Your favorites in the Top 100 names (US) of the last century

NoMoreTopTen · July 30, 2022, 2:42pm

In the US the SSA has a page for the top names in the past 100 years. They are listed below. What are your favorites? Least favorites?

1-50

1-10: James, Robert, John, Michael, David, William, Richard, Joseph, Thomas, Charles
11-20: Christopher, Daniel, Matthew, Anthony, Mark, Donald, Steven, Paul, Andrew, Joshua
21-30: Kenneth, Kevin, Brian, George, Timothy, Ronald, Edward, Jason, Jeffrey, Ryan
31-40: Jacob, Gary, Nicholas, Eric, Jonathan, Stephen, Larry, Justin, Scott, Brandon
41-50: Benjamin, Samuel, Gregory, Alexander, Frank, Patrick, Raymond, Jack, Dennis, Jerry

51-100

51-60: Tyler, Aaron, Jose, Adam, Nathan, Henry, Douglas, Zachary, Peter, Kyle
61-70: Ethan, Walter, Noah, Jeremy, Christian, Keith, Roger, Terry, Gerald, Harold
71-80: Sean, Austin, Carl, Arthur, Lawrence, Dylan, Jesse, Jordan, Bryan, Billy
81-90: Joe, Bruce, Gabriel, Logan, Albert, Willie, Alan, Juan, Wayne, Elijah
91-100: Randy, Roy, Vincent, Ralph, Eugene, Russell, Bobby, Mason, Philip, Louis

EleanorVintage · July 30, 2022, 2:52pm

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are…

[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
Stephen/[name_m]Steven[/name_m]

The majority of these names (the ones I put in bold!) I would actually consider for a son today!

Greyblue · July 30, 2022, 6:57pm

[name_f]My[/name_f] faves are [name_u]George[/name_u], [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_m]Russell[/name_m], [name_u]Jesse[/name_u], [name_m]Roger[/name_m], [name_u]Billy[/name_u], [name_u]Bobby[/name_u], [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_m]Jonathon[/name_m] and [name_m]Ralph[/name_m].

[name_f]My[/name_f] least faves: [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Richard[/name_m], [name_u]William[/name_u], [name_m]Donald[/name_m], [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], [name_m]Kevin[/name_m], [name_u]Ryan[/name_u], [name_m]Harold[/name_m], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Wayne[/name_m] and [name_u]Randy[/name_u]

lovelye · July 30, 2022, 7:50pm

Faves:
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]

Least fave:
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Donald[/name_m]
[name_m]Steven[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m]
[name_u]Gary[/name_u]
[name_m]Larry[/name_m]
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Jerry[/name_u]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_m]Carl[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_u]Randy[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]

EJK1720 · July 30, 2022, 10:10pm

Favourites: [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_u]John[/name_u], [name_u]Jack[/name_u], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_u]Edward[/name_u], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_m]Stephen[/name_m]

Least: [name_u]Randy[/name_u], [name_m]Larry[/name_m], [name_u]Jerry[/name_u], [name_u]Kyle[/name_u], [name_u]Willie[/name_u], [name_u]Tyler[/name_u], [name_m]Eugene[/name_m], [name_m]Wayne[/name_m], [name_m]Harold[/name_m], [name_m]Ronald[/name_m]

namelover55 · July 31, 2022, 12:23am

my favourite & least favourite from each ranking:

1-10: [name_u]Joseph[/name_u], [name_m]Richard[/name_m]
11-20: [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_m]Donald[/name_m]
21-30: [name_u]George[/name_u], [name_m]Jason[/name_m]
31-40: [name_u]Scott[/name_u], [name_m]Larry[/name_m]
41-50: [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
51-60: [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Jose[/name_m]
61-70: [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_u]Christian[/name_u]
71-80: [name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Bryan[/name_m]
81-90: [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], [name_m]Juan[/name_m]
91-100: [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_u]Randy[/name_u]

NoMoreTopTen · July 31, 2022, 2:53am

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites: [name_u]Mason[/name_u], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u], [name_u]Austin[/name_u], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], [name_u]Kyle[/name_u], [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], [name_u]Tyler[/name_u], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_u]Ryan[/name_u], [name_m]Kevin[/name_m], [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], [name_m]Jason[/name_m]
I’m pretty much tired of the Top 20.
Least favorites: [name_u]Bobby[/name_u], [name_m]Eugene[/name_m], [name_u]Willie[/name_u], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Carl[/name_m], [name_m]Gerald[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_u]Douglas[/name_u], [name_m]Frank[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]George[/name_u], [name_m]Donald[/name_m], [name_u]John[/name_u], [name_u]Robert[/name_u]

copper_porcupine · July 31, 2022, 3:11am

Favourites:
1-10: [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] or [name_u]William[/name_u]
11-20: [name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
21-30: [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
31-40: [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] or [name_m]Eric[/name_m]
41-50: [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] or [name_u]Jack[/name_u]
51-60: [name_m]Peter[/name_m]
61-70: [name_u]Noah[/name_u]
71-80: [name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
81-90: [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], [name_u]Logan[/name_u], or [name_u]Elijah[/name_u]
91-100: [name_m]Philip[/name_m]

