Birth year roster

Top names in 1911

The 100 most common names on 1911 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1911 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 115 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1910s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered24,390
#2Helen Endangered11,801
#3Margaret Endangered9,279
#4Dorothy Endangered8,869
#5Ruth Endangered8,003
#6Anna Declining6,753
#7Elizabeth Stable6,298
#8Mildred Endangered6,271
#9Marie Endangered5,017
#10Frances Endangered4,967
#11Alice Stable4,813
#12Florence Endangered4,424
#13Lillian Declining4,367
#14Rose Stable4,151
#15Ethel Endangered4,141
#16Evelyn Stable4,076
#17Edna Endangered3,957
#18Gladys Endangered3,933
#19Louise Endangered3,725
#20Catherine Endangered3,565
#21Irene Endangered3,502
#22Ruby Stable3,372
#23Grace Declining3,304
#24Annie Rising3,298
#25Hazel Rising3,290
#26Virginia Endangered3,263
#27Thelma Endangered3,166
#28Martha Endangered3,019
#29Josephine Rising3,011
#30Gertrude Endangered2,895
#31Edith Endangered2,825
#32Lucille Stable2,740
#33Clara Stable2,691
#34Esther Stable2,676
#35Emma Declining2,616
#36Bertha Endangered2,606
#37Beatrice Endangered2,522
#38Pauline Endangered2,345
#39Agnes Endangered2,315
#40Bessie Endangered2,279
#41Elsie Rising2,224
#42Sarah Endangered2,201
#43Mabel Rising2,171
#44Julia Stable2,158
#45Ida Endangered2,119
#46Eva Declining2,109
#47Viola Endangered2,083
#48Pearl Endangered2,075
#49Eleanor Rising2,035
#50Myrtle Endangered2,033
#51Bernice Endangered1,915
#52Minnie Endangered1,899
#53Ann Endangered1,882
#54Nellie Rising1,866
#55Katherine Declining1,858
#56Doris Endangered1,812
#57Laura Endangered1,790
#58Marion Endangered1,744
#59Marjorie Endangered1,722
#60Lillie Stable1,690
#61Willie Endangered1,637
#62Alma Rising1,611
#63Ella Declining1,604
#64Anne Endangered1,598
#65Mattie Endangered1,552
#66Jessie Endangered1,550
#67Vera Stable1,510
#68Lois Endangered1,508
#69Betty Endangered1,456
#70Lena Stable1,449
#71Mae Stable1,449
#72Stella Stable1,422
#73Kathryn Endangered1,397
#74Jean Endangered1,381
#75Blanche Endangered1,361
#76Leona Stable1,329
#77Lucy Stable1,309
#78Carrie Endangered1,281
#79Beulah Endangered1,244
#80Vivian Stable1,211
#81Opal Rising1,190
#82Sylvia Rising1,184
#83Violet Rising1,183
#84Ellen Endangered1,162
#85Jennie Endangered1,161
#86Hattie Rising1,136
#87Marguerite Endangered1,113
#88Fannie Endangered1,100
#89Mamie Endangered1,095
#90Velma Endangered1,045
#91Cora Stable1,022
#92Rosa Stable1,022
#93Genevieve Stable989
#94Lula Endangered970
#95Charlotte Stable960
#96Georgia Rising957
#97Ada Rising939
#98Jane Stable937
#99Inez Endangered924
#100Theresa Endangered919

Boys

#1John Past peak13,446
#2William Declining10,593
#3James Stable9,952
#4George Stable6,586
#5Robert Endangered6,526
#6Joseph Declining6,488
#7Charles Stable5,725
#8Frank Endangered4,314
#9Edward Endangered4,164
#10Thomas Stable3,292
#11Henry Stable3,167
#12Walter Stable3,074
#13Harry Endangered2,538
#14Willie Endangered2,492
#15Albert Endangered2,478
#16Harold Endangered2,448
#17Paul Endangered2,393
#18Arthur Rising2,376
#19Raymond Endangered2,088
#20Richard Endangered2,030
#21Louis Stable1,838
#22Fred Endangered1,808
#23Clarence Endangered1,775
#24Ralph Endangered1,674
#25Jack Stable1,668
#26Carl Endangered1,574
#27David Past peak1,556
#28Howard Endangered1,467
#29Joe Endangered1,449
#30Samuel Stable1,398
#31Roy Endangered1,394
#32Ernest Endangered1,338
#33Francis Stable1,311
#34Earl Endangered1,305
#35Anthony Declining1,288
#36Donald Endangered1,275
#37Lawrence Endangered1,221
#38Michael Past peak1,159
#39Alfred Endangered1,158
#40Kenneth Endangered1,148
#41Herbert Endangered1,125
#42Andrew Declining1,098
#43Eugene Endangered1,060
#44Stanley Endangered997
#45Charlie Rising978
#46Leonard Endangered953
#47Sam Stable928
#48Elmer Endangered894
#49Herman Endangered853
#50Peter Stable845
#51Leo Rising844
#52Frederick Stable802
#53Daniel Declining796
#54Bernard Endangered777
#55Russell Stable770
#56Theodore Rising753
#57Floyd Endangered734
#58Chester Endangered708
#59Leroy Endangered706
#60Edwin Stable699
#61Clyde Stable697
#62Clifford Endangered694
#63Norman Endangered691
#64Benjamin Declining690
#65Lester Endangered657
#66Lewis Rising654
#67Lee Endangered646
#68Oscar Stable636
#69Philip Endangered612
#70Milton Endangered608
#71Ray Endangered602
#72Jesse Stable596
#73Melvin Endangered594
#74Lloyd Endangered590
#75Martin Stable567
#76Cecil Endangered560
#77Leon Rising540
#78Eddie Endangered523
#79Jessie Endangered500
#80Vincent Stable496
#81Victor Declining493
#82Marvin Endangered488
#83Edgar Declining486
#84Stephen Endangered486
#85Morris Endangered478
#86Ben Stable467
#87Claude Endangered466
#88Gerald Endangered462
#89Alvin Declining460
#90Johnnie Endangered455
#91Harvey Rising446
#92Sidney Endangered432
#93Irving Endangered431
#94Alexander Declining426
#95Homer Endangered419
#96Vernon Endangered418
#97Gordon Endangered404
#98Allen Endangered402
#99Maurice Declining397
#100Luther Endangered394