The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1915

4,390 different boys’ names were recorded in 1915, covering 848,575 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	47,576
2	William	38,563
3	James	33,773
4	Robert	28,737
5	Joseph	23,051
6	George	22,307
7	Charles	21,960
8	Edward	15,889
9	Frank	15,006
10	Thomas	11,490
11	Walter	11,255
12	Harold	10,444
13	Paul	10,328
14	Henry	10,138
15	Richard	9,143
16	Raymond	8,981
17	Albert	8,825
18	Arthur	8,564
19	Harry	8,470
20	Donald	7,116
21	Ralph	6,816
22	Carl	6,613
23	Louis	6,518
24	Clarence	6,267
25	Howard	6,103
26	Fred	5,778
27	Jack	5,749
28	Kenneth	5,681
29	Francis	5,594
30	Willie	5,434
31	David	5,394
32	Roy	5,052
33	Earl	4,908
34	Stanley	4,807
35	Ernest	4,787
36	Anthony	4,722
37	Lawrence	4,688
38	Joe	4,648
39	Samuel	4,351
40	Herbert	4,341
41	Eugene	4,321
42	Alfred	4,231
43	Michael	4,079
44	Leonard	3,993
45	Elmer	3,802
46	Andrew	3,573
47	Leo	3,527
48	Peter	3,302
48	Bernard	3,302
50	Norman	3,262
51	Russell	3,250
52	Frederick	3,159
53	Edwin	3,151
54	Chester	3,043
55	Daniel	3,002
56	Herman	2,983
57	Lester	2,943
58	Willard	2,889
59	Floyd	2,824
60	Melvin	2,780
61	Clifford	2,741
62	Lloyd	2,653
63	Clyde	2,518
64	Theodore	2,504
65	Vincent	2,491
66	Leroy	2,450
67	Ray	2,365
68	Sam	2,339
69	Philip	2,328
70	Lewis	2,307
71	Benjamin	2,241
72	Marvin	2,227
73	Milton	2,225
74	Victor	2,211
75	Charlie	2,193
76	Cecil	2,181
77	Jesse	2,111
78	Gerald	2,085
79	Martin	2,070
80	Vernon	2,060
81	Alvin	2,006
82	Leon	1,977
83	Woodrow	1,966
84	Lee	1,916
85	Edgar	1,895
86	Stephen	1,850
87	Glenn	1,842
88	Oscar	1,788
89	Everett	1,731
90	Gordon	1,717
91	Arnold	1,691
92	Wilbur	1,685
93	Morris	1,660
94	Sidney	1,615
95	Harvey	1,613
96	Claude	1,605
97	Wayne	1,517
98	Homer	1,487
99	Allen	1,458
100	Gilbert	1,452
101	Maurice	1,440
102	Max	1,434
103	Alexander	1,432
104	Nicholas	1,427
105	Warren	1,420
106	Leslie	1,409
107	Irving	1,385
108	Virgil	1,376
109	Julius	1,361
110	Steve	1,335
111	Hugh	1,318
112	Marion	1,295
113	Ben	1,263
114	Jessie	1,240
115	Luther	1,198
116	Hubert	1,195
117	Johnnie	1,168
118	Roland	1,137
119	Oliver	1,131
120	Eddie	1,124
121	Jacob	1,122
122	Horace	1,114
123	Glen	1,112
124	Roger	1,086
125	Dale	1,081
126	Wallace	1,079
127	Orville	1,076
128	Curtis	1,058
129	Mike	1,029
130	Tony	1,016
131	Alex	1,008
132	Franklin	1,001
133	Wesley	990
134	Manuel	976
135	Rudolph	974
136	Edmund	961
137	Willis	950
138	Emil	918
139	Nathan	916
140	Jerome	907
141	Otis	901
142	Tom	869
143	Earnest	824
144	Clifton	820
145	Guy	816
146	Ira	812
147	Jerry	801
148	Salvatore	800
149	Angelo	799
150	Matthew	798
151	Archie	794
152	Abraham	790
153	Otto	773
154	Wilson	767
155	Ronald	763
156	Don	747
157	Bill	746
158	Douglas	734
159	Lyle	719
160	Marshall	715
160	Karl	715
162	August	709
163	Sylvester	706
164	Patrick	704
165	Clayton	699
166	Calvin	694
167	Irvin	681
167	Clinton	681
169	Elbert	669
170	Jim	668
171	Bennie	663
171	Bruce	663
173	Ivan	662
174	Jose	659
175	Wilbert	651
176	Forrest	643
177	Nick	642
178	Adolph	637
179	Delbert	630
180	Phillip	628
181	Wilfred	626
182	Ellis	618
183	Jimmie	611
184	Nelson	606
185	Leland	597
186	Merle	595
187	Emmett	592
188	Rufus	588
189	Felix	583
190	Ervin	582
191	Julian	579
192	Dan	578
193	Jess	577
194	Adam	574
195	Isaac	568
195	Alton	568
197	Nathaniel	554
198	Aaron	553
199	Lonnie	546
200	Jay	537

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1915 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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