United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1911

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 13,446 babies =
  2. 2 William 10,593 babies 1
  3. 3 James 9,952 babies 1
  4. 4 George 6,586 babies 1
  5. 5 Robert 6,526 babies 1
  6. 6 Joseph 6,488 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 5,725 babies =
  8. 8 Frank 4,314 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 4,164 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 3,292 babies 2
  11. 11 Henry 3,167 babies 1
  12. 12 Walter 3,074 babies 1
  13. 13 Harry 2,538 babies 3
  14. 14 Willie 2,492 babies 3
  15. 15 Albert 2,478 babies 1
  16. 16 Harold 2,448 babies 2
  17. 17 Paul 2,393 babies 2
  18. 18 Arthur 2,376 babies 1
  19. 19 Raymond 2,088 babies =
  20. 20 Richard 2,030 babies 1
  21. 21 Louis 1,838 babies 3
  22. 22 Fred 1,808 babies =
  23. 23 Clarence 1,775 babies 3
  24. 24 Ralph 1,674 babies 4
  25. 25 Jack 1,668 babies 2
  26. 26 Carl 1,574 babies =
  27. 27 David 1,556 babies 3
  28. 28 Howard 1,467 babies 1
  29. 29 Joe 1,449 babies 4
  30. 30 Samuel 1,398 babies 2
  31. 31 Roy 1,394 babies 2
  32. 32 Ernest 1,338 babies 1
  33. 33 Francis 1,311 babies 3
  34. 34 Earl 1,305 babies 1
  35. 35 Anthony 1,288 babies 2
  36. 36 Donald 1,275 babies 8
  37. 37 Lawrence 1,221 babies 2
  38. 38 Michael 1,159 babies 7
  39. 39 Alfred 1,158 babies 1
  40. 40 Kenneth 1,148 babies 3
  41. 41 Herbert 1,125 babies =
  42. 42 Andrew 1,098 babies =
  43. 43 Eugene 1,060 babies 4
  44. 44 Stanley 997 babies 3
  45. 45 Charlie 978 babies 11
  46. 46 Leonard 953 babies =
  47. 47 Sam 928 babies 7
  48. 48 Elmer 894 babies =
  49. 49 Herman 853 babies 3
  50. 50 Peter 845 babies 6
  51. 51 Leo 844 babies =
  52. 52 Frederick 802 babies 17
  53. 53 Daniel 796 babies =
  54. 54 Bernard 777 babies 8
  55. 55 Russell 770 babies 3
  56. 56 Theodore 753 babies 2
  57. 57 Floyd 734 babies 2
  58. 58 Chester 708 babies 3
  59. 59 Leroy 706 babies 9
  60. 60 Edwin 699 babies 11
  61. 61 Clyde 697 babies 4
  62. 62 Clifford 694 babies 4
  63. 63 Norman 691 babies =
  64. 64 Benjamin 690 babies 6
  65. 65 Lester 657 babies 1
  66. 66 Lewis 654 babies 1
  67. 67 Lee 646 babies 18
  68. 68 Oscar 636 babies 5
  69. 69 Philip 612 babies 14
  70. 70 Milton 608 babies 6
  71. 71 Ray 602 babies 3
  72. 72 Jesse 596 babies 12
  73. 73 Melvin 594 babies 2
  74. 74 Lloyd 590 babies 7
  75. 75 Martin 567 babies 11
  76. 76 Cecil 560 babies 1
  77. 77 Leon 540 babies 4
  78. 78 Eddie 523 babies 19
  79. 79 Jessie 500 babies 7
  80. 80 Vincent 496 babies 19
  81. 81 Victor 493 babies 9
  82. 82 Marvin 488 babies 2
  83. 83 Edgar 486 babies 3
  84. 84 Stephen 486 babies 12
  85. 85 Morris 478 babies 6
  86. 86 Ben 467 babies 7
  87. 87 Claude 466 babies 9
  88. 88 Gerald 462 babies 17
  89. 89 Alvin 460 babies 4
  90. 90 Johnnie 455 babies 16
  91. 91 Harvey 446 babies 2
  92. 92 Sidney 432 babies 1
  93. 93 Irving 431 babies 25
  94. 94 Alexander 426 babies 7
  95. 95 Homer 419 babies 3
  96. 96 Vernon 418 babies 2
  97. 97 Gordon 404 babies 23
  98. 98 Allen 402 babies 6
  99. 99 Maurice 397 babies 11
  100. 100 Luther 394 babies 13

