100 Most popular boy names of 1918, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1918 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1918.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
56558
4.7
-
2
William
45291
3.77
-
3
James
42116
3.5
-
4
Robert
40619
3.38
-
5
Charles
26921
2.24
+2
6
George
26318
2.19
-
7
Joseph
26262
2.18
-2
8
Edward
19489
1.62
-
9
Frank
17018
1.42
-
10
Thomas
13910
1.16
-
11
Walter
13338
1.11
-
12
Richard
12323
1.02
+2
13
Harold
12185
1.01
-1
14
Paul
11755
0.98
-1
15
Raymond
11604
0.97
+1
16
Henry
11354
0.94
-1
17
Arthur
10105
0.84
-
18
Donald
9972
0.83
+2
19
Albert
9935
0.83
-1
20
Harry
9896
0.82
-1
21
Jack
8342
0.69
+1
22
Ralph
8162
0.68
-1
23
Clarence
7187
0.6
+2
24
Louis
7082
0.59
-1
25
Carl
7003
0.58
-1
26
Howard
6928
0.58
-
27
Kenneth
6809
0.57
-
28
David
6627
0.55
-
29
Willie
6537
0.54
+2
30
Francis
6347
0.53
-
31
Earl
6322
0.53
+1
32
Roy
6211
0.52
+1
33
Fred
6182
0.51
-4
34
Joe
5804
0.48
+1
35
Eugene
5632
0.47
+4
36
Stanley
5618
0.47
-2
37
Ernest
5527
0.46
-
38
Lawrence
5372
0.45
-2
39
Anthony
5168
0.43
-1
40
Herbert
5128
0.43
-
41
Leonard
4980
0.41
-
42
Alfred
4873
0.41
+1
43
Samuel
4772
0.4
-1
44
Elmer
4373
0.36
+1
45
Michael
4296
0.36
-1
46
Andrew
4139
0.34
+2
47
Bernard
4098
0.34
+2
48
Leo
4036
0.34
-1
49
Norman
3867
0.32
-3
50
Russell
3833
0.32
+2
51
Lloyd
3742
0.31
+2
52
Daniel
3726
0.31
+2
53
Peter
3711
0.31
-3
54
Chester
3692
0.31
+2
55
Edwin
3487
0.29
-
56
Melvin
3469
0.29
+1
57
Leroy
3422
0.28
+3
58
Woodrow
3358
0.28
+15
59
Frederick
3351
0.28
-8
60
Clifford
3299
0.27
-1
61
Floyd
3235
0.27
+1
62
Lester
3229
0.27
-1
63
Victor
3183
0.26
+15
64
Theodore
3143
0.26
-1
65
Herman
3041
0.25
-7
66
Vernon
2971
0.25
+5
67
Clyde
2917
0.24
-3
68
Marvin
2829
0.24
-
69
Ray
2763
0.23
+5
70
Charlie
2743
0.23
-3
71
Philip
2733
0.23
-5
72
Gerald
2712
0.23
-3
73
Vincent
2621
0.22
-8
74
Lewis
2593
0.22
-4
75
Sam
2505
0.21
-3
76
Milton
2454
0.2
-1
77
Leon
2442
0.2
+5
78
Jesse
2433
0.2
+1
79
Benjamin
2431
0.2
-3
80
Alvin
2409
0.2
+1
81
Martin
2403
0.2
-4
82
Cecil
2328
0.19
+1
83
Willard
2311
0.19
-3
84
Glenn
2253
0.19
+2
85
Gordon
2233
0.19
-1
86
Lee
2159
0.18
-1
87
Oscar
2113
0.18
-
88
Harvey
2111
0.18
+2
89
Edgar
2085
0.17
-1
90
Warren
1990
0.17
+3
91
Wayne
1912
0.16
+5
92
Arnold
1910
0.16
-1
93
Everett
1891
0.16
+1
94
Sidney
1879
0.16
+1
95
Claude
1878
0.16
+3
96
Stephen
1843
0.15
-7
97
Wilbur
1800
0.15
-5
98
Allen
1779
0.15
+2
99
Virgil
1707
0.14
+4
100
Homer
1680
0.14
+2
101
Morris
1679
0.14
-2
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1918)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html