Top Names of 1911

The most popular names recorded in 1911 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary24,390
2Helen11,801
3Margaret9,279
4Dorothy8,869
5Ruth8,003
6Anna6,753
7Elizabeth6,298
8Mildred6,271
9Marie5,017
10Frances4,967
11Alice4,813
12Florence4,424
13Lillian4,367
14Rose4,151
15Ethel4,141
16Evelyn4,076
17Edna3,957
18Gladys3,933
19Louise3,725
20Catherine3,565
21Irene3,502
22Ruby3,372
23Grace3,304
24Annie3,298
25Hazel3,290
26Virginia3,263
27Thelma3,166
28Martha3,019
29Josephine3,011
30Gertrude2,895
31Edith2,825
32Lucille2,740
33Clara2,691
34Esther2,676
35Emma2,616
36Bertha2,606
37Beatrice2,522
38Pauline2,345
39Agnes2,315
40Bessie2,279
41Elsie2,224
42Sarah2,201
43Mabel2,171
44Julia2,158
45Ida2,119
46Eva2,109
47Viola2,083
48Pearl2,075
49Eleanor2,035
50Myrtle2,033

Boys

#NameBabies
1John13,446
2William10,593
3James9,952
4George6,586
5Robert6,526
6Joseph6,488
7Charles5,725
8Frank4,314
9Edward4,164
10Thomas3,292
11Henry3,167
12Walter3,074
13Harry2,538
14Willie2,492
15Albert2,478
16Harold2,448
17Paul2,393
18Arthur2,376
19Raymond2,088
20Richard2,030
21Louis1,838
22Fred1,808
23Clarence1,775
24Ralph1,674
25Jack1,668
26Carl1,574
27David1,556
28Howard1,467
29Joe1,449
30Samuel1,398
31Roy1,394
32Ernest1,338
33Francis1,311
34Earl1,305
35Anthony1,288
36Donald1,275
37Lawrence1,221
38Michael1,159
39Alfred1,158
40Kenneth1,148
41Herbert1,125
42Andrew1,098
43Eugene1,059
44Stanley997
45Charlie978
46Leonard953
47Sam928
48Elmer894
49Herman853
50Peter845