The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1921
4,985 different boys’ names were recorded in 1921, covering 1,101,449 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 58,216 |
| 2 | Robert | 52,779 |
| 3 | William | 51,862 |
| 4 | James | 49,750 |
| 5 | Charles | 29,242 |
| 6 | George | 27,476 |
| 7 | Joseph | 26,182 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,817 |
| 9 | Frank | 16,705 |
| 10 | Richard | 16,376 |
| 11 | Thomas | 15,308 |
| 12 | Harold | 13,811 |
| 13 | Donald | 13,776 |
| 14 | Paul | 13,169 |
| 15 | Walter | 13,004 |
| 16 | Raymond | 12,645 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,411 |
| 18 | Jack | 10,757 |
| 19 | Arthur | 10,527 |
| 20 | Albert | 10,158 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,731 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 8,959 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,860 |
| 24 | Warren | 7,798 |
| 25 | David | 7,765 |
| 26 | Eugene | 7,717 |
| 27 | Howard | 7,713 |
| 28 | Clarence | 7,332 |
| 29 | Louis | 7,247 |
| 30 | Carl | 7,077 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,754 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,545 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,496 |
| 34 | Willie | 6,492 |
| 35 | Francis | 6,293 |
| 36 | Joe | 6,204 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,977 |
| 38 | Ernest | 5,697 |
| 39 | Leonard | 5,650 |
| 40 | Anthony | 5,239 |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,231 |
| 42 | Herbert | 5,217 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,925 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,754 |
| 45 | Bernard | 4,485 |
| 46 | Norman | 4,479 |
| 47 | Michael | 4,198 |
| 48 | Elmer | 4,146 |
| 49 | Daniel | 4,087 |
| 50 | Leo | 4,066 |
| 51 | Andrew | 4,015 |
| 52 | Russell | 3,946 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,887 |
| 54 | Edwin | 3,750 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,749 |
| 56 | Chester | 3,549 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,548 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,536 |
| 59 | Marvin | 3,490 |
| 60 | Gerald | 3,382 |
| 61 | Frederick | 3,376 |
| 62 | Clifford | 3,262 |
| 63 | Floyd | 3,255 |
| 64 | Herman | 3,219 |
| 65 | Theodore | 3,172 |
| 66 | Lester | 3,076 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,075 |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,069 |
| 69 | Clyde | 3,022 |
| 70 | Vincent | 2,779 |
| 71 | Lewis | 2,712 |
| 72 | Philip | 2,703 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,686 |
| 74 | Leon | 2,616 |
| 75 | Milton | 2,588 |
| 76 | Charlie | 2,574 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,486 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,461 |
| 79 | Cecil | 2,456 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,449 |
| 81 | Wayne | 2,417 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 2,412 |
| 83 | Victor | 2,407 |
| 84 | Gordon | 2,382 |
| 85 | Sam | 2,367 |
| 86 | Lee | 2,354 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,287 |
| 88 | Wallace | 2,095 |
| 89 | Willard | 2,077 |
| 90 | Edgar | 2,014 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,982 |
| 92 | Oscar | 1,978 |
| 93 | Dale | 1,956 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,937 |
| 95 | Everett | 1,913 |
| 96 | Claude | 1,887 |
| 97 | Stephen | 1,868 |
| 98 | Virgil | 1,830 |
| 99 | Roger | 1,803 |
| 100 | Wilbur | 1,755 |
| 101 | Maurice | 1,743 |
| 102 | Marion | 1,716 |
| 103 | Gilbert | 1,704 |
| 104 | Morris | 1,666 |
| 105 | Homer | 1,657 |
| 106 | Leslie | 1,647 |
| 107 | Roland | 1,630 |
| 108 | Johnnie | 1,624 |
| 109 | Billy | 1,622 |
| 110 | Sidney | 1,588 |
| 111 | Douglas | 1,566 |
| 112 | Max | 1,558 |
| 113 | Manuel | 1,556 |
| 114 | Nicholas | 1,553 |
| 115 | Hubert | 1,548 |
| 116 | Alexander | 1,533 |
| 117 | Jessie | 1,517 |
| 118 | Eddie | 1,511 |
| 119 | Glen | 1,506 |
| 120 | Hugh | 1,485 |
| 121 | Bill | 1,482 |
| 122 | Curtis | 1,479 |
| 123 | Luther | 1,453 |
| 124 | Irving | 1,417 |
| 125 | Jerome | 1,408 |
| 126 | Franklin | 1,350 |
| 127 | Wesley | 1,332 |
| 128 | Julius | 1,326 |
| 129 | Horace | 1,313 |
| 130 | Steve | 1,294 |
| 131 | Calvin | 1,276 |
| 132 | Jose | 1,210 |
| 133 | Willis | 1,209 |
| 134 | Tony | 1,196 |
| 135 | Oliver | 1,194 |
| 136 | Don | 1,172 |
| 137 | Orville | 1,149 |
| 138 | Earnest | 1,128 |
| 139 | Ben | 1,124 |
| 140 | Guy | 1,120 |
| 141 | Jerry | 1,114 |
| 142 | Edmund | 1,104 |
| 143 | Jacob | 1,094 |
| 144 | Tom | 1,092 |
| 145 | Mike | 1,080 |
| 146 | Bruce | 1,070 |
| 147 | Jimmie | 1,051 |
| 148 | Angelo | 1,044 |
| 149 | Alex | 1,022 |
| 150 | Lyle | 1,007 |
| 151 | Patrick | 1,001 |
| 151 | Otis | 1,001 |
| 153 | Keith | 998 |
| 154 | Ronald | 992 |
| 155 | Archie | 979 |
| 156 | Delbert | 972 |
| 157 | Rudolph | 960 |
| 158 | Clayton | 951 |
| 159 | Salvatore | 949 |
| 160 | Clifton | 932 |
| 161 | Matthew | 914 |
| 161 | Phillip | 914 |
| 163 | Wilbert | 899 |
| 164 | Marshall | 896 |
| 165 | Jim | 879 |
| 166 | Ira | 878 |
| 167 | Junior | 877 |
| 168 | Dean | 876 |
| 169 | Clinton | 873 |
| 169 | Gene | 873 |
| 171 | Leland | 866 |
| 172 | Ervin | 859 |
| 173 | Merle | 833 |
| 174 | Jay | 828 |
| 175 | Johnny | 824 |
| 176 | Ivan | 820 |
| 177 | Emil | 819 |
| 178 | Bob | 798 |
| 179 | Irvin | 789 |
| 180 | Forrest | 781 |
| 181 | Bennie | 775 |
| 182 | Nick | 765 |
| 182 | Julian | 765 |
| 184 | Dewey | 762 |
| 185 | Sylvester | 755 |
| 186 | Nathan | 751 |
| 187 | Nathaniel | 748 |
| 188 | Antonio | 745 |
| 189 | Wilfred | 737 |
| 190 | Dennis | 727 |
| 191 | Rufus | 721 |
| 192 | Dan | 717 |
| 193 | Elbert | 714 |
| 194 | Nelson | 704 |
| 195 | Owen | 703 |
| 196 | Seymour | 700 |
| 197 | Aaron | 697 |
| 198 | Grover | 690 |
| 198 | Lowell | 690 |
| 200 | Alton | 688 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1921 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.