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Baby Names from 1918

2,171,111 registered births | 1,013,480 boys | 1,157,631 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1918

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
56,558 births
2 William
45,291 births
3 James
42,115 births
4 Robert
40,619 births
5 Charles
26,921 births
6 George
26,318 births
7 Joseph
26,261 births
8 Edward
19,489 births
9 Frank
17,018 births
10 Thomas
13,910 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
67,365 births
2 Helen
36,148 births
3 Dorothy
32,030 births
4 Margaret
27,139 births
5 Ruth
25,535 births
6 Mildred
17,258 births
7 Virginia
16,421 births
8 Frances
16,131 births
9 Elizabeth
15,853 births
10 Anna
15,666 births

Top Unisex Names of 1918

Willie
6,537 boys 3,867 girls
Marion
1,535 boys 5,583 girls
Francis
6,347 boys 653 girls
Jessie
1,412 boys 3,591 girls
Lee
2,159 boys 507 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

New to the Top 200 in 1918

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Dean #189 Gene #192 Carol #196 Billy #198 Constance #198 Laverne #199
1917 All Years 1919