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These Were The Most Popular Baby Names In 1921

Some vintage baby names remain popular today, while others have faded into obscurity.  (Photo: H. Armstrong Roberts via Getty Images)
Some vintage baby names remain popular today, while others have faded into obscurity. (Photo: H. Armstrong Roberts via Getty Images)

The list of most popular baby names in the U.S. doesn’t change dramatically from one year to the next, but there are some interesting trends over longer stretches of time.

Knowing the Social Security Administration’s baby naming data goes back more than a century, we decided to take a look at which names parents were loving 100 years ago. While many of the top names remain popular today (classics like William, Elizabeth and James), others have declined considerably over time (Mildred, Doris, Harold and Ralph). Still others fell in popularity in the 20th century, only to have a recent resurgence in popularity (a la Evelyn and Alice).

Below, find the 50 most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1921.

Girls

  1. Mary

  2. Dorothy

  3. Helen

  4. Margaret

  5. Ruth

  6. Virginia

  7. Mildred

  8. Betty

  9. Frances

  10. Elizabeth

  11. Anna

  12. Evelyn

  13. Doris

  14. Marie

  15. Alice

  16. Marjorie

  17. Florence

  18. Irene

  19. Lillian

  20. Rose

  21. Martha

  22. Louise

  23. Catherine

  24. Gladys

  25. Jean

  26. Ruby

  27. Edna

  28. Josephine

  29. Eleanor

  30. Thelma

  31. Lucille

  32. Ethel

  33. Edith

  34. Hazel

  35. Grace

  36. Annie

  37. Pauline

  38. Lois

  39. Bernice

  40. Barbara

  41. Beatrice

  42. Esther

  43. Marion

  44. Shirley

  45. Clara

  46. Gertrude

  47. Jane

  48. Rita

  49. Katherine

  50. June

Boys

  1. John

  2. Robert

  3. William

  4. James

  5. Charles

  6. George

  7. Joseph

  8. Edward

  9. Frank

  10. Richard

  11. Thomas

  12. Harold

  13. Donald

  14. Paul

  15. Walter

  16. Raymond

  17. Henry

  18. Jack

  19. Arthur

  20. Albert

  21. Harry

  22. Kenneth

  23. Ralph

  24. Warren

  25. David

  26. Eugene

  27. Howard

  28. Clarence

  29. Louis

  30. Carl

  31. Earl

  32. Roy

  33. Fred

  34. Willie

  35. Francis

  36. Joe

  37. Lawrence

  38. Ernest

  39. Leonard

  40. Anthony

  41. Stanley

  42. Herbert

  43. Alfred

  44. Samuel

  45. Bernard

  46. Norman

  47. Michael

  48. Elmer

  49. Daniel

  50. Leo

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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.