The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1920
4,989 different boys’ names were recorded in 1920, covering 1,064,356 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 56,913 |
| 2 | William | 50,146 |
| 3 | Robert | 48,679 |
| 4 | James | 47,908 |
| 5 | Charles | 28,309 |
| 6 | George | 26,891 |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,587 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,097 |
| 9 | Frank | 16,430 |
| 10 | Richard | 15,010 |
| 11 | Thomas | 14,936 |
| 12 | Harold | 13,678 |
| 13 | Walter | 13,294 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,570 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,193 |
| 16 | Donald | 11,941 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,305 |
| 18 | Arthur | 10,236 |
| 19 | Albert | 9,997 |
| 20 | Jack | 9,599 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,406 |
| 22 | Ralph | 8,556 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 7,840 |
| 24 | Howard | 7,466 |
| 25 | David | 7,444 |
| 26 | Clarence | 7,221 |
| 27 | Carl | 7,010 |
| 28 | Louis | 6,966 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,887 |
| 30 | Eugene | 6,867 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,533 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,355 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,298 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,241 |
| 35 | Joe | 6,071 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,727 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,566 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,511 |
| 39 | Warren | 5,492 |
| 40 | Stanley | 5,314 |
| 41 | Herbert | 5,249 |
| 42 | Alfred | 5,006 |
| 43 | Anthony | 4,944 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,654 |
| 45 | Elmer | 4,206 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,163 |
| 47 | Norman | 4,109 |
| 48 | Leo | 4,054 |
| 49 | Andrew | 4,026 |
| 50 | Michael | 4,003 |
| 51 | Russell | 3,901 |
| 52 | Daniel | 3,897 |
| 53 | Edwin | 3,734 |
| 54 | Melvin | 3,717 |
| 55 | Chester | 3,698 |
| 56 | Leroy | 3,549 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,497 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,454 |
| 59 | Clifford | 3,291 |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,275 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,260 |
| 62 | Marvin | 3,244 |
| 63 | Theodore | 3,219 |
| 64 | Gerald | 3,157 |
| 65 | Vernon | 3,144 |
| 66 | Herman | 3,109 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,086 |
| 68 | Clyde | 3,069 |
| 69 | Lester | 3,068 |
| 70 | Charlie | 2,785 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,700 |
| 72 | Lewis | 2,688 |
| 73 | Vincent | 2,661 |
| 74 | Milton | 2,592 |
| 75 | Leon | 2,554 |
| 76 | Alvin | 2,523 |
| 77 | Cecil | 2,459 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,439 |
| 79 | Jesse | 2,420 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,375 |
| 81 | Victor | 2,349 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,321 |
| 83 | Benjamin | 2,309 |
| 84 | Sam | 2,283 |
| 85 | Gordon | 2,277 |
| 86 | Wayne | 2,180 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,165 |
| 88 | Willard | 2,089 |
| 89 | Edgar | 2,029 |
| 90 | Oscar | 2,006 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,911 |
| 92 | Claude | 1,893 |
| 93 | Wallace | 1,877 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,866 |
| 95 | Everett | 1,827 |
| 96 | Stephen | 1,771 |
| 97 | Gilbert | 1,763 |
| 98 | Wilbur | 1,741 |
| 99 | Johnnie | 1,727 |
| 100 | Homer | 1,722 |
| 101 | Virgil | 1,711 |
| 102 | Maurice | 1,708 |
| 103 | Roger | 1,691 |
| 104 | Eddie | 1,681 |
| 105 | Dale | 1,680 |
| 106 | Douglas | 1,657 |
| 107 | Sidney | 1,610 |
| 108 | Morris | 1,609 |
| 109 | Marion | 1,604 |
| 110 | Leslie | 1,592 |
| 111 | Jessie | 1,590 |
| 112 | Max | 1,561 |
| 113 | Hubert | 1,508 |
| 114 | Roland | 1,501 |
| 115 | Hugh | 1,489 |
| 116 | Irving | 1,485 |
| 117 | Alexander | 1,474 |
| 118 | Manuel | 1,461 |
| 119 | Franklin | 1,451 |
| 120 | Curtis | 1,443 |
| 121 | Bill | 1,421 |
| 122 | Glen | 1,412 |
| 123 | Luther | 1,379 |
| 124 | Nicholas | 1,354 |
| 125 | Julius | 1,318 |
| 126 | Jerome | 1,285 |
| 127 | Steve | 1,281 |
| 128 | Horace | 1,276 |
| 129 | Wesley | 1,244 |
| 130 | Jose | 1,241 |
| 131 | Tom | 1,207 |
| 132 | Billy | 1,206 |
| 133 | Willis | 1,197 |
| 134 | Orville | 1,195 |
| 135 | Oliver | 1,164 |
| 136 | Tony | 1,146 |
| 137 | Ben | 1,138 |
| 138 | Edmund | 1,104 |
| 139 | Calvin | 1,098 |
| 140 | Earnest | 1,092 |
| 141 | Mike | 1,074 |
| 142 | Alex | 1,069 |
| 143 | Jacob | 1,050 |
| 144 | Jerry | 1,043 |
| 145 | Archie | 1,037 |
| 146 | Otis | 1,031 |
| 147 | Jimmie | 1,024 |
| 148 | Don | 1,019 |
| 149 | Bruce | 996 |
| 150 | Delbert | 982 |
| 151 | Matthew | 967 |
| 151 | Lyle | 967 |
| 153 | Clayton | 961 |
| 154 | Guy | 957 |
| 155 | Angelo | 922 |
| 156 | Salvatore | 911 |
| 157 | Clifton | 910 |
| 158 | Clinton | 908 |
| 159 | Patrick | 877 |
| 160 | Wilbert | 867 |
| 161 | Bennie | 856 |
| 162 | Marshall | 850 |
| 163 | Ervin | 843 |
| 164 | Phillip | 840 |
| 165 | Jim | 838 |
| 166 | Nathaniel | 837 |
| 167 | Emil | 835 |
| 168 | Ronald | 832 |
| 169 | Rudolph | 830 |
| 170 | Ira | 829 |
| 171 | Merle | 819 |
| 172 | Nathan | 815 |
| 173 | Gene | 810 |
| 174 | Sylvester | 807 |
| 175 | Keith | 803 |
| 176 | Wilfred | 802 |
| 177 | Leland | 799 |
| 178 | Forrest | 792 |
| 179 | Ivan | 791 |
| 180 | Dean | 788 |
| 181 | Elbert | 786 |
| 182 | Irvin | 775 |
| 183 | Woodrow | 774 |
| 184 | Johnny | 767 |
| 185 | Dan | 764 |
| 186 | Lonnie | 740 |
| 186 | Nelson | 740 |
| 188 | Rufus | 729 |
| 189 | Bob | 710 |
| 190 | Isaac | 706 |
| 190 | Antonio | 706 |
| 190 | Johnie | 706 |
| 193 | Nick | 699 |
| 193 | Junior | 699 |
| 195 | Julian | 693 |
| 196 | Grover | 684 |
| 197 | Alton | 683 |
| 198 | Lowell | 670 |
| 199 | Aaron | 668 |
| 199 | Felix | 668 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1920 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.