United States · 2,171,111 recorded births
Top baby names of 1918
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Lorraine (up 47), Jeanne (up 40), Douglas (up 23), Wilson (up 22).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1917 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | ▲ 3 |
| 8 | Frances | 16,132 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 15,853 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Anna | 15,666 | ▼ 3 |
| 11 | Evelyn | 13,493 | · |
| 12 | Marie | 12,589 | · |
| 13 | Alice | 11,590 | · |
| 14 | Florence | 11,318 | · |
| 15 | Lillian | 9,986 | · |
| 16 | Irene | 9,774 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Rose | 9,568 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Louise | 9,111 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Doris | 9,061 | ▲ 6 |
| 20 | Catherine | 8,842 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Betty | 8,803 | ▲ 13 |
| 22 | Gladys | 8,734 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Edna | 8,698 | ▼ 3 |
| 24 | Josephine | 8,682 | ▼ 3 |
| 25 | Martha | 8,341 | ▼ 3 |
| 26 | Eleanor | 8,176 | · |
| 27 | Ruby | 8,134 | · |
| 28 | Ethel | 8,075 | ▼ 4 |
| 29 | Lucille | 7,902 | · |
| 30 | Edith | 7,858 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Grace | 7,770 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Thelma | 7,740 | · |
| 33 | Hazel | 7,615 | ▼ 2 |
| 34 | Marjorie | 7,517 | ▲ 2 |
| 35 | Pauline | 7,222 | ▼ 2 |
| 36 | Annie | 6,743 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Jean | 6,600 | ▲ 3 |
| 38 | Esther | 6,574 | · |
| 39 | Gertrude | 6,264 | ▼ 2 |
| 40 | Beatrice | 5,907 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Bernice | 5,892 | ▲ 1 |
| 42 | Lois | 5,877 | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Clara | 5,778 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Ann | 5,613 | · |
| 45 | Marion | 5,583 | · |
| 46 | Emma | 5,324 | · |
| 47 | Agnes | 5,291 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Julia | 5,268 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Elsie | 5,194 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Katherine | 5,191 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Bertha | 5,051 | · |
| 52 | Sarah | 4,969 | · |
| 53 | Jane | 4,730 | ▲ 2 |
| 54 | Anne | 4,567 | ▼ 1 |
| 55 | Eva | 4,563 | ▼ 1 |
| 56 | Pearl | 4,521 | ▲ 1 |
| 57 | Ida | 4,450 | ▼ 1 |
| 58 | Rita | 4,447 | ▲ 5 |
| 59 | Viola | 4,331 | · |
| 60 | Barbara | 4,224 | ▲ 7 |
| 61 | Bessie | 4,101 | · |
| 62 | Myrtle | 4,076 | ▼ 4 |
| 63 | Kathryn | 4,068 | ▼ 3 |
| 64 | Laura | 4,062 | ▲ 1 |
| 65 | Nellie | 4,048 | ▼ 1 |
| 66 | June | 4,034 | ▲ 7 |
| 67 | Stella | 3,928 | ▼ 5 |
| 68 | Vera | 3,923 | ▼ 2 |
| 69 | Lorraine | 3,876 | ▲ 47 |
| 70 | Willie | 3,867 | ▲ 2 |
| 71 | Sylvia | 3,675 | ▼ 2 |
| 72 | Vivian | 3,663 | ▲ 7 |
| 73 | Alma | 3,650 | ▼ 2 |
| 74 | Mabel | 3,636 | ▼ 6 |
| 75 | Jessie | 3,591 | ▼ 5 |
| 76 | Marian | 3,503 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Geraldine | 3,446 | ▲ 12 |
| 78 | Charlotte | 3,373 | ▼ 2 |
| 79 | Leona | 3,335 | ▲ 1 |
| 80 | Phyllis | 3,326 | ▲ 12 |
| 81 | Genevieve | 3,304 | ▼ 4 |
| 82 | Wilma | 3,298 | · |
| 83 | Violet | 3,294 | ▲ 1 |
| 84 | Ella | 3,291 | ▼ 1 |
| 85 | Juanita | 3,260 | ▲ 2 |
| 86 | Marguerite | 3,249 | ▼ 8 |
| 87 | Maxine | 3,216 | ▲ 6 |
| 88 | Minnie | 3,181 | ▼ 13 |
| 89 | Lillie | 3,112 | ▼ 3 |
| 90 | Lucy | 3,108 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Jennie | 3,033 | ▼ 10 |
| 92 | Ellen | 3,030 | ▼ 2 |
| 93 | Lena | 2,937 | ▼ 8 |
| 94 | Opal | 2,847 | ▲ 1 |
| 95 | Mae | 2,756 | ▲ 1 |
| 96 | Blanche | 2,739 | ▼ 5 |
| 97 | Shirley | 2,654 | ▲ 26 |
| 98 | Norma | 2,653 | ▲ 10 |
| 99 | Kathleen | 2,629 | ▲ 2 |
| 100 | Mattie | 2,610 | ▼ 6 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1917 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 56,558 | · |
| 2 | William | 45,291 | · |
| 3 | James | 42,115 | · |
