The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1925

4,867 different boys’ names were recorded in 1925, covering 1,115,919 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	60,895
2	John	57,195
3	William	53,310
4	James	52,680
5	Charles	29,580
6	George	26,560
7	Joseph	24,613
8	Richard	23,269
9	Edward	20,090
10	Donald	19,193
11	Thomas	16,688
12	Frank	15,329
13	Paul	14,175
14	Harold	13,597
15	Raymond	12,441
16	Walter	12,130
17	Jack	12,011
18	Henry	10,618
19	Kenneth	10,146
20	Arthur	9,986
21	Albert	9,511
22	David	8,915
23	Harry	8,610
24	Eugene	8,517
25	Ralph	8,467
26	Howard	7,173
27	Willie	7,124
28	Carl	7,061
29	Louis	6,798
30	Clarence	6,670
31	Earl	6,436
32	Roy	6,376
33	Fred	6,205
34	Joe	6,107
35	Francis	5,978
36	Lawrence	5,633
37	Ernest	5,494
38	Leonard	5,465
39	Anthony	5,041
40	Stanley	5,030
41	Norman	4,975
42	Herbert	4,924
43	Alfred	4,796
44	Daniel	4,548
45	Gerald	4,507
46	Samuel	4,405
47	Calvin	4,302
48	Bernard	4,259
49	Billy	4,207
50	Melvin	4,146
51	Marvin	4,092
52	Leroy	3,884
53	Russell	3,804
54	Leo	3,775
55	Michael	3,761
56	Andrew	3,617
57	Edwin	3,560
58	Floyd	3,524
59	Clifford	3,424
60	Peter	3,373
61	Elmer	3,356
62	Lloyd	3,324
63	Theodore	3,226
64	Ray	3,219
65	Frederick	3,088
66	Warren	2,945
67	Vernon	2,912
68	Clyde	2,906
69	Herman	2,890
70	Alvin	2,777
71	Vincent	2,772
72	Gordon	2,748
73	Chester	2,719
74	Wayne	2,713
75	Philip	2,675
76	Leon	2,636
77	Glenn	2,611
78	Charlie	2,578
79	Lewis	2,577
80	Milton	2,567
81	Lester	2,559
82	Lee	2,537
83	Martin	2,417
84	Bill	2,381
85	Jesse	2,373
86	Dale	2,302
87	Cecil	2,297
88	Harvey	2,190
89	Victor	2,119
90	Roger	2,099
91	Sam	2,092
92	Wallace	2,076
93	Benjamin	2,069
94	Allen	2,034
95	Arnold	1,972
96	Edgar	1,809
97	Willard	1,795
98	Roland	1,785
99	Oscar	1,754
100	Johnnie	1,744
101	Eddie	1,732
102	Claude	1,696
103	Douglas	1,677
104	Ronald	1,674
105	Gilbert	1,656
106	Don	1,653
107	Jerry	1,625
108	Marion	1,617
108	Everett	1,617
110	Wilbur	1,597
111	Maurice	1,586
112	Gene	1,579
113	Jerome	1,563
114	Manuel	1,553
115	Junior	1,545
116	Homer	1,544
117	Glen	1,537
118	Curtis	1,520
119	Leslie	1,518
120	Virgil	1,503
121	Jimmie	1,485
122	Stephen	1,482
123	Jessie	1,467
124	Hubert	1,461
125	Jose	1,449
126	Morris	1,400
127	Hugh	1,386
128	Max	1,385
129	Bob	1,369
130	Bruce	1,354
131	Sidney	1,345
132	Luther	1,333
133	Nicholas	1,332
134	Franklin	1,294
135	Wesley	1,265
136	Rudolph	1,240
137	Alexander	1,224
138	Tom	1,216
139	Willis	1,198
140	Dean	1,195
141	Irving	1,174
142	Johnny	1,167
143	Patrick	1,153
144	Steve	1,145
145	Horace	1,140
146	Keith	1,138
147	Jim	1,124
148	Earnest	1,103
149	Julius	1,086
150	Bobby	1,085
151	Oliver	1,049
152	Edmund	1,042
153	Ben	1,041
154	Lyle	1,012
155	Salvatore	1,000
156	Billie	989
157	Guy	978
158	Tony	977
159	Otis	958
160	Phillip	942
161	Orville	940
162	Clayton	932
163	Archie	917
164	Mike	908
165	Alex	903
166	Jacob	901
167	Delbert	898
168	Bennie	897
168	Angelo	897
170	Duane	896
171	Clifton	891
172	Clinton	862
173	Leland	858
174	Matthew	840
175	Merle	836
176	Marshall	830
177	Dennis	826
178	Nathaniel	810
179	Wilbert	804
179	Alan	804
181	Dewey	798
182	Jay	789
183	Ira	788
184	Dan	772
185	Ivan	756
186	Nelson	738
187	Ervin	737
187	Wilfred	737
189	Carroll	731
190	Larry	724
191	Emil	722
191	Jesus	722
193	Allan	719
194	Juan	718
195	Julian	716
196	Lowell	709
197	Alton	708
197	Jimmy	708
199	Lonnie	707
199	Irvin	707

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1925 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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