Popular names of 1913, and how old they are now

People born in 1913 turn 113 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 1.1 million births in 1913 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 1913

Most popular girl names of 1913
#	Name	Born 1913	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	36,642	66
2	Helen	18,888	66
3	Dorothy	14,674	72
4	Margaret	14,486	61
5	Ruth	12,609	62
6	Mildred	9,921	74
7	Anna	9,687	39
8	Elizabeth	9,505	44
9	Frances	7,694	67
10	Marie	7,353	62
11	Alice	6,934	53
12	Evelyn	6,683	34
13	Florence	6,279	66
14	Rose	6,171	56
15	Virginia	6,036	66
16	Lillian	6,015	29
17	Louise	5,577	69
18	Edna	5,558	70
19	Gladys	5,428	68
20	Ethel	5,369	76
21	Irene	5,335	61
22	Catherine	5,302	54
23	Ruby	4,913	39
24	Josephine	4,822	39
25	Grace	4,669	27
26	Thelma	4,595	74
27	Hazel	4,589	27
28	Martha	4,538	66
29	Edith	4,366	57
30	Annie	4,267	54
31	Lucille	4,098	52
32	Esther	4,090	42
33	Gertrude	4,015	76
34	Eleanor	3,938	30
35	Pauline	3,636	69
36	Clara	3,633	36
37	Beatrice	3,567	56
38	Emma	3,474	20
39	Bertha	3,345	69
40	Elsie	3,209	41
41	Agnes	3,206	64
42	Julia	3,195	38
43	Sarah	3,178	39
44	Doris	3,049	75
45	Bernice	3,036	70
46	Ann	2,998	65
47	Bessie	2,952	74
48	Marjorie	2,922	69
49	Ida	2,916	65
50	Eva	2,891	36

Top boy names of 1913

Most popular boy names of 1913
#	Name	Born 1913	Avg. age, everyone
1	John	29,329	55
2	William	23,538	51
3	James	20,832	54
4	Robert	15,684	58
5	Joseph	14,471	45
6	George	13,874	57
7	Charles	13,191	54
8	Edward	9,474	56
9	Frank	9,237	59
10	Thomas	7,096	53
11	Walter	6,890	58
12	Henry	6,391	34
13	Harold	6,157	66
14	Paul	5,966	57
15	Harry	5,458	62
16	Albert	5,449	57
17	Arthur	5,422	54
18	Raymond	5,310	56
19	Richard	5,107	60
20	Louis	4,258	52
21	Clarence	4,046	62
22	Ralph	3,963	65
23	Carl	3,935	60
24	Willie	3,760	64
25	Donald	3,702	64
26	Howard	3,663	65
27	Fred	3,624	67
28	Jack	3,538	34
29	David	3,282	52
30	Francis	3,205	57
31	Earl	3,110	64
32	Roy	3,090	60
33	Kenneth	3,065	57
34	Ernest	2,940	61
35	Lawrence	2,853	60
36	Samuel	2,850	32
37	Joe	2,806	61
38	Anthony	2,781	40
39	Herbert	2,723	65
40	Michael	2,607	49
41	Stanley	2,595	62
42	Alfred	2,577	60
43	Eugene	2,525	63
44	Woodrow	2,333	57
45	Elmer	2,323	56
46	Leonard	2,276	60
47	Andrew	2,222	36
48	Leo	2,031	24
49	Frederick	1,996	56
50	Russell	1,946	55

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1913, 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 1913. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1913 babies. Records before the late 1930s undercount births, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card. How we calculate this