Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1908

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1907.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1907
1	John	9,343	0
2	William	7,529	0
3	James	7,012	0
4	George	4,584	0
5	Robert	4,219	0
6	Joseph	4,162	+1
7	Charles	3,929	-1
8	Frank	3,146	0
9	Edward	2,707	0
10	Thomas	2,301	+1
11	Henry	2,283	-1
12	Walter	2,192	0
13	Willie	1,964	0
14	Harry	1,934	0
15	Albert	1,642	0
16	Arthur	1,601	0
17	Harold	1,542	0
18	Paul	1,478	+2
19	Clarence	1,428	-1
20	Fred	1,381	-1
20	Raymond	1,381	+1
22	Louis	1,317	+3
23	Richard	1,244	-1
24	Joe	1,209	-1
25	Ralph	1,138	+4
26	Roy	1,097	-2
27	Jack	1,086	-1
28	Howard	1,078	+5
29	Carl	1,074	-2
30	David	1,015	+1
31	Ernest	1,000	-1
32	Earl	999	-4
33	Samuel	960	-1
34	Francis	853	+3
35	Lawrence	815	-1
36	Herbert	759	+3
37	Charlie	740	-2
38	Alfred	739	-2
39	Andrew	722	+1
40	Kenneth	692	+7
41	Anthony	690	+5
42	Elmer	689	+2
42	Eugene	689	-1
44	Michael	688	+4
45	Donald	664	-1
46	Sam	644	-3
47	Theodore	643	-9
48	Leonard	614	+3
49	Leo	584	-7
50	Herman	562	-1
51	Lee	553	+3
52	Stanley	547	+2
53	Peter	541	+8
54	Daniel	530	-2
55	Floyd	529	-2
56	Leroy	523	-6
56	Russell	523	+1
58	Clifford	515	+7
59	Clyde	511	-3
60	Lester	509	-2
61	Lewis	489	+5
62	Jesse	482	+1
63	Benjamin	480	+1
64	Edwin	477	-2
65	Oscar	476	-6
66	Chester	461	+1
67	Ray	446	-7
68	Frederick	438	0
69	Claude	428	+5
70	Bernard	414	+3
71	Eddie	413	-1
72	Cecil	397	-3
73	Lloyd	394	-2
74	Norman	374	+1
75	Melvin	366	+3
76	Edgar	360	+5
77	Jessie	355	-6
78	Ben	353	+4
79	Milton	346	+10
80	Homer	340	+4
80	Tom	340	+3
82	Harvey	339	-5
83	Martin	331	-4
84	Leon	327	-4
85	Johnnie	321	+1
86	Philip	319	-10
87	Marvin	311	0
88	Victor	308	+11
89	Alvin	307	+10
90	Everett	294	-2
91	Luther	292	0
92	Allen	287	-7
93	Vernon	285	+16
94	Stephen	280	0
95	Leslie	279	-1
96	Will	274	0
97	Gerald	270	+5
98	Morris	269	-2
99	Julius	263	+6
100	Virgil	258	-7