63	Nellie	3,679	down 2
64	Stella	3,657	up 1
65	Vera	3,460	up 3
66	Jessie	3,356	down 2
67	Sylvia	3,284	up 3
68	Minnie	3,270	down 1
69	Jane	3,264	up 2
70	Alma	3,248	down 1
71	Rita	3,063	up 16
72	Willie	3,041	down 6
73	Jennie	3,015	up 4
74	Leona	2,972	up 5
75	Ella	2,954	down 3
76	Genevieve	2,928	same
77	Lena	2,927	down 2
78	Vivian	2,857	up 3
79	Lucy	2,814	down 6
80	Wilma	2,773	up 15
81	Charlotte	2,757	up 7
82	Violet	2,752	up 1
83	Barbara	2,704	down 1
84	Lillie	2,687	down 10
85	Marguerite	2,687	down 1
86	Marian	2,612	up 4
87	Blanche	2,590	down 7
88	Ellen	2,581	down 2
89	Mae	2,486	down 4
90	Opal	2,482	down 1
91	Mattie	2,434	down 13
92	Juanita	2,398	up 2
93	Theresa	2,309	same
94	Velma	2,287	down 2
95	Beulah	2,268	up 1
96	June	2,139	up 36
97	Sophie	2,112	up 3
98	Maxine	2,110	up 16
99	Emily	2,091	down 1
100	Phyllis	2,088	up 13

Top boys' names, 1915
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914
1	John	47,576	same
2	William	38,563	same
3	James	33,773	same
4	Robert	28,737	same
5	Joseph	23,051	same
6	George	22,307	same
7	Charles	21,960	same
8	Edward	15,889	same
9	Frank	15,006	same
10	Thomas	11,490	up 1
11	Walter	11,255	down 1
12	Harold	10,444	up 2
13	Paul	10,328	same
14	Henry	10,138	down 2
15	Richard	9,143	up 2
16	Raymond	8,981	same
17	Albert	8,825	down 2
18	Arthur	8,564	same
19	Harry	8,470	same
20	Donald	7,116	up 3
21	Ralph	6,816	same
22	Carl	6,613	up 2
23	Louis	6,518	down 3
24	Clarence	6,267	down 2
25	Howard	6,103	up 1
26	Fred	5,778	up 2
27	Jack	5,749	same
28	Kenneth	5,681	up 2
29	Francis	5,594	up 2
30	Willie	5,434	down 5
31	David	5,394	down 2
32	Roy	5,052	same
33	Earl	4,908	same
34	Stanley	4,807	up 5
35	Ernest	4,787	up 3
36	Anthony	4,722	up 1
37	Lawrence	4,688	down 2
38	Joe	4,648	down 4
39	Samuel	4,351	down 3
40	Herbert	4,341	up 2
41	Eugene	4,321	up 2
42	Alfred	4,231	down 1
43	Michael	4,079	down 3
44	Leonard	3,993	up 1
45	Elmer	3,802	up 1
46	Andrew	3,573	down 2
47	Leo	3,527	same
48	Bernard	3,302	up 2
49	Peter	3,302	down 1
50	Norman	3,262	up 4
51	Russell	3,250	down 2
52	Frederick	3,159	same
53	Edwin	3,151	same
54	Chester	3,043	up 2
55	Daniel	3,002	same
56	Herman	2,983	down 5
57	Lester	2,943	same
58	Willard	2,889	up 34
59	Floyd	2,824	down 1
60	Melvin	2,780	down 1
61	Clifford	2,741	up 1
62	Lloyd	2,653	up 4
63	Clyde	2,518	same
64	Theodore	2,504	same
65	Vincent	2,491	down 4
66	Leroy	2,450	down 6
67	Ray	2,365	up 7
68	Sam	2,339	down 1
69	Philip	2,328	down 1
70	Lewis	2,307	up 2
71	Benjamin	2,241	down 1
72	Marvin	2,227	up 3
73	Milton	2,225	down 4
74	Victor	2,211	up 2
75	Charlie	2,193	down 10
76	Cecil	2,181	up 3
77	Jesse	2,111	up 5
78	Gerald	2,085	up 3
79	Martin	2,070	down 6
80	Vernon	2,060	up 3
81	Alvin	2,006	down 3
82	Leon	1,977	up 3
83	Woodrow	1,966	down 12
84	Lee	1,916	same
85	Edgar	1,895	up 2
86	Stephen	1,850	down 6
87	Glenn	1,842	up 4
88	Oscar	1,788	down 11
89	Everett	1,731	up 1
90	Gordon	1,717	down 2
91	Arnold	1,691	up 6
92	Wilbur	1,685	up 4
93	Morris	1,660	down 7
94	Sidney	1,615	down 5
95	Harvey	1,613	same
96	Claude	1,605	down 3
97	Wayne	1,517	up 14
98	Homer	1,487	up 3
99	Allen	1,458	up 6
100	Gilbert	1,452	up 4

Biggest climbers in 1915

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1914.

Girls

Margaretta: up 220 places, from 980th to 760th
Georgina: up 177 places, from 860th to 683rd
Margarete: up 175 places, from 997th to 822nd
Annamae: up 169 places, from 989th to 820th
Daphne: up 161 places, from 973rd to 812th
Syble: up 157 places, from 877th to 720th
Ardis: up 149 places, from 748th to 599th
Berenice: up 142 places, from 790th to 648th
Mavis: up 141 places, from 513th to 372nd
Hildegard: up 141 places, from 881st to 740th

Boys

Hobart: up 293 places, from 919th to 626th
Hobert: up 264 places, from 806th to 542nd
Milan: up 243 places, from 981st to 738th
Verl: up 234 places, from 948th to 714th
Ernie: up 206 places, from 914th to 708th
Mahlon: up 203 places, from 925th to 722nd
Craig: up 202 places, from 886th to 684th
Darrel: up 201 places, from 825th to 624th
Odie: up 184 places, from 995th to 811th
Theadore: up 175 places, from 965th to 790th

New to the top 1,000 in 1915

Girls

Theda, 585th (back after dropping out)
Maurice, 837th (back after dropping out)
Antonetta, 839th (back after dropping out)
Loyce, 843rd (back after dropping out)
Vernell, 848th (its first time ever)
Jamie, 853rd (back after dropping out)
Lenna, 854th (back after dropping out)
Dawn, 856th (its first time ever)
Lexie, 868th (back after dropping out)
Willia, 872nd (back after dropping out)

Boys

Domingo, 664th (back after dropping out)
Garth, 717th (its first time ever)
Williard, 774th (back after dropping out)
Winford, 775th (back after dropping out)
Reno, 831st (back after dropping out)
Arley, 832nd (back after dropping out)
Emmit, 836th (back after dropping out)
Worth, 855th (back after dropping out)
Hiroshi, 872nd (its first time ever)
Axel, 880th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1915?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 23.2% of the girls counted in 1915, and the top ten boys' names to 30.4% of the boys. In 1895, those shares were 20.3% for girls and 35.7% 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.