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 24,390 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 11,801 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 9,279 babies =
  4. 4 Dorothy 8,869 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 8,003 babies =
  6. 6 Anna 6,753 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 6,298 babies =
  8. 8 Mildred 6,271 babies =
  9. 9 Marie 5,017 babies =
  10. 10 Frances 4,967 babies 1
  11. 11 Alice 4,813 babies 1
  12. 12 Florence 4,424 babies =
  13. 13 Lillian 4,367 babies 1
  14. 14 Rose 4,151 babies 2
  15. 15 Ethel 4,141 babies 2
  16. 16 Evelyn 4,076 babies 1
  17. 17 Edna 3,957 babies 1
  18. 18 Gladys 3,933 babies 3
  19. 19 Louise 3,725 babies 1
  20. 20 Catherine 3,565 babies 2
  21. 21 Irene 3,502 babies =
  22. 22 Ruby 3,372 babies 5
  23. 23 Grace 3,304 babies =
  24. 24 Annie 3,298 babies 5
  25. 25 Hazel 3,290 babies 1
  26. 26 Virginia 3,263 babies 3
  27. 27 Thelma 3,166 babies 2
  28. 28 Martha 3,019 babies =
  29. 29 Josephine 3,011 babies 1
  30. 30 Gertrude 2,895 babies 4
  31. 31 Edith 2,825 babies 4
  32. 32 Lucille 2,740 babies 1
  33. 33 Clara 2,691 babies 1
  34. 34 Esther 2,676 babies 4
  35. 35 Emma 2,616 babies 1
  36. 36 Bertha 2,606 babies 3
  37. 37 Beatrice 2,522 babies 1
  38. 38 Pauline 2,345 babies 4
  39. 39 Agnes 2,315 babies 2
  40. 40 Bessie 2,279 babies 3
  41. 41 Elsie 2,224 babies 3
  42. 42 Sarah 2,201 babies 2
  43. 43 Mabel 2,171 babies 3
  44. 44 Julia 2,158 babies 5
  45. 45 Ida 2,119 babies 2
  46. 46 Eva 2,109 babies 1
  47. 47 Viola 2,083 babies 1
  48. 48 Pearl 2,075 babies 9
  49. 49 Eleanor 2,035 babies 6
  50. 50 Myrtle 2,033 babies 7
  51. 51 Bernice 1,915 babies 7
  52. 52 Minnie 1,899 babies 2
  53. 53 Ann 1,882 babies 1
  54. 54 Nellie 1,866 babies 3
  55. 55 Katherine 1,858 babies 2
  56. 56 Doris 1,812 babies 8
  57. 57 Laura 1,790 babies 4
  58. 58 Marion 1,744 babies 1
  59. 59 Marjorie 1,722 babies 9
  60. 60 Lillie 1,690 babies 6
  61. 61 Willie 1,637 babies 5
  62. 62 Alma 1,611 babies 1
  63. 63 Ella 1,604 babies 1
  64. 64 Anne 1,598 babies 3
  65. 65 Mattie 1,552 babies 5
  66. 66 Jessie 1,550 babies 3
  67. 67 Vera 1,510 babies 4
  68. 68 Lois 1,508 babies 8
  69. 69 Betty 1,456 babies =
  70. 70 Lena 1,449 babies 4
  71. 71 Mae 1,449 babies 6
  72. 72 Stella 1,422 babies =
  73. 73 Kathryn 1,397 babies 7
  74. 74 Jean 1,381 babies 3
  75. 75 Blanche 1,361 babies 1
  76. 76 Leona 1,329 babies 3
  77. 77 Lucy 1,309 babies 2
  78. 78 Carrie 1,281 babies 8
  79. 79 Beulah 1,244 babies 3
  80. 80 Vivian 1,211 babies 27
  81. 81 Opal 1,190 babies 6
  82. 82 Sylvia 1,184 babies 10
  83. 83 Violet 1,183 babies 6
  84. 84 Ellen 1,162 babies 4
  85. 85 Jennie 1,161 babies 4
  86. 86 Hattie 1,136 babies 13
  87. 87 Marguerite 1,113 babies 3
  88. 88 Fannie 1,100 babies 10
  89. 89 Mamie 1,095 babies 3
  90. 90 Velma 1,045 babies =
  91. 91 Cora 1,022 babies 6
  92. 92 Rosa 1,022 babies 9
  93. 93 Genevieve 989 babies 5
  94. 94 Lula 970 babies 1
  95. 95 Charlotte 960 babies 4
  96. 96 Georgia 957 babies 5
  97. 97 Ada 939 babies 3
  98. 98 Jane 937 babies 18
  99. 99 Inez 924 babies 2
  100. 100 Theresa 919 babies 4

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Source: Social Security Administration

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