The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1915
4,390 different boys’ names were recorded in 1915, covering 848,575 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 47,576 |
| 2 | William | 38,563 |
| 3 | James | 33,773 |
| 4 | Robert | 28,737 |
| 5 | Joseph | 23,051 |
| 6 | George | 22,307 |
| 7 | Charles | 21,960 |
| 8 | Edward | 15,889 |
| 9 | Frank | 15,006 |
| 10 | Thomas | 11,490 |
| 11 | Walter | 11,255 |
| 12 | Harold | 10,444 |
| 13 | Paul | 10,328 |
| 14 | Henry | 10,138 |
| 15 | Richard | 9,143 |
| 16 | Raymond | 8,981 |
| 17 | Albert | 8,825 |
| 18 | Arthur | 8,564 |
| 19 | Harry | 8,470 |
| 20 | Donald | 7,116 |
| 21 | Ralph | 6,816 |
| 22 | Carl | 6,613 |
| 23 | Louis | 6,518 |
| 24 | Clarence | 6,267 |
| 25 | Howard | 6,103 |
| 26 | Fred | 5,778 |
| 27 | Jack | 5,749 |
| 28 | Kenneth | 5,681 |
| 29 | Francis | 5,594 |
| 30 | Willie | 5,434 |
| 31 | David | 5,394 |
| 32 | Roy | 5,052 |
| 33 | Earl | 4,908 |
| 34 | Stanley | 4,807 |
| 35 | Ernest | 4,787 |
| 36 | Anthony | 4,722 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 4,688 |
| 38 | Joe | 4,648 |
| 39 | Samuel | 4,351 |
| 40 | Herbert | 4,341 |
| 41 | Eugene | 4,321 |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,231 |
| 43 | Michael | 4,079 |
| 44 | Leonard | 3,993 |
| 45 | Elmer | 3,802 |
| 46 | Andrew | 3,573 |
| 47 | Leo | 3,527 |
| 48 | Peter | 3,302 |
| 48 | Bernard | 3,302 |
| 50 | Norman | 3,262 |
| 51 | Russell | 3,250 |
| 52 | Frederick | 3,159 |
| 53 | Edwin | 3,151 |
| 54 | Chester | 3,043 |
| 55 | Daniel | 3,002 |
| 56 | Herman | 2,983 |
| 57 | Lester | 2,943 |
| 58 | Willard | 2,889 |
| 59 | Floyd | 2,824 |
| 60 | Melvin | 2,780 |
| 61 | Clifford | 2,741 |
| 62 | Lloyd | 2,653 |
| 63 | Clyde | 2,518 |
| 64 | Theodore | 2,504 |
| 65 | Vincent | 2,491 |
| 66 | Leroy | 2,450 |
| 67 | Ray | 2,365 |
| 68 | Sam | 2,339 |
| 69 | Philip | 2,328 |
| 70 | Lewis | 2,307 |
| 71 | Benjamin | 2,241 |
| 72 | Marvin | 2,227 |
| 73 | Milton | 2,225 |
| 74 | Victor | 2,211 |
| 75 | Charlie | 2,193 |
| 76 | Cecil | 2,181 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,111 |
| 78 | Gerald | 2,085 |
| 79 | Martin | 2,070 |
| 80 | Vernon | 2,060 |
| 81 | Alvin | 2,006 |
| 82 | Leon | 1,977 |
| 83 | Woodrow | 1,966 |
| 84 | Lee | 1,916 |
| 85 | Edgar | 1,895 |
| 86 | Stephen | 1,850 |
| 87 | Glenn | 1,842 |
| 88 | Oscar | 1,788 |
| 89 | Everett | 1,731 |
| 90 | Gordon | 1,717 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,691 |
| 92 | Wilbur | 1,685 |
| 93 | Morris | 1,660 |
| 94 | Sidney | 1,615 |
| 95 | Harvey | 1,613 |
