The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1908

1,584 different boys’ names were recorded in 1908, covering 154,336 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	9,343
2	William	7,529
3	James	7,012
4	George	4,584
5	Robert	4,219
6	Joseph	4,162
7	Charles	3,929
8	Frank	3,146
9	Edward	2,707
10	Thomas	2,301
11	Henry	2,283
12	Walter	2,192
13	Willie	1,964
14	Harry	1,934
15	Albert	1,642
16	Arthur	1,601
17	Harold	1,542
18	Paul	1,478
19	Clarence	1,428
20	Fred	1,381
20	Raymond	1,381
22	Louis	1,317
23	Richard	1,244
24	Joe	1,209
25	Ralph	1,138
26	Roy	1,097
27	Jack	1,086
28	Howard	1,078
29	Carl	1,074
30	David	1,015
31	Ernest	1,000
32	Earl	999
33	Samuel	960
34	Francis	853
35	Lawrence	815
36	Herbert	759
37	Charlie	740
38	Alfred	739
39	Andrew	722
40	Kenneth	692
41	Anthony	690
42	Elmer	689
42	Eugene	689
44	Michael	688
45	Donald	664
46	Sam	644
47	Theodore	643
48	Leonard	614
49	Leo	584
50	Herman	562
51	Lee	553
52	Stanley	547
53	Peter	541
54	Daniel	530
55	Floyd	529
56	Leroy	523
56	Russell	523
58	Clifford	515
59	Clyde	511
60	Lester	509
61	Lewis	489
62	Jesse	482
63	Benjamin	480
64	Edwin	477
65	Oscar	476
66	Chester	461
67	Ray	446
68	Frederick	438
69	Claude	428
70	Bernard	414
71	Eddie	413
72	Cecil	397
73	Lloyd	394
74	Norman	374
75	Melvin	366
76	Edgar	360
77	Jessie	355
78	Ben	353
79	Milton	346
80	Tom	340
80	Homer	340
82	Harvey	339
83	Martin	331
84	Leon	327
85	Johnnie	321
86	Philip	319
87	Marvin	311
88	Victor	308
89	Alvin	307
90	Everett	294
91	Luther	292
92	Allen	287
93	Vernon	285
94	Stephen	280
95	Leslie	279
96	Will	274
97	Gerald	270
98	Morris	269
99	Julius	263
100	Virgil	258
101	Sidney	253
102	Vincent	250
103	Glenn	247
104	Alexander	246
105	Otis	243
106	Maurice	241
107	Jacob	235
107	Horace	235
109	Marion	233
109	Wilbur	233
111	Earnest	230
112	Willard	229
113	Nicholas	226
114	Irving	225
115	Archie	223
115	Gilbert	223
117	Jim	220
117	Manuel	220
119	Max	218
120	Patrick	216
121	Hugh	215
122	Oliver	207
123	Curtis	203
123	Hubert	203
125	Arnold	202
126	Guy	200
127	Alex	199
128	Jerry	198
129	Ira	196
129	Gordon	196
131	Warren	194
131	Roosevelt	194
133	Jose	192
134	Wallace	190
135	Wesley	185
136	Mack	183
137	Nathan	178
137	Wayne	178
139	Otto	177
140	Rudolph	173
141	Johnie	172
142	Lonnie	169
143	Sylvester	166
144	Bill	164
145	Isaac	162
146	Willis	161
147	Jimmie	160
147	Marshall	160
149	Bennie	158
149	Glen	158
151	Rufus	156
151	Roland	156
153	Charley	155
154	Orville	153
155	Ed	152
155	Dan	152
155	Matthew	152
158	Percy	151
159	Abraham	150
159	Nathaniel	150
161	Steve	149
162	Clifton	143
163	Tony	142
164	Emil	141
164	Edmund	141
166	Clinton	140
167	Mike	139
168	August	138
169	Calvin	135
170	Clayton	134
171	Perry	133
171	Franklin	133
173	Phillip	131
173	Pete	131
175	Jerome	127
176	Emmett	126
177	Ellis	123
178	Elbert	121
179	Bert	120
180	Amos	119
180	Alton	119
182	Felix	118
182	Sherman	118
184	Dave	116
185	Jake	115
185	Roger	115
187	Aaron	114
188	Ted	113
189	Nelson	112
190	Douglas	111
190	Booker	111
192	Adam	109
193	Don	107
193	Johnny	107
195	Tommie	106
196	Owen	105
196	Forrest	105
198	Irvin	104
199	Reuben	102
200	Dennis	101

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1908 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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