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Most popular baby names of 1911

In 1911, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary24,390
  2. 2Helen11,801
  3. 3Margaret9,279
  4. 4Dorothy8,869
  5. 5Ruth8,003
  6. 6Anna6,753
  7. 7Elizabeth6,298
  8. 8Mildred6,271
  9. 9Marie5,017
  10. 10Frances4,967
  11. 11Alice4,813
  12. 12Florence4,424
  13. 13Lillian4,367
  14. 14Rose4,151
  15. 15Ethel4,141
  16. 16Evelyn4,076
  17. 17Edna3,957
  18. 18Gladys3,933
  19. 19Louise3,725
  20. 20Catherine3,565
  21. 21Irene3,502
  22. 22Ruby3,372
  23. 23Grace3,304
  24. 24Annie3,298
  25. 25Hazel3,290
  26. 26Virginia3,263
  27. 27Thelma3,166
  28. 28Martha3,019
  29. 29Josephine3,011
  30. 30Gertrude2,895
  31. 31Edith2,825
  32. 32Lucille2,740
  33. 33Clara2,691
  34. 34Esther2,676
  35. 35Emma2,616
  36. 36Bertha2,606
  37. 37Beatrice2,522
  38. 38Pauline2,345
  39. 39Agnes2,315
  40. 40Bessie2,279
  41. 41Elsie2,224
  42. 42Sarah2,201
  43. 43Mabel2,171
  44. 44Julia2,158
  45. 45Ida2,119
  46. 46Eva2,109
  47. 47Viola2,083
  48. 48Pearl2,075
  49. 49Eleanor2,035
  50. 50Myrtle2,033
  51. 51Bernice1,915
  52. 52Minnie1,899
  53. 53Ann1,882
  54. 54Nellie1,866
  55. 55Katherine1,858
  56. 56Doris1,812
  57. 57Laura1,790
  58. 58Marion1,744
  59. 59Marjorie1,722
  60. 60Lillie1,690
  61. 61Willie1,637
  62. 62Alma1,611
  63. 63Ella1,604
  64. 64Anne1,598
  65. 65Mattie1,552
  66. 66Jessie1,550
  67. 67Vera1,510
  68. 68Lois1,508
  69. 69Betty1,456
  70. 70Lena1,449
  71. 71Mae1,449
  72. 72Stella1,422
  73. 73Kathryn1,397
  74. 74Jean1,381
  75. 75Blanche1,361
  76. 76Leona1,329
  77. 77Lucy1,309
  78. 78Carrie1,281
  79. 79Beulah1,244
  80. 80Vivian1,211
  81. 81Opal1,190
  82. 82Sylvia1,184
  83. 83Violet1,183
  84. 84Ellen1,162
  85. 85Jennie1,161
  86. 86Hattie1,136
  87. 87Marguerite1,113
  88. 88Fannie1,100
  89. 89Mamie1,095
  90. 90Velma1,045
  91. 91Cora1,022
  92. 92Rosa1,022
  93. 93Genevieve989
  94. 94Lula970
  95. 95Charlotte960
  96. 96Georgia957
  97. 97Ada939
  98. 98Jane937
  99. 99Inez924
  100. 100Theresa919

Boys

  1. 1John13,446
  2. 2William10,593
  3. 3James9,952
  4. 4George6,586
  5. 5Robert6,526
  6. 6Joseph6,488
  7. 7Charles5,725
  8. 8Frank4,314
  9. 9Edward4,164
  10. 10Thomas3,292
  11. 11Henry3,167
  12. 12Walter3,074
  13. 13Harry2,538
  14. 14Willie2,492
  15. 15Albert2,478
  16. 16Harold2,448
  17. 17Paul2,393
  18. 18Arthur2,376
  19. 19Raymond2,088
  20. 20Richard2,030
  21. 21Louis1,838
  22. 22Fred1,808
  23. 23Clarence1,775
  24. 24Ralph1,674
  25. 25Jack1,668
  26. 26Carl1,574
  27. 27David1,556
  28. 28Howard1,467
  29. 29Joe1,449
  30. 30Samuel1,398
  31. 31Roy1,394
  32. 32Ernest1,338
  33. 33Francis1,311
  34. 34Earl1,305
  35. 35Anthony1,288
  36. 36Donald1,275
  37. 37Lawrence1,221
  38. 38Michael1,159
  39. 39Alfred1,158
  40. 40Kenneth1,148
  41. 41Herbert1,125
  42. 42Andrew1,098
  43. 43Eugene1,060
  44. 44Stanley997
  45. 45Charlie978
  46. 46Leonard953
  47. 47Sam928
  48. 48Elmer894
  49. 49Herman853
  50. 50Peter845
  51. 51Leo844
  52. 52Frederick802
  53. 53Daniel796
  54. 54Bernard777
  55. 55Russell770
  56. 56Theodore753
  57. 57Floyd734
  58. 58Chester708
  59. 59Leroy706
  60. 60Edwin699
  61. 61Clyde697
  62. 62Clifford694
  63. 63Norman691
  64. 64Benjamin690
  65. 65Lester657
  66. 66Lewis654
  67. 67Lee646
  68. 68Oscar636
  69. 69Philip612
  70. 70Milton608
  71. 71Ray602
  72. 72Jesse596
  73. 73Melvin594
  74. 74Lloyd590
  75. 75Martin567
  76. 76Cecil560
  77. 77Leon540
  78. 78Eddie523
  79. 79Jessie500
  80. 80Vincent496
  81. 81Victor493
  82. 82Marvin488
  83. 83Edgar486
  84. 84Stephen486
  85. 85Morris478
  86. 86Ben467
  87. 87Claude466
  88. 88Gerald462
  89. 89Alvin460
  90. 90Johnnie455
  91. 91Harvey446
  92. 92Sidney432
  93. 93Irving431
  94. 94Alexander426
  95. 95Homer419
  96. 96Vernon418
  97. 97Gordon404
  98. 98Allen402
  99. 99Maurice397
  100. 100Luther394

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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