The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1909

1,679 different boys’ names were recorded in 1909, covering 163,996 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	9,590
2	William	7,913
3	James	7,595
4	George	4,688
5	Robert	4,563
6	Joseph	4,348
7	Charles	4,029
8	Frank	3,244
9	Edward	2,935
10	Thomas	2,468
11	Henry	2,411
12	Walter	2,287
13	Willie	2,175
14	Harry	1,924
15	Albert	1,816
16	Harold	1,725
17	Paul	1,676
18	Arthur	1,665
19	Clarence	1,518
20	Raymond	1,441
21	Richard	1,427
22	Fred	1,355
23	Joe	1,292
24	Louis	1,231
25	Carl	1,215
26	Howard	1,166
27	Jack	1,150
28	Roy	1,135
29	David	1,094
30	Ralph	1,091
31	Earl	1,007
32	Samuel	983
33	Francis	886
34	Ernest	885
35	Lawrence	854
36	Charlie	833
37	Herbert	831
38	Andrew	766
39	Alfred	763
40	Anthony	758
41	Kenneth	746
42	Donald	725
43	Eugene	724
44	Sam	700
45	Elmer	687
46	Leonard	665
47	Michael	635
48	Herman	618
49	Leo	609
50	Stanley	607
51	Theodore	595
52	Lee	584
53	Floyd	570
54	Daniel	569
55	Leroy	568
56	Peter	539
57	Clifford	536
58	Russell	528
59	Jesse	517
60	Clyde	516
61	Lester	501
62	Edwin	492
63	Benjamin	489
64	Lewis	477
64	Frederick	477
66	Ray	475
66	Chester	475
68	Bernard	463
69	Eddie	462
70	Oscar	459
71	Melvin	448
72	Jessie	432
72	Cecil	432
74	Claude	419
75	Norman	415
76	Lloyd	412
77	Johnnie	401
78	Philip	395
79	Martin	391
80	Leon	377
81	Milton	369
82	Alvin	363
83	Harvey	361
84	Ben	358
85	Marvin	354
86	Edgar	347
86	Luther	347
88	Tom	340
89	Victor	320
90	Stephen	314
90	Everett	314
92	Homer	313
93	Allen	312
94	Morris	305
95	Gerald	301
96	Leslie	292
97	Vernon	284
98	Julius	269
99	Will	267
99	Otis	267
101	Vincent	264
102	Jacob	262
103	Glenn	261
104	Hugh	260
105	Jim	259
105	Wilbur	259
107	Alexander	255
107	Earnest	255
109	Horace	252
110	Virgil	250
111	Marion	247
112	Oliver	246
113	Maurice	245
114	Curtis	244
115	Manuel	243
116	Gilbert	239
117	Arnold	237
118	Archie	235
119	Sidney	233
120	Warren	231
121	Gordon	230
122	Max	228
123	Alex	227
124	Hubert	222
125	Willard	219
126	Orville	218
127	Jose	213
128	Lonnie	209
128	Isaac	209
128	Nathan	209
131	Rufus	206
132	Bill	205
133	Nicholas	204
134	Irving	202
135	Patrick	199
136	Wesley	197
137	Guy	195
138	Jerry	192
139	Willis	189
140	Bennie	187
140	Steve	187
142	Jimmie	185
142	Wallace	185
144	Otto	180
145	Glen	178
146	Calvin	176
147	Ira	175
148	Rudolph	173
149	Clinton	171
150	Franklin	168
151	Mike	167
151	Elbert	167
153	Dan	163
153	Abraham	163
153	Wayne	163
156	Roosevelt	160
157	Ed	159
157	Percy	159
159	Clifton	157
160	Tony	155
161	Mack	154
162	Emil	153
162	Roland	153
164	Sylvester	151
165	Felix	148
166	Charley	147
166	Matthew	147
166	Emmett	147
166	Edmund	147
166	Johnie	147
171	Phillip	146
172	Nathaniel	143
173	Aaron	142
174	Jerome	141
175	Kermit	139
176	Clayton	137
177	Marshall	134
178	Ellis	131
179	August	129
180	Roger	128
181	Douglas	126
182	Forrest	125
183	Juan	123
184	Ted	122
185	Bruce	121
186	Dennis	120
186	Pete	120
186	Antonio	120
189	Bert	119
190	Johnny	117
191	Amos	116
192	Sherman	115
193	Tommie	113
193	Adam	113
193	Nelson	113
196	Ivan	111
197	Don	110
198	Perry	109
198	Jake	109
198	Irvin	109

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1909 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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