Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1901
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 6,900 |
| 2 | William | 5,990 |
| 3 | James | 4,735 |
| 4 | George | 3,609 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,049 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,766 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,543 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,402 |
| 9 | Edward | 1,917 |
| 10 | Henry | 1,870 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,820 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,718 |
| 13 | Harry | 1,594 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,329 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,317 |
| 16 | Willie | 1,294 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,196 |
| 18 | Fred | 1,133 |
| 19 | Paul | 924 |
| 20 | Roy | 917 |
| 21 | Harold | 915 |
| 22 | Raymond | 888 |
| 23 | Earl | 818 |
| 24 | Carl | 817 |
| 25 | Louis | 797 |