List of the most popular names in the 1920s in the United States

These are the most popular given names in the United States for all years of the 1920s.

1920

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. James
  4. Robert
  5. Joseph
  6. Charles
  7. George
  8. Edward
  9. Thomas
  10. Frank

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Helen
  4. Margaret
  5. Ruth
  6. Virginia
  7. Elizabeth
  8. Anna
  9. Mildred
  10. Betty

1921

• Males
  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. James
  4. William
  5. George
  6. Charles
  7. Joseph
  8. Edward
  9. Frank
  10. Thomas
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Helen
  4. Margaret
  5. Ruth
  6. Mildred
  7. Betty
  8. Virginia
  9. Elizabeth
  10. Anna

1922

• Males
  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. James
  4. William
  5. Joseph
  6. Charles
  7. George
  8. Edward
  9. Richard
  10. Frank
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Helen
  4. Margaret
  5. Ruth
  6. Betty
  7. Frances
  8. Elizabeth
  9. Virginia
  10. Anna

1923

• Males
  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. William
  4. James
  5. Charles
  6. George
  7. Joseph
  8. Edward
  9. Frank
  10. Richard
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Helen
  4. Margaret
  5. Betty
  6. Ruth
  7. Mildred
  8. Virginia
  9. Frances
  10. Elizabeth

1924

• Males
  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. James
  4. William
  5. Charles
  6. Joseph
  7. George
  8. Edward
  9. Richard
  10. Donald
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Helen
  4. Betty
  5. Margaret
  6. Ruth
  7. Virginia
  8. Frances
  9. Doris
  10. Mildred

1925

• Males
  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. James
  4. William
  5. Charles
  6. Joseph
  7. George
  8. Richard
  9. Edward
  10. Donald
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Betty
  4. Helen
  5. Margaret
  6. Ruth
  7. Doris
  8. Virginia
  9. Elizabeth
  10. Evelyn; Mildred (tie)

1926

• Males
  1. Robert
  2. John
  3. William
  4. James
  5. Charles
  6. George
  7. Richard
  8. Joseph
  9. Edward
  10. Donald
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Helen
  4. Betty
  5. Margaret
  6. Ruth
  7. Virginia
  8. Doris
  9. Jean
  10. Maria

1927

• Males
  1. Robert
  2. James
  3. John
  4. William
  5. Charles
  6. Richard
  7. George
  8. Joseph
  9. Donald
  10. Edward
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Betty
  3. Dorothy
  4. Helen
  5. Margaret
  6. Ruth
  7. Virginia
  8. Doris
  9. Maria
  10. Shirley

1928

• Males
  1. Robert
  2. John
  3. James
  4. William
  5. Charles
  6. Richard
  7. Donald
  8. George
  9. Joseph
  10. Edward
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Betty
  3. Dorothy
  4. Helen
  5. Margaret
  6. Ruth
  7. Barbara
  8. Doris
  9. Maria
  10. Patricia

1929

• Males
  1. Robert
  2. John
  3. James
  4. William
  5. Charles
  6. Donald
  7. Richard
  8. George
  9. Joseph
  10. Edward
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Betty
  3. Dorothy
  4. Helen
  5. Margaret
  6. Ruth
  7. Doris
  8. Maria
  9. Barbara
  10. Shirley

References

• Most Popular 1000 Names of the 1920s from the Social Security Administration