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
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
| 11 | Alice | 4,813 |
| 12 | Florence | 4,424 |
| 13 | Lillian | 4,367 |
| 14 | Rose | 4,151 |
| 15 | Ethel | 4,141 |
| 16 | Evelyn | 4,076 |
| 17 | Edna | 3,957 |
| 18 | Gladys | 3,933 |
| 19 | Louise | 3,725 |
| 20 | Catherine | 3,565 |
| 21 | Irene | 3,502 |
| 22 | Ruby | 3,372 |
| 23 | Grace | 3,304 |
| 24 | Annie | 3,298 |
| 25 | Hazel | 3,290 |
| 26 | Virginia | 3,263 |
| 27 | Thelma | 3,166 |
| 28 | Martha | 3,019 |
| 29 | Josephine | 3,011 |
| 30 | Gertrude | 2,895 |
| 31 | Edith | 2,825 |
| 32 | Lucille | 2,740 |
| 33 | Clara | 2,691 |
| 34 | Esther | 2,676 |
| 35 | Emma | 2,616 |
| 36 | Bertha | 2,606 |
| 37 | Beatrice | 2,522 |
| 38 | Pauline | 2,345 |
| 39 | Agnes | 2,315 |
| 40 | Bessie | 2,279 |
| 41 | Elsie | 2,224 |
| 42 | Sarah | 2,201 |
| 43 | Mabel | 2,171 |
| 44 | Julia | 2,158 |
| 45 | Ida | 2,119 |
| 46 | Eva | 2,109 |
| 47 | Viola | 2,083 |
| 48 | Pearl | 2,075 |
| 49 | Eleanor | 2,035 |
| 50 | Myrtle | 2,033 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | John | 13,446 |
| 2 | William | 10,593 |
| 3 | James | 9,952 |
| 4 | George | 6,586 |
| 5 | Robert | 6,526 |
| 6 | Joseph | 6,488 |
| 7 | Charles | 5,725 |
| 8 | Frank | 4,314 |
| 9 | Edward | 4,164 |
| 10 | Thomas | 3,292 |
| 11 | Henry | 3,167 |
| 12 | Walter | 3,074 |
| 13 | Harry | 2,538 |
| 14 | Willie | 2,492 |
| 15 | Albert | 2,478 |
| 16 | Harold | 2,448 |
| 17 | Paul | 2,393 |
| 18 | Arthur | 2,376 |
| 19 | Raymond | 2,088 |
| 20 | Richard | 2,030 |
| 21 | Louis | 1,838 |
| 22 | Fred | 1,808 |
| 23 | Clarence | 1,775 |
| 24 | Ralph | 1,674 |
| 25 | Jack | 1,668 |
| 26 | Carl | 1,574 |
| 27 | David | 1,556 |
| 28 | Howard | 1,467 |
| 29 | Joe | 1,449 |
| 30 | Samuel | 1,398 |
| 31 | Roy | 1,394 |
| 32 | Ernest | 1,338 |
| 33 | Francis | 1,311 |
| 34 | Earl | 1,305 |
| 35 | Anthony | 1,288 |
| 36 | Donald | 1,275 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 1,221 |
| 38 | Michael | 1,159 |
| 39 | Alfred | 1,158 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 1,148 |
| 41 | Herbert | 1,125 |
| 42 | Andrew | 1,098 |
| 43 | Eugene | 1,059 |
| 44 | Stanley | 997 |
| 45 | Charlie | 978 |
| 46 | Leonard | 953 |
| 47 | Sam | 928 |
| 48 | Elmer | 894 |
| 49 | Herman | 853 |
| 50 | Peter | 845 |