The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1905

1,421 different boys’ names were recorded in 1905, covering 132,306 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,059
2	William	6,495
3	James	6,042
4	George	4,256
5	Charles	3,608
6	Robert	3,410
7	Joseph	3,302
8	Frank	2,837
9	Edward	2,366
10	Thomas	2,135
11	Henry	2,126
12	Walter	1,902
13	Willie	1,782
14	Harry	1,619
15	Albert	1,532
16	Arthur	1,505
17	Clarence	1,377
18	Fred	1,284
19	Paul	1,262
20	Harold	1,258
21	Raymond	1,159
22	Richard	1,033
23	Joe	1,024
24	Roy	1,016
25	Louis	981
26	Carl	959
27	Ralph	938
28	Jack	907
29	Earl	904
30	Samuel	856
31	Ernest	845
32	David	838
33	Theodore	834
34	Charlie	801
35	Howard	735
36	Francis	685
37	Herbert	681
38	Lawrence	669
39	Sam	620
40	Andrew	619
41	Elmer	602
42	Eugene	593
43	Alfred	591
44	Floyd	523
45	Michael	513
46	Leo	512
47	Leonard	495
48	Anthony	490
49	Lee	486
50	Daniel	484
51	Herman	475
52	Clyde	474
52	Kenneth	474
54	Jesse	443
55	Leroy	441
56	Oscar	436
57	Lester	432
57	Russell	432
59	Donald	425
60	Ray	424
61	Clifford	420
62	Peter	409
63	Claude	399
64	Chester	388
65	Lewis	384
65	Stanley	384
67	Frederick	381
68	Benjamin	379
69	Lloyd	369
70	Edwin	357
71	Norman	350
72	Cecil	347
73	Eddie	346
74	Jessie	338
75	Martin	332
76	Homer	318
77	Tom	317
78	Edgar	315
79	Luther	308
80	Milton	299
81	Johnnie	297
82	Bernard	292
83	Melvin	291
84	Ben	290
85	Will	286
85	Harvey	286
87	Leon	274
88	Allen	272
89	Everett	270
90	Victor	268
91	Roosevelt	264
92	Alvin	258
93	Stephen	246
94	Leslie	237
95	Jim	236
96	Philip	234
97	Virgil	226
98	Jacob	220
99	Otis	216
100	Marvin	215
101	Horace	212
102	Oliver	211
103	Alexander	210
104	Vernon	208
105	Guy	203
106	Maurice	202
107	Hugh	200
107	Jose	200
109	Sidney	196
110	Patrick	193
111	Ed	190
111	Julius	190
113	Glenn	189
113	Gerald	189
115	Morris	188
116	Archie	184
117	Gilbert	183
118	Curtis	182
119	Willard	180
120	Lonnie	179
121	Jerry	177
122	Vincent	176
123	Wesley	174
124	Otto	172
124	Warren	172
124	Earnest	172
127	Marion	170
128	Ira	169
128	Percy	169
130	Charley	168
130	Nathan	168
132	Wilbur	167
133	Alex	166
134	Gordon	165
135	Alton	164
136	Hubert	163
137	Wallace	162
138	Rufus	157
138	Manuel	157
140	Dan	152
141	Mack	151
142	Irving	148
142	Johnie	148
144	Isaac	147
144	Bill	147
146	Arnold	144
147	Roland	143
148	Calvin	141
149	Max	140
150	Dave	137
151	Jimmie	136
151	Bennie	136
151	Willis	136
154	Bert	134
155	Elbert	132
155	Rudolph	132
157	Emmett	128
157	Glen	128
159	Phillip	127
160	Nelson	126
160	Sylvester	126
160	Steve	126
163	Orville	125
164	Emil	122
165	Clifton	121
166	Marshall	119
167	Mike	117
167	Nathaniel	117
169	Felix	115
169	Ted	115
171	Abraham	112
171	Nicholas	112
171	Ervin	112
174	Clayton	110
175	August	109
176	Edmund	108
177	Matthew	107
177	Wayne	107
179	Dennis	106
180	Perry	104
181	Ellis	103
182	Amos	102
183	Adam	101
184	Ollie	99
184	Dewey	99
186	Franklin	98
186	Clinton	98
188	Aaron	96
189	Mark	94
190	Alonzo	93
190	Juan	93
190	Booker	93
193	Jay	92
193	Jake	92
195	Claud	90
196	Owen	89
197	Reuben	88
198	Roscoe	87
198	Irvin	87
198	Jerome	87

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1905 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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