Top Baby Names of 1918
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 67,365 2
Helen 36,148 3
Dorothy 32,030 4
Margaret 27,139 5
Ruth 25,535 6
Mildred 17,258 7
Virginia 16,421 8
Frances 16,131 9
Elizabeth 15,853 10
Anna 15,666 11
Evelyn 13,493 12
Marie 12,589 13
Alice 11,590 14
Florence 11,318 15
Lillian 9,986 16
Irene 9,774 17
Rose 9,568 18
Louise 9,111 19
Doris 9,061 20
Catherine 8,842 21
Betty 8,803 22
Gladys 8,734 23
Edna 8,698 24
Josephine 8,682 25
Martha 8,342 26
Eleanor 8,176 27
Ruby 8,134 28
Ethel 8,075 29
Lucille 7,902 30
Edith 7,858 31
Grace 7,770 32
Thelma 7,740 33
Hazel 7,615 34
Marjorie 7,517 35
Pauline 7,222 36
Annie 6,743 37
Jean 6,600 38
Esther 6,574 39
Gertrude 6,264 40
Beatrice 5,907 41
Bernice 5,892 42
Lois 5,877 43
Clara 5,778 44
Ann 5,613 45
Marion 5,583 46
Emma 5,324 47
Agnes 5,291 48
Julia 5,268 49
Elsie 5,194 50
Katherine 5,191 👦
Boy Names
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John 56,558 2
William 45,291 3
James 42,115 4
Robert 40,619 5
Charles 26,921 6
George 26,318 7
Joseph 26,261 8
Edward 19,489 9
Frank 17,018 10
Thomas 13,910 11
Walter 13,338 12
Richard 12,323 13
Harold 12,185 14
Paul 11,755 15
Raymond 11,604 16
Henry 11,354 17
Arthur 10,105 18
Donald 9,972 19
Albert 9,935 20
Harry 9,896 21
Jack 8,341 22
Ralph 8,162 23
Clarence 7,187 24
Louis 7,082 25
Carl 7,003 26
Howard 6,928 27
Kenneth 6,809 28
David 6,627 29
Willie 6,537 30
Francis 6,347 31
Earl 6,321 32
Roy 6,211 33
Fred 6,182 34
Joe 5,805 35
Eugene 5,631 36
Stanley 5,618 37
Ernest 5,527 38
Lawrence 5,372 39
Anthony 5,168 40
Herbert 5,128 41
Leonard 4,980 42
Alfred 4,873 43
Samuel 4,772 44
Elmer 4,373 45
Michael 4,296 46
Andrew 4,138 47
Bernard 4,098 48
Leo 4,036 49
Norman 3,867 50
Russell 3,833 About 1918 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1918, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.