Most popular baby names of 1911

In 1911, the most popular names for US babies were John for boys (13,446 babies, 6.0% of boys) and Mary for girls (24,390 babies, 5.8% of girls). The rest of the top five were William, James, George and Robert for boys and Helen, Margaret, Dorothy and Ruth for girls. SSA recorded 1,999 different boy names and 2,868 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1911
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	John	13,446	–
2	William	10,593	▲ 1
3	James	9,952	▼ 1
4	George	6,586	▲ 1
5	Robert	6,526	▼ 1
6	Joseph	6,488	–
7	Charles	5,725	–
8	Frank	4,314	–
9	Edward	4,164	–
10	Thomas	3,292	▲ 2
11	Henry	3,167	▼ 1
12	Walter	3,074	▲ 1
13	Harry	2,538	▲ 3
14	Willie	2,492	▼ 3
15	Albert	2,478	▼ 1
16	Harold	2,448	▲ 2
17	Paul	2,393	▼ 2
18	Arthur	2,376	▼ 1
19	Raymond	2,088	–
20	Richard	2,030	▲ 1
21	Louis	1,838	▲ 3
22	Fred	1,808	–
23	Clarence	1,775	▼ 3
24	Ralph	1,674	▲ 4
25	Jack	1,668	▼ 2
26	Carl	1,574	–
27	David	1,556	▲ 3
28	Howard	1,467	▼ 1
29	Joe	1,449	▼ 4
30	Samuel	1,398	▲ 2
31	Roy	1,394	▼ 2
32	Ernest	1,338	▼ 1
33	Francis	1,311	▲ 3
34	Earl	1,305	▼ 1
35	Anthony	1,288	▲ 2
36	Donald	1,275	▲ 8
37	Lawrence	1,221	▼ 2
38	Michael	1,159	▲ 7
39	Alfred	1,158	▼ 1
40	Kenneth	1,148	▲ 3
41	Herbert	1,125	–
42	Andrew	1,098	–
43	Eugene	1,059	▼ 4
44	Stanley	997	▲ 3
45	Charlie	978	▼ 11
46	Leonard	953	–
47	Sam	928	▼ 7
48	Elmer	894	–
49	Herman	853	▲ 3
50	Peter	845	▲ 6
51	Leo	844	–
52	Frederick	802	▲ 17
53	Daniel	796	–
54	Bernard	777	▲ 8
55	Russell	770	▲ 3
56	Theodore	753	▼ 2
57	Floyd	734	▼ 2
58	Chester	708	▲ 3
59	Leroy	706	▼ 9
60	Edwin	699	▲ 11
61	Clyde	697	▼ 4
62	Clifford	694	▲ 4
63	Norman	691	–
64	Benjamin	690	▲ 6
65	Lester	657	▼ 1
66	Lewis	654	▼ 1
67	Lee	646	▼ 18
68	Oscar	636	▲ 5
69	Philip	612	▲ 14
70	Milton	608	▲ 6
71	Ray	602	▼ 3
72	Jesse	596	▼ 12
73	Melvin	594	▲ 2
74	Lloyd	590	▼ 7
75	Martin	567	▲ 11
76	Cecil	560	▲ 1
77	Leon	540	▲ 4
78	Eddie	523	▼ 19
79	Jessie	500	▼ 7
80	Vincent	496	▲ 19
81	Victor	493	▲ 9
82	Marvin	488	▲ 2
83	Edgar	486	▼ 3
84	Stephen	486	▲ 12
85	Morris	478	▲ 6
86	Ben	467	▼ 7
87	Claude	466	▼ 9
88	Gerald	462	▲ 17
89	Alvin	460	▼ 4
90	Johnnie	455	▼ 16
91	Harvey	446	▼ 2
92	Sidney	432	▲ 1
93	Irving	431	▲ 25
94	Alexander	426	▲ 7
95	Homer	419	▲ 3
96	Vernon	418	▼ 2
97	Gordon	404	▲ 23
98	Allen	402	▼ 6
99	Maurice	397	▲ 11
100	Luther	394	▼ 13

