Most Popular Baby Names of 1911
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1911 in the US: 24,390 girls were named Mary and 13,446 boys were named John, about 1 in 17 girls and 1 in 17 boys born that year. It was Mary's 32nd year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 32nd year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 418,309 girls and 225,970 boys born in 1911, with 2,867 different girl names and 1,998 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1910
- Frances joined the girls' top 10; Thomas joined the boys' top 10.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Vivian (#107 to #80), Jane (#116 to #98) and Sylvia (#92 to #82).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Irving (#118 to #93), Gordon (#119 to #97) and Vincent (#99 to #80).
- 2 girl names and 5 boy names left the top 100, among them Maggie (#95 to #111) and Everett (#88 to #102).
- 292 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1911
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1910, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1911
| # | Name | Babies | In 1910 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 24,390 | #1 |
| 2 | Helen | 11,801 | #2 |
| 3 | Margaret | 9,279 | #3 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 8,869 | #4 |
| 5 | Ruth | 8,003 | #5 |
| 6 | Anna | 6,753 | #6 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 6,298 | #7 |
| 8 | Mildred | 6,271 | #8 |
| 9 | Marie | 5,017 | #9 |
| 10 | Frances | 4,967 | #11 |
| 11 | Alice | 4,813 | #10 |
| 12 | Florence | 4,424 | #12 |
| 13 | Lillian | 4,367 | #14 |
| 14 | Rose | 4,151 | #16 |
| 15 | Ethel | 4,141 | #13 |
| 16 | Evelyn | 4,076 | #17 |
| 17 | Edna | 3,957 | #18 |
| 18 | Gladys | 3,933 | #15 |
| 19 | Louise | 3,725 | #20 |
| 20 | Catherine | 3,565 | #22 |
| 21 | Irene | 3,502 | #21 |
| 22 | Ruby | 3,372 | #27 |
| 23 | Grace | 3,304 | #23 |
| 24 | Annie | 3,298 | #19 |
| 25 | Hazel | 3,290 | #24 |
| 26 | Virginia | 3,263 | #29 |
| 27 | Thelma | 3,166 | #25 |
| 28 | Martha | 3,019 | #28 |
| 29 | Josephine | 3,011 | #30 |
| 30 | Gertrude | 2,895 | #26 |
| 31 | Edith | 2,825 | #35 |
| 32 | Lucille | 2,740 | #31 |
| 33 | Clara | 2,691 | #32 |
| 34 | Esther | 2,676 | #38 |
| 35 | Emma | 2,616 | #34 |
| 36 | Bertha | 2,606 | #33 |
| 37 | Beatrice | 2,522 | #36 |
| 38 | Pauline | 2,345 | #42 |
| 39 | Agnes | 2,315 | #41 |
| 40 | Bessie | 2,279 | #37 |
| 41 | Elsie | 2,224 | #44 |
| 42 | Sarah | 2,201 | #40 |
| 43 | Mabel | 2,171 | #45 |
| 44 | Julia | 2,158 | #49 |
| 45 | Ida | 2,119 | #47 |
| 46 | Eva | 2,109 | #45 |
| 47 | Viola | 2,083 | #48 |
| 48 | Pearl | 2,075 | #39 |
| 49 | Eleanor | 2,035 | #55 |
| 50 | Myrtle | 2,033 | #43 |
| 51 | Bernice | 1,915 | #58 |
| 52 | Minnie | 1,899 | #50 |
| 53 | Ann | 1,882 | #52 |
| 54 | Nellie | 1,866 | #51 |
| 55 | Katherine | 1,858 | #57 |
| 56 | Doris | 1,812 | #64 |
| 57 | Laura | 1,790 | #53 |
| 58 | Marion | 1,744 | #59 |
| 59 | Marjorie | 1,722 | #68 |
| 60 | Lillie | 1,690 | #54 |
| 61 | Willie | 1,637 | #56 |
| 62 | Alma | 1,611 | #61 |
| 63 | Ella | 1,604 | #62 |
| 64 | Anne | 1,598 | #67 |
| 65 | Mattie | 1,552 | #60 |
| 66 | Jessie | 1,550 | #63 |
| 67 | Vera | 1,510 | #71 |
| 68 | Lois | 1,508 | #76 |
| 69 | Betty | 1,456 | #69 |
| 70 | Lena | 1,449 | #66 |
| 70 | Mae | 1,449 | #65 |
| 72 | Stella | 1,422 | #72 |
| 73 | Kathryn | 1,397 | #80 |
| 74 | Jean | 1,381 | #77 |
| 75 | Blanche | 1,361 | #74 |
| 76 | Leona | 1,329 | #79 |
| 77 | Lucy | 1,309 | #75 |
| 78 | Carrie | 1,281 | #70 |
| 79 | Beulah | 1,244 | #82 |
| 80 | Vivian | 1,211 | #107 |
| 81 | Opal | 1,190 | #87 |
| 82 | Sylvia | 1,184 | #92 |
