Most Popular Baby Names of 1925

In 1925, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 70,586 babies, and Robert topped the boys' list with 60,895. Mary held on to number one for a 46th year in a row, and Robert held on to number one for a second year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,217,384 girls and 1,115,919 boys born in 1925 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 5,771 different girls' names and 4,867 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1925

Top girls' names, 1925
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924
1	Mary	70,586	same
2	Dorothy	38,570	same
3	Betty	32,812	up 1
4	Helen	29,173	down 1
5	Margaret	24,463	same
6	Ruth	22,247	same
7	Virginia	17,490	same
8	Doris	16,075	up 1
9	Mildred	14,453	down 1
10	Elizabeth	13,936	up 1
11	Frances	13,824	down 1
12	Evelyn	12,505	same
13	Anna	12,250	same
14	Jean	11,598	up 2
15	Alice	11,576	same
16	Marie	10,930	down 2
17	Shirley	10,513	up 2
18	Lois	9,573	up 4
19	Irene	9,440	down 1
20	Gloria	9,381	up 21
21	Marjorie	9,306	down 4
22	Barbara	9,155	up 6
23	Martha	8,762	down 2
24	Florence	8,585	down 4
25	Lillian	8,351	down 2
26	Rose	8,280	down 1
27	Louise	8,275	down 3
28	Patricia	8,096	up 7
29	Catherine	7,867	down 2
30	Ruby	7,843	down 4
31	Eleanor	7,724	down 2
32	Annie	7,350	same
33	Gladys	7,231	down 3
34	Norma	6,941	up 6
35	Thelma	6,823	down 2
36	Josephine	6,810	down 2
37	Edna	6,781	down 6
38	Pauline	6,728	same
39	June	6,649	up 6
40	Phyllis	6,486	up 4
41	Lucille	6,397	down 4
42	Edith	6,275	down 6
43	Ethel	6,176	down 4
44	Grace	5,983	down 1
45	Hazel	5,778	down 3
46	Bernice	5,728	up 1
47	Marion	5,577	down 1
48	Rita	5,323	up 1
49	Juanita	5,232	down 1
50	Beatrice	4,992	same
51	Lorraine	4,983	up 1
52	Ann	4,935	up 3
53	Jane	4,881	same
54	Geraldine	4,838	up 4
55	Clara	4,776	up 1
56	Esther	4,726	down 5
57	Emma	4,714	same
58	Sarah	4,685	down 4
59	Joyce	4,364	up 24
60	Nancy	4,325	up 9
61	Katherine	4,240	down 2
62	Wilma	4,175	up 5
63	Elsie	4,146	down 2
64	Dolores	4,145	up 11
65	Julia	4,047	down 3
66	Joan	4,030	up 29
67	Marian	3,979	down 3
68	Willie	3,947	same
69	Agnes	3,911	down 6
70	Gertrude	3,892	down 10
71	Eva	3,855	down 5
72	Wanda	3,803	up 2
73	Elaine	3,776	same
74	Bertha	3,772	down 9
75	Laura	3,588	down 3
76	Vivian	3,576	down 5
77	Charlotte	3,551	up 3
78	Audrey	3,543	up 6
79	Maxine	3,538	down 2
80	Theresa	3,515	up 16
81	Kathleen	3,503	down 5
82	Ida	3,489	down 12
83	Marilyn	3,419	up 18
84	Viola	3,336	down 2
85	Anne	3,320	down 6
86	Vera	3,280	down 1
87	Bessie	3,266	down 1
88	Kathryn	3,262	down 7
89	Jeanne	3,225	up 1
90	Pearl	3,213	down 12
91	Lillie	3,119	up 6
92	Violet	3,032	down 4
93	Ella	3,006	up 1
94	Alma	2,996	down 7
95	Myrtle	2,980	down 6
96	Eileen	2,964	down 3
97	Jessie	2,951	down 6
98	Nellie	2,937	down 6
99	Margie	2,868	up 3
100	Mattie	2,816	up 9

