Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1921
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1920.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1920 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 58,216 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 52,779 | +1 |
| 3 | William | 51,862 | -1 |
| 4 | James | 49,750 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 29,242 | 0 |
| 6 | George | 27,476 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 26,182 | 0 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,817 | 0 |
| 9 | Frank | 16,705 | 0 |
| 10 | Richard | 16,376 | 0 |
| 11 | Thomas | 15,308 | 0 |
| 12 | Harold | 13,811 | 0 |
| 13 | Donald | 13,776 | +3 |
| 14 | Paul | 13,169 | 0 |
| 15 | Walter | 13,004 | -2 |
| 16 | Raymond | 12,645 | -1 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,411 | 0 |
| 18 | Jack | 10,757 | +2 |
| 19 | Arthur | 10,527 | -1 |
| 20 | Albert | 10,158 | -1 |
| 21 | Harry | 9,731 | 0 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 8,959 | +1 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,860 | -1 |
| 24 | Warren | 7,798 | +15 |
| 25 | David | 7,765 | 0 |
| 26 | Eugene | 7,717 | +4 |
| 27 | Howard | 7,713 | -3 |
| 28 | Clarence | 7,332 | -2 |
| 29 | Louis | 7,247 | -1 |
| 30 | Carl | 7,077 | -3 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,754 | 0 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,545 | 0 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,496 | 0 |
| 34 | Willie | 6,492 | -5 |
| 35 | Francis | 6,293 | -1 |
| 36 | Joe | 6,204 | -1 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,977 | -1 |
| 38 | Ernest | 5,697 | -1 |
| 39 | Leonard | 5,650 | -1 |
| 40 | Anthony | 5,239 | +3 |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,231 | -1 |
| 42 | Herbert | 5,217 | -1 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,925 | -1 |
| 44 | Samuel | 4,754 | 0 |
| 45 | Bernard | 4,485 | +1 |
| 46 | Norman | 4,479 | +1 |
| 47 | Michael | 4,198 | +3 |
| 48 | Elmer | 4,146 | -3 |
| 49 | Daniel | 4,087 | +3 |
| 50 | Leo | 4,066 | -2 |
| 51 | Andrew | 4,015 | -2 |
| 52 | Russell | 3,946 | -1 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,887 | +1 |
| 54 | Edwin | 3,750 | -1 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,749 | +1 |
| 56 | Chester | 3,549 | -1 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,548 | 0 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,536 | 0 |
| 59 | Marvin | 3,490 | +3 |
| 60 | Gerald | 3,382 | +4 |
| 61 | Frederick | 3,376 | -1 |
| 62 | Clifford | 3,262 | -3 |
| 63 | Floyd | 3,255 | -2 |
| 64 | Herman | 3,219 | +2 |
| 65 | Theodore | 3,172 | -2 |
| 66 | Lester | 3,076 | +3 |
| 67 | Ray | 3,075 | 0 |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,069 | -3 |
| 69 | Clyde | 3,022 | -1 |
| 70 | Vincent | 2,779 | +3 |
| 71 | Lewis | 2,712 | +1 |
| 72 | Philip | 2,703 | -1 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,686 | +3 |
| 74 | Leon | 2,616 | +1 |
| 75 | Milton | 2,588 | -1 |
| 76 | Charlie | 2,574 | -6 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,486 | +2 |
| 78 | Martin | 2,461 | 0 |
| 79 | Cecil | 2,456 | -2 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,449 | 0 |
| 81 | Wayne | 2,417 | +5 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 2,412 | +1 |
| 83 | Victor | 2,407 | -2 |
| 84 | Gordon | 2,382 | +1 |
| 85 | Sam | 2,367 | -1 |
| 86 | Lee | 2,354 | -4 |
| 87 | Harvey | 2,287 | 0 |
| 88 | Wallace | 2,095 | +5 |
| 89 | Willard | 2,077 | -1 |
| 90 | Edgar | 2,014 | -1 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,982 | 0 |
| 92 | Oscar | 1,978 | -2 |
| 93 | Dale | 1,956 | +12 |
| 94 | Allen | 1,937 | 0 |
| 95 | Everett | 1,913 | 0 |
| 96 | Claude | 1,887 | -4 |
| 97 | Stephen | 1,868 | -1 |
| 98 | Virgil | 1,830 | +3 |
| 99 | Roger | 1,803 | +4 |
| 100 | Wilbur | 1,755 | -2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.