United States · 2,289,157 recorded births
Top baby names of 1922
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Gloria (up 41), Peggy (up 24), Gene (up 26), Billy (up 19).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1921 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 72,177 | · |
| 2 | Dorothy | 37,716 | · |
| 3 | Helen | 32,510 | · |
| 4 | Margaret | 26,862 | · |
| 5 | Ruth | 23,633 | · |
| 6 | Betty | 20,895 | ▲ 2 |
| 7 | Virginia | 19,144 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Mildred | 16,412 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 15,244 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Frances | 15,054 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Doris | 13,798 | ▲ 2 |
| 12 | Anna | 13,408 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Evelyn | 13,320 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Marie | 11,912 | · |
| 15 | Alice | 11,277 | · |
| 16 | Marjorie | 10,385 | · |
| 17 | Irene | 10,173 | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Florence | 10,036 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Lillian | 9,430 | · |
| 20 | Jean | 9,109 | ▲ 5 |
| 21 | Martha | 9,021 | · |
| 22 | Louise | 8,886 | · |
| 23 | Rose | 8,791 | ▼ 3 |
| 24 | Catherine | 8,537 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Gladys | 8,042 | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Ruby | 8,003 | · |
| 27 | Josephine | 7,864 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Eleanor | 7,852 | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Edna | 7,622 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Annie | 7,476 | ▲ 6 |
| 31 | Thelma | 7,254 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Ethel | 7,246 | · |
| 33 | Lucille | 7,151 | ▼ 2 |
| 34 | Edith | 7,136 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Lois | 6,946 | ▲ 3 |
| 36 | Pauline | 6,811 | ▲ 1 |
| 37 | Hazel | 6,757 | ▼ 3 |
| 38 | Grace | 6,743 | ▼ 3 |
| 39 | Shirley | 6,407 | ▲ 5 |
| 40 | Barbara | 6,272 | · |
| 41 | Bernice | 5,912 | ▼ 2 |
| 42 | Marion | 5,667 | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Beatrice | 5,476 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Esther | 5,474 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | June | 5,382 | ▲ 5 |
| 46 | Norma | 5,238 | ▲ 5 |
| 47 | Clara | 5,126 | ▼ 2 |
| 48 | Gertrude | 5,082 | ▼ 2 |
| 49 | Ann | 5,054 | ▲ 4 |
| 50 | Emma | 5,013 | ▲ 2 |
| 51 | Sarah | 4,982 | ▲ 3 |
| 52 | Rita | 4,976 | ▼ 4 |
| 53 | Phyllis | 4,935 | ▲ 7 |
| 54 | Katherine | 4,827 | ▼ 5 |
| 55 | Jane | 4,805 | ▼ 8 |
| 56 | Lorraine | 4,668 | ▲ 5 |
| 57 | Juanita | 4,643 | · |
| 58 | Geraldine | 4,641 | ▲ 4 |
| 59 | Elsie | 4,618 | ▼ 4 |
| 60 | Julia | 4,616 | ▼ 2 |
| 61 | Gloria | 4,496 | ▲ 41 |
| 62 | Agnes | 4,480 | ▼ 6 |
| 63 | Bertha | 4,419 | ▼ 4 |
| 64 | Eva | 4,192 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Ida | 3,987 | ▲ 2 |
| 66 | Anne | 3,974 | ▲ 4 |
| 67 | Marian | 3,951 | ▲ 2 |
| 68 | Laura | 3,902 | ▲ 3 |
| 69 | Patricia | 3,902 | ▲ 15 |
| 70 | Willie | 3,885 | ▲ 4 |
| 71 | Pearl | 3,848 | ▼ 6 |
| 72 | Viola | 3,793 | ▼ 6 |
| 73 | Kathryn | 3,792 | ▼ 9 |
| 74 | Vivian | 3,733 | ▼ 6 |
| 75 | Myrtle | 3,649 | ▼ 2 |
| 76 | Charlotte | 3,582 | ▲ 3 |
| 77 | Wilma | 3,535 | ▼ 5 |
| 78 | Nancy | 3,518 | ▲ 9 |
| 79 | Vera | 3,510 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | Kathleen | 3,466 | ▲ 3 |
| 81 | Bessie | 3,447 | ▼ 6 |
| 82 | Maxine | 3,444 | ▼ 5 |
| 83 | Nellie | 3,274 | ▼ 3 |
| 84 | Alma | 3,233 | ▼ 6 |
| 85 | Lillie | 3,200 | ▲ 9 |
| 86 | Violet | 3,194 | ▼ 5 |
| 87 | Jessie | 3,182 | ▲ 4 |
| 88 | Stella | 3,166 | ▼ 2 |
| 89 | Audrey | 3,164 | ▼ 7 |
| 90 | Ella | 3,150 | ▼ 1 |
| 91 | Minnie | 3,115 | ▲ 5 |
| 92 | Wanda | 2,986 | ▲ 9 |
| 93 | Lucy | 2,977 | · |
| 94 | Sylvia | 2,961 | ▼ 6 |
| 95 | Ellen | 2,953 | · |
| 96 | Eileen | 2,939 | ▲ 4 |
| 97 | Jeanne | 2,917 | ▲ 12 |
| 98 | Genevieve | 2,897 | ▼ 8 |
| 99 | Mabel | 2,894 | ▼ 14 |
| 100 | Margie | 2,854 | ▲ 6 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1921 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 57,280 | · |
