The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1918

4,813 different boys’ names were recorded in 1918, covering 1,013,480 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	56,558
2	William	45,291
3	James	42,115
4	Robert	40,619
5	Charles	26,921
6	George	26,318
7	Joseph	26,261
8	Edward	19,489
9	Frank	17,018
10	Thomas	13,910
11	Walter	13,338
12	Richard	12,323
13	Harold	12,185
14	Paul	11,755
15	Raymond	11,604
16	Henry	11,354
17	Arthur	10,105
18	Donald	9,972
19	Albert	9,935
20	Harry	9,896
21	Jack	8,341
22	Ralph	8,162
23	Clarence	7,187
24	Louis	7,082
25	Carl	7,004
26	Howard	6,928
27	Kenneth	6,809
28	David	6,627
29	Willie	6,537
30	Francis	6,347
31	Earl	6,321
32	Roy	6,211
33	Fred	6,182
34	Joe	5,805
35	Eugene	5,631
36	Stanley	5,618
37	Ernest	5,527
38	Lawrence	5,372
39	Anthony	5,168
40	Herbert	5,128
41	Leonard	4,980
42	Alfred	4,873
43	Samuel	4,772
44	Elmer	4,373
45	Michael	4,296
46	Andrew	4,138
47	Bernard	4,098
48	Leo	4,036
49	Norman	3,867
50	Russell	3,833
51	Lloyd	3,742
52	Daniel	3,726
53	Peter	3,711
54	Chester	3,692
55	Edwin	3,487
56	Melvin	3,469
57	Leroy	3,422
58	Woodrow	3,358
59	Frederick	3,351
60	Clifford	3,299
61	Floyd	3,235
62	Lester	3,229
63	Victor	3,183
64	Theodore	3,143
65	Herman	3,041
66	Vernon	2,971
67	Clyde	2,917
68	Marvin	2,829
69	Ray	2,763
70	Charlie	2,743
71	Philip	2,733
72	Gerald	2,712
73	Vincent	2,621
74	Lewis	2,593
75	Sam	2,506
76	Milton	2,454
77	Leon	2,442
78	Jesse	2,433
79	Benjamin	2,431
80	Alvin	2,409
81	Martin	2,403
82	Cecil	2,328
83	Willard	2,311
84	Glenn	2,253
85	Gordon	2,233
86	Lee	2,159
87	Oscar	2,113
88	Harvey	2,111
89	Edgar	2,085
90	Warren	1,990
91	Wayne	1,912
92	Arnold	1,910
93	Everett	1,891
94	Sidney	1,879
95	Claude	1,878
96	Stephen	1,843
97	Wilbur	1,800
98	Allen	1,779
99	Virgil	1,707
100	Homer	1,680
101	Morris	1,679
102	Leslie	1,644
103	Maurice	1,636
104	Alexander	1,591
105	Gilbert	1,576
106	Max	1,536
107	Marion	1,535
108	Irving	1,533
109	Steve	1,523
110	Johnnie	1,521
111	Dale	1,491
112	Hugh	1,489
113	Nicholas	1,488
114	Hubert	1,454
115	Douglas	1,432
116	Roger	1,426
117	Eddie	1,423
118	Luther	1,416
118	Julius	1,416
120	Jessie	1,412
121	Roland	1,385
122	Wilson	1,381
123	Curtis	1,335
124	Wallace	1,334
125	Glen	1,318
126	Manuel	1,312
127	Mike	1,287
128	Ben	1,276
129	Franklin	1,275
130	Oliver	1,248
131	Alex	1,207
132	Horace	1,199
133	Jacob	1,198
134	Orville	1,188
135	Tony	1,163
136	Jerome	1,146
137	Wesley	1,145
138	Archie	1,110
139	Tom	1,104
140	Edmund	1,099
141	Willis	1,091
142	Earnest	1,081
143	Bill	1,038
144	Guy	999
145	Lyle	993
146	Bruce	988
147	Jerry	986
148	Matthew	963
149	Rudolph	962
150	Nathan	945
151	Otis	936
152	Clifton	934
153	Don	931
154	Emil	912
155	Salvatore	908
156	Marshall	878
157	Clayton	877
158	Jimmie	874
158	Calvin	874
160	Patrick	871
160	Jose	871
162	Angelo	864
163	Ira	862
164	Delbert	833
165	Jim	827
166	Clinton	822
167	Bennie	819
168	Ervin	806
169	Irvin	798
170	Merle	795
171	Wilbert	790
172	Sylvester	766
173	Nick	761
174	Abraham	757
174	Forrest	757
176	Ronald	751
177	Ivan	749
178	Felix	746
179	Wilfred	731
180	Phillip	730
181	Otto	728
182	Julian	724
183	Rufus	721
184	Dan	710
185	Jay	706
186	Bert	698
187	Leland	691
188	Grover	673
189	Dean	668
190	Nelson	664
191	Elbert	663
192	Gene	662
193	Nathaniel	661
194	Lonnie	658
194	Isaac	658
196	Aaron	656
197	Adam	653
198	Billy	645
199	Johnny	644
200	Alton	642

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1918 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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