US baby names · 1911

Most popular baby names of 1911

In 1911, Social Security card applications recorded 418,309 girls and 225,970 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 2,868 distinct girls’ names and 1,999 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (24,390 girls) and John (13,446 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 22% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 31% of boys. Compared with 1910, 53,568 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1910, 2 girls’ names and 5 boys’ names in 1911 are newcomers (girls: Vivian, Jane; boys: Gerald, Irving, Alexander). Of these names, 19 of the 100 girls’ names and 20 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1911 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1911

Rank	Name	Girls
#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
#51	Bernice	1,915
#52	Minnie	1,899
#53	Ann	1,882
#54	Nellie	1,866
#55	Katherine	1,858
#56	Doris	1,812
#57	Laura	1,790
#58	Marion	1,744
#59	Marjorie	1,722
#60	Lillie	1,690
#61	Willie	1,637
#62	Alma	1,611
#63	Ella	1,604
#64	Anne	1,598
#65	Mattie	1,552
#66	Jessie	1,550
#67	Vera	1,510
#68	Lois	1,508
#69	Betty	1,456
#70	Lena	1,449
#71	Mae	1,449
#72	Stella	1,422
#73	Kathryn	1,397
#74	Jean	1,381
#75	Blanche	1,361
#76	Leona	1,329
#77	Lucy	1,309
#78	Carrie	1,281
#79	Beulah	1,244
#80	Vivian	1,211
#81	Opal	1,190
#82	Sylvia	1,184
#83	Violet	1,183
#84	Ellen	1,162
#85	Jennie	1,161
#86	Hattie	1,136
#87	Marguerite	1,113
#88	Fannie	1,100
#89	Mamie	1,095
#90	Velma	1,045
#91	Cora	1,022
#92	Rosa	1,022
#93	Genevieve	989
#94	Lula	970
#95	Charlotte	960
#96	Georgia	957
#97	Ada	939
#98	Jane	937
#99	Inez	924
#100	Theresa	919

Top 100 boys’ names, 1911

Rank	Name	Boys
#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	1,060
#44	Stanley	997
#45	Charlie	978
#46	Leonard	953
#47	Sam	928
#48	Elmer	894
#49	Herman	853
#50	Peter	845
#51	Leo	844
#52	Frederick	802
#53	Daniel	796
#54	Bernard	777
#55	Russell	770
#56	Theodore	753
#57	Floyd	734
#58	Chester	708
#59	Leroy	706
#60	Edwin	699
#61	Clyde	697
#62	Clifford	694
#63	Norman	691
#64	Benjamin	690
#65	Lester	657
#66	Lewis	654
#67	Lee	646
#68	Oscar	636
#69	Philip	612
#70	Milton	608
#71	Ray	602
#72	Jesse	596
#73	Melvin	594
#74	Lloyd	590
#75	Martin	567
#76	Cecil	560
#77	Leon	540
#78	Eddie	523
#79	Jessie	500
#80	Vincent	496
#81	Victor	493
#82	Marvin	488
#83	Edgar	486
#84	Stephen	486
#85	Morris	478
#86	Ben	467
#87	Claude	466
#88	Gerald	462
#89	Alvin	460
#90	Johnnie	455
#91	Harvey	446
#92	Sidney	432
#93	Irving	431
#94	Alexander	426
#95	Homer	419
#96	Vernon	418
#97	Gordon	404
#98	Allen	402
#99	Maurice	397
#100	Luther	394