Names by year · United States

The names of 1911

In 1911, the SSA recorded 644,279 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Mary1 in 1724,390#125
2Helen1 in 3511,801#462
3Margaret1 in 459,279#112
4Dorothy1 in 478,869#421
5Ruth1 in 528,003#173
6Anna1 in 626,753#107
7Elizabeth1 in 666,298#17
8Mildred1 in 676,271#1,973
9Marie1 in 835,017#618
10Frances1 in 844,967#318
11Alice1 in 874,813#65
12Florence1 in 954,424#391
13Lillian1 in 964,367#57
14Rose1 in 1014,151#114
15Ethel1 in 1014,141#4,211
16Evelyn1 in 1034,076#8
17Edna1 in 1063,957#2,463
18Gladys1 in 1063,933#3,224
19Louise1 in 1123,725#516
20Catherine1 in 1173,565#314
21Irene1 in 1193,502#651
22Ruby1 in 1243,372#64
23Grace1 in 1273,304#38
24Annie1 in 1273,298#182
25Hazel1 in 1273,290#21

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1John1 in 1713,446#23
2William1 in 2110,593#9
3James1 in 239,952#6
4George1 in 346,586#126
5Robert1 in 356,526#92
6Joseph1 in 356,488#29
7Charles1 in 395,725#48
8Frank1 in 524,314#514
9Edward1 in 544,164#224
10Thomas1 in 693,292#34
11Henry1 in 713,167#5
12Walter1 in 743,074#252
13Harry1 in 892,538#775
14Willie1 in 912,492#1,322
15Albert1 in 912,478#614
16Harold1 in 922,448#993
17Paul1 in 942,393#262
18Arthur1 in 952,376#87
19Raymond1 in 1082,088#395
20Richard1 in 1112,030#234
21Louis1 in 1231,838#249
22Fred1 in 1251,808#1,936
23Clarence1 in 1271,775#1,500
24Ralph1 in 1351,674#1,048
25Jack1 in 1351,668#15

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