The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1913
3,261 different boys’ names were recorded in 1913, covering 512,566 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 29,329 |
| 2 | William | 23,538 |
| 3 | James | 20,832 |
| 4 | Robert | 15,684 |
| 5 | Joseph | 14,471 |
| 6 | George | 13,874 |
| 7 | Charles | 13,191 |
| 8 | Edward | 9,474 |
| 9 | Frank | 9,237 |
| 10 | Thomas | 7,096 |
| 11 | Walter | 6,890 |
| 12 | Henry | 6,391 |
| 13 | Harold | 6,157 |
| 14 | Paul | 5,966 |
| 15 | Harry | 5,458 |
| 16 | Albert | 5,449 |
| 17 | Arthur | 5,422 |
| 18 | Raymond | 5,310 |
| 19 | Richard | 5,107 |
| 20 | Louis | 4,258 |
| 21 | Clarence | 4,046 |
| 22 | Ralph | 3,963 |
| 23 | Carl | 3,935 |
| 24 | Willie | 3,760 |
| 25 | Donald | 3,702 |
| 26 | Howard | 3,663 |
| 27 | Fred | 3,624 |
| 28 | Jack | 3,538 |
| 29 | David | 3,282 |
| 30 | Francis | 3,205 |
| 31 | Earl | 3,110 |
| 32 | Roy | 3,090 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 3,065 |
| 34 | Ernest | 2,940 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 2,853 |
| 36 | Samuel | 2,850 |
| 37 | Joe | 2,806 |
| 38 | Anthony | 2,781 |
| 39 | Herbert | 2,723 |
| 40 | Michael | 2,607 |
| 41 | Stanley | 2,595 |
| 42 | Alfred | 2,577 |
| 43 | Eugene | 2,525 |
| 44 | Woodrow | 2,333 |
| 45 | Elmer | 2,323 |
| 46 | Leonard | 2,276 |
| 47 | Andrew | 2,222 |
| 48 | Leo | 2,031 |
| 49 | Frederick | 1,996 |
| 50 | Russell | 1,946 |
| 51 | Peter | 1,934 |
| 52 | Bernard | 1,916 |
| 53 | Herman | 1,905 |
| 54 | Daniel | 1,878 |
| 55 | Edwin | 1,825 |
| 56 | Chester | 1,765 |
| 57 | Norman | 1,748 |
| 58 | Floyd | 1,740 |
| 59 | Lester | 1,736 |
| 60 | Theodore | 1,650 |
| 61 | Melvin | 1,642 |
| 62 | Charlie | 1,618 |
| 63 | Leroy | 1,582 |
| 64 | Clyde | 1,537 |
| 65 | Sam | 1,527 |
| 65 | Vincent | 1,527 |
| 67 | Lloyd | 1,521 |
| 68 | Clifford | 1,520 |
| 69 | Philip | 1,484 |
| 70 | Benjamin | 1,466 |
| 71 | Milton | 1,419 |
| 72 | Lewis | 1,384 |
| 73 | Ray | 1,328 |
| 74 | Cecil | 1,276 |
| 75 | Martin | 1,259 |
| 76 | Oscar | 1,249 |
| 77 | Marvin | 1,236 |
| 78 | Lee | 1,228 |
| 79 | Jesse | 1,214 |
| 80 | Victor | 1,177 |
| 81 | Leon | 1,160 |
| 82 | Alvin | 1,144 |
| 83 | Vernon | 1,143 |
| 84 | Gerald | 1,142 |
| 85 | Glenn | 1,122 |
| 86 | Stephen | 1,097 |
| 87 | Edgar | 1,087 |
| 88 | Claude | 1,076 |
| 89 | Sidney | 1,073 |
| 89 | Morris | 1,073 |
| 91 | Wilbur | 1,044 |
| 92 | Arnold | 1,032 |
| 93 | Harvey | 1,028 |
| 94 | Gordon | 1,017 |
| 95 | Maurice | 994 |
