Most Popular Baby Names of 1924

In 1924, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 73,534 babies, and Robert topped the boys' list with 60,802. Mary held on to number one for a 45th year in a row, and Robert took the top spot from John.

Social Security counted 1,248,872 girls and 1,132,742 boys born in 1924 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 5,900 different girls' names and 4,970 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1924

Top girls' names, 1924
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923
1	Mary	73,534	same
2	Dorothy	39,996	same
3	Helen	31,194	same
4	Betty	30,600	up 1
5	Margaret	26,547	down 1
6	Ruth	23,601	same
7	Virginia	18,620	same
8	Mildred	15,853	same
9	Doris	15,786	up 2
10	Frances	15,183	same
11	Elizabeth	14,950	down 2
12	Evelyn	13,358	same
13	Anna	13,076	same
14	Marie	11,575	same
15	Alice	11,537	same
16	Jean	10,721	up 3
17	Marjorie	10,069	down 1
18	Irene	9,928	down 1
19	Shirley	9,489	up 7
20	Florence	9,472	down 2
21	Martha	9,320	same
22	Lois	9,300	up 5
23	Lillian	9,100	down 3
24	Louise	8,854	down 2
25	Rose	8,479	down 2
26	Ruby	8,406	down 1
27	Catherine	8,363	down 3
28	Barbara	8,305	up 5
29	Eleanor	8,193	down 1
30	Gladys	7,790	down 1
31	Edna	7,408	up 1
32	Annie	7,347	up 2
33	Thelma	7,316	down 2
34	Josephine	7,274	down 4
35	Patricia	6,957	up 21
36	Edith	6,890	same
37	Lucille	6,744	down 2
38	Pauline	6,722	down 1
39	Ethel	6,586	down 1
40	Norma	6,542	up 1
41	Gloria	6,534	up 7
42	Hazel	6,342	down 2
43	Grace	6,327	down 4
44	Phyllis	6,267	up 1
45	June	6,150	down 3
46	Marion	6,047	down 2
47	Bernice	6,033	down 4
48	Juanita	5,404	up 3
49	Rita	5,381	up 1
50	Beatrice	5,271	down 4
51	Esther	5,258	down 4
52	Lorraine	5,109	up 5
53	Jane	5,104	up 2
54	Sarah	5,045	same
55	Ann	5,035	down 3
56	Clara	4,988	down 7
57	Emma	4,897	down 4
58	Geraldine	4,833	same
59	Katherine	4,695	up 1
60	Gertrude	4,543	down 1
61	Elsie	4,499	same
62	Julia	4,289	same
63	Agnes	4,240	same
64	Marian	4,197	up 1
65	Bertha	4,122	down 1
66	Eva	4,068	same
67	Wilma	4,066	up 7
68	Willie	3,992	down 1
69	Nancy	3,989	up 6
70	Ida	3,861	down 2
71	Vivian	3,850	down 2
72	Laura	3,829	up 1
73	Elaine	3,802	up 14
74	Wanda	3,735	up 6
75	Dolores	3,729	up 8
76	Kathleen	3,663	down 6
77	Maxine	3,659	down 1
78	Pearl	3,635	same
79	Anne	3,627	down 8
80	Charlotte	3,612	down 3
81	Kathryn	3,598	down 9
82	Viola	3,577	down 3
83	Joyce	3,533	up 21
84	Audrey	3,520	up 1
85	Vera	3,476	down 3
86	Bessie	3,404	down 5
87	Alma	3,240	up 2
88	Violet	3,224	down 2
89	Myrtle	3,205	down 5
90	Jeanne	3,150	same
91	Jessie	3,147	up 3
92	Nellie	3,075	down 4
93	Eileen	3,070	up 2
94	Ella	3,061	down 1
95	Joan	3,023	up 22
96	Theresa	3,021	up 9
97	Lillie	2,979	down 6
98	Lucy	2,978	down 6
99	Ellen	2,949	up 4
100	Minnie	2,885	down 1

