Top 100 names of the 1910s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 John 376311 5.64
2 William 303018 4.54
3 James 275071 4.12
4 Robert 239185 3.58
5 Joseph 179300 2.69
6 George 176609 2.65
7 Charles 173534 2.6
8 Edward 125720 1.88
9 Frank 116017 1.74
10 Thomas 91619 1.37
11 Walter 89145 1.34
12 Harold 79721 1.19
13 Henry 79667 1.19
14 Paul 78216 1.17
15 Richard 74603 1.12
16 Raymond 71820 1.08
17 Albert 68207 1.02
18 Arthur 67478 1.01
19 Harry 65874 0.99
20 Donald 57002 0.85
21 Ralph 52522 0.79
22 Louis 50600 0.76
23 Jack 49526 0.74
24 Clarence 49196 0.74
25 Carl 48454 0.73
26 Willie 47690 0.71
27 Howard 46596 0.7
28 Fred 44345 0.66
29 David 43853 0.66
30 Kenneth 43248 0.65
31 Francis 41053 0.62
32 Roy 40340 0.6
33 Earl 40273 0.6
34 Joe 38250 0.57
35 Ernest 37134 0.56
36 Lawrence 36354 0.54
37 Stanley 35908 0.54
38 Anthony 35627 0.53
39 Eugene 35160 0.53
40 Samuel 34166 0.51
41 Herbert 33860 0.51
42 Alfred 32635 0.49
43 Leonard 31878 0.48
44 Michael 30860 0.46
45 Elmer 28600 0.43
46 Andrew 28152 0.42
47 Leo 26656 0.4
48 Bernard 25628 0.38
49 Norman 25033 0.38
50 Peter 24935 0.37
51 Russell 24842 0.37
52 Daniel 23978 0.36
53 Edwin 23697 0.36
54 Frederick 23542 0.35
55 Chester 23500 0.35
56 Herman 22598 0.34
57 Lloyd 21743 0.33
58 Melvin 21739 0.33
59 Lester 21509 0.32
60 Floyd 21472 0.32
61 Leroy 21275 0.32
62 Theodore 21106 0.32
63 Clifford 20886 0.31
64 Clyde 19865 0.3
65 Charlie 19834 0.3
66 Sam 18544 0.28
67 Woodrow 18355 0.27
68 Vincent 18285 0.27
69 Philip 18166 0.27
70 Marvin 17821 0.27
71 Ray 17792 0.27
72 Lewis 17787 0.27
73 Milton 17522 0.26
74 Benjamin 17310 0.26
75 Victor 17157 0.26
76 Vernon 16967 0.25
77 Gerald 16522 0.25
78 Jesse 16293 0.24
79 Martin 16097 0.24
80 Cecil 15987 0.24
81 Alvin 15499 0.23
82 Lee 15380 0.23
83 Willard 15364 0.23
84 Leon 15280 0.23
85 Oscar 14869 0.22
86 Glenn 14304 0.21
87 Edgar 14080 0.21
88 Gordon 13641 0.2
89 Stephen 13503 0.2
90 Harvey 13304 0.2
91 Sidney 12793 0.19
92 Claude 12792 0.19
93 Everett 12748 0.19
94 Arnold 12586 0.19
95 Morris 12484 0.19
96 Wilbur 12411 0.19
97 Warren 12012 0.18
98 Wayne 11572 0.17
99 Allen 11493 0.17
100 Homer 11471 0.17

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 478636 5.87
2 Helen 248154 3.04
3 Dorothy 207476 2.54
4 Margaret 189234 2.32
5 Ruth 173675 2.13
6 Mildred 123998 1.52
7 Anna 118998 1.46
8 Elizabeth 116811 1.43
9 Frances 105599 1.29
10 Virginia 94322 1.16
11 Marie 92086 1.13
12 Evelyn 91492 1.12
13 Alice 85866 1.05
14 Florence 81465 1.0
15 Lillian 75914 0.93
16 Rose 74690 0.92
17 Irene 68968 0.85
18 Louise 67973 0.83
19 Edna 66897 0.82
20 Catherine 65823 0.81
21 Gladys 65812 0.81
22 Ethel 63662 0.78
23 Josephine 61355 0.75
24 Ruby 60308 0.74
25 Martha 59509 0.73
26 Grace 57973 0.71
27 Hazel 57068 0.7
28 Thelma 57011 0.7
29 Lucille 56147 0.69
30 Edith 56059 0.69
31 Eleanor 54163 0.66
32 Doris 53249 0.65
33 Annie 52301 0.64
34 Pauline 50075 0.61
35 Gertrude 49565 0.61
36 Esther 49212 0.6
37 Betty 44894 0.55
38 Beatrice 44515 0.55
39 Marjorie 44452 0.55
40 Clara 44346 0.54
41 Emma 41819 0.51
42 Bernice 40346 0.49
43 Bertha 40120 0.49
44 Ann 39506 0.48
45 Jean 39284 0.48
46 Elsie 39274 0.48
47 Julia 39259 0.48
48 Agnes 39255 0.48
49 Lois 38179 0.47
50 Sarah 38120 0.47
51 Marion 37974 0.47
52 Katherine 36884 0.45
53 Eva 34909 0.43
54 Ida 34792 0.43
55 Bessie 33859 0.42
56 Pearl 33834 0.41
57 Anne 33478 0.41
58 Viola 33077 0.41
59 Myrtle 32432 0.4
60 Nellie 30879 0.38
61 Mabel 30783 0.38
62 Laura 30549 0.37
63 Kathryn 29235 0.36
64 Stella 28526 0.35
65 Vera 28289 0.35
66 Willie 28179 0.35
67 Jessie 27835 0.34
68 Jane 27740 0.34
69 Alma 27515 0.34
70 Minnie 27486 0.34
71 Sylvia 25655 0.31
72 Ella 24913 0.31
73 Lillie 24651 0.3
74 Rita 23850 0.29
75 Leona 23825 0.29
76 Barbara 23704 0.29
77 Vivian 23634 0.29
78 Lena 23624 0.29
79 Violet 23157 0.28
80 Lucy 23117 0.28
81 Jennie 23068 0.28
82 Genevieve 22830 0.28
83 Marguerite 22658 0.28
84 Charlotte 22548 0.28
85 Mattie 22243 0.27
86 Marian 22158 0.27
87 Blanche 21977 0.27
88 Mae 21530 0.26
89 Ellen 21500 0.26
90 Wilma 21384 0.26
91 Juanita 20878 0.26
92 Opal 20386 0.25
93 June 19244 0.24
94 Geraldine 18990 0.23
95 Beulah 18874 0.23
96 Velma 18631 0.23
97 Theresa 18348 0.22
98 Carrie 18067 0.22
99 Phyllis 17885 0.22
100 Maxine 17800 0.22