The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1911

1,999 different boys’ names were recorded in 1911, covering 225,970 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	13,446
2	William	10,593
3	James	9,952
4	George	6,586
5	Robert	6,526
6	Joseph	6,488
7	Charles	5,725
8	Frank	4,314
9	Edward	4,164
10	Thomas	3,292
11	Henry	3,167
12	Walter	3,074
13	Harry	2,538
14	Willie	2,492
15	Albert	2,478
16	Harold	2,448
17	Paul	2,393
18	Arthur	2,376
19	Raymond	2,088
20	Richard	2,030
21	Louis	1,838
22	Fred	1,808
23	Clarence	1,775
24	Ralph	1,674
25	Jack	1,668
26	Carl	1,574
27	David	1,556
28	Howard	1,467
29	Joe	1,449
30	Samuel	1,398
31	Roy	1,394
32	Ernest	1,338
33	Francis	1,311
34	Earl	1,305
35	Anthony	1,288
36	Donald	1,275
37	Lawrence	1,221
38	Michael	1,159
39	Alfred	1,158
40	Kenneth	1,148
41	Herbert	1,125
42	Andrew	1,098
43	Eugene	1,060
44	Stanley	997
45	Charlie	978
46	Leonard	953
47	Sam	928
48	Elmer	894
49	Herman	853
50	Peter	845
51	Leo	844
52	Frederick	802
53	Daniel	796
54	Bernard	777
55	Russell	770
56	Theodore	753
57	Floyd	734
58	Chester	708
59	Leroy	706
60	Edwin	699
61	Clyde	697
62	Clifford	694
63	Norman	691
64	Benjamin	690
65	Lester	657
66	Lewis	654
67	Lee	646
68	Oscar	636
69	Philip	612
70	Milton	608
71	Ray	602
72	Jesse	596
73	Melvin	594
74	Lloyd	590
75	Martin	567
76	Cecil	560
77	Leon	540
78	Eddie	523
79	Jessie	500
80	Vincent	496
81	Victor	493
82	Marvin	488
83	Edgar	486
83	Stephen	486
85	Morris	478
86	Ben	467
87	Claude	466
88	Gerald	462
89	Alvin	460
90	Johnnie	455
91	Harvey	446
92	Sidney	432
93	Irving	431
94	Alexander	426
95	Homer	419
96	Vernon	418
97	Gordon	404
98	Allen	402
99	Maurice	397
100	Luther	394
101	Wilbur	386
102	Everett	384
103	Gilbert	369
104	Julius	368
105	Tom	365
106	Max	360
107	Virgil	355
108	Nathan	348
108	Arnold	348
110	Marion	346
111	Glenn	343
112	Manuel	340
113	Warren	338
113	Willard	338
115	Oliver	333
116	Leslie	323
116	Jacob	323
118	Curtis	321
119	Hubert	316
120	Nicholas	308
121	Hugh	307
122	Otis	302
123	Horace	300
124	Abraham	292
125	Earnest	283
126	Wayne	280
127	Patrick	272
127	Archie	272
129	Alex	268
129	Jose	268
131	Wesley	261
132	Wallace	257
133	Steve	255
134	Jim	245
135	Jimmie	243
135	Guy	243
135	Mike	243
135	Bill	243
139	Roger	241
140	Jerry	238
141	Ira	236
142	Edmund	235
143	Isaac	233
143	Willis	233
145	Glen	231
146	Will	230
146	Rufus	230
146	Orville	230
146	Roland	230
150	Otto	228
151	Bennie	227
152	Franklin	220
152	Matthew	220
154	Sylvester	219
155	Rudolph	217
156	Emil	214
157	Lonnie	213
157	Calvin	213
159	Phillip	212
159	Jerome	212
161	Nathaniel	207
161	Tony	207
163	Clifton	206
164	Dan	205
165	Clayton	203
166	Salvatore	200
167	Mack	197
167	Roosevelt	197
169	Elbert	195
170	Adam	189
171	Aaron	187
172	Percy	184
172	Johnie	184
174	Angelo	181
175	Nelson	180
176	Clinton	179
177	Marshall	178
178	Bert	177
179	Felix	173
179	Grady	173
181	Douglas	169
182	Amos	168
182	Wilfred	168
184	Ellis	167
184	Don	167
184	Wilbert	167
187	August	166
187	Dennis	166
187	Antonio	166
190	Ed	164
190	Irvin	164
192	Adolph	161
193	Charley	160
194	Owen	156
194	Karl	156
194	Alton	156
197	Bruce	155
198	Tommie	152
198	Perry	152
198	Forrest	152

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1911 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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