Popular names of 1925, and how old they are now

People born in 1925 turn 101 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 2.3 million births in 1925 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 20,000 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.

11 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1925: Willie, June, Wilma, Clifford, Margie, Rosa, Reba, Ila, Burton, Vito and Ester.

Top girl names of 1925

Most popular girl names of 1925
#	Name	Born 1925	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	70,586	920	66
2	Dorothy	38,570	500	72
3	Betty	32,812	430	76
4	Helen	29,173	380	66
5	Margaret	24,463	320	61
6	Ruth	22,247	290	62
7	Virginia	17,490	230	66
8	Doris	16,075	210	75
9	Mildred	14,453	190	74
10	Elizabeth	13,936	180	44
11	Frances	13,824	180	67
12	Evelyn	12,505	160	34
13	Anna	12,250	160	39
14	Jean	11,598	150	69
15	Alice	11,576	150	53
16	Marie	10,930	140	62
17	Shirley	10,513	140	75
18	Lois	9,573	130	75
19	Irene	9,440	120	61
20	Gloria	9,381	120	66
21	Marjorie	9,306	120	69
22	Barbara	9,155	120	72
23	Martha	8,762	110	66
24	Florence	8,585	110	66
25	Lillian	8,351	110	29
26	Rose	8,280	110	56
27	Louise	8,275	110	69
28	Patricia	8,096	110	68
29	Catherine	7,867	100	54
30	Ruby	7,843	100	39
31	Eleanor	7,724	100	30
32	Annie	7,350	under 100	54
33	Gladys	7,231	under 100	68
34	Norma	6,941	under 100	69
35	Thelma	6,823	under 100	74
36	Josephine	6,810	under 100	39
37	Edna	6,781	under 100	70
38	Pauline	6,728	under 100	69
39	June	6,649	under 100	54
40	Phyllis	6,486	under 100	74
41	Lucille	6,397	under 100	52
42	Edith	6,275	under 100	57
43	Ethel	6,176	under 100	76
44	Grace	5,983	under 100	27
45	Hazel	5,778	under 100	27
46	Bernice	5,728	under 100	70
47	Marion	5,577	under 100	65
48	Rita	5,323	under 100	67
49	Juanita	5,232	under 100	65
50	Beatrice	4,992	under 100	56

Top boy names of 1925

Most popular boy names of 1925
#	Name	Born 1925	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Robert	60,895	210	58
2	John	57,195	190	55
3	William	53,310	180	51
4	James	52,680	180	54
5	Charles	29,580	100	54
6	George	26,560	under 100	57
7	Joseph	24,613	under 100	45
8	Richard	23,269	under 100	60
9	Edward	20,090	under 100	56
10	Donald	19,193	under 100	64
11	Thomas	16,688	under 100	53
12	Frank	15,329	under 100	59
13	Paul	14,175	under 100	57
14	Harold	13,597	under 100	66
15	Raymond	12,441	under 100	56
16	Walter	12,130	under 100	58
17	Jack	12,011	under 100	34
18	Henry	10,618	under 100	34
19	Kenneth	10,146	under 100	57
20	Arthur	9,986	under 100	54
21	Albert	9,511	under 100	57
22	David	8,915	under 100	52
23	Harry	8,610	under 100	62
24	Eugene	8,517	under 100	63
25	Ralph	8,467	under 100	65
26	Howard	7,173	under 100	65
27	Willie	7,124	under 100	64
28	Carl	7,061	under 100	60
29	Louis	6,798	under 100	52
30	Clarence	6,670	under 100	62
31	Earl	6,436	under 100	64
32	Roy	6,376	under 100	60
33	Fred	6,205	under 100	67
34	Joe	6,107	under 100	61
35	Francis	5,978	under 100	57
36	Lawrence	5,633	under 100	60
37	Ernest	5,494	under 100	61
38	Leonard	5,465	under 100	60
39	Anthony	5,041	under 100	40
40	Stanley	5,030	under 100	62
41	Norman	4,975	under 100	64
42	Herbert	4,924	under 100	65
43	Alfred	4,796	under 100	60
44	Daniel	4,548	under 100	42
45	Gerald	4,507	under 100	64
46	Samuel	4,405	under 100	32
47	Calvin	4,302	under 100	40
48	Bernard	4,259	under 100	61
49	Billy	4,207	under 100	61
50	Melvin	4,146	under 100	59

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1925, 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 1925. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1925 babies. Records before the late 1930s undercount births, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card. How we calculate this