| 96 | Homer | 987 |
| 97 | Everett | 948 |
| 98 | Alexander | 937 |
| 99 | Willard | 926 |
| 100 | Allen | 903 |
| 101 | Max | 897 |
| 102 | Eddie | 878 |
| 103 | Gilbert | 868 |
| 104 | Irving | 862 |
| 105 | Leslie | 838 |
| 106 | Julius | 835 |
| 107 | Virgil | 819 |
| 108 | Ben | 809 |
| 109 | Warren | 798 |
| 110 | Nicholas | 796 |
| 111 | Marion | 771 |
| 112 | Hubert | 765 |
| 113 | Wayne | 760 |
| 114 | Jessie | 758 |
| 115 | Hugh | 754 |
| 116 | Luther | 747 |
| 117 | Jacob | 744 |
| 118 | Johnnie | 717 |
| 119 | Curtis | 676 |
| 119 | Orville | 676 |
| 121 | Steve | 661 |
| 122 | Wilson | 659 |
| 123 | Horace | 657 |
| 124 | Oliver | 644 |
| 125 | Manuel | 624 |
| 126 | Wallace | 621 |
| 127 | Nathan | 615 |
| 128 | Roland | 611 |
| 129 | Glen | 606 |
| 130 | Alex | 604 |
| 131 | Edmund | 599 |
| 132 | Franklin | 593 |
| 133 | Wesley | 585 |
| 134 | Archie | 583 |
| 135 | Tom | 573 |
| 135 | Willis | 573 |
| 137 | Guy | 566 |
| 138 | Rudolph | 565 |
| 138 | Roger | 565 |
| 140 | Otis | 557 |
| 141 | Jerome | 554 |
| 142 | Emil | 551 |
| 142 | Abraham | 551 |
| 144 | Earnest | 521 |
| 145 | Mike | 520 |
| 146 | Otto | 509 |
| 147 | Tony | 508 |
| 148 | Patrick | 502 |
| 149 | Clifton | 497 |
| 150 | Jerry | 493 |
| 151 | Matthew | 491 |
| 152 | Ira | 479 |
| 153 | Angelo | 478 |
| 154 | Jim | 473 |
| 155 | Dale | 472 |
| 156 | Bill | 466 |
| 157 | Sylvester | 464 |
| 158 | Jimmie | 452 |
| 159 | Bennie | 446 |
| 160 | Calvin | 440 |
| 161 | Jose | 432 |
| 162 | Salvatore | 431 |
| 163 | Douglas | 428 |
| 164 | Marshall | 426 |
| 165 | Irvin | 422 |
| 166 | Aaron | 417 |
| 166 | Ronald | 417 |
| 168 | Elbert | 416 |
| 169 | Rufus | 410 |
| 170 | Wilbert | 405 |
| 171 | August | 401 |
| 172 | Isaac | 398 |
| 173 | Forrest | 395 |
| 174 | Ellis | 391 |
| 175 | Bruce | 390 |
| 176 | Don | 388 |
| 177 | Karl | 387 |
| 178 | Clinton | 386 |
| 179 | Adolph | 385 |
| 180 | Wilfred | 384 |
| 181 | Clayton | 381 |
| 182 | Dan | 374 |
| 183 | Alton | 372 |
| 184 | Phillip | 369 |
| 184 | Delbert | 369 |
| 186 | Felix | 362 |
| 187 | Julian | 360 |
| 188 | Nelson | 357 |
| 189 | Percy | 356 |
| 190 | Grady | 354 |
| 191 | Lonnie | 351 |
| 192 | Adam | 349 |
| 192 | Jay | 349 |
| 192 | Mark | 349 |
| 195 | Ervin | 347 |
| 196 | Lyle | 342 |
| 197 | Bert | 340 |
| 197 | Emmett | 340 |
| 197 | Pete | 340 |
| 200 | Leland | 338 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1913 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.