Most Popular Baby Names of 1911

In 1911, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 24,390 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 13,446. Mary held on to number one for a 32nd year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 32nd year in a row.

Social Security counted 418,309 girls and 225,970 boys born in 1911 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 2,868 different girls' names and 1,999 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1911

Top girls' names, 1911
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910
1	Mary	24,390	same
2	Helen	11,801	same
3	Margaret	9,279	same
4	Dorothy	8,869	same
5	Ruth	8,003	same
6	Anna	6,753	same
7	Elizabeth	6,298	same
8	Mildred	6,271	same
9	Marie	5,017	same
10	Frances	4,967	up 1
11	Alice	4,813	down 1
12	Florence	4,424	same
13	Lillian	4,367	up 1
14	Rose	4,151	up 2
15	Ethel	4,141	down 2
16	Evelyn	4,076	up 1
17	Edna	3,957	up 1
18	Gladys	3,933	down 3
19	Louise	3,725	up 1
20	Catherine	3,565	up 2
21	Irene	3,502	same
22	Ruby	3,372	up 5
23	Grace	3,304	same
24	Annie	3,298	down 5
25	Hazel	3,290	down 1
26	Virginia	3,263	up 3
27	Thelma	3,166	down 2
28	Martha	3,019	same
29	Josephine	3,011	up 1
30	Gertrude	2,895	down 4
31	Edith	2,825	up 4
32	Lucille	2,740	down 1
33	Clara	2,691	down 1
34	Esther	2,676	up 4
35	Emma	2,616	down 1
36	Bertha	2,606	down 3
37	Beatrice	2,522	down 1
38	Pauline	2,345	up 4
39	Agnes	2,315	up 2
40	Bessie	2,279	down 3
41	Elsie	2,224	up 3
42	Sarah	2,201	down 2
43	Mabel	2,171	up 3
44	Julia	2,158	up 5
45	Ida	2,119	up 2
46	Eva	2,109	down 1
47	Viola	2,083	up 1
48	Pearl	2,075	down 9
49	Eleanor	2,035	up 6
50	Myrtle	2,033	down 7
51	Bernice	1,915	up 7
52	Minnie	1,899	down 2
53	Ann	1,882	down 1
54	Nellie	1,866	down 3
55	Katherine	1,858	up 2
56	Doris	1,812	up 8
57	Laura	1,790	down 4
58	Marion	1,744	up 1
59	Marjorie	1,722	up 9
60	Lillie	1,690	down 6
61	Willie	1,637	down 5
62	Alma	1,611	down 1
63	Ella	1,604	down 1
64	Anne	1,598	up 3
65	Mattie	1,552	down 5
66	Jessie	1,550	down 3
67	Vera	1,510	up 4
68	Lois	1,508	up 8
69	Betty	1,456	same
70	Lena	1,449	down 4
71	Mae	1,449	down 6
72	Stella	1,422	same
73	Kathryn	1,397	up 7
74	Jean	1,381	up 3
75	Blanche	1,361	down 1
76	Leona	1,329	up 3
77	Lucy	1,309	down 2
78	Carrie	1,281	down 8
79	Beulah	1,244	up 3
80	Vivian	1,211	up 27
81	Opal	1,190	up 6
82	Sylvia	1,184	up 10
83	Violet	1,183	up 6
84	Ellen	1,162	up 4
85	Jennie	1,161	down 4
86	Hattie	1,136	down 13
87	Marguerite	1,113	down 3
88	Fannie	1,100	down 10
89	Mamie	1,095	down 3
90	Velma	1,045	same
91	Cora	1,022	down 6
92	Rosa	1,022	down 9
93	Genevieve	989	up 5
94	Lula	970	down 1
95	Charlotte	960	up 4
96	Georgia	957	down 5
97	Ada	939	down 3
98	Jane	937	up 18
99	Inez	924	down 2
100	Theresa	919	down 4

