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English. Read; Edit; View history ... These are the most popular given names in the United States for all years of the 1920s. 1920 ... Most Popular 1000 Names of the ...
According to the Social Security Administration, the most popular baby names of the 1920s were “taken from a universe that includes 11,372,808 male births and 12,402,235 female births.”
Like his now-famous last name, he sported a well-known, classic first name that went on to be given to 243,810 baby boys in the 1920s. New York Times Co. - Getty Images More Baby Name Ideas
Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), World War II general, second to last Viceroy of India; Sir William Welsh (1891–1962), air marshal; Jane Whorwood (1612–1684), Royalist agent during the English Civil War; Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), captain-general, victor of Culloden
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
This category is for given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Throughout the Early Modern period, the diversity of given names was comparatively small; the three most popular male given names represented nearly 50% of the male population throughout this period. For example, of the boys born in London in the year 1510, 24.4% were named John , 13.3% were named Thomas and 11.7% were named William. [ 2 ]
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.