The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1904

1,395 different boys’ names were recorded in 1904, covering 128,122 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,108
2	William	6,416
3	James	5,855
4	George	4,219
5	Robert	3,414
6	Charles	3,406
7	Joseph	3,291
8	Frank	2,799
9	Edward	2,335
10	Henry	2,085
11	Thomas	2,057
12	Walter	1,873
13	Harry	1,722
14	Willie	1,675
15	Arthur	1,495
16	Albert	1,453
17	Clarence	1,310
18	Fred	1,223
19	Paul	1,194
20	Harold	1,186
21	Roy	1,123
22	Raymond	1,093
23	Joe	959
24	Richard	957
25	Carl	953
26	Louis	936
27	Jack	908
28	Ralph	899
29	Earl	854
30	Theodore	834
31	David	817
32	Ernest	749
33	Charlie	739
34	Samuel	727
35	Howard	726
36	Francis	686
37	Herbert	680
38	Lawrence	662
39	Elmer	620
40	Sam	603
41	Alfred	600
42	Leo	552
43	Andrew	546
44	Eugene	541
45	Lee	532
46	Leonard	508
47	Herman	497
48	Russell	473
49	Daniel	472
50	Michael	462
51	Clyde	457
52	Floyd	446
53	Jesse	443
54	Oscar	442
55	Ray	432
56	Anthony	422
57	Kenneth	414
58	Donald	413
59	Lewis	402
60	Leroy	401
61	Lester	398
62	Peter	395
63	Frederick	390
64	Edwin	388
65	Stanley	371
66	Clifford	361
67	Cecil	359
68	Benjamin	358
69	Chester	355
70	Claude	337
71	Martin	334
72	Bernard	326
73	Lloyd	324
74	Tom	318
75	Eddie	315
76	Jessie	313
77	Norman	305
78	Alton	302
79	Harvey	300
80	Edgar	299
81	Will	287
82	Luther	286
83	Ben	282
84	Johnnie	267
85	Jim	266
85	Philip	266
87	Homer	256
88	Alvin	247
89	Jacob	243
90	Leon	241
91	Leslie	236
92	Melvin	234
93	Milton	230
93	Roosevelt	230
95	Everett	229
96	Allen	228
97	Patrick	226
98	Victor	218
99	Glenn	217
100	Virgil	211
101	Vincent	206
102	Horace	205
103	Alexander	203
103	Marvin	203
105	Hugh	202
106	Sidney	201
106	Gerald	201
108	Oliver	200
109	Marion	198
110	Julius	189
110	Earnest	189
112	Gilbert	188
113	Archie	185
114	Ed	184
115	Otis	181
116	Willard	180
117	Stephen	178
117	Vernon	178
119	Jerry	177
119	Wilbur	177
119	Gordon	177
122	Guy	175
122	Morris	175
124	Hubert	173
125	Alex	169
126	Isaac	167
127	Charley	166
127	Wesley	166
129	Maurice	165
130	Warren	163
130	Wallace	163
132	Otto	161
133	Irving	159
134	Bennie	158
134	Mack	158
136	Dan	156
137	Manuel	149
137	Arnold	149
139	Ira	144
139	Jose	144
139	Curtis	144
142	Roland	139
143	Rufus	138
144	Willis	136
145	Max	134
145	Orville	134
147	Lonnie	133
148	Nathan	131
149	Rudolph	128
149	Bill	128
151	August	127
151	Phillip	127
153	Percy	125
154	Jimmie	124
154	Sylvester	124
156	Steve	123
157	Bert	120
157	Emmett	120
157	Glen	120
160	Calvin	118
160	Mike	118
162	Aaron	117
163	Marshall	116
164	Clifton	115
165	Mark	113
166	Abraham	111
167	Clinton	109
167	Edmund	109
169	Franklin	108
170	Irvin	107
170	Johnie	107
172	Cornelius	106
172	Ellis	106
174	Nathaniel	105
175	Adam	103
175	Felix	103
177	Dave	102
177	Jess	102
177	Nicholas	102
177	Jerome	102
181	Emil	101
182	Ollie	100
182	Elbert	100
184	Roscoe	98
185	Matthew	97
185	Dewey	97
187	Amos	96
187	Clayton	96
189	Jay	95
190	Ted	94
191	Perry	93
191	Booker	93
193	Wayne	92
194	Roger	91
195	Dennis	90
195	Adolph	90
197	Forrest	89
198	Moses	87
198	Bruce	87
198	Tony	87

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1904 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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