Hailing as the second most common African American last name in the nation Jefferson is also a name that was quite prevalent and popular during the birth of our country.

Popular black last names in the 1920s. In Table A1 this includes such names as GARCIA RODRIQUEZ MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ LOPEZ GONZALEZ and several others. Alfred Advice from elves. For example in the 1920 census 99 of all men with the first name of Booker were black as were 80 of all men named Perlie or its variations.

Redd Foxx 1922. Roscoe Lee Browne 1922. Most Popular African American First Names on FamilyEducation.

Any totals for last names are the number of people with the last name as of the last US census. Muriel Smith 1923. Esther Rolle 1920.

Hazel Scott 1920. These were the most common names from the roaring 20s. Jevonte Kyrone Tamika Shantel.

Many of these names draw inspiration from other origins including French names Arabic names Muslim names and European and Biblical names. Classic names for flappers bootleggers and more. Harold Nicholas 1921.

Dorothy Dandridge 1922. LaWanda Page 1920. Births for first names are taken from births that occurred in the United States after 1879.