Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1911 Most Popular Baby Names of 1911 Social Security has card records for 683,214 people born in the U.S. in 1911. Mary was the top girl name (24,390 babies) and John the top boy name (13,446).
Top 100 names of 1911 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1911, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 24,390 #125 2 Helen 11,801 #461 3 Margaret 9,279 #112 4 Dorothy 8,869 #421 5 Ruth 8,003 #173 6 Anna 6,753 #107 7 Elizabeth 6,298 #17 8 Mildred 6,271 #1,962 9 Marie 5,017 #617 10 Frances 4,967 #318 11 Alice 4,813 #65 12 Florence 4,424 #391 13 Lillian 4,367 #57 14 Rose 4,151 #114 15 Ethel 4,141 #4,172 16 Evelyn 4,076 #8 17 Edna 3,957 #2,458 18 Gladys 3,933 #3,211 19 Louise 3,725 #514 20 Catherine 3,565 #313 21 Irene 3,502 #651 22 Ruby 3,372 #64 23 Grace 3,304 #38 24 Annie 3,298 #182 25 Hazel 3,290 #21 26 Virginia 3,263 #525 27 Thelma 3,166 #4,661 28 Martha 3,019 #712 29 Josephine 3,011 #53 30 Gertrude 2,895 #6,546 31 Edith 2,825 #499 32 Lucille 2,740 #237 33 Clara 2,691 #63 34 Esther 2,676 #119 35 Emma 2,616 #3 36 Bertha 2,606 #4,546 37 Beatrice 2,522 #508 38 Pauline 2,345 #2,957 39 Agnes 2,315 #1,016 40 Bessie 2,279 #6,838 41 Elsie 2,224 #123 42 Sarah 2,201 #90 43 Mabel 2,171 #201 44 Julia 2,158 #131 45 Ida 2,119 #1,120 46 Eva 2,109 #134 47 Viola 2,083 #1,013 48 Pearl 2,075 #776 49 Eleanor 2,035 #12 50 Myrtle 2,033 #10,917
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1911, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bernice 1,915 #4,067 52 Minnie 1,899 #3,028 53 Ann 1,882 #1,076 54 Nellie 1,866 #533 55 Katherine 1,858 #186 56 Doris 1,812 #2,895 57 Laura 1,790 #379 58 Marion 1,744 #2,036 59 Marjorie 1,722 #1,016 60 Lillie 1,690 #675 61 Willie 1,637 #10,107 62 Alma 1,611 #449 63 Ella 1,604 #29 64 Anne 1,598 #619 65 Mattie 1,552 #1,004 66 Jessie 1,550 #823 67 Vera 1,510 #205 68 Lois 1,508 #1,666 69 Betty 1,456 #1,113 70 Lena 1,449 #279 70 Mae 1,449 #500 72 Stella 1,422 #52 73 Kathryn 1,397 #729 74 Jean 1,381 #2,117 75 Blanche 1,361 #6,838 76 Leona 1,329 #429 77 Lucy 1,309 #24 78 Carrie 1,281 #2,719 79 Beulah 1,244 #5,917 80 Vivian 1,211 #70 81 Opal 1,190 #423 82 Sylvia 1,184 #300 83 Violet 1,183 #13 84 Ellen 1,162 #1,062 85 Jennie 1,161 #2,298 86 Hattie 1,136 #334 87 Marguerite 1,113 #2,485 88 Fannie 1,100 #3,342 89 Mamie 1,095 #6,116 90 Velma 1,045 #5,722 91 Cora 1,022 #113 91 Rosa 1,022 #652 93 Genevieve 989 #148 94 Lula 970 #1,927 95 Charlotte 960 #2 96 Georgia 957 #99 97 Ada 939 #219 98 Jane 937 #221 99 Inez 924 #1,396 100 Theresa 919 #1,548
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1911, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 13,446 #23 2 William 10,593 #9 3 James 9,952 #6 4 George 6,586 #126 5 Robert 6,526 #92 6 Joseph 6,488 #29 7 Charles 5,725 #48 8 Frank 4,314 #513 9 Edward 4,164 #224 10 Thomas 3,292 #34 11 Henry 3,167 #5 12 Walter 3,074 #251 13 Harry 2,538 #775 14 Willie 2,492 #1,315 15 Albert 2,478 #614 16 Harold 2,448 #991 17 Paul 2,393 #262 18 Arthur 2,376 #87 19 Raymond 2,088 #394 20 Richard 2,030 #234 21 Louis 1,838 #249 22 Fred 1,808 #1,932 23 Clarence 1,775 #1,499 24 Ralph 1,674 #1,046 25 Jack 1,668 #15 26 Carl 1,574 #1,132 27 David 1,556 #35 28 Howard 1,467 #1,002 29 Joe 1,449 #991 30 Samuel 1,398 #18 31 Roy 1,394 #525 32 Ernest 1,338 #1,038 33 Francis 1,311 #420 34 Earl 1,305 #2,230 35 Anthony 1,288 #46 36 Donald 1,275 #690 37 Lawrence 1,221 #518 38 Michael 1,159 #21 39 Alfred 1,158 #840 40 Kenneth 1,148 #294 41 Herbert 1,125 #2,641 42 Andrew 1,098 #73 43 Eugene 1,060 #943 44 Stanley 997 #863 45 Charlie 978 #145 46 Leonard 953 #637 47 Sam 928 #647 48 Elmer 894 #1,222 49 Herman 853 #2,363 50 Peter 845 #187
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1911, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leo 844 #19 52 Frederick 802 #435 53 Daniel 796 #22 54 Bernard 777 #1,362 55 Russell 770 #345 56 Theodore 753 #4 57 Floyd 734 #2,230 58 Chester 708 #1,585 59 Leroy 706 #883 60 Edwin 699 #398 61 Clyde 697 #742 62 Clifford 694 #1,352 63 Norman 691 #1,196 64 Benjamin 690 #11 65 Lester 657 #1,634 66 Lewis 654 #433 67 Lee 646 #725 68 Oscar 636 #223 69 Philip 612 #527 70 Milton 608 #1,436 71 Ray 602 #791 72 Jesse 596 #184 73 Melvin 594 #958 74 Lloyd 590 #1,547 75 Martin 567 #335 76 Cecil 560 #1,486 77 Leon 540 #138 78 Eddie 523 #860 79 Jessie 500 #1,425 80 Vincent 496 #107 81 Victor 493 #209 82 Marvin 488 #699 83 Edgar 486 #486 83 Stephen 486 #383 85 Morris 478 #1,753 86 Ben 467 #843 87 Claude 466 #3,036 88 Gerald 462 #1,204 89 Alvin 460 #838 90 Johnnie 455 #2,284 91 Harvey 446 #251 92 Sidney 432 #1,323 93 Irving 431 #1,778 94 Alexander 426 #30 95 Homer 419 #4,707 96 Vernon 418 #1,382 97 Gordon 404 #1,051 98 Allen 402 #578 99 Maurice 397 #1,018 100 Luther 394 #1,459
Entered the top 100 in 1911
