The most popular baby names of 1911

SSA recorded 644,279 births in 1911 across all reported names — 418,309 girls and 225,970 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1911

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1910.
#	Name	Births	vs 1910
1	Mary	24,390	—
2	Helen	11,801	—
3	Margaret	9,279	—
4	Dorothy	8,869	—
5	Ruth	8,003	—
6	Anna	6,753	—
7	Elizabeth	6,298	—
8	Mildred	6,271	—
9	Marie	5,017	—
10	Frances	4,967	+1
11	Alice	4,813	-1
12	Florence	4,424	—
13	Lillian	4,367	+1
14	Rose	4,151	+2
15	Ethel	4,141	-2
16	Evelyn	4,076	+1
17	Edna	3,957	+1
18	Gladys	3,933	-3
19	Louise	3,725	+1
20	Catherine	3,565	+2
21	Irene	3,502	—
22	Ruby	3,372	+5
23	Grace	3,304	—
24	Annie	3,298	-5
25	Hazel	3,290	-1
26	Virginia	3,263	+3
27	Thelma	3,166	-2
28	Martha	3,019	—
29	Josephine	3,011	+1
30	Gertrude	2,895	-4
31	Edith	2,825	+4
32	Lucille	2,740	-1
33	Clara	2,691	-1
34	Esther	2,676	+4
35	Emma	2,616	-1
36	Bertha	2,606	-3
37	Beatrice	2,522	-1
38	Pauline	2,345	+4
39	Agnes	2,315	+2
40	Bessie	2,279	-3
41	Elsie	2,224	+3
42	Sarah	2,201	-2
43	Mabel	2,171	+2
44	Julia	2,158	+5
45	Ida	2,119	+2
46	Eva	2,109	-1
47	Viola	2,083	+1
48	Pearl	2,075	-9
49	Eleanor	2,035	+6
50	Myrtle	2,033	-7
51	Bernice	1,915	+7
52	Minnie	1,899	-2
53	Ann	1,882	-1
54	Nellie	1,866	-3
55	Katherine	1,858	+2
56	Doris	1,812	+8
57	Laura	1,790	-4
58	Marion	1,744	+1
59	Marjorie	1,722	+9
60	Lillie	1,690	-6
61	Willie	1,637	-5
62	Alma	1,611	-1
63	Ella	1,604	-1
64	Anne	1,598	+3
65	Mattie	1,552	-5
66	Jessie	1,550	-3
67	Vera	1,510	+4
68	Lois	1,508	+8
69	Betty	1,456	—
70	Lena	1,449	-4
70	Mae	1,449	-5
72	Stella	1,422	—
73	Kathryn	1,397	+7
74	Jean	1,381	+3
75	Blanche	1,361	-1
76	Leona	1,329	+3
77	Lucy	1,309	-2
78	Carrie	1,281	-8
79	Beulah	1,244	+3
80	Vivian	1,211	+27
81	Opal	1,190	+6
82	Sylvia	1,184	+10
83	Violet	1,183	+6
84	Ellen	1,162	+4
85	Jennie	1,161	-4
86	Hattie	1,136	-13
87	Marguerite	1,113	-3
88	Fannie	1,100	-10
89	Mamie	1,095	-4
90	Velma	1,045	—
91	Cora	1,022	-6
91	Rosa	1,022	-9
93	Genevieve	989	+5
94	Lula	970	-1
95	Charlotte	960	+4
96	Georgia	957	-5
97	Ada	939	-3
98	Jane	937	+18
99	Inez	924	-2
100	Theresa	919	-4

