Popular names of 1911, and how old they are now

People born in 1911 turn 115 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 640,000 births in 1911 under names it lists, and by our estimate fewer than 100 of them are still alive.

The year's top names were Mary for girls and John for boys. Babies born that year belong to the Greatest Generation.

Top girl names of 1911

Most popular girl names of 1911
#	Name	Born 1911	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	24,390	66
2	Helen	11,801	66
3	Margaret	9,279	61
4	Dorothy	8,869	72
5	Ruth	8,003	62
6	Anna	6,753	39
7	Elizabeth	6,298	44
8	Mildred	6,271	74
9	Marie	5,017	62
10	Frances	4,967	67
11	Alice	4,813	53
12	Florence	4,424	66
13	Lillian	4,367	29
14	Rose	4,151	56
15	Ethel	4,141	76
16	Evelyn	4,076	34
17	Edna	3,957	70
18	Gladys	3,933	68
19	Louise	3,725	69
20	Catherine	3,565	54
21	Irene	3,502	61
22	Ruby	3,372	39
23	Grace	3,304	27
24	Annie	3,298	54
25	Hazel	3,290	27
26	Virginia	3,263	66
27	Thelma	3,166	74
28	Martha	3,019	66
29	Josephine	3,011	39
30	Gertrude	2,895	76
31	Edith	2,825	57
32	Lucille	2,740	52
33	Clara	2,691	36
34	Esther	2,676	42
35	Emma	2,616	20
36	Bertha	2,606	69
37	Beatrice	2,522	56
38	Pauline	2,345	69
39	Agnes	2,315	64
40	Bessie	2,279	74
41	Elsie	2,224	41
42	Sarah	2,201	39
43	Mabel	2,171	34
44	Julia	2,158	38
45	Ida	2,119	65
46	Eva	2,109	36
47	Viola	2,083	61
48	Pearl	2,075	51
49	Eleanor	2,035	30
50	Myrtle	2,033	79

Top boy names of 1911

Most popular boy names of 1911
#	Name	Born 1911	Avg. age, everyone
1	John	13,446	55
2	William	10,593	51
3	James	9,952	54
4	George	6,586	57
5	Robert	6,526	58
6	Joseph	6,488	45
7	Charles	5,725	54
8	Frank	4,314	59
9	Edward	4,164	56
10	Thomas	3,292	53
11	Henry	3,167	34
12	Walter	3,074	58
13	Harry	2,538	62
14	Willie	2,492	64
15	Albert	2,478	57
16	Harold	2,448	66
17	Paul	2,393	57
18	Arthur	2,376	54
19	Raymond	2,088	56
20	Richard	2,030	60
21	Louis	1,838	52
22	Fred	1,808	67
23	Clarence	1,775	62
24	Ralph	1,674	65
25	Jack	1,668	34
26	Carl	1,574	60
27	David	1,556	52
28	Howard	1,467	65
29	Joe	1,449	61
30	Samuel	1,398	32
31	Roy	1,394	60
32	Ernest	1,338	61
33	Francis	1,311	57
34	Earl	1,305	64
35	Anthony	1,288	40
36	Donald	1,275	64
37	Lawrence	1,221	60
38	Michael	1,159	49
39	Alfred	1,158	60
40	Kenneth	1,148	57
41	Herbert	1,125	65
42	Andrew	1,098	36
43	Eugene	1,060	63
44	Stanley	997	62
45	Charlie	978	31
46	Leonard	953	60
47	Sam	928	47
48	Elmer	894	56
49	Herman	853	63
50	Peter	845	51

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1911, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1911. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1911 babies. Records before the late 1930s undercount births, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card. How we calculate this