Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1905
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,059 |
| 2 | William | 6,495 |
| 3 | James | 6,042 |
| 4 | George | 4,256 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,608 |
| 6 | Robert | 3,410 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,302 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,837 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,366 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,135 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,126 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,902 |
| 13 | Willie | 1,782 |
| 14 | Harry | 1,619 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,532 |
| 16 | Arthur | 1,505 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,377 |
| 18 | Fred | 1,284 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,262 |
| 20 | Harold | 1,258 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,159 |
| 22 | Richard | 1,033 |
| 23 | Joe | 1,024 |
| 24 | Roy | 1,016 |
| 25 | Louis | 981 |