| 83 | Violet | 1,183 | #89 |
| 84 | Ellen | 1,162 | #88 |
| 85 | Jennie | 1,161 | #81 |
| 86 | Hattie | 1,136 | #73 |
| 87 | Marguerite | 1,113 | #84 |
| 88 | Fannie | 1,100 | #78 |
| 89 | Mamie | 1,095 | #85 |
| 90 | Velma | 1,045 | #90 |
| 91 | Cora | 1,022 | #85 |
| 91 | Rosa | 1,022 | #82 |
| 93 | Genevieve | 989 | #98 |
| 94 | Lula | 970 | #93 |
| 95 | Charlotte | 960 | #99 |
| 96 | Georgia | 957 | #91 |
| 97 | Ada | 939 | #94 |
| 98 | Jane | 937 | #116 |
| 99 | Inez | 924 | #97 |
| 100 | Theresa | 919 | #96 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1911
| # | Name | Babies | In 1910 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 13,446 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 10,593 | #3 |
| 3 | James | 9,952 | #2 |
| 4 | George | 6,586 | #5 |
| 5 | Robert | 6,526 | #4 |
| 6 | Joseph | 6,488 | #6 |
| 7 | Charles | 5,725 | #7 |
| 8 | Frank | 4,314 | #8 |
| 9 | Edward | 4,164 | #9 |
| 10 | Thomas | 3,292 | #12 |
| 11 | Henry | 3,167 | #10 |
| 12 | Walter | 3,074 | #13 |
| 13 | Harry | 2,538 | #16 |
| 14 | Willie | 2,492 | #11 |
| 15 | Albert | 2,478 | #14 |
| 16 | Harold | 2,448 | #18 |
| 17 | Paul | 2,393 | #15 |
| 18 | Arthur | 2,376 | #17 |
| 19 | Raymond | 2,088 | #19 |
| 20 | Richard | 2,030 | #21 |
| 21 | Louis | 1,838 | #24 |
| 22 | Fred | 1,808 | #22 |
| 23 | Clarence | 1,775 | #20 |
| 24 | Ralph | 1,674 | #28 |
| 25 | Jack | 1,668 | #23 |
| 26 | Carl | 1,574 | #26 |
| 27 | David | 1,556 | #30 |
| 28 | Howard | 1,467 | #27 |
| 29 | Joe | 1,449 | #25 |
| 30 | Samuel | 1,398 | #32 |
| 31 | Roy | 1,394 | #29 |
| 32 | Ernest | 1,338 | #31 |
| 33 | Francis | 1,311 | #36 |
| 34 | Earl | 1,305 | #33 |
| 35 | Anthony | 1,288 | #37 |
| 36 | Donald | 1,275 | #44 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 1,221 | #35 |
| 38 | Michael | 1,159 | #45 |
| 39 | Alfred | 1,158 | #38 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 1,148 | #43 |
| 41 | Herbert | 1,125 | #41 |
| 42 | Andrew | 1,098 | #42 |
| 43 | Eugene | 1,060 | #39 |
| 44 | Stanley | 997 | #47 |
| 45 | Charlie | 978 | #34 |
| 46 | Leonard | 953 | #46 |
| 47 | Sam | 928 | #39 |
| 48 | Elmer | 894 | #48 |
| 49 | Herman | 853 | #52 |
| 50 | Peter | 845 | #56 |
| 51 | Leo | 844 | #51 |
| 52 | Frederick | 802 | #69 |
| 53 | Daniel | 796 | #53 |
| 54 | Bernard | 777 | #62 |
| 55 | Russell | 770 | #58 |
| 56 | Theodore | 753 | #53 |
| 57 | Floyd | 734 | #55 |
| 58 | Chester | 708 | #61 |
| 59 | Leroy | 706 | #50 |
| 60 | Edwin | 699 | #70 |
| 61 | Clyde | 697 | #57 |
| 62 | Clifford | 694 | #66 |
| 63 | Norman | 691 | #63 |
| 64 | Benjamin | 690 | #70 |
| 65 | Lester | 657 | #64 |
| 66 | Lewis | 654 | #65 |
| 67 | Lee | 646 | #49 |
| 68 | Oscar | 636 | #73 |
| 69 | Philip | 612 | #83 |
| 70 | Milton | 608 | #76 |
| 71 | Ray | 602 | #67 |
| 72 | Jesse | 596 | #60 |
| 73 | Melvin | 594 | #75 |
| 74 | Lloyd | 590 | #67 |
| 75 | Martin | 567 | #86 |
| 76 | Cecil | 560 | #77 |
| 77 | Leon | 540 | #81 |
| 78 | Eddie | 523 | #59 |
| 79 | Jessie | 500 | #72 |
| 80 | Vincent | 496 | #99 |
| 81 | Victor | 493 | #90 |
| 82 | Marvin | 488 | #84 |
| 83 | Edgar | 486 | #80 |
| 83 | Stephen | 486 | #95 |
| 85 | Morris | 478 | #91 |
| 86 | Ben | 467 | #79 |
| 87 | Claude | 466 | #78 |
| 88 | Gerald | 462 | #105 |
| 89 | Alvin | 460 | #85 |
| 90 | Johnnie | 455 | #74 |
| 91 | Harvey | 446 | #88 |
| 92 | Sidney | 432 | #93 |
| 93 | Irving | 431 | #118 |
| 94 | Alexander | 426 | #101 |
| 95 | Homer | 419 | #98 |
| 96 | Vernon | 418 | #94 |
| 97 | Gordon | 404 | #119 |
| 98 | Allen | 402 | #92 |
| 99 | Maurice | 397 | #110 |
| 100 | Luther | 394 | #87 |
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