| 4 | Robert | 40,619 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 26,921 | ▲ 2 |
| 6 | George | 26,318 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 26,261 | ▼ 2 |
| 8 | Edward | 19,489 | · |
| 9 | Frank | 17,018 | · |
| 10 | Thomas | 13,910 | · |
| 11 | Walter | 13,338 | · |
| 12 | Richard | 12,323 | ▲ 2 |
| 13 | Harold | 12,185 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Paul | 11,755 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Raymond | 11,604 | ▲ 1 |
| 16 | Henry | 11,354 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Arthur | 10,105 | · |
| 18 | Donald | 9,972 | ▲ 2 |
| 19 | Albert | 9,935 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Harry | 9,896 | ▼ 1 |
| 21 | Jack | 8,341 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Ralph | 8,162 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Clarence | 7,187 | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | Louis | 7,082 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Carl | 7,004 | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Howard | 6,928 | · |
| 27 | Kenneth | 6,809 | · |
| 28 | David | 6,627 | · |
| 29 | Willie | 6,537 | ▲ 2 |
| 30 | Francis | 6,347 | · |
| 31 | Earl | 6,321 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,211 | ▲ 1 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,182 | ▼ 4 |
| 34 | Joe | 5,805 | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Eugene | 5,631 | ▲ 4 |
| 36 | Stanley | 5,618 | ▼ 2 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,527 | · |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,372 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,168 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Herbert | 5,128 | · |
| 41 | Leonard | 4,980 | · |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,873 | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Samuel | 4,772 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Elmer | 4,373 | ▲ 1 |
| 45 | Michael | 4,296 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Andrew | 4,138 | ▲ 2 |
| 47 | Bernard | 4,098 | ▲ 2 |
| 48 | Leo | 4,036 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Norman | 3,867 | ▼ 3 |
| 50 | Russell | 3,833 | ▲ 2 |
| 51 | Lloyd | 3,742 | ▲ 2 |
| 52 | Daniel | 3,726 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Peter | 3,711 | ▼ 3 |
| 54 | Chester | 3,692 | ▲ 2 |
| 55 | Edwin | 3,487 | · |
| 56 | Melvin | 3,469 | ▲ 1 |
| 57 | Leroy | 3,422 | ▲ 3 |
| 58 | Woodrow | 3,358 | ▲ 15 |
| 59 | Frederick | 3,351 | ▼ 8 |
| 60 | Clifford | 3,299 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,235 | ▲ 1 |
| 62 | Lester | 3,229 | ▼ 1 |
| 63 | Victor | 3,183 | ▲ 15 |
| 64 | Theodore | 3,143 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Herman | 3,041 | ▼ 7 |
| 66 | Vernon | 2,971 | ▲ 5 |
| 67 | Clyde | 2,917 | ▼ 3 |
| 68 | Marvin | 2,829 | · |
| 69 | Ray | 2,763 | ▲ 5 |
| 70 | Charlie | 2,743 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,733 | ▼ 5 |
| 72 | Gerald | 2,712 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Vincent | 2,621 | ▼ 8 |
| 74 | Lewis | 2,593 | ▼ 4 |
| 75 | Sam | 2,506 | ▼ 3 |
| 76 | Milton | 2,454 | ▼ 1 |
| 77 | Leon | 2,442 | ▲ 5 |
| 78 | Jesse | 2,433 | ▲ 1 |
| 79 | Benjamin | 2,431 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | Alvin | 2,409 | ▲ 1 |
| 81 | Martin | 2,403 | ▼ 4 |
| 82 | Cecil | 2,328 | ▲ 1 |
| 83 | Willard | 2,311 | ▼ 3 |
| 84 | Glenn | 2,253 | ▲ 2 |
| 85 | Gordon | 2,233 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Lee | 2,159 | ▼ 1 |
| 87 | Oscar | 2,113 | · |
| 88 | Harvey | 2,111 | ▲ 2 |
| 89 | Edgar | 2,085 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Warren | 1,990 | ▲ 3 |
| 91 | Wayne | 1,912 | ▲ 5 |
| 92 | Arnold | 1,910 | ▼ 1 |
| 93 | Everett | 1,891 | ▲ 1 |
| 94 | Sidney | 1,879 | ▲ 1 |
| 95 | Claude | 1,878 | ▲ 3 |
| 96 | Stephen | 1,843 | ▼ 7 |
| 97 | Wilbur | 1,800 | ▼ 5 |
| 98 | Allen | 1,779 | ▲ 2 |
| 99 | Virgil | 1,707 | ▲ 4 |
| 100 | Homer | 1,680 | ▲ 2 |