Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1920
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1919.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 56,913 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 50,146 | 0 |
| 3 | Robert | 48,679 | +1 |
| 4 | James | 47,908 | -1 |
| 5 | Charles | 28,309 | 0 |
| 6 | George | 26,891 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,587 | 0 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,097 | 0 |
| 9 | Frank | 16,430 | 0 |
| 10 | Richard | 15,010 | +2 |
| 11 | Thomas | 14,936 | -1 |
| 12 | Harold | 13,678 | +1 |
| 13 | Walter | 13,294 | -2 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,570 | +1 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,193 | -1 |
| 16 | Donald | 11,941 | +1 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,305 | -1 |
| 18 | Arthur | 10,236 | +1 |
| 19 | Albert | 9,997 | -1 |
| 20 | Jack | 9,599 | +1 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,406 | -1 |
| 22 | Ralph | 8,556 | 0 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 7,840 | +3 |
| 24 | Howard | 7,466 | 0 |
| 25 | David | 7,444 | +2 |
| 26 | Clarence | 7,221 | -1 |
| 27 | Carl | 7,010 | +2 |
| 28 | Louis | 6,966 | 0 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,887 | -6 |
| 30 | Eugene | 6,867 | +3 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,533 | 0 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,355 | 0 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,298 | -3 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,241 | 0 |
| 35 | Joe | 6,071 | 0 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,727 | +2 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,566 | -1 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,511 | +1 |
| 39 | Warren | 5,492 | +44 |
| 40 | Stanley | 5,314 | -3 |
| 41 | Herbert | 5,249 | -1 |
| 42 | Alfred | 5,006 | 0 |
| 43 | Anthony | 4,944 | -2 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,654 | -1 |
| 45 | Elmer | 4,206 | -1 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,163 | -1 |
| 47 | Norman | 4,109 | +1 |
| 48 | Leo | 4,054 | +1 |
| 49 | Andrew | 4,026 | -2 |
| 50 | Michael | 4,003 | -4 |
| 51 | Russell | 3,901 | -1 |
| 52 | Daniel | 3,897 | -1 |
| 53 | Edwin | 3,734 | -1 |
| 54 | Melvin | 3,717 | +2 |
| 55 | Chester | 3,698 | -2 |
| 56 | Leroy | 3,549 | -1 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,497 | 0 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,454 | 0 |
| 59 | Clifford | 3,291 | +1 |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,275 | +4 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,260 | -2 |
| 62 | Marvin | 3,244 | +1 |
| 63 | Theodore | 3,219 | -9 |
| 64 | Gerald | 3,157 | +6 |
| 65 | Vernon | 3,144 | 0 |
| 66 | Herman | 3,109 | -5 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,086 | +2 |
| 68 | Clyde | 3,069 | -1 |
| 69 | Lester | 3,068 | -7 |
| 70 | Charlie | 2,785 | -4 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,700 | 0 |
| 72 | Lewis | 2,688 | +2 |
| 73 | Vincent | 2,661 | -2 |
| 74 | Milton | 2,592 | -1 |
| 75 | Leon | 2,554 | +5 |
| 76 | Alvin | 2,523 | 0 |
| 77 | Cecil | 2,459 | +1 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,439 | +3 |
| 79 | Jesse | 2,420 | -2 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,375 | +4 |
| 81 | Victor | 2,349 | -13 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,321 | 0 |
| 83 | Benjamin | 2,309 | -4 |
| 84 | Sam | 2,283 | -9 |
| 85 | Gordon | 2,277 | +1 |
| 86 | Wayne | 2,180 | +4 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,165 | -2 |
| 88 | Willard | 2,089 | -1 |
| 89 | Edgar | 2,029 | 0 |
| 90 | Oscar | 2,006 | -2 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,911 | +3 |
| 92 | Claude | 1,893 | 0 |
| 93 | Wallace | 1,877 | +14 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,866 | +7 |
| 95 | Everett | 1,827 | -3 |
| 96 | Stephen | 1,771 | +1 |
| 97 | Gilbert | 1,763 | +5 |
| 98 | Wilbur | 1,741 | 0 |
| 99 | Johnnie | 1,727 | -4 |
| 100 | Homer | 1,722 | +4 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.