Popular names of 1910, and how old they are now

People born in 1910 turn 116 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 590,000 births in 1910 under names it lists, and by our estimate fewer than 100 of them are still alive.

The year's top names were Mary for girls and John for boys. Babies born that year belong to the Greatest Generation.

Top girl names of 1910

Most popular girl names of 1910
#	Name	Born 1910	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	22,848	66
2	Helen	10,479	66
3	Margaret	8,226	61
4	Dorothy	7,318	72
5	Ruth	7,212	62
6	Anna	6,436	39
7	Elizabeth	5,800	44
8	Mildred	5,692	74
9	Marie	4,790	62
10	Alice	4,671	53
11	Frances	4,448	67
12	Florence	4,282	66
13	Ethel	4,146	76
14	Lillian	4,127	29
15	Gladys	3,842	68
16	Rose	3,837	56
17	Evelyn	3,777	34
18	Edna	3,664	70
19	Annie	3,519	54
20	Louise	3,457	69
21	Irene	3,281	61
22	Catherine	3,161	54
23	Grace	3,145	27
24	Hazel	3,032	27
25	Thelma	2,976	74
26	Gertrude	2,932	76
27	Ruby	2,893	39
28	Martha	2,858	66
29	Virginia	2,855	66
30	Josephine	2,801	39
31	Lucille	2,692	52
32	Clara	2,665	36
33	Bertha	2,651	69
34	Emma	2,607	20
35	Edith	2,592	57
36	Beatrice	2,459	56
37	Bessie	2,392	74
38	Esther	2,378	42
39	Pearl	2,177	51
40	Sarah	2,173	39
41	Agnes	2,163	64
42	Pauline	2,153	69
43	Myrtle	2,145	79
44	Elsie	2,141	41
45	Eva	2,123	36
46	Mabel	2,123	34
47	Ida	2,107	65
48	Viola	2,090	61
49	Julia	2,074	38
50	Minnie	1,983	72

Top boy names of 1910

Most popular boy names of 1910
#	Name	Born 1910	Avg. age, everyone
1	John	11,450	55
2	James	9,194	54
3	William	8,844	51
4	Robert	5,609	58
5	George	5,441	57
6	Joseph	5,228	45
7	Charles	4,784	54
8	Frank	3,768	59
9	Edward	3,407	56
10	Henry	2,899	34
11	Willie	2,897	64
12	Thomas	2,851	53
13	Walter	2,596	58
14	Albert	2,183	57
15	Paul	2,005	57
16	Harry	1,978	62
17	Arthur	1,942	54
18	Harold	1,909	66
19	Raymond	1,737	56
20	Clarence	1,706	62
21	Richard	1,654	60
22	Fred	1,587	67
23	Jack	1,576	34
24	Louis	1,569	52
25	Joe	1,553	61
26	Carl	1,339	60
27	Howard	1,309	65
28	Ralph	1,278	65
29	Roy	1,267	60
30	David	1,258	52
31	Ernest	1,167	61
32	Samuel	1,129	32
33	Earl	1,109	64
34	Charlie	1,107	31
35	Lawrence	1,009	60
36	Francis	1,000	57
37	Anthony	980	40
38	Alfred	922	60
39	Eugene	888	63
40	Sam	888	47
41	Herbert	886	65
42	Andrew	884	36
43	Kenneth	880	57
44	Donald	860	64
45	Michael	844	49
46	Leonard	793	60
47	Stanley	761	62
48	Elmer	760	56
49	Lee	741	57
50	Leroy	733	62

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1910, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1910. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1910 babies. Records before the late 1930s undercount births, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card. How we calculate this