Most popular boys' names of the 1920s

How many American boys born from 1920 to 1929 were given the name, counted from Social Security card applications.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, as of 1 March 2026 · boys given this name in the 1920s

(card applications, boys born 1920-1929)

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Rank	Entry	boys given this name in the 1920s
#1	Robert	576,374
#2	John	564,052
#3	James	515,301
#4	William	512,402
#5	Charles	298,031
#6	George	261,945
#7	Joseph	243,809
#8	Richard	222,599
#9	Edward	197,348
#10	Donald	191,816
#11	Thomas	161,107
#12	Frank	151,830
#13	Harold	133,585
#14	Paul	132,384
#15	Raymond	124,212
#16	Walter	119,809
#17	Jack	115,983
#18	Henry	104,552
#19	Kenneth	99,490
#20	Arthur	97,112
#21	Albert	94,431
#22	David	88,736
#23	Harry	86,183
#24	Eugene	84,755
#25	Ralph	84,466
#26	Howard	70,348
#27	Carl	69,851
#28	Willie	67,993
#29	Louis	67,693
#30	Clarence	66,574
#31	Earl	63,602
#32	Roy	63,259
#33	Fred	62,742
#34	Joe	62,676
#35	Francis	59,096
#36	Lawrence	56,867
#37	Herbert	56,531
#38	Leonard	53,793
#39	Ernest	53,653
#40	Alfred	50,156
#41	Anthony	50,054
#42	Stanley	49,456
#43	Norman	49,364
#44	Gerald	44,520
#45	Daniel	43,407
#46	Samuel	43,362
#47	Bernard	42,408
#48	Billy	42,096
#49	Melvin	40,583
#50	Marvin	39,589
#51	Warren	38,775
#52	Michael	37,893
#53	Leroy	37,871
#54	Russell	37,208
#55	Leo	36,960
#56	Andrew	35,952
#57	Edwin	35,255
#58	Elmer	34,919
#59	Peter	34,066
#60	Floyd	33,157
#61	Lloyd	33,125
#62	Ray	32,045
#63	Frederick	31,512
#64	Theodore	31,287
#65	Clifford	31,242
#66	Vernon	29,432
#67	Herman	29,011
#68	Clyde	28,957
#69	Chester	28,435
#70	Philip	27,268
#71	Alvin	26,872
#72	Lester	26,513
#73	Wayne	26,402
#74	Vincent	26,237
#75	Gordon	25,622
#76	Leon	25,577
#77	Lewis	25,328
#78	Charlie	25,176
#79	Glenn	25,157
#80	Calvin	24,785
#81	Martin	24,243
#82	Milton	24,198
#83	Lee	23,556
#84	Jesse	23,170
#85	Dale	22,752
#86	Cecil	22,528
#87	Bill	22,288
#88	Harvey	21,785
#89	Roger	21,753
#90	Victor	21,498
#91	Benjamin	21,028
#92	Wallace	20,916
#93	Ronald	20,894
#94	Sam	20,844
#95	Allen	20,092
#96	Arnold	19,531
#97	Willard	18,440
#98	Gilbert	18,233
#99	Edgar	18,037
#100	Oscar	17,740

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