Cool list. I find it interesting how the majority of the names are either classic feeling names, or names that I associate with older people, and some of them are even popular enough to have multiple spellings listed (e.g. Steven/Stephen, Brian/Bryan), but some names that have shot up in popularity more recently (think [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_u]Jackson[/name_u], etc) still aren’t up there. As parents get more adventurous with naming and the top names are given to fewer kids that they used to (i.e. [name_u]John[/name_u] was the top name in 1922, and [name_u]Liam[/name_u] is the top name now, but there were more babies named [name_u]John[/name_u] then than [name_u]Liam[/name_u] now), it will be interesting to see how lists like this change.

ladyamethyst · July 31, 2022, 3:55am

[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_u]John[/name_u], [name_u]William[/name_u], [name_u]Charles[/name_u], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_u]Jesse[/name_u], [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Philip[/name_m], & [name_m]Vincent[/name_m].

may.rose · July 31, 2022, 5:03am

Taking one from each set:

William
Joshua
Timothy
Eric
Jack
Peter
Walter
Arthur
Logan
Philip

VioletMoon · July 31, 2022, 6:53am

Favorites (in no particular order) [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_u]Joseph[/name_u], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_u]Edward[/name_u], [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], [name_m]Eric[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_u]Christian[/name_u], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_u]Austin[/name_u], [name_u]Jesse[/name_u], [name_u]Sean[/name_u], [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]

Least Favorites: [name_m]Donald[/name_m], [name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_m]Dennis[/name_m], [name_m]Ronald[/name_m], [name_u]Gary[/name_u], [name_m]Stephen[/name_m], [name_u]John[/name_u], [name_m]Gerald[/name_m], [name_m]Harold[/name_m], [name_m]Wayne[/name_m], [name_u]Terry[/name_u], [name_m]Ralph[/name_m], [name_m]Eugene[/name_m], [name_m]Carl[/name_m], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Russell[/name_m], [name_u]Walter[/name_u], [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_m]Albert[/name_m]

regionlatbest · July 31, 2022, 7:25am

favorites:
[name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_u]Timothy[/name_u]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]

I also kind of like:
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_m]Carl[/name_m]
[name_u]Sean[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]

least favorites:
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Donald[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Joe[/name_u]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]

marysia · July 31, 2022, 9:52am

Favourite, least favourite

1-10: [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
11-20: [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], [name_m]Donald[/name_m]
21-30: [name_u]Edward[/name_u], [name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
31-40: [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], [name_u]Gary[/name_u]
41-50: [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_u]Jerry[/name_u]
51-60: [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_u]Kyle[/name_u]
61-70: [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m], [name_m]Keith[/name_m]
71-80: [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_m]Bryan[/name_m]
81-90: [name_m]Alan[/name_m], [name_u]Willie[/name_u]
91-100: [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_u]Randy[/name_u]

coupletoutofrhyme · July 31, 2022, 6:43pm

favorites - james, joshua, george, benjamin, alexander, henry, arthur, philip

least favorites - keith, thomas, richard, scott, gregory, dylan, joe

ashthedreamer · August 1, 2022, 12:52am

Favorites - [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_u]Jack[/name_u], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Philip[/name_m].
Also like - Charles/Charlie, [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m], [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u], [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], [name_m]Albert[/name_m].

ClareCinnamon · August 2, 2022, 6:15am

Popular is automatically tough for me!

[name_u]Jack[/name_u]
WIlliam
*** [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] only because [name_m]Law[/name_m]
[name_u]Tyler[/name_u]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]

[name_m]Law[/name_m] is the only one I’d use.

elanorelle · August 3, 2022, 12:07pm

Favorites: [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_u]Walter[/name_u], [name_m]Roger[/name_m], [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]

Least favorites: [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], Brian/Bryan, [name_m]Brandon[/name_m], [name_u]Jordan[/name_u], [name_u]Logan[/name_u], [name_u]Austin[/name_u], [name_u]Kyle[/name_u], [name_u]Tyler[/name_u], [name_u]Terry[/name_u], [name_u]Jerry[/name_u], [name_u]Gary[/name_u], [name_m]Gerald[/name_m], [name_m]Ronald[/name_m], [name_m]Donald[/name_m], [name_m]Dennis[/name_m], [name_m]Wayne[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m]

sissica77 · August 5, 2022, 1:19am

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite & least favorite from each ranking:

1-10: Michael/Richard
11-20: Andrew/Donald
21-30: Jeffrey/Edward
31-40: Stephen/Gary
41-50: Jack/Frank
51-60: Zachary/Peter
61-70: Noah/Walter
71-80: Dylan/Carl
81-90: Elijah/Willie
91-100: Mason/Eugene