Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1909

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1908.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1908
1	John	9,590	0
2	William	7,913	0
3	James	7,595	0
4	George	4,688	0
5	Robert	4,563	0
6	Joseph	4,348	0
7	Charles	4,029	0
8	Frank	3,244	0
9	Edward	2,935	0
10	Thomas	2,468	0
11	Henry	2,411	0
12	Walter	2,287	0
13	Willie	2,175	0
14	Harry	1,924	0
15	Albert	1,816	0
16	Harold	1,725	+1
17	Paul	1,676	+1
18	Arthur	1,665	-2
19	Clarence	1,518	0
20	Raymond	1,441	0
21	Richard	1,427	+2
22	Fred	1,355	-2
23	Joe	1,292	+1
24	Louis	1,231	-2
25	Carl	1,215	+4
26	Howard	1,166	+2
27	Jack	1,150	0
28	Roy	1,135	-2
29	David	1,094	+1
30	Ralph	1,091	-5
31	Earl	1,007	+1
32	Samuel	983	+1
33	Francis	886	+1
34	Ernest	885	-3
35	Lawrence	854	0
36	Charlie	833	+1
37	Herbert	831	-1
38	Andrew	766	+1
39	Alfred	763	-1
40	Anthony	758	+1
41	Kenneth	746	-1
42	Donald	725	+3
43	Eugene	724	-1
44	Sam	700	+2
45	Elmer	687	-3
46	Leonard	665	+2
47	Michael	635	-3
48	Herman	618	+2
49	Leo	609	0
50	Stanley	607	+2
51	Theodore	595	-4
52	Lee	584	-1
53	Floyd	570	+2
54	Daniel	569	0
55	Leroy	568	+1
56	Peter	539	-3
57	Clifford	536	+1
58	Russell	528	-2
59	Jesse	517	+3
60	Clyde	516	-1
61	Lester	501	-1
62	Edwin	492	+2
63	Benjamin	489	0
64	Frederick	477	+4
64	Lewis	477	-3
66	Chester	475	0
66	Ray	475	+1
68	Bernard	463	+2
69	Eddie	462	+2
70	Oscar	459	-5
71	Melvin	448	+4
72	Cecil	432	0
72	Jessie	432	+5
74	Claude	419	-5
75	Norman	415	-1
76	Lloyd	412	-3
77	Johnnie	401	+8
78	Philip	395	+8
79	Martin	391	+4
80	Leon	377	+4
81	Milton	369	-2
82	Alvin	363	+7
83	Harvey	361	-1
84	Ben	358	-6
85	Marvin	354	+2
86	Edgar	347	-10
86	Luther	347	+5
88	Tom	340	-8
89	Victor	320	-1
90	Everett	314	0
90	Stephen	314	+4
92	Homer	313	-12
93	Allen	312	-1
94	Morris	305	+4
95	Gerald	301	+2
96	Leslie	292	-1
97	Vernon	284	-4
98	Julius	269	+1
99	Otis	267	+6
99	Will	267	-3