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