In 1900 the most common boys name was John and there were about 50 Johns for every 1000 births.

Most common first male name in usa. Now the tricky bit. For boys the most-used first. The least-used first letter was U.

Common names are those most often found among the total population or for a certain period of time as opposed to those popular for babies born in any one year. The name game. Census of 1850.

The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1921-2020. These are the most popular given names of newborns in the United States for all years of the 2000s. These are the 100 most common names for males in the US in the past century with James at the top of the list followed by John Robert Michael and William.

Over the last 100 years the male name Michael has held the top spot most often 44 times while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 35 times over those years. Jacob has been the 1 most popular boys name in the USA for something like 13 or 14 years running and each year the number of Jacobs born per 1000 births is. These are the most common first names of criminals.

Top 100 names from around the world Penpal Statistics Students of the World. For girls the most-used first letter was A followed by E and M. Common names are not the same as popular names.

20 rows a b Every year the United States Social Securitys Office of the Chief Actuary publishes a. Both of those names top the list of the most common names of criminals in. We turned those numbers on first names.