The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1907

1,549 different boys’ names were recorded in 1907, covering 146,826 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,983
2	William	6,904
3	James	6,707
4	George	4,445
5	Robert	4,020
6	Charles	3,884
7	Joseph	3,844
8	Frank	2,943
9	Edward	2,576
10	Henry	2,203
11	Thomas	2,174
12	Walter	2,095
13	Willie	1,968
14	Harry	1,813
15	Albert	1,636
16	Arthur	1,553
17	Harold	1,452
18	Clarence	1,389
19	Fred	1,371
20	Paul	1,358
21	Raymond	1,290
22	Richard	1,235
23	Joe	1,177
24	Roy	1,128
25	Louis	1,111
26	Jack	1,019
27	Carl	1,018
28	Earl	1,006
29	Ralph	997
30	Ernest	978
31	David	945
32	Samuel	892
33	Howard	875
34	Lawrence	801
35	Charlie	793
36	Alfred	738
37	Francis	717
38	Theodore	712
39	Herbert	710
40	Andrew	708
41	Eugene	691
42	Leo	651
43	Sam	631
44	Elmer	616
44	Donald	616
46	Anthony	593
47	Kenneth	589
48	Michael	586
49	Herman	561
50	Leroy	550
51	Leonard	547
52	Daniel	528
53	Floyd	521
54	Lee	516
54	Stanley	516
56	Clyde	507
57	Russell	503
58	Lester	491
59	Oscar	483
60	Ray	475
61	Peter	473
62	Edwin	468
63	Jesse	466
64	Benjamin	460
65	Clifford	445
66	Lewis	427
67	Chester	424
68	Frederick	410
69	Cecil	399
70	Eddie	394
71	Jessie	386
71	Lloyd	386
73	Bernard	378
74	Claude	364
75	Norman	362
76	Philip	356
77	Harvey	335
78	Melvin	331
79	Martin	329
80	Leon	324
81	Edgar	321
82	Ben	314
83	Tom	313
84	Homer	312
85	Allen	309
86	Johnnie	307
87	Marvin	304
88	Everett	302
89	Milton	292
90	Jim	281
91	Luther	280
92	Alexander	279
93	Virgil	276
94	Leslie	273
94	Stephen	273
96	Will	260
96	Morris	260
98	Archie	250
99	Alvin	245
99	Victor	245
101	Jacob	243
102	Vincent	239
102	Gerald	239
104	Glenn	234
105	Julius	231
106	Marion	226
107	Earnest	225
108	Horace	223
109	Vernon	222
110	Roosevelt	220
111	Patrick	215
112	Hugh	212
112	Gilbert	212
114	Wilbur	209
115	Maurice	208
115	Curtis	208
117	Oliver	207
118	Willard	201
119	Sidney	200
120	Otis	199
120	Gordon	199
122	Max	197
123	Ira	196
123	Irving	196
125	Wesley	191
126	Guy	189
127	Alex	186
128	Wallace	185
129	Manuel	184
129	Hubert	184
131	Lonnie	182
131	Warren	182
133	Ed	178
133	Isaac	178
135	Arnold	177
136	Nathan	176
137	Rufus	175
138	Bill	174
139	Otto	170
139	Jose	170
141	Jerry	165
142	Charley	164
143	Nicholas	161
144	Jimmie	160
144	Dan	160
144	Percy	160
147	Mike	157
147	Steve	157
149	Sylvester	151
150	Emil	150
150	Glen	150
152	Abraham	148
152	Emmett	148
152	Orville	148
152	Wayne	148
156	Willis	146
157	Bennie	145
158	Mack	142
159	Clinton	139
159	Tony	139
161	Calvin	136
162	Rudolph	135
163	August	134
164	Johnie	133
165	Roland	132
166	Aaron	130
167	Nelson	129
167	Edmund	129
169	Adam	127
169	Roger	127
171	Clifton	126
171	Antonio	126
173	Amos	125
174	Matthew	124
174	Phillip	124
174	Nathaniel	124
177	Franklin	122
177	Pete	122
179	Juan	121
180	Irvin	120
180	Elbert	120
180	Ellis	120
180	Alton	120
184	Marshall	118
185	Jake	117
186	Ervin	116
187	Forrest	115
188	Felix	112
188	Ted	112
190	Bert	111
190	Dennis	111
192	Clayton	108
193	Dave	107
194	Cornelius	106
195	Owen	104
196	Booker	100
197	Jerome	99
197	Douglas	99
199	Mark	97
199	Johnny	97

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1907 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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