Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1922
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1921.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1921 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 57,280 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 53,796 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 51,111 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 49,802 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 28,839 | 0 |
| 6 | George | 27,350 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,699 | 0 |
| 8 | Edward | 20,419 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard | 17,537 | +1 |
| 10 | Frank | 16,013 | -1 |
| 11 | Thomas | 15,261 | 0 |
| 12 | Donald | 14,913 | +1 |
| 13 | Harold | 13,593 | -1 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,922 | 0 |
| 15 | Walter | 12,631 | 0 |
| 16 | Raymond | 12,129 | 0 |
| 17 | Henry | 11,207 | 0 |
| 18 | Jack | 10,847 | 0 |
| 19 | Arthur | 10,114 | 0 |
| 20 | Albert | 9,896 | 0 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 9,258 | +1 |
| 22 | Harry | 9,077 | -1 |
| 23 | Ralph | 8,484 | 0 |
| 24 | David | 7,865 | +1 |
| 25 | Eugene | 7,849 | +1 |
| 26 | Howard | 7,296 | +1 |
| 27 | Louis | 7,095 | +2 |
| 28 | Willie | 6,903 | +6 |
| 29 | Clarence | 6,861 | -1 |
| 30 | Carl | 6,690 | 0 |
| 31 | Earl | 6,461 | 0 |
| 32 | Roy | 6,458 | 0 |
| 33 | Fred | 6,245 | 0 |
| 34 | Francis | 6,147 | +1 |
| 35 | Joe | 6,089 | +1 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,786 | +1 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,503 | +1 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,407 | +1 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,091 | +1 |
| 40 | Herbert | 5,047 | +2 |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,045 | 0 |
| 42 | Alfred | 4,833 | +1 |
| 43 | Samuel | 4,600 | +1 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,527 | +2 |
| 45 | Warren | 4,484 | -21 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,409 | -1 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,285 | +2 |
| 48 | Michael | 3,990 | -1 |
| 49 | Russell | 3,965 | +3 |
| 50 | Melvin | 3,908 | +3 |
| 51 | Leo | 3,901 | -1 |
| 52 | Edwin | 3,827 | +2 |
| 53 | Andrew | 3,803 | -2 |
| 54 | Elmer | 3,738 | -6 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,671 | 0 |
| 56 | Marvin | 3,580 | +3 |
| 57 | Peter | 3,545 | 0 |
| 58 | Gerald | 3,541 | +2 |
| 59 | Lloyd | 3,364 | -1 |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,353 | +1 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,221 | +2 |
| 62 | Theodore | 3,216 | +3 |
| 63 | Clifford | 3,157 | -1 |
| 64 | Chester | 3,133 | -8 |
| 65 | Ray | 3,051 | +2 |
| 66 | Herman | 3,014 | -2 |
| 67 | Clyde | 3,007 | +2 |
| 68 | Vernon | 3,003 | 0 |
| 69 | Lester | 2,951 | -3 |
| 70 | Philip | 2,769 | +2 |
| 71 | Vincent | 2,710 | -1 |
| 72 | Charlie | 2,655 | +4 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,599 | 0 |
| 74 | Milton | 2,556 | +1 |
| 75 | Lewis | 2,555 | -4 |
| 76 | Gordon | 2,527 | +8 |
| 77 | Leon | 2,521 | -3 |
| 78 | Wayne | 2,476 | +3 |
| 79 | Glenn | 2,425 | +1 |
| 80 | Martin | 2,402 | -2 |
| 81 | Jesse | 2,395 | -4 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 2,378 | 0 |
| 83 | Lee | 2,371 | +3 |
| 84 | Sam | 2,349 | +1 |
| 85 | Cecil | 2,336 | -6 |
| 86 | Victor | 2,322 | -3 |
| 87 | Wallace | 2,210 | +1 |
| 88 | Harvey | 2,207 | -1 |
| 89 | Dale | 2,041 | +4 |
| 90 | Billy | 2,029 | +19 |
| 91 | Willard | 2,017 | -2 |
| 92 | Oscar | 2,007 | 0 |
| 93 | Edgar | 1,923 | -3 |
| 94 | Arnold | 1,892 | -3 |
| 95 | Allen | 1,887 | -1 |
| 96 | Roger | 1,848 | +3 |
| 97 | Claude | 1,806 | -1 |
| 98 | Everett | 1,798 | -3 |
| 99 | Virgil | 1,790 | -1 |
| 100 | Gilbert | 1,748 | +3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.