| 96 | Claude | 1,605 |
| 97 | Wayne | 1,517 |
| 98 | Homer | 1,487 |
| 99 | Allen | 1,458 |
| 100 | Gilbert | 1,452 |
| 101 | Maurice | 1,440 |
| 102 | Max | 1,434 |
| 103 | Alexander | 1,432 |
| 104 | Nicholas | 1,427 |
| 105 | Warren | 1,420 |
| 106 | Leslie | 1,409 |
| 107 | Irving | 1,385 |
| 108 | Virgil | 1,376 |
| 109 | Julius | 1,361 |
| 110 | Steve | 1,335 |
| 111 | Hugh | 1,318 |
| 112 | Marion | 1,295 |
| 113 | Ben | 1,263 |
| 114 | Jessie | 1,240 |
| 115 | Luther | 1,198 |
| 116 | Hubert | 1,195 |
| 117 | Johnnie | 1,168 |
| 118 | Roland | 1,137 |
| 119 | Oliver | 1,131 |
| 120 | Eddie | 1,124 |
| 121 | Jacob | 1,122 |
| 122 | Horace | 1,114 |
| 123 | Glen | 1,112 |
| 124 | Roger | 1,086 |
| 125 | Dale | 1,081 |
| 126 | Wallace | 1,079 |
| 127 | Orville | 1,076 |
| 128 | Curtis | 1,058 |
| 129 | Mike | 1,029 |
| 130 | Tony | 1,016 |
| 131 | Alex | 1,008 |
| 132 | Franklin | 1,001 |
| 133 | Wesley | 990 |
| 134 | Manuel | 976 |
| 135 | Rudolph | 974 |
| 136 | Edmund | 961 |
| 137 | Willis | 950 |
| 138 | Emil | 918 |
| 139 | Nathan | 916 |
| 140 | Jerome | 907 |
| 141 | Otis | 901 |
| 142 | Tom | 869 |
| 143 | Earnest | 824 |
| 144 | Clifton | 820 |
| 145 | Guy | 816 |
| 146 | Ira | 812 |
| 147 | Jerry | 801 |
| 148 | Salvatore | 800 |
| 149 | Angelo | 799 |
| 150 | Matthew | 798 |
| 151 | Archie | 794 |
| 152 | Abraham | 790 |
| 153 | Otto | 773 |
| 154 | Wilson | 767 |
| 155 | Ronald | 763 |
| 156 | Don | 747 |
| 157 | Bill | 746 |
| 158 | Douglas | 734 |
| 159 | Lyle | 719 |
| 160 | Marshall | 715 |
| 160 | Karl | 715 |
| 162 | August | 709 |
| 163 | Sylvester | 706 |
| 164 | Patrick | 704 |
| 165 | Clayton | 699 |
| 166 | Calvin | 694 |
| 167 | Irvin | 681 |
| 167 | Clinton | 681 |
| 169 | Elbert | 669 |
| 170 | Jim | 668 |
| 171 | Bennie | 663 |
| 171 | Bruce | 663 |
| 173 | Ivan | 662 |
| 174 | Jose | 659 |
| 175 | Wilbert | 651 |
| 176 | Forrest | 643 |
| 177 | Nick | 642 |
| 178 | Adolph | 637 |
| 179 | Delbert | 630 |
| 180 | Phillip | 628 |
| 181 | Wilfred | 626 |
| 182 | Ellis | 618 |
| 183 | Jimmie | 611 |
| 184 | Nelson | 606 |
| 185 | Leland | 597 |
| 186 | Merle | 595 |
| 187 | Emmett | 592 |
| 188 | Rufus | 588 |
| 189 | Felix | 583 |
| 190 | Ervin | 582 |
| 191 | Julian | 579 |
| 192 | Dan | 578 |
| 193 | Jess | 577 |
| 194 | Adam | 574 |
| 195 | Isaac | 568 |
| 195 | Alton | 568 |
| 197 | Nathaniel | 554 |
| 198 | Aaron | 553 |
| 199 | Lonnie | 546 |
| 200 | Jay | 537 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1915 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.