Top boys' names, 1925
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924
1	Robert	60,895	same
2	John	57,195	same
3	William	53,310	same
4	James	52,680	same
5	Charles	29,580	same
6	George	26,560	same
7	Joseph	24,613	same
8	Richard	23,269	same
9	Edward	20,090	same
10	Donald	19,193	same
11	Thomas	16,688	same
12	Frank	15,329	same
13	Paul	14,175	up 1
14	Harold	13,597	down 1
15	Raymond	12,441	same
16	Walter	12,130	same
17	Jack	12,011	same
18	Henry	10,618	same
19	Kenneth	10,146	same
20	Arthur	9,986	same
21	Albert	9,511	same
22	David	8,915	up 2
23	Harry	8,610	down 1
24	Eugene	8,517	up 1
25	Ralph	8,467	down 2
26	Howard	7,173	same
27	Willie	7,124	up 3
28	Carl	7,061	down 1
29	Louis	6,798	down 1
30	Clarence	6,670	down 1
31	Earl	6,436	up 2
32	Roy	6,376	down 1
33	Fred	6,205	down 1
34	Joe	6,107	up 1
35	Francis	5,978	down 1
36	Lawrence	5,633	same
37	Ernest	5,494	same
38	Leonard	5,465	same
39	Anthony	5,041	same
40	Stanley	5,030	same
41	Norman	4,975	up 1
42	Herbert	4,924	down 1
43	Alfred	4,796	same
44	Daniel	4,548	up 3
45	Gerald	4,507	up 4
46	Samuel	4,405	down 1
47	Calvin	4,302	down 3
48	Bernard	4,259	down 2
49	Billy	4,207	up 14
50	Melvin	4,146	down 2
51	Marvin	4,092	down 1
52	Leroy	3,884	up 1
53	Russell	3,804	down 1
54	Leo	3,775	down 3
55	Michael	3,761	down 1
56	Andrew	3,617	same
57	Edwin	3,560	down 2
58	Floyd	3,524	up 8
59	Clifford	3,424	up 5
60	Peter	3,373	down 1
61	Elmer	3,356	down 4
62	Lloyd	3,324	down 1
63	Theodore	3,226	up 2
64	Ray	3,219	down 4
65	Frederick	3,088	down 3
66	Warren	2,945	down 8
67	Vernon	2,912	up 1
68	Clyde	2,906	up 1
69	Herman	2,890	up 1
70	Alvin	2,777	up 3
71	Vincent	2,772	up 7
72	Gordon	2,748	up 3
73	Chester	2,719	down 6
74	Wayne	2,713	same
75	Philip	2,675	down 4
76	Leon	2,636	same
77	Glenn	2,611	up 2
78	Charlie	2,578	up 2
79	Lewis	2,577	down 2
80	Milton	2,567	up 1
81	Lester	2,559	down 9
82	Lee	2,537	up 1
83	Martin	2,417	down 1
84	Bill	2,381	up 8
85	Jesse	2,373	up 1
86	Dale	2,302	down 2
87	Cecil	2,297	down 2
88	Harvey	2,190	same
89	Victor	2,119	up 1
90	Roger	2,099	up 3
91	Sam	2,092	same
92	Wallace	2,076	down 5
93	Benjamin	2,069	down 4
94	Allen	2,034	same
95	Arnold	1,972	same
96	Edgar	1,809	same
97	Willard	1,795	same
98	Roland	1,785	same
99	Oscar	1,754	same
100	Johnnie	1,744	up 1

Biggest climbers in 1925

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1924.

Girls

Ofelia: up 205 places, from 791st to 586th
Gay: up 174 places, from 996th to 822nd
Rutha: up 167 places, from 959th to 792nd
Darleen: up 165 places, from 894th to 729th
Hortencia: up 157 places, from 980th to 823rd
Prudence: up 154 places, from 969th to 815th
Ardell: up 150 places, from 970th to 820th
Delfina: up 146 places, from 941st to 795th
Ernestina: up 144 places, from 952nd to 808th
Florida: up 143 places, from 888th to 745th

Boys

Monte: up 323 places, from 975th to 652nd
Dexter: up 315 places, from 984th to 669th
Alejandro: up 227 places, from 917th to 690th
Dwain: up 221 places, from 968th to 747th
Barry: up 186 places, from 980th to 794th
Hans: up 171 places, from 891st to 720th
Donn: up 166 places, from 985th to 819th
Ivy: up 158 places, from 955th to 797th
Rodger: up 151 places, from 777th to 626th
Donnie: up 147 places, from 967th to 820th

New to the top 1,000 in 1925

Girls

Dominga, 730th (back after dropping out)
Rosia, 733rd (back after dropping out)
Sharon, 799th (its first time ever)
Delois, 801st (its first time ever)
Arthur, 841st (back after dropping out)
Paulina, 845th (back after dropping out)
Concha, 853rd (back after dropping out)
Cruz, 854th (back after dropping out)
Pamela, 864th (its first time ever)
Jeanie, 867th (back after dropping out)

Boys

Emmit, 750th (back after dropping out)
Ramiro, 775th (back after dropping out)
Terrence, 808th (back after dropping out)
Auther, 815th (back after dropping out)
Glynn, 838th (back after dropping out)
Hideo, 849th (back after dropping out)
Joy, 853rd (back after dropping out)
Turner, 869th (back after dropping out)
Arvel, 871st (back after dropping out)
Brian, 872nd (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 1925?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 23% of the girls counted in 1925, and the top ten boys' names to 32.9% of the boys. In 1905, those shares were 19.9% for girls and 32.1% 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.