Popular baby names of 1911

In 1911, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (24,390 babies) and John for boys (13,446). Social Security records show 644,279 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,868 girls' names and 1,999 boys' names.

1911 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 21.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 31.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Vivian, Jane.
New in the boys' top 100: Gerald, Irving, Alexander, Gordon, Maurice.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910
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	new
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	new
99	Inez	924	↓2
100	Theresa	919	↓4

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910
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	1,060	↓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	new
89	Alvin	460	↓4
90	Johnnie	455	↓16
91	Harvey	446	↓2
92	Sidney	432	↑1
93	Irving	431	new
94	Alexander	426	new
95	Homer	419	↑3
96	Vernon	418	↓2
97	Gordon	404	new
98	Allen	402	↓6
99	Maurice	397	new
100	Luther	394	↓13

Every name given in 1911

All 4,867 names Social Security recorded for 1911, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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