Popular Names of 1911

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1911, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Jules peaked among human males this year, at 422nd.

Table 1. Female names, 1911
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	24,390	125
2	Helen	11,801	462
3	Margaret	9,279	112
4	Dorothy	8,869	421
5	Ruth	8,003	173
6	Anna	6,753	107
7	Elizabeth	6,298	17
8	Mildred	6,271	1,973
9	Marie	5,017	618
10	Frances	4,967	318
11	Alice	4,813	65
12	Florence	4,424	391
13	Lillian	4,367	57
14	Rose	4,151	114
15	Ethel	4,141	4,211
16	Evelyn	4,076	8
17	Edna	3,957	2,463
18	Gladys	3,933	3,224
19	Louise	3,725	516
20	Catherine	3,565	314

Table 2. Male names, 1911
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	13,446	23
2	William	10,593	9
3	James	9,952	6
4	George	6,586	126
5	Robert	6,526	92
6	Joseph	6,488	29
7	Charles	5,725	48
8	Frank	4,314	514
9	Edward	4,164	224
10	Thomas	3,292	34
11	Henry	3,167	5
12	Walter	3,074	252
13	Harry	2,538	775
14	Willie	2,492	1,322
15	Albert	2,478	614
16	Harold	2,448	993
17	Paul	2,393	262
18	Arthur	2,376	87
19	Raymond	2,088	395
20	Richard	2,030	234

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.