| 2 | Robert | 53,796 | · |
| 3 | William | 51,111 | · |
| 4 | James | 49,802 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 28,839 | · |
| 6 | George | 27,350 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,699 | · |
| 8 | Edward | 20,419 | · |
| 9 | Richard | 17,537 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Frank | 16,013 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Thomas | 15,261 | · |
| 12 | Donald | 14,913 | ▲ 1 |
| 13 | Harold | 13,593 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,922 | · |
| 15 | Walter | 12,631 | · |
| 16 | Raymond | 12,129 | · |
| 17 | Henry | 11,207 | · |
| 18 | Jack | 10,847 | · |
| 19 | Arthur | 10,114 | · |
| 20 | Albert | 9,896 | · |
| 21 | Kenneth | 9,258 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Harry | 9,077 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,484 | · |
| 24 | David | 7,865 | ▲ 1 |
| 25 | Eugene | 7,849 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Howard | 7,296 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Louis | 7,095 | ▲ 2 |
| 28 | Willie | 6,903 | ▲ 6 |
| 29 | Clarence | 6,861 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Carl | 6,690 | · |
| 31 | Earl | 6,461 | · |
| 32 | Roy | 6,458 | · |
| 33 | Fred | 6,245 | · |
| 34 | Francis | 6,147 | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Joe | 6,089 | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,786 | ▲ 1 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,503 | ▲ 1 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,407 | ▲ 1 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,091 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Herbert | 5,047 | ▲ 2 |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,045 | · |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,833 | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Samuel | 4,600 | ▲ 1 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,527 | ▲ 2 |
| 45 | Warren | 4,484 | ▼ 21 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,409 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,285 | ▲ 2 |
| 48 | Michael | 3,990 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Russell | 3,965 | ▲ 3 |
| 50 | Melvin | 3,908 | ▲ 3 |
| 51 | Leo | 3,901 | ▼ 1 |
| 52 | Edwin | 3,827 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Andrew | 3,803 | ▼ 2 |
| 54 | Elmer | 3,738 | ▼ 6 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,671 | · |
| 56 | Marvin | 3,580 | ▲ 3 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,545 | · |
| 58 | Gerald | 3,541 | ▲ 2 |
| 59 | Lloyd | 3,364 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,353 | ▲ 1 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,221 | ▲ 2 |
| 62 | Theodore | 3,216 | ▲ 3 |
| 63 | Clifford | 3,157 | ▼ 1 |
| 64 | Chester | 3,133 | ▼ 8 |
| 65 | Ray | 3,051 | ▲ 2 |
| 66 | Herman | 3,014 | ▼ 2 |
| 67 | Clyde | 3,007 | ▲ 2 |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,003 | · |
| 69 | Lester | 2,951 | ▼ 3 |
| 70 | Philip | 2,769 | ▲ 2 |
| 71 | Vincent | 2,710 | ▼ 1 |
| 72 | Charlie | 2,655 | ▲ 4 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,599 | · |
| 74 | Milton | 2,556 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Lewis | 2,555 | ▼ 4 |
| 76 | Gordon | 2,527 | ▲ 8 |
| 77 | Leon | 2,521 | ▼ 3 |
| 78 | Wayne | 2,476 | ▲ 3 |
| 79 | Glenn | 2,425 | ▲ 1 |
| 80 | Martin | 2,402 | ▼ 2 |
| 81 | Jesse | 2,395 | ▼ 4 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 2,378 | · |
| 83 | Lee | 2,371 | ▲ 3 |
| 84 | Sam | 2,349 | ▲ 1 |
| 85 | Cecil | 2,336 | ▼ 6 |
| 86 | Victor | 2,322 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Wallace | 2,210 | ▲ 1 |
| 88 | Harvey | 2,207 | ▼ 1 |
| 89 | Dale | 2,041 | ▲ 4 |
| 90 | Billy | 2,029 | ▲ 19 |
| 91 | Willard | 2,017 | ▼ 2 |
| 92 | Oscar | 2,007 | · |
| 93 | Edgar | 1,923 | ▼ 3 |
| 94 | Arnold | 1,892 | ▼ 3 |
| 95 | Allen | 1,887 | ▼ 1 |
| 96 | Roger | 1,848 | ▲ 3 |
| 97 | Claude | 1,806 | ▼ 1 |
| 98 | Everett | 1,798 | ▼ 3 |
| 99 | Virgil | 1,790 | ▼ 1 |
| 100 | Gilbert | 1,748 | ▲ 3 |