The lists below also include names of African Dutch Afrikaans Akan Amharic Bantu Berber Chewa Egyptian Eritrea Ganda Geez Hausa Igbo Kikuyu Lesotho Luhya Luo Ndebele Nigerian Shona Swahili Tswana Urhobo Xhosa Yoruba Zimbabwe and Zulu origins.

Most common african american names 1920. While James William Elizabeth and Evelyn remain popular today others like Gladys Mildred and Howard arent seen on many new birth certificates a century later. Even today the most popular names John Michael James etc are not racially distinctive. This might come as a surprise to you as its not always a surname thats stereotyped.

According to US census records Williams is the 16th most common last name associated with African Americans. Among the Top 1920-1929 baby boy names in the US Jackie 1258 Betty 1249 Zane 1238 Harding 1203 Ramiro 1112 Hoover 1101 Lindy 1063 Kevin 1001 Brian 989 and Marlyn 970 rose the most in. For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name.

Smith Youve got to have heard of Smith. Rounding out the Top 40 here are the next 30 most common names among African-Americans and Caribbean people. Today the most common African American surnames are still Williams Johnson Smith and Jones according to the 2000 US.

While fodder for comedians and social commentary many. For many years Williams has remained a common surname for a person of African American descent. Top American girls names of the 1920s She doesnt have to be a flapper to make one of these cute names popular again -- Margaret Evelyn Irene Marjorie Lillian Patricia Josephine Norma.

Taylor Jayceon Terrel Taylor The Game Wilson Charlie Wilson Moore Shemar Moore White Barry White. Kofi Siriboe American actor. Kofi Kingston Ghanaian-American wrestler Peak Popularity.

But their analysis is restricted to the most popular names overall. Good life one precious have leader his will strong independent gods warrior you nice african princess people pretty special king sweet woman loyal goddess being gift peace born spirit beauty kind heaven strength blessed flower light loving blessing unique god joy intelligent. Johnson There are almost 2 million black people with this last name.