The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1924

4,970 different boys’ names were recorded in 1924, covering 1,132,742 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	60,802
2	John	59,052
3	William	53,506
4	James	52,942
5	Charles	30,460
6	George	27,373
7	Joseph	25,421
8	Richard	21,244
9	Edward	21,126
10	Donald	17,929
11	Thomas	16,555
12	Frank	16,044
13	Harold	14,149
14	Paul	13,338
15	Raymond	12,873
16	Walter	12,696
17	Jack	11,921
18	Henry	11,195
19	Kenneth	10,355
20	Arthur	10,172
21	Albert	9,880
22	Harry	9,115
23	Ralph	8,766
24	David	8,758
25	Eugene	8,346
26	Howard	7,371
27	Carl	7,085
28	Louis	7,043
29	Clarence	6,895
30	Willie	6,700
31	Roy	6,557
32	Fred	6,532
33	Earl	6,529
34	Francis	6,131
35	Joe	6,044
36	Lawrence	5,775
37	Ernest	5,683
38	Leonard	5,601
39	Anthony	5,191
40	Stanley	5,186
41	Herbert	5,121
42	Norman	5,045
43	Alfred	4,929
44	Calvin	4,918
45	Samuel	4,591
46	Bernard	4,505
47	Daniel	4,403
48	Melvin	4,168
49	Gerald	4,151
50	Marvin	4,024
51	Leo	3,990
52	Russell	3,946
53	Leroy	3,922
54	Michael	3,874
55	Edwin	3,788
56	Andrew	3,744
57	Elmer	3,731
58	Warren	3,582
59	Peter	3,520
60	Ray	3,369
61	Lloyd	3,350
62	Frederick	3,279
63	Billy	3,271
64	Clifford	3,250
65	Theodore	3,225
66	Floyd	3,165
67	Chester	3,033
68	Vernon	3,008
69	Clyde	3,006
70	Herman	2,954
71	Philip	2,921
72	Lester	2,780
73	Alvin	2,759
74	Wayne	2,730
75	Gordon	2,714
76	Leon	2,677
77	Lewis	2,670
78	Vincent	2,638
79	Glenn	2,586
80	Charlie	2,507
81	Milton	2,474
82	Martin	2,452
83	Lee	2,420
84	Dale	2,396
85	Cecil	2,299
86	Jesse	2,292
87	Wallace	2,283
88	Harvey	2,242
89	Benjamin	2,221
90	Victor	2,189
91	Sam	2,123
92	Bill	2,067
93	Roger	2,054
94	Allen	2,045
95	Arnold	2,014
96	Edgar	1,878
97	Willard	1,834
98	Roland	1,822
99	Oscar	1,819
100	Gilbert	1,797
101	Johnnie	1,741
102	Maurice	1,714
103	Claude	1,706
104	Everett	1,696
105	Douglas	1,676
106	Wilbur	1,667
107	Leslie	1,664
107	Manuel	1,664
109	Homer	1,647
110	Stephen	1,635
111	Virgil	1,627
112	Marion	1,613
113	Eddie	1,595
114	Jerome	1,575
115	Hubert	1,551
116	Hugh	1,541
117	Curtis	1,529
118	Glen	1,518
119	Sidney	1,502
120	Morris	1,499
121	Junior	1,495
122	Nicholas	1,488
123	Jerry	1,466
124	Jessie	1,460
125	Don	1,451
126	Max	1,397
127	Luther	1,396
128	Jose	1,393
129	Alexander	1,381
130	Ronald	1,360
131	Wesley	1,347
132	Jimmie	1,315
133	Bruce	1,311
134	Franklin	1,284
135	Gene	1,275
136	Willis	1,261
137	Irving	1,260
138	Rudolph	1,229
139	Steve	1,219
140	Oliver	1,172
141	Ben	1,170
142	Bob	1,167
143	Horace	1,166
144	Dean	1,151
145	Earnest	1,144
146	Julius	1,135
147	Patrick	1,121
148	Edmund	1,115
149	Tom	1,097
150	Keith	1,071
151	Guy	1,055
152	Johnny	1,046
153	Clayton	1,039
154	Archie	1,037
155	Orville	1,035
156	Tony	1,034
157	Salvatore	1,025
158	Otis	1,011
159	Lyle	1,000
160	Jim	992
161	Delbert	988
162	Alex	978
163	Jacob	970
164	Mike	963
165	Angelo	959
166	Phillip	900
167	Billie	882
168	Bennie	873
169	Marshall	856
170	Jay	854
171	Matthew	850
172	Clifton	847
173	Ira	834
174	Clinton	831
175	Lowell	819
176	Duane	815
177	Wilbert	813
178	Dennis	807
179	Dan	800
179	Nathaniel	800
181	Emil	790
182	Seymour	786
183	Ivan	785
184	Merle	782
185	Leland	775
186	Dewey	773
187	Irvin	763
188	Nelson	753
189	Nick	747
190	Juan	740
191	Bobby	733
192	Ervin	729
193	Julian	728
193	Wilfred	728
195	Elbert	726
196	Lonnie	716
197	Rufus	709
198	Sylvester	708
199	Isaac	704
200	Forrest	695

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1924 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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