Top 100 girl names, 1911
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
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	▲ 1
11	Alice	4,813	▼ 1
12	Florence	4,424	–
13	Lillian	4,367	▲ 1
14	Rose	4,151	▲ 2
15	Ethel	4,141	▼ 2
16	Evelyn	4,076	▲ 1
17	Edna	3,957	▲ 1
18	Gladys	3,933	▼ 3
19	Louise	3,725	▲ 1
20	Catherine	3,565	▲ 2
21	Irene	3,502	–
22	Ruby	3,372	▲ 5
23	Grace	3,304	–
24	Annie	3,298	▼ 5
25	Hazel	3,290	▼ 1
26	Virginia	3,263	▲ 3
27	Thelma	3,166	▼ 2
28	Martha	3,019	–
29	Josephine	3,011	▲ 1
30	Gertrude	2,895	▼ 4
31	Edith	2,825	▲ 4
32	Lucille	2,740	▼ 1
33	Clara	2,691	▼ 1
34	Esther	2,676	▲ 4
35	Emma	2,616	▼ 1
36	Bertha	2,606	▼ 3
37	Beatrice	2,522	▼ 1
38	Pauline	2,345	▲ 4
39	Agnes	2,315	▲ 2
40	Bessie	2,279	▼ 3
41	Elsie	2,224	▲ 3
42	Sarah	2,201	▼ 2
43	Mabel	2,171	▲ 3
44	Julia	2,158	▲ 5
45	Ida	2,119	▲ 2
46	Eva	2,109	▼ 1
47	Viola	2,083	▲ 1
48	Pearl	2,075	▼ 9
49	Eleanor	2,035	▲ 6
50	Myrtle	2,033	▼ 7
51	Bernice	1,915	▲ 7
52	Minnie	1,899	▼ 2
53	Ann	1,882	▼ 1
54	Nellie	1,866	▼ 3
55	Katherine	1,858	▲ 2
56	Doris	1,812	▲ 8
57	Laura	1,790	▼ 4
58	Marion	1,744	▲ 1
59	Marjorie	1,722	▲ 9
60	Lillie	1,690	▼ 6
61	Willie	1,637	▼ 5
62	Alma	1,611	▼ 1
63	Ella	1,604	▼ 1
64	Anne	1,598	▲ 3
65	Mattie	1,552	▼ 5
66	Jessie	1,550	▼ 3
67	Vera	1,510	▲ 4
68	Lois	1,508	▲ 8
69	Betty	1,456	–
70	Lena	1,449	▼ 4
71	Mae	1,449	▼ 6
72	Stella	1,422	–
73	Kathryn	1,397	▲ 7
74	Jean	1,381	▲ 3
75	Blanche	1,361	▼ 1
76	Leona	1,329	▲ 3
77	Lucy	1,309	▼ 2
78	Carrie	1,281	▼ 8
79	Beulah	1,244	▲ 3
80	Vivian	1,211	▲ 27
81	Opal	1,190	▲ 6
82	Sylvia	1,184	▲ 10
83	Violet	1,183	▲ 6
84	Ellen	1,162	▲ 4
85	Jennie	1,161	▼ 4
86	Hattie	1,136	▼ 13
87	Marguerite	1,113	▼ 3
88	Fannie	1,100	▼ 10
89	Mamie	1,095	▼ 3
90	Velma	1,045	–
91	Cora	1,022	▼ 6
92	Rosa	1,022	▼ 9
93	Genevieve	989	▲ 5
94	Lula	970	▼ 1
95	Charlotte	960	▲ 4
96	Georgia	957	▼ 5
97	Ada	939	▼ 3
98	Jane	937	▲ 18
99	Inez	924	▼ 2
100	Theresa	919	▼ 4

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1911. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.