Popular names of 1924, and how old they are now

People born in 1924 turn 102 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 2.4 million births in 1924 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 13,000 of them are still alive.

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

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1924: Dorothy, Edward, Harold, Raymond, Ruby, Marion, Fred, Juanita, Calvin, Bernard, Marian and Leroy.

Top girl names of 1924

Most popular girl names of 1924
#	Name	Born 1924	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	73,534	610	66
2	Dorothy	39,996	330	72
3	Helen	31,194	260	66
4	Betty	30,600	250	76
5	Margaret	26,547	220	61
6	Ruth	23,601	200	62
7	Virginia	18,620	150	66
8	Mildred	15,853	130	74
9	Doris	15,786	130	75
10	Frances	15,183	130	67
11	Elizabeth	14,950	120	44
12	Evelyn	13,358	110	34
13	Anna	13,076	110	39
14	Marie	11,575	under 100	62
15	Alice	11,537	under 100	53
16	Jean	10,721	under 100	69
17	Marjorie	10,069	under 100	69
18	Irene	9,928	under 100	61
19	Shirley	9,489	under 100	75
20	Florence	9,472	under 100	66
21	Martha	9,320	under 100	66
22	Lois	9,300	under 100	75
23	Lillian	9,100	under 100	29
24	Louise	8,854	under 100	69
25	Rose	8,479	under 100	56
26	Ruby	8,406	under 100	39
27	Catherine	8,363	under 100	54
28	Barbara	8,305	under 100	72
29	Eleanor	8,193	under 100	30
30	Gladys	7,790	under 100	68
31	Edna	7,408	under 100	70
32	Annie	7,347	under 100	54
33	Thelma	7,316	under 100	74
34	Josephine	7,274	under 100	39
35	Patricia	6,957	under 100	68
36	Edith	6,890	under 100	57
37	Lucille	6,744	under 100	52
38	Pauline	6,722	under 100	69
39	Ethel	6,586	under 100	76
40	Norma	6,542	under 100	69
41	Gloria	6,534	under 100	66
42	Hazel	6,342	under 100	27
43	Grace	6,327	under 100	27
44	Phyllis	6,267	under 100	74
45	June	6,150	under 100	54
46	Marion	6,047	under 100	65
47	Bernice	6,033	under 100	70
48	Juanita	5,404	under 100	65
49	Rita	5,381	under 100	67
50	Beatrice	5,271	under 100	56

Top boy names of 1924

Most popular boy names of 1924
#	Name	Born 1924	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Robert	60,802	120	58
2	John	59,052	120	55
3	William	53,506	110	51
4	James	52,942	100	54
5	Charles	30,460	under 100	54
6	George	27,373	under 100	57
7	Joseph	25,421	under 100	45
8	Richard	21,244	under 100	60
9	Edward	21,126	under 100	56
10	Donald	17,929	under 100	64
11	Thomas	16,555	under 100	53
12	Frank	16,044	under 100	59
13	Harold	14,149	under 100	66
14	Paul	13,338	under 100	57
15	Raymond	12,873	under 100	56
16	Walter	12,696	under 100	58
17	Jack	11,921	under 100	34
18	Henry	11,195	under 100	34
19	Kenneth	10,355	under 100	57
20	Arthur	10,172	under 100	54
21	Albert	9,880	under 100	57
22	Harry	9,115	under 100	62
23	Ralph	8,766	under 100	65
24	David	8,758	under 100	52
25	Eugene	8,346	under 100	63
26	Howard	7,371	under 100	65
27	Carl	7,085	under 100	60
28	Louis	7,043	under 100	52
29	Clarence	6,895	under 100	62
30	Willie	6,700	under 100	64
31	Roy	6,557	under 100	60
32	Fred	6,532	under 100	67
33	Earl	6,529	under 100	64
34	Francis	6,131	under 100	57
35	Joe	6,044	under 100	61
36	Lawrence	5,775	under 100	60
37	Ernest	5,683	under 100	61
38	Leonard	5,601	under 100	60
39	Anthony	5,191	under 100	40
40	Stanley	5,186	under 100	62
41	Herbert	5,121	under 100	65
42	Norman	5,045	under 100	64
43	Alfred	4,929	under 100	60
44	Calvin	4,918	under 100	40
45	Samuel	4,591	under 100	32
46	Bernard	4,505	under 100	61
47	Daniel	4,403	under 100	42
48	Melvin	4,168	under 100	59
49	Gerald	4,151	under 100	64
50	Marvin	4,024	under 100	56

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1924, 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 1924. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1924 babies. Records before the late 1930s undercount births, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card. How we calculate this