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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1901
1,210 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1901, covering
106,467 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 6,900 2 William 5,990 3 James 4,735 4 George 3,609 5 Charles 3,049 6 Joseph 2,766 7 Robert 2,543 8 Frank 2,402 9 Edward 1,917 10 Henry 1,870 11 Thomas 1,820 12 Walter 1,718 13 Harry 1,594 14 Arthur 1,329 15 Albert 1,317 16 Willie 1,294 17 Clarence 1,196 18 Fred 1,133 19 Paul 924 20 Roy 917 21 Harold 915 22 Raymond 888 23 Earl 818 24 Carl 817 25 Louis 797 26 Richard 784 27 Joe 756 28 Ernest 691 29 Ralph 682 30 David 672 31 Charlie 654 32 Jack 645 33 Samuel 628 34 Howard 584 35 Herbert 573 36 Francis 543 37 Lawrence 535 38 Elmer 520 39 Alfred 506 40 Andrew 479 40 Sam 479 42 Leo 456 43 Theodore 450 44 Eugene 445 45 Lee 424 46 Floyd 423 47 Oscar 422 48 Daniel 416 49 Jesse 411 50 Russell 395 51 Herman 393 52 Michael 384 53 Will 364 54 Leonard 362 55 Clyde 356 56 Peter 343 56 Benjamin 343 58 Claude 341 59 Ray 338 60 Frederick 336 61 Lester 332 62 Anthony 323 63 Lewis 309 64 Martin 304 65 Edwin 299 66 Eddie 296 67 Tom 291 68 Lloyd 285 69 Clifford 282 70 Cecil 278 71 Edgar 271 72 Leroy 268 73 Ben 259 74 Homer 257 75 Harvey 253 75 Chester 253 77 Donald 250 78 Kenneth 246 79 Luther 244 80 Bernard 242 81 Jim 239 81 Stanley 239 83 Norman 238 84 Philip 232 85 Jessie 231 86 Everett 218 87 Leon 208 88 Allen 199 89 Leslie 198 90 Milton 197 91 Hugh 192 92 Oliver 187 93 Patrick 181 94 Glenn 180 95 Alvin 179 96 Horace 178 97 Melvin 176 98 Jacob 172 99 Guy 170 100 Victor 169 101 Julius 168 102 Johnnie 162 102 Ed 162 102 Alexander 162 105 Archie 161 106 Maurice 160 107 Marion 159 108 Charley 158 108 Stephen 158 108 Virgil 158 111 Otto 156 112 Manuel 150 113 Warren 149 114 Lonnie 148 115 Wesley 146 115 Morris 146 117 Marvin 145 118 Ira 142 119 Hubert 140 120 Alex 138 121 Dewey 137 122 Willard 136 123 Sidney 134 124 Isaac 133 124 Gerald 133 126 Wallace 132 127 Nathan 131 127 Earnest 131 127 Vincent 131 130 Wilbur 130 131 Gilbert 129 131 Vernon 129 133 Bert 128 134 Otis 127 134 Jose 127 136 Emil 122 137 Rufus 121 138 Percy 120 138 Sylvester 120 140 Dan 117 141 August 116 141 Jerry 116 143 Mack 114 143 Curtis 114 145 Roland 113 146 Emmett 110 146 Max 110 146 Arnold 110 149 Willis 106 150 Dave 105 150 Glen 105 152 Bill 104 153 Gordon 103 154 Clifton 101 155 Bennie 100 156 Jimmie 99 157 Calvin 98 157 Mike 98 159 Nelson 97 160 Jay 96 161 Edmund 95 162 Orville 94 163 Franklin 92 163 Mark 92 163 Nathaniel 92 166 Roosevelt 90 167 Matthew 89 168 Irvin 88 168 Nicholas 88 170 Perry 87 170 Roscoe 87 170 Rudolph 87 170 Wayne 87 174 Johnie 86 175 Jess 85 176 Amos 83 176 Douglas 83 178 Ollie 81 179 Aaron 80 179 Adolph 80 179 Owen 80 179 Irving 80 183 Dennis 79 183 Elijah 79 183 Jake 79 183 Pete 79 187 Elbert 78 187 Phillip 78 187 Preston 78 187 Juan 78 191 Mckinley 77 192 Cornelius 76 192 Clinton 76 192 Steve 76 195 Ellis 74 196 Forrest 73 197 Claud 72 197 Simon 72 197 Ross 72 197 Clayton 72
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1901 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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