Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1909
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,590 |
| 2 | William | 7,913 |
| 3 | James | 7,595 |
| 4 | George | 4,688 |
| 5 | Robert | 4,563 |
| 6 | Joseph | 4,348 |
| 7 | Charles | 4,029 |
| 8 | Frank | 3,244 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,935 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,468 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,411 |
| 12 | Walter | 2,287 |
| 13 | Willie | 2,175 |
| 14 | Harry | 1,924 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,816 |
| 16 | Harold | 1,725 |
| 17 | Paul | 1,676 |
| 18 | Arthur | 1,665 |
| 19 | Clarence | 1,518 |
| 20 | Raymond | 1,441 |
| 21 | Richard | 1,427 |
| 22 | Fred | 1,355 |
| 23 | Joe | 1,292 |
| 24 | Louis | 1,231 |
| 25 | Carl | 1,215 |