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1910.
#	Name	Births	vs 1910
1	John	13,446	—
2	William	10,593	+1
3	James	9,952	-1
4	George	6,586	+1
5	Robert	6,526	-1
6	Joseph	6,488	—
7	Charles	5,725	—
8	Frank	4,314	—
9	Edward	4,164	—
10	Thomas	3,292	+2
11	Henry	3,167	-1
12	Walter	3,074	+1
13	Harry	2,538	+3
14	Willie	2,492	-3
15	Albert	2,478	-1
16	Harold	2,448	+2
17	Paul	2,393	-2
18	Arthur	2,376	-1
19	Raymond	2,088	—
20	Richard	2,030	+1
21	Louis	1,838	+3
22	Fred	1,808	—
23	Clarence	1,775	-3
24	Ralph	1,674	+4
25	Jack	1,668	-2
26	Carl	1,574	—
27	David	1,556	+3
28	Howard	1,467	-1
29	Joe	1,449	-4
30	Samuel	1,398	+2
31	Roy	1,394	-2
32	Ernest	1,338	-1
33	Francis	1,311	+3
34	Earl	1,305	-1
35	Anthony	1,288	+2
36	Donald	1,275	+8
37	Lawrence	1,221	-2
38	Michael	1,159	+7
39	Alfred	1,158	-1
40	Kenneth	1,148	+3
41	Herbert	1,125	—
42	Andrew	1,098	—
43	Eugene	1,060	-4
44	Stanley	997	+3
45	Charlie	978	-11
46	Leonard	953	—
47	Sam	928	-8
48	Elmer	894	—
49	Herman	853	+3
50	Peter	845	+6
51	Leo	844	—
52	Frederick	802	+17
53	Daniel	796	—
54	Bernard	777	+8
55	Russell	770	+3
56	Theodore	753	-3
57	Floyd	734	-2
58	Chester	708	+3
59	Leroy	706	-9
60	Edwin	699	+10
61	Clyde	697	-4
62	Clifford	694	+4
63	Norman	691	—
64	Benjamin	690	+6
65	Lester	657	-1
66	Lewis	654	-1
67	Lee	646	-18
68	Oscar	636	+5
69	Philip	612	+14
70	Milton	608	+6
71	Ray	602	-4
72	Jesse	596	-12
73	Melvin	594	+2
74	Lloyd	590	-7
75	Martin	567	+11
76	Cecil	560	+1
77	Leon	540	+4
78	Eddie	523	-19
79	Jessie	500	-7
80	Vincent	496	+19
81	Victor	493	+9
82	Marvin	488	+2
83	Edgar	486	-3
83	Stephen	486	+12
85	Morris	478	+6
86	Ben	467	-7
87	Claude	466	-9
88	Gerald	462	+17
89	Alvin	460	-4
90	Johnnie	455	-16
91	Harvey	446	-3
92	Sidney	432	+1
93	Irving	431	+25
94	Alexander	426	+7
95	Homer	419	+3
96	Vernon	418	-2
97	Gordon	404	+22
98	Allen	402	-6
99	Maurice	397	+11
100	Luther	394	-13

Ranked by places gained against 1910, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1911	Rank 1910	Change
Angelina girls	199	243	+44
Lorene girls	188	223	+35
Dorothea girls	181	212	+31
Janet girls	186	216	+30
Eileen girls	211	240	+29
Vivian girls	80	107	+27
Nathan boys	108	135	+27
Faye girls	183	208	+25
Irving boys	93	118	+25
Dolores girls	196	220	+24
Teresa girls	233	257	+24
Wanda girls	188	211	+23
Helene girls	232	255	+23
Miriam girls	164	186	+22
Gordon boys	97	119	+22

Name	Rank 1911	Rank 1910	Change
Janie girls	224	181	-43
Jim boys	134	100	-34
Will boys	146	113	-33
Johnnie girls	246	215	-31
Leola girls	196	166	-30
Flossie girls	208	178	-30
Ola girls	194	167	-27
Margie girls	239	213	-26
Tom boys	105	82	-23
Essie girls	156	134	-22
Luella girls	205	183	-22
Jewell girls	210	188	-22
Hannah girls	235	213	-22
Elnora girls	270	248	-22
Nathaniel boys	161	139	-22

1911 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.