100 Most popular boy names of 1921, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1921 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1921.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
58214
4.55
-
2
Robert
52783
4.12
+1
3
William
51863
4.05
-1
4
James
49750
3.89
-
5
Charles
29242
2.29
-
6
George
27477
2.15
-
7
Joseph
26182
2.05
-
8
Edward
20818
1.63
-
9
Frank
16707
1.31
-
10
Richard
16376
1.28
-
11
Thomas
15307
1.2
-
12
Harold
13811
1.08
-
13
Donald
13776
1.08
+3
14
Paul
13168
1.03
-
15
Walter
13004
1.02
-2
16
Raymond
12646
0.99
-1
17
Henry
11411
0.89
-
18
Jack
10756
0.84
+2
19
Arthur
10527
0.82
-1
20
Albert
10158
0.79
-1
21
Harry
9731
0.76
-
22
Kenneth
8960
0.7
+1
23
Ralph
8860
0.69
-1
24
Warren
7798
0.61
+15
25
David
7766
0.61
-
26
Eugene
7718
0.6
+4
27
Howard
7713
0.6
-3
28
Clarence
7332
0.57
-2
29
Louis
7247
0.57
-1
30
Carl
7077
0.55
-3
31
Earl
6754
0.53
-
32
Roy
6545
0.51
-
33
Fred
6495
0.51
-
34
Willie
6490
0.51
-5
35
Francis
6293
0.49
-1
36
Joe
6204
0.48
-1
37
Lawrence
5977
0.47
-1
38
Ernest
5697
0.45
-1
39
Leonard
5650
0.44
-1
40
Anthony
5239
0.41
+3
41
Stanley
5232
0.41
-1
42
Herbert
5217
0.41
-1
43
Alfred
4926
0.38
-1
44
Samuel
4755
0.37
-
45
Bernard
4485
0.35
+1
46
Norman
4479
0.35
+1
47
Michael
4198
0.33
+3
48
Elmer
4146
0.32
-3
49
Daniel
4087
0.32
+3
50
Leo
4066
0.32
-2
51
Andrew
4015
0.31
-2
52
Russell
3946
0.31
-1
53
Melvin
3887
0.3
+1
54
Edwin
3750
0.29
-1
55
Leroy
3749
0.29
+1
56
Chester
3549
0.28
-1
57
Peter
3548
0.28
-
58
Lloyd
3536
0.28
-
59
Marvin
3490
0.27
+3
60
Gerald
3382
0.26
+4
61
Frederick
3376
0.26
-1
62
Clifford
3262
0.25
-3
63
Floyd
3255
0.25
-2
64
Herman
3219
0.25
+2
65
Theodore
3171
0.25
-2
66
Lester
3076
0.24
+2
67
Ray
3075
0.24
-
68
Vernon
3068
0.24
-3
69
Clyde
3022
0.24
-1
70
Vincent
2779
0.22
+3
71
Lewis
2712
0.21
+1
72
Philip
2703
0.21
-1
73
Alvin
2687
0.21
+3
74
Leon
2617
0.2
+1
75
Milton
2588
0.2
-1
76
Charlie
2574
0.2
-6
77
Jesse
2486
0.19
+2
78
Martin
2461
0.19
-
79
Cecil
2456
0.19
-2
80
Glenn
2449
0.19
-
81
Wayne
2417
0.19
+5
82
Benjamin
2412
0.19
+1
83
Victor
2407
0.19
-2
84
Gordon
2382
0.19
+1
85
Sam
2367
0.18
-1
86
Lee
2354
0.18
-4
87
Harvey
2287
0.18
-
88
Wallace
2095
0.16
+5
89
Willard
2077
0.16
-1
90
Edgar
2014
0.16
-1
91
Arnold
1982
0.15
-
92
Oscar
1978
0.15
-2
93
Dale
1956
0.15
+12
94
Allen
1937
0.15
-
95
Everett
1913
0.15
-
96
Claude
1887
0.15
-4
97
Stephen
1868
0.15
-1
98
Virgil
1830
0.14
+3
99
Roger
1803
0.14
+4
100
Wilbur
1755
0.14
-2
101
Maurice
1743
0.14
+1
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1921)

Sources

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