The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1910

1,839 different boys’ names were recorded in 1910, covering 194,208 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	11,450
2	James	9,194
3	William	8,844
4	Robert	5,609
5	George	5,441
6	Joseph	5,228
7	Charles	4,784
8	Frank	3,768
9	Edward	3,407
10	Henry	2,899
11	Willie	2,897
12	Thomas	2,851
13	Walter	2,596
14	Albert	2,183
15	Paul	2,005
16	Harry	1,978
17	Arthur	1,942
18	Harold	1,909
19	Raymond	1,737
20	Clarence	1,706
21	Richard	1,654
22	Fred	1,587
23	Jack	1,576
24	Louis	1,569
25	Joe	1,553
26	Carl	1,339
27	Howard	1,309
28	Ralph	1,278
29	Roy	1,267
30	David	1,258
31	Ernest	1,167
32	Samuel	1,129
33	Earl	1,109
34	Charlie	1,107
35	Lawrence	1,009
36	Francis	1,000
37	Anthony	980
38	Alfred	922
39	Sam	888
39	Eugene	888
41	Herbert	886
42	Andrew	884
43	Kenneth	880
44	Donald	860
45	Michael	844
46	Leonard	793
47	Stanley	761
48	Elmer	760
49	Lee	741
50	Leroy	733
51	Leo	707
52	Herman	696
53	Daniel	692
53	Theodore	692
55	Floyd	687
56	Peter	631
57	Clyde	617
58	Russell	615
59	Eddie	595
60	Jesse	590
61	Chester	561
62	Bernard	560
63	Norman	557
64	Lester	556
65	Lewis	555
66	Clifford	551
67	Ray	545
67	Lloyd	545
69	Frederick	543
70	Benjamin	536
70	Edwin	536
72	Jessie	516
73	Oscar	505
74	Johnnie	502
75	Melvin	482
76	Milton	476
77	Cecil	472
78	Claude	463
79	Ben	454
80	Edgar	441
81	Leon	435
82	Tom	428
83	Philip	418
84	Marvin	413
85	Alvin	401
86	Martin	396
87	Luther	383
88	Harvey	382
88	Everett	382
90	Victor	372
91	Morris	367
92	Allen	355
93	Sidney	353
94	Vernon	351
95	Stephen	350
95	Julius	350
97	Glenn	349
98	Homer	347
99	Vincent	343
100	Jim	331
101	Alexander	324
102	Leslie	313
103	Oliver	307
104	Wilbur	298
105	Hubert	289
105	Gerald	289
107	Manuel	288
108	Marion	286
109	Otis	285
110	Maurice	283
111	Virgil	280
112	Hugh	279
113	Will	278
114	Curtis	277
114	Max	277
116	Gilbert	274
117	Jacob	273
118	Irving	272
119	Archie	265
119	Willard	265
119	Gordon	265
122	Warren	264
123	Horace	261
124	Jimmie	259
124	Bill	259
126	Arnold	258
127	Alex	256
128	Earnest	255
129	Patrick	254
130	Isaac	252
131	Jerry	251
131	Wallace	251
133	Guy	250
134	Jose	249
135	Nathan	245
135	Steve	245
137	Nicholas	235
138	Ira	233
139	Nathaniel	232
140	Ed	229
141	Wayne	228
142	Orville	223
143	Mike	222
143	Roosevelt	222
145	Rufus	221
146	Bennie	218
146	Rudolph	218
148	Lonnie	217
149	Willis	216
150	Mack	213
151	Tony	212
152	Wesley	209
153	Calvin	201
154	Otto	200
154	Sylvester	200
154	Edmund	200
157	Johnie	199
158	Matthew	197
159	Jerome	196
160	Percy	195
161	Emil	194
162	Abraham	191
162	Roland	191
164	Dan	188
165	Glen	184
166	Elbert	183
167	Charley	181
168	Dave	178
168	Clifton	178
170	Franklin	176
170	Roger	176
172	Douglas	169
173	Phillip	167
173	Johnny	167
175	Clinton	162
176	Felix	161
177	Emmett	159
177	Clayton	159
177	Booker	159
180	Antonio	158
181	Pete	156
182	Adam	154
183	Juan	150
184	Jake	148
185	Ellis	147
186	Wilbert	146
187	Aaron	145
188	August	144
189	Nelson	142
190	Bert	141
191	Don	140
192	Irvin	137
193	Roscoe	136
193	Kermit	136
195	Dennis	135
195	Angelo	135
197	Moses	132
197	Simon	132
199	Mark	131
199	Ervin	131

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1910 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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