The Most Popular Baby Names Of The Last 100 Years

The names that dominated the last century aren't necessarily the same ones in the top 10 today. (Photo: Imgorthand via Getty Images)

These days, we’re used to newborns named Liam, Olivia and Ava, but those names haven’t dominated the popularity lists for very long in the grand scheme of things.

The Social Security Administration keeps data on baby names going back to the 1880s, including lists of the top picks broken down by decade, state and relative shift in popularity. Another interesting list is the top 100 names of the last 100 years.

The most popular name for baby girls born during the years 1920 to 2019 was Mary, followed by Patricia and Jennifer, according to the agency. As for boys, the names James, John and Robert topped the list.

“Please note that popular names listed below are not necessarily consistently popular in every year,” the SSA website states. “For example, the name James, ranked as the most popular male name over the last 100 years, has been ranked as low as number 19. Similarly, the most popular female name in the table, Mary, ranked as low as 127.”

Without further ado, here are the top 100 names for boys and girls born from 1920 to 2019.

Girls

1. Mary

2. Patricia

3. Jennifer

4. Linda

5. Elizabeth

6. Barbara

7. Susan

8. Jessica

9. Sarah

10. Karen

11. Nancy

12. Lisa

13. Margaret

14. Betty

15. Sandra

16. Ashley

17. Dorothy

18. Kimberly

19. Emily

20. Donna

21. Michelle

22. Carol

23. Amanda

24. Melissa

25. Deborah

26. Stephanie

27. Rebecca

28. Laura

29. Sharon

30. Cynthia

31. Kathleen

32. Amy

33. Shirley

34. Angela

35. Helen

36. Anna

37. Brenda

38. Pamela

39. Nicole

40. Samantha

41. Katherine

42. Emma

43. Ruth

44. Christine

45. Catherine

46. Debra

47. Rachel

48. Carolyn

49. Janet

50. Virginia

51. Maria

52. Heather

53. Diane

54. Julie

55. Joyce

56. Victoria

57. Kelly

58. Christina

59. Lauren

60. Joan

61. Evelyn

62. Olivia

63. Judith

64. Megan

65. Cheryl

66. Martha

67. Andrea

68. Frances

69. Hannah

70. Jacqueline

71. Ann

72. Gloria

73. Jean

74. Kathryn

75. Alice

76. Teresa

77. Sara

78. Janice

79. Doris

80. Madison

81. Julia

82. Grace

83. Judy

84. Abigail

85. Marie

86. Denise

87. Beverly

88. Amber

89. Theresa

90. Marilyn

91. Danielle

92. Diana

93. Brittany

94. Natalie

95. Sophia

96. Rose

97. Isabella

98. Alexis

99. Kayla

100. Charlotte

Boys

1. James

2. John

3. Robert

4. Michael

5. William

6. David

7. Richard

8. Joseph

9. Thomas

10. Charles

11. Christopher

12. Daniel

13. Matthew

14. Anthony

15. Donald

16. Mark

17. Paul

18. Steven

19. Andrew

20. Kenneth

21. Joshua

22. Kevin

23. Brian

24. George

25. Edward

26. Ronald

27. Timothy

28. Jason

29. Jeffrey

30. Ryan

31. Jacob

32. Gary

33. Nicholas

34. Eric

35. Jonathan

36. Stephen

37. Larry

38. Justin

39. Scott

40. Brandon

41. Benjamin

42. Samuel

43. Frank

44. Gregory

45. Raymond

46. Alexander

47. Patrick

48. Jack

49. Dennis

50. Jerry

51. Tyler

52. Aaron

53. Jose

54. Henry

55. Adam

56. Douglas

57. Nathan

58. Peter

59. Zachary

60. Kyle

61. Walter

62. Harold

63. Jeremy

64. Ethan

65. Carl

66. Keith

67. Roger

68. Gerald

69. Christian

70. Terry

71. Sean

72. Arthur

73. Austin

74. Noah

75. Lawrence

76. Jesse

77. Joe

78. Bryan

79. Billy

80. Jordan

81. Albert

82. Dylan

83. Bruce

84. Willie

85. Gabriel

86. Alan

87. Juan

88. Logan

89. Wayne

90. Ralph

91. Roy

92. Eugene

93. Randy

94. Vincent

95. Russell

96. Louis

97. Philip

98. Bobby

99. Johnny

100. Bradley

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