Top boys' names, 1924
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923
1	Robert	60,802	up 1
2	John	59,052	down 1
3	William	53,506	same
4	James	52,942	same
5	Charles	30,460	same
6	George	27,373	same
7	Joseph	25,421	same
8	Richard	21,244	up 1
9	Edward	21,126	down 1
10	Donald	17,929	same
11	Thomas	16,555	up 1
12	Frank	16,044	down 1
13	Harold	14,149	same
14	Paul	13,338	same
15	Raymond	12,873	same
16	Walter	12,696	same
17	Jack	11,921	same
18	Henry	11,195	same
19	Kenneth	10,355	up 2
20	Arthur	10,172	down 1
21	Albert	9,880	down 1
22	Harry	9,115	same
23	Ralph	8,766	same
24	David	8,758	same
25	Eugene	8,346	same
26	Howard	7,371	same
27	Carl	7,085	up 1
28	Louis	7,043	down 1
29	Clarence	6,895	same
30	Willie	6,700	same
31	Roy	6,557	up 1
32	Fred	6,532	up 1
33	Earl	6,529	down 2
34	Francis	6,131	same
35	Joe	6,044	same
36	Lawrence	5,775	same
37	Ernest	5,683	up 1
38	Leonard	5,601	down 1
39	Anthony	5,191	same
40	Stanley	5,186	up 1
41	Herbert	5,121	down 1
42	Norman	5,045	up 2
43	Alfred	4,929	down 1
44	Calvin	4,918	up 38
45	Samuel	4,591	same
46	Bernard	4,505	same
47	Daniel	4,403	same
48	Melvin	4,168	same
49	Gerald	4,151	up 5
50	Marvin	4,024	up 1
51	Leo	3,990	down 2
52	Russell	3,946	same
53	Leroy	3,922	up 2
54	Michael	3,874	down 4
55	Edwin	3,788	up 1
56	Andrew	3,744	down 3
57	Elmer	3,731	same
58	Warren	3,582	down 15
59	Peter	3,520	down 1
60	Ray	3,369	up 1
61	Lloyd	3,350	down 2
62	Frederick	3,279	down 2
63	Billy	3,271	up 15
64	Clifford	3,250	up 1
65	Theodore	3,225	down 3
66	Floyd	3,165	down 2
67	Chester	3,033	down 4
68	Vernon	3,008	down 1
69	Clyde	3,006	down 1
70	Herman	2,954	down 4
71	Philip	2,921	down 1
72	Lester	2,780	down 1
73	Alvin	2,759	same
74	Wayne	2,730	up 1
75	Gordon	2,714	up 1
76	Leon	2,677	up 1
77	Lewis	2,670	down 3
78	Vincent	2,638	down 6
79	Glenn	2,586	up 5
80	Charlie	2,507	down 1
81	Milton	2,474	same
82	Martin	2,452	down 2
83	Lee	2,420	up 2
84	Dale	2,396	up 6
85	Cecil	2,299	up 2
86	Jesse	2,292	down 3
87	Wallace	2,283	down 18
88	Harvey	2,242	up 3
89	Benjamin	2,221	down 3
90	Victor	2,189	down 2
91	Sam	2,123	down 2
92	Bill	2,067	up 6
93	Roger	2,054	up 2
94	Allen	2,045	up 3
95	Arnold	2,014	down 2
96	Edgar	1,878	down 2
97	Willard	1,834	down 5
98	Roland	1,822	up 6
99	Oscar	1,819	down 3
100	Gilbert	1,797	up 2

Biggest climbers in 1924

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1923.

Girls

Lennie: up 211 places, from 999th to 788th
Catalina: up 185 places, from 916th to 731st
Francine: up 183 places, from 933rd to 750th
Harold: up 147 places, from 981st to 834th
Luisa: up 146 places, from 972nd to 826th
Theo: up 144 places, from 851st to 707th
Susanna: up 141 places, from 926th to 785th
Eve: up 140 places, from 839th to 699th
Santos: up 136 places, from 878th to 742nd
Gearldine: up 133 places, from 902nd to 769th

Boys

Virgle: up 270 places, from 952nd to 682nd
Margaret: up 258 places, from 959th to 701st
Shelton: up 219 places, from 871st to 652nd
Otho: up 215 places, from 866th to 651st
Brady: up 181 places, from 898th to 717th
Adolfo: up 179 places, from 976th to 797th
Prince: up 176 places, from 839th to 663rd
Pierce: up 168 places, from 949th to 781st
Logan: up 166 places, from 878th to 712th
Jackie: up 164 places, from 593rd to 429th

New to the top 1,000 in 1924

Girls

Ocie, 786th (back after dropping out)
Savannah, 796th (back after dropping out)
Donald, 811th (back after dropping out)
Elenore, 824th (back after dropping out)
Herminia, 825th (back after dropping out)
Theola, 828th (back after dropping out)
Bettylou, 870th (its first time ever)
Verlie, 887th (back after dropping out)
Elois, 896th (back after dropping out)
Wanita, 902nd (its first time ever)

Boys

Coolidge, 732nd (its first time ever)
Vernie, 743rd (back after dropping out)
Oral, 770th (back after dropping out)
Agustin, 814th (back after dropping out)
Refugio, 816th (its first time ever)
Kendall, 843rd (back after dropping out)
Luverne, 854th (back after dropping out)
Murl, 855th (back after dropping out)
Rosevelt, 864th (back after dropping out)
Malvin, 877th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1924?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 23.3% of the girls counted in 1924, and the top ten boys' names to 32.7% of the boys. In 1904, those shares were 20% for girls and 32.7% 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.