NameTrends

Names That Peaked in the 1920s

Every name here reached its all-time U.S. popularity high in the 1920s. Some faded, some are staging comebacks — the peak year tells the story.

  1. 1Robert#1 in 1924
  2. 2Dorothy#2 in 1920
  3. 3Betty#2 in 1928
  4. 4Virginia#6 in 1921
  5. 5Doris#6 in 1929
  6. 6Jean#12 in 1926
  7. 7Marjorie#16 in 1921
  8. 8Lois#17 in 1929
  9. 9Eugene#20 in 1927
  10. 10Gloria#20 in 1925
  11. 11Herbert#25 in 1928
  12. 12Warren#24 in 1921
  13. 13June#39 in 1925
  14. 14Lorraine#39 in 1928
  15. 15Marion#42 in 1922
  16. 16Leonard#37 in 1923
  17. 17Juanita#48 in 1924
  18. 18Calvin#44 in 1924
  19. 19Marian#64 in 1924
  20. 20Melvin#47 in 1926
  21. 21Vivian#64 in 1920
  22. 22Maxine#76 in 1923
  23. 23Billie#79 in 1929
  24. 24Alvin#66 in 1927
  25. 25Wallace#69 in 1923
  26. 26Leon#73 in 1926
  27. 27Geneva#106 in 1920
  28. 28Ramona#117 in 1928
  29. 29Roland#98 in 1924
  30. 30Junior#115 in 1925
  31. 31Marcella#155 in 1922
  32. 32Leland#171 in 1921
  33. 33Ervin#163 in 1920
  34. 34Therese#220 in 1927
  35. 35Nadine#229 in 1926
  36. 36Malcolm#205 in 1928
  37. 37Eldon#209 in 1927
  38. 38Carmela#266 in 1923
  39. 39Mavis#270 in 1924
  40. 40Carmella#276 in 1922
  41. 41Aileen#289 in 1926
  42. 42Harlan#253 in 1924