Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1918
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1917.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1917 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 56,558 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 45,291 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 42,115 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert | 40,619 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 26,921 | +2 |
| 6 | George | 26,318 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 26,261 | -2 |
| 8 | Edward | 19,489 | 0 |
| 9 | Frank | 17,018 | 0 |
| 10 | Thomas | 13,910 | 0 |
| 11 | Walter | 13,338 | 0 |
| 12 | Richard | 12,323 | +2 |
| 13 | Harold | 12,185 | -1 |
| 14 | Paul | 11,755 | -1 |
| 15 | Raymond | 11,604 | +1 |
| 16 | Henry | 11,354 | -1 |
| 17 | Arthur | 10,105 | 0 |
| 18 | Donald | 9,972 | +2 |
| 19 | Albert | 9,935 | -1 |
| 20 | Harry | 9,896 | -1 |
| 21 | Jack | 8,341 | +1 |
| 22 | Ralph | 8,162 | -1 |
| 23 | Clarence | 7,187 | +2 |
| 24 | Louis | 7,082 | -1 |
| 25 | Carl | 7,004 | -1 |
| 26 | Howard | 6,928 | 0 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 6,809 | 0 |
| 28 | David | 6,627 | 0 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,537 | +2 |
| 30 | Francis | 6,347 | 0 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,321 | +1 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,211 | +1 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,182 | -4 |
| 34 | Joe | 5,805 | +1 |
| 35 | Eugene | 5,631 | +4 |
| 36 | Stanley | 5,618 | -2 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,527 | 0 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,372 | -2 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,168 | -1 |
| 40 | Herbert | 5,128 | 0 |
| 41 | Leonard | 4,980 | 0 |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,873 | +1 |
| 43 | Samuel | 4,772 | -1 |
| 44 | Elmer | 4,373 | +1 |
| 45 | Michael | 4,296 | -1 |
| 46 | Andrew | 4,138 | +2 |
| 47 | Bernard | 4,098 | +2 |
| 48 | Leo | 4,036 | -1 |
| 49 | Norman | 3,867 | -3 |
| 50 | Russell | 3,833 | +2 |
| 51 | Lloyd | 3,742 | +2 |
| 52 | Daniel | 3,726 | +2 |
| 53 | Peter | 3,711 | -3 |
| 54 | Chester | 3,692 | +2 |
| 55 | Edwin | 3,487 | 0 |
| 56 | Melvin | 3,469 | +1 |
| 57 | Leroy | 3,422 | +3 |
| 58 | Woodrow | 3,358 | +15 |
| 59 | Frederick | 3,351 | -8 |
| 60 | Clifford | 3,299 | -1 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,235 | +1 |
| 62 | Lester | 3,229 | -1 |
| 63 | Victor | 3,183 | +15 |
| 64 | Theodore | 3,143 | -1 |
| 65 | Herman | 3,041 | -7 |
| 66 | Vernon | 2,971 | +5 |
| 67 | Clyde | 2,917 | -3 |
| 68 | Marvin | 2,829 | 0 |
| 69 | Ray | 2,763 | +5 |
| 70 | Charlie | 2,743 | -3 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,733 | -5 |
| 72 | Gerald | 2,712 | -3 |
| 73 | Vincent | 2,621 | -8 |
| 74 | Lewis | 2,593 | -4 |
| 75 | Sam | 2,506 | -3 |
| 76 | Milton | 2,454 | -1 |
| 77 | Leon | 2,442 | +5 |
| 78 | Jesse | 2,433 | +1 |
| 79 | Benjamin | 2,431 | -3 |
| 80 | Alvin | 2,409 | +1 |
| 81 | Martin | 2,403 | -4 |
| 82 | Cecil | 2,328 | +1 |
| 83 | Willard | 2,311 | -3 |
| 84 | Glenn | 2,253 | +2 |
| 85 | Gordon | 2,233 | -1 |
| 86 | Lee | 2,159 | -1 |
| 87 | Oscar | 2,113 | 0 |
| 88 | Harvey | 2,111 | +2 |
| 89 | Edgar | 2,085 | -1 |
| 90 | Warren | 1,990 | +3 |
| 91 | Wayne | 1,912 | +5 |
| 92 | Arnold | 1,910 | -1 |
| 93 | Everett | 1,891 | +1 |
| 94 | Sidney | 1,879 | +1 |
| 95 | Claude | 1,878 | +3 |
| 96 | Stephen | 1,843 | -7 |
| 97 | Wilbur | 1,800 | -5 |
| 98 | Allen | 1,779 | +2 |
| 99 | Virgil | 1,707 | +4 |
| 100 | Homer | 1,680 | +2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.