Top 200 Boy Names of 1901

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1901 with 6,900 births. The list ends at 72 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1901
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	6,900
2	William	5,990
3	James	4,735
4	George	3,609
5	Charles	3,049
6	Joseph	2,766
7	Robert	2,543
8	Frank	2,402
9	Edward	1,917
10	Henry	1,870
11	Thomas	1,820
12	Walter	1,718
13	Harry	1,594
14	Arthur	1,329
15	Albert	1,317
16	Willie	1,294
17	Clarence	1,196
18	Fred	1,133
19	Paul	924
20	Roy	917
21	Harold	915
22	Raymond	888
23	Earl	818
24	Carl	817
25	Louis	797
26	Richard	784
27	Joe	756
28	Ernest	691
29	Ralph	682
30	David	672
31	Charlie	654
32	Jack	645
33	Samuel	628
34	Howard	584
35	Herbert	573
36	Francis	543
37	Lawrence	535
38	Elmer	520
39	Alfred	506
40	Andrew	479
40	Sam	479
42	Leo	456
43	Theodore	450
44	Eugene	445
45	Lee	424
46	Floyd	423
47	Oscar	422
48	Daniel	416
49	Jesse	411
50	Russell	395
51	Herman	393
52	Michael	384
53	Will	364
54	Leonard	362
55	Clyde	356
56	Benjamin	343
56	Peter	343
58	Claude	341
59	Ray	338
60	Frederick	336
61	Lester	332
62	Anthony	323
63	Lewis	309
64	Martin	304
65	Edwin	299
66	Eddie	296
67	Tom	291
68	Lloyd	285
69	Clifford	282
70	Cecil	278
71	Edgar	271
72	Leroy	268
73	Ben	259
74	Homer	257
75	Chester	253
75	Harvey	253
77	Donald	250
78	Kenneth	246
79	Luther	244
80	Bernard	242
81	Jim	239
81	Stanley	239
83	Norman	238
84	Philip	232
85	Jessie	231
86	Everett	218
87	Leon	208
88	Allen	199
89	Leslie	198
90	Milton	197
91	Hugh	192
92	Oliver	187
93	Patrick	181
94	Glenn	180
95	Alvin	179
96	Horace	178
97	Melvin	176
98	Jacob	172
99	Guy	170
100	Victor	169
101	Julius	168
102	Alexander	162
102	Ed	162
102	Johnnie	162
105	Archie	161
106	Maurice	160
107	Marion	159
108	Charley	158
108	Stephen	158
108	Virgil	158
111	Otto	156
112	Manuel	150
113	Warren	149
114	Lonnie	148
115	Morris	146
115	Wesley	146
117	Marvin	145
118	Ira	142
119	Hubert	140
120	Alex	138
121	Dewey	137
122	Willard	136
123	Sidney	134
124	Gerald	133
124	Isaac	133
126	Wallace	132
127	Earnest	131
127	Nathan	131
127	Vincent	131
130	Wilbur	130
131	Gilbert	129
131	Vernon	129
133	Bert	128
134	Jose	127
134	Otis	127
136	Emil	122
137	Rufus	121
138	Percy	120
138	Sylvester	120
140	Dan	117
141	August	116
141	Jerry	116
143	Curtis	114
143	Mack	114
145	Roland	113
146	Arnold	110
146	Emmett	110
146	Max	110
149	Willis	106
150	Dave	105
150	Glen	105
152	Bill	104
153	Gordon	103
154	Clifton	101
155	Bennie	100
156	Jimmie	99
157	Calvin	98
157	Mike	98
159	Nelson	97
160	Jay	96
161	Edmund	95
162	Orville	94
163	Franklin	92
163	Mark	92
163	Nathaniel	92
166	Roosevelt	90
167	Matthew	89
168	Irvin	88
168	Nicholas	88
170	Perry	87
170	Roscoe	87
170	Rudolph	87
170	Wayne	87
174	Johnie	86
175	Jess	85
176	Amos	83
176	Douglas	83
178	Ollie	81
179	Aaron	80
179	Adolph	80
179	Irving	80
179	Owen	80
183	Dennis	79
183	Elijah	79
183	Jake	79
183	Pete	79
187	Elbert	78
187	Juan	78
187	Phillip	78
187	Preston	78
191	Mckinley	77
192	Clinton	76
192	Cornelius	76
192	Steve	76
195	Ellis	74
196	Forrest	73
197	Claud	72
197	Clayton	72
197	Ross	72
197	Simon	72

