Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1911

John and Mary topped the list in 1911. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 22% of girls, from 1,998 boy names and 2,867 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1911

  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
  84. 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

Top girl names of 1911

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

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1911?
John was the #1 boy name in 1911 (13,446 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (24,390 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1911?
Social Security records list 644,279 babies born in 1911 with names given to at least 5 babies: 225,970 boys and 418,309 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.