The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1922
4,967 different boys’ names were recorded in 1922, covering 1,088,154 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 57,280 |
| 2 | Robert | 53,796 |
| 3 | William | 51,111 |
| 4 | James | 49,802 |
| 5 | Charles | 28,839 |
| 6 | George | 27,350 |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,699 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,419 |
| 9 | Richard | 17,537 |
| 10 | Frank | 16,013 |
| 11 | Thomas | 15,261 |
| 12 | Donald | 14,913 |
| 13 | Harold | 13,593 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,922 |
| 15 | Walter | 12,631 |
| 16 | Raymond | 12,129 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,207 |
| 18 | Jack | 10,847 |
| 19 | Arthur | 10,114 |
| 20 | Albert | 9,896 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 9,258 |
| 22 | Harry | 9,077 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,484 |
| 24 | David | 7,865 |
| 25 | Eugene | 7,849 |
| 26 | Howard | 7,296 |
| 27 | Louis | 7,095 |
| 28 | Willie | 6,903 |
| 29 | Clarence | 6,861 |
| 30 | Carl | 6,690 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,461 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,458 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,245 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,147 |
| 35 | Joe | 6,089 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,786 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,503 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,407 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,091 |
| 40 | Herbert | 5,047 |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,045 |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,833 |
| 43 | Samuel | 4,600 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,527 |
| 45 | Warren | 4,484 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,409 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,285 |
| 48 | Michael | 3,990 |
| 49 | Russell | 3,965 |
| 50 | Melvin | 3,908 |
| 51 | Leo | 3,901 |
| 52 | Edwin | 3,827 |
| 53 | Andrew | 3,803 |
| 54 | Elmer | 3,738 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,671 |
| 56 | Marvin | 3,580 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,545 |
| 58 | Gerald | 3,541 |
| 59 | Lloyd | 3,364 |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,353 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,221 |
| 62 | Theodore | 3,216 |
| 63 | Clifford | 3,157 |
| 64 | Chester | 3,133 |
| 65 | Ray | 3,051 |
| 66 | Herman | 3,014 |
| 67 | Clyde | 3,007 |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,003 |
| 69 | Lester | 2,951 |
| 70 | Philip | 2,769 |
| 71 | Vincent | 2,710 |
| 72 | Charlie | 2,655 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,599 |
| 74 | Milton | 2,556 |
| 75 | Lewis | 2,555 |
| 76 | Gordon | 2,527 |
| 77 | Leon | 2,521 |
| 78 | Wayne | 2,476 |
| 79 | Glenn | 2,425 |
| 80 | Martin | 2,402 |
| 81 | Jesse | 2,395 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 2,378 |
| 83 | Lee | 2,371 |
| 84 | Sam | 2,349 |
| 85 | Cecil | 2,336 |
| 86 | Victor | 2,322 |
| 87 | Wallace | 2,210 |
| 88 | Harvey | 2,207 |
| 89 | Dale | 2,041 |
| 90 | Billy | 2,029 |
| 91 | Willard | 2,017 |
| 92 | Oscar | 2,007 |
| 93 | Edgar | 1,923 |
| 94 | Arnold | 1,892 |
| 95 | Allen | 1,887 |
| 96 | Roger | 1,848 |
| 97 | Claude | 1,806 |
| 98 | Everett | 1,798 |
| 99 | Virgil | 1,790 |
| 100 | Gilbert | 1,748 |
| 101 | Stephen | 1,722 |
| 102 | Wilbur | 1,716 |
| 103 | Maurice | 1,696 |
| 104 | Bill | 1,675 |
| 105 | Johnnie | 1,647 |
| 106 | Douglas | 1,636 |
| 107 | Marion | 1,631 |
| 108 | Homer | 1,630 |
| 108 | Morris | 1,630 |
| 110 | Sidney | 1,618 |
| 111 | Jessie | 1,591 |
| 112 | Eddie | 1,587 |
| 113 | Curtis | 1,547 |
| 114 | Leslie | 1,544 |
| 115 | Roland | 1,539 |
| 116 | Hubert | 1,527 |
| 117 | Max | 1,518 |
| 118 | Luther | 1,477 |
| 119 | Manuel | 1,461 |
| 120 | Hugh | 1,441 |
| 121 | Jerome | 1,423 |
| 122 | Nicholas | 1,414 |
| 123 | Glen | 1,384 |
| 124 | Irving | 1,365 |
| 125 | Alexander | 1,359 |
| 126 | Franklin | 1,317 |
| 127 | Wesley | 1,287 |
| 128 | Calvin | 1,282 |
| 129 | Julius | 1,277 |
| 130 | Steve | 1,269 |
| 131 | Jose | 1,257 |
| 132 | Horace | 1,251 |
| 133 | Willis | 1,250 |
| 134 | Oliver | 1,214 |
| 135 | Jerry | 1,197 |
| 136 | Don | 1,183 |
| 137 | Tony | 1,146 |
| 138 | Rudolph | 1,145 |
| 139 | Ben | 1,120 |
| 140 | Jimmie | 1,117 |
| 141 | Guy | 1,116 |
| 142 | Bruce | 1,106 |
| 143 | Earnest | 1,089 |
| 143 | Gene | 1,089 |
| 145 | Tom | 1,084 |
| 146 | Lyle | 1,055 |
| 147 | Ronald | 1,042 |
| 148 | Jacob | 1,027 |
| 149 | Junior | 1,024 |
| 150 | Archie | 1,023 |
| 151 | Orville | 1,022 |
| 152 | Patrick | 1,019 |
| 153 | Edmund | 1,014 |
| 154 | Salvatore | 1,005 |
| 155 | Alex | 1,003 |
| 156 | Otis | 988 |
| 157 | Keith | 984 |
| 158 | Dean | 983 |
| 159 | Matthew | 982 |
| 160 | Clayton | 979 |
| 161 | Angelo | 978 |
| 162 | Delbert | 976 |
| 163 | Mike | 931 |
| 164 | Phillip | 920 |
| 165 | Clinton | 916 |
| 166 | Bennie | 915 |
| 167 | Wilbert | 902 |
| 168 | Clifton | 887 |
| 169 | Jim | 881 |
| 170 | Johnny | 862 |
| 171 | Marshall | 854 |
| 172 | Merle | 835 |
| 173 | Emil | 824 |
| 174 | Dan | 806 |
| 175 | Nathaniel | 800 |
| 176 | Ira | 792 |
| 177 | Ervin | 791 |
| 178 | Nick | 790 |
| 179 | Bob | 787 |
| 180 | Jay | 780 |
| 181 | Julian | 773 |
| 182 | Forrest | 772 |
| 183 | Leland | 767 |
| 184 | Elbert | 754 |
| 185 | Nathan | 749 |
| 186 | Ivan | 748 |
| 187 | Alton | 741 |
| 188 | Rufus | 737 |
| 189 | Seymour | 735 |
| 190 | Isaac | 720 |
| 190 | Wilfred | 720 |
| 192 | Irvin | 718 |
| 193 | Dewey | 714 |
| 194 | Sylvester | 707 |
| 195 | Lonnie | 704 |
| 196 | Aaron | 699 |
| 197 | Lowell | 698 |
| 198 | Dennis | 677 |
| 199 | Mark | 667 |
| 200 | Antonio | 665 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1922 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.