Top 200 Boy Names of 1901

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1901 with 6,900 births. The list ends at 72 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1901
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	6,900
2	William	5,990
3	James	4,735
4	George	3,609
5	Charles	3,049
6	Joseph	2,766
7	Robert	2,543
8	Frank	2,402
9	Edward	1,917
10	Henry	1,870
11	Thomas	1,820
12	Walter	1,718
13	Harry	1,594
14	Arthur	1,329
15	Albert	1,317
16	Willie	1,294
17	Clarence	1,196
18	Fred	1,133
19	Paul	924
20	Roy	917
21	Harold	915
22	Raymond	888
23	Earl	818
24	Carl	817
25	Louis	797
26	Richard	784
27	Joe	756
28	Ernest	691
29	Ralph	682
30	David	672
31	Charlie	654
32	Jack	645
33	Samuel	628
34	Howard	584
35	Herbert	573
36	Francis	543
37	Lawrence	535
38	Elmer	520
39	Alfred	506
40	Andrew	479
40	Sam	479
42	Leo	456
43	Theodore	450
44	Eugene	445
45	Lee	424
46	Floyd	423
47	Oscar	422
48	Daniel	416
49	Jesse	411
50	Russell	395
51	Herman	393
52	Michael	384
53	Will	364
54	Leonard	362
55	Clyde	356
56	Benjamin	343
56	Peter	343
58	Claude	341
59	Ray	338
60	Frederick	336
61	Lester	332
62	Anthony	323
63	Lewis	309
64	Martin	304
65	Edwin	299
66	Eddie	296
67	Tom	291
68	Lloyd	285
69	Clifford	282
70	Cecil	278
71	Edgar	271
72	Leroy	268
73	Ben	259
74	Homer	257
75	Chester	253
75	Harvey	253
77	Donald	250
78	Kenneth	246
79	Luther	244
80	Bernard	242
81	Jim	239
81	Stanley	239
83	Norman	238
84	Philip	232
85	Jessie	231
86	Everett	218
87	Leon	208
88	Allen	199
89	Leslie	198
90	Milton	197
91	Hugh	192
92	Oliver	187
93	Patrick	181
94	Glenn	180
95	Alvin	179
96	Horace	178
97	Melvin	176
98	Jacob	172
99	Guy	170
100	Victor	169
101	Julius	168
102	Alexander	162
102	Ed	162
102	Johnnie	162
105	Archie	161
106	Maurice	160
107	Marion	159
108	Charley	158
108	Stephen	158
108	Virgil	158
111	Otto	156
112	Manuel	150
113	Warren	149
114	Lonnie	148
115	Morris	146
115	Wesley	146
117	Marvin	145
118	Ira	142
119	Hubert	140
120	Alex	138
121	Dewey	137
122	Willard	136
123	Sidney	134
124	Gerald	133
124	Isaac	133
126	Wallace	132
127	Earnest	131
127	Nathan	131
127	Vincent	131
130	Wilbur	130
131	Gilbert	129
131	Vernon	129
133	Bert	128
134	Jose	127
134	Otis	127
136	Emil	122
137	Rufus	121
138	Percy	120
138	Sylvester	120
140	Dan	117
141	August	116
141	Jerry	116
143	Curtis	114
143	Mack	114
145	Roland	113
146	Arnold	110
146	Emmett	110
146	Max	110
149	Willis	106
150	Dave	105
150	Glen	105
152	Bill	104
153	Gordon	103
154	Clifton	101
155	Bennie	100
156	Jimmie	99
157	Calvin	98
157	Mike	98
159	Nelson	97
160	Jay	96
161	Edmund	95
162	Orville	94
163	Franklin	92
163	Mark	92
163	Nathaniel	92
166	Roosevelt	90
167	Matthew	89
168	Irvin	88
168	Nicholas	88
170	Perry	87
170	Roscoe	87
170	Rudolph	87
170	Wayne	87
174	Johnie	86
175	Jess	85
176	Amos	83
176	Douglas	83
178	Ollie	81
179	Aaron	80
179	Adolph	80
179	Irving	80
179	Owen	80
183	Dennis	79
183	Elijah	79
183	Jake	79
183	Pete	79
187	Elbert	78
187	Juan	78
187	Phillip	78
187	Preston	78
191	Mckinley	77
192	Clinton	76
192	Cornelius	76
192	Steve	76
195	Ellis	74
196	Forrest	73
197	Claud	72
197	Clayton	72
197	Ross	72
197	Simon	72