The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1919

4,810 different boys’ names were recorded in 1919, covering 980,122 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	53,522
2	William	43,969
3	James	42,392
4	Robert	41,025
5	Charles	25,192
6	George	25,170
7	Joseph	24,266
8	Edward	18,536
9	Frank	15,701
10	Thomas	13,434
11	Walter	12,879
12	Richard	12,441
13	Harold	12,021
14	Raymond	11,384
15	Paul	11,305
16	Henry	10,613
17	Donald	9,904
18	Albert	9,607
19	Arthur	9,540
20	Harry	8,990
21	Jack	8,263
22	Ralph	7,709
23	Willie	6,942
24	Howard	6,843
25	Clarence	6,825
26	Kenneth	6,796
27	David	6,716
28	Louis	6,661
29	Carl	6,474
30	Fred	6,091
31	Earl	5,975
32	Roy	5,970
33	Eugene	5,892
34	Francis	5,726
35	Joe	5,709
36	Ernest	5,296
37	Stanley	5,238
38	Lawrence	5,205
39	Leonard	5,010
40	Herbert	4,960
41	Anthony	4,737
42	Alfred	4,615
43	Samuel	4,472
44	Elmer	3,982
45	Bernard	3,915
46	Michael	3,909
47	Andrew	3,851
48	Norman	3,809
49	Leo	3,802
50	Russell	3,645
51	Daniel	3,526
52	Edwin	3,450
53	Chester	3,432
54	Theodore	3,424
55	Leroy	3,422
56	Melvin	3,384
57	Peter	3,375
58	Lloyd	3,238
59	Floyd	3,121
60	Clifford	3,040
61	Herman	3,027
62	Lester	3,020
63	Marvin	2,997
64	Frederick	2,932
65	Vernon	2,929
66	Charlie	2,891
67	Clyde	2,884
68	Victor	2,751
69	Ray	2,722
70	Gerald	2,689
71	Philip	2,531
71	Vincent	2,531
73	Milton	2,448
74	Lewis	2,429
75	Sam	2,384
76	Alvin	2,383
77	Jesse	2,356
78	Cecil	2,300
79	Benjamin	2,279
80	Leon	2,250
81	Martin	2,204
82	Lee	2,189
83	Warren	2,180
84	Glenn	2,153
85	Harvey	2,028
86	Gordon	2,017
87	Willard	2,014
88	Oscar	1,991
89	Edgar	1,986
90	Wayne	1,955
91	Woodrow	1,808
92	Claude	1,772
92	Everett	1,772
94	Arnold	1,767
95	Johnnie	1,716
96	Sidney	1,715
97	Stephen	1,693
98	Wilbur	1,689
99	Eddie	1,660
99	Morris	1,660
101	Allen	1,653
102	Gilbert	1,592
103	Virgil	1,570
104	Homer	1,547
105	Leslie	1,539
106	Marion	1,488
107	Wallace	1,481
108	Maurice	1,474
109	Jessie	1,473
110	Max	1,458
111	Irving	1,440
112	Dale	1,428
113	Alexander	1,422
114	Hugh	1,417
115	Hubert	1,416
116	Glen	1,389
117	Luther	1,378
118	Manuel	1,361
119	Roland	1,355
120	Curtis	1,346
121	Douglas	1,328
122	Nicholas	1,321
123	Julius	1,317
124	Roger	1,298
125	Steve	1,294
126	Ben	1,215
126	Horace	1,215
128	Oliver	1,209
129	Franklin	1,206
130	Bill	1,196
131	Willis	1,136
132	Mike	1,122
133	Orville	1,120
134	Jerome	1,109
135	Wesley	1,099
136	Tony	1,097
137	Jacob	1,082
137	Alex	1,082
139	Earnest	1,064
140	Tom	1,059
141	Jose	1,026
142	Jimmie	1,020
142	Archie	1,020
144	Edmund	1,007
145	Don	956
146	Otis	931
147	Jerry	917
148	Guy	908
149	Clayton	901
150	Clifton	884
151	Bruce	880
152	Matthew	879
153	Lyle	877
154	Billy	858
155	Wilson	853
156	Nathan	849
157	Jim	848
157	Delbert	848
159	Emil	847
159	Salvatore	847
161	Angelo	843
162	Bennie	834
162	Calvin	834
164	Ira	817
164	Marshall	817
166	Patrick	816
167	Clinton	812
168	Wilbert	809
169	Ervin	803
170	Rudolph	802
171	Ronald	784
172	Irvin	764
173	Sylvester	749
174	Dan	748
174	Nathaniel	748
176	Abraham	742
177	Phillip	741
178	Isaac	737
179	Elbert	735
180	Felix	725
181	Dean	722
182	Merle	721
183	Ivan	702
184	Wilfred	695
185	Forrest	686
185	Julian	686
187	Nelson	682
187	Nick	682
189	Grover	680
190	Rufus	677
191	Gene	676
192	Leland	668
193	Johnny	660
194	Keith	653
195	Aaron	645
195	Johnie	645
197	Jay	637
198	Ellis	634
199	Alton	630
200	Emmett	629

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1919 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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