Top boys' names, 1911
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910
1	John	13,446	same
2	William	10,593	up 1
3	James	9,952	down 1
4	George	6,586	up 1
5	Robert	6,526	down 1
6	Joseph	6,488	same
7	Charles	5,725	same
8	Frank	4,314	same
9	Edward	4,164	same
10	Thomas	3,292	up 2
11	Henry	3,167	down 1
12	Walter	3,074	up 1
13	Harry	2,538	up 3
14	Willie	2,492	down 3
15	Albert	2,478	down 1
16	Harold	2,448	up 2
17	Paul	2,393	down 2
18	Arthur	2,376	down 1
19	Raymond	2,088	same
20	Richard	2,030	up 1
21	Louis	1,838	up 3
22	Fred	1,808	same
23	Clarence	1,775	down 3
24	Ralph	1,674	up 4
25	Jack	1,668	down 2
26	Carl	1,574	same
27	David	1,556	up 3
28	Howard	1,467	down 1
29	Joe	1,449	down 4
30	Samuel	1,398	up 2
31	Roy	1,394	down 2
32	Ernest	1,338	down 1
33	Francis	1,311	up 3
34	Earl	1,305	down 1
35	Anthony	1,288	up 2
36	Donald	1,275	up 8
37	Lawrence	1,221	down 2
38	Michael	1,159	up 7
39	Alfred	1,158	down 1
40	Kenneth	1,148	up 3
41	Herbert	1,125	same
42	Andrew	1,098	same
43	Eugene	1,060	down 4
44	Stanley	997	up 3
45	Charlie	978	down 11
46	Leonard	953	same
47	Sam	928	down 7
48	Elmer	894	same
49	Herman	853	up 3
50	Peter	845	up 6
51	Leo	844	same
52	Frederick	802	up 17
53	Daniel	796	same
54	Bernard	777	up 8
55	Russell	770	up 3
56	Theodore	753	down 2
57	Floyd	734	down 2
58	Chester	708	up 3
59	Leroy	706	down 9
60	Edwin	699	up 11
61	Clyde	697	down 4
62	Clifford	694	up 4
63	Norman	691	same
64	Benjamin	690	up 6
65	Lester	657	down 1
66	Lewis	654	down 1
67	Lee	646	down 18
68	Oscar	636	up 5
69	Philip	612	up 14
70	Milton	608	up 6
71	Ray	602	down 3
72	Jesse	596	down 12
73	Melvin	594	up 2
74	Lloyd	590	down 7
75	Martin	567	up 11
76	Cecil	560	up 1
77	Leon	540	up 4
78	Eddie	523	down 19
79	Jessie	500	down 7
80	Vincent	496	up 19
81	Victor	493	up 9
82	Marvin	488	up 2
83	Edgar	486	down 3
84	Stephen	486	up 12
85	Morris	478	up 6
86	Ben	467	down 7
87	Claude	466	down 9
88	Gerald	462	up 17
89	Alvin	460	down 4
90	Johnnie	455	down 16
91	Harvey	446	down 2
92	Sidney	432	up 1
93	Irving	431	up 25
94	Alexander	426	up 7
95	Homer	419	up 3
96	Vernon	418	down 2
97	Gordon	404	up 23
98	Allen	402	down 6
99	Maurice	397	up 11
100	Luther	394	down 13

Biggest climbers in 1911

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1910.

Girls

Vivien: up 342 places, from 857th to 515th
Lea: up 305 places, from 904th to 599th
Enid: up 294 places, from 729th to 435th
Myrna: up 286 places, from 826th to 540th
Deloris: up 255 places, from 979th to 724th
Roslyn: up 254 places, from 965th to 711th
Exie: up 223 places, from 835th to 612th
Gwen: up 203 places, from 881st to 678th
Juliet: up 203 places, from 884th to 681st
Hildred: up 181 places, from 819th to 638th

Boys

Alden: up 435 places, from 861st to 426th
Abel: up 433 places, from 981st to 548th
Curley: up 366 places, from 994th to 628th
Marlin: up 344 places, from 845th to 501st
Durward: up 342 places, from 997th to 655th
Allison: up 315 places, from 983rd to 668th
Vito: up 285 places, from 652nd to 367th
Cloyd: up 279 places, from 991st to 712th
Newell: up 277 places, from 915th to 638th
Gale: up 271 places, from 948th to 677th

New to the top 1,000 in 1911

Girls

Vivienne, 666th (its first time ever)
Elinore, 690th (its first time ever)
Cleta, 699th (back after dropping out)
Sabina, 712th (back after dropping out)
Ana, 741st (back after dropping out)
Clora, 766th (back after dropping out)
Imelda, 770th (back after dropping out)
Leonore, 781st (back after dropping out)
Marilyn, 784th (back after dropping out)
Benita, 790th (its first time ever)

Boys

Carmelo, 610th (its first time ever)
Sylvan, 640th (back after dropping out)
Domenic, 654th (back after dropping out)
Royce, 661st (back after dropping out)
Talmadge, 664th (back after dropping out)
Alvis, 669th (back after dropping out)
Bradford, 671st (back after dropping out)
Henery, 679th (back after dropping out)
Vincenzo, 704th (back after dropping out)
Wyman, 706th (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 1911?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 21.9% of the girls counted in 1911, and the top ten boys' names to 31.5% of the boys. In 1891, those shares were 20.7% for girls and 37.7% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.