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Top Baby Names 1900's


Most Popular Names of the 1900s
  Male Female
Rank Name Number Percent Name Number Percent
1 John 84,608 5.7648 Mary 161,451 5.1988
2 William 69,341 4.7246 Helen 69,399 2.2347
3 James 62,183 4.2369 Margaret 57,905 1.8646
4 George 43,590 2.9700 Anna 54,896 1.7677
5 Charles 36,196 2.4662 Ruth 50,991 1.6419
6 Robert 35,879 2.4446 Elizabeth 41,697 1.3427
7 Joseph 35,177 2.3968 Dorothy 39,105 1.2592
8 Frank 29,051 1.9794 Marie 37,081 1.1940
9 Edward 24,511 1.6701 Florence 36,171 1.1647
10 Thomas 21,789 1.4846 Mildred 36,154 1.1642
11 Henry 21,769 1.4832 Alice 35,224 1.1342
12 Walter 19,991 1.3621 Ethel 34,857 1.1224
13 Harry 17,903 1.2198 Lillian 32,511 1.0469
14 Willie 17,751 1.2095 Gladys 30,277 0.9749
15 Arthur 15,408 1.0498 Edna 29,827 0.9604
16 Albert 15,321 1.0439 Frances 28,492 0.9175
17 Clarence 13,570 0.9246 Rose 28,085 0.9044
18 Fred 13,072 0.8907 Annie 27,742 0.8933
19 Harold 12,794 0.8717 Grace 26,918 0.8668
20 Paul 12,641 0.8613 Bertha 24,242 0.7806
21 Raymond 11,650 0.7938 Emma 24,165 0.7781
22 Richard 10,697 0.7288 Bessie 23,980 0.7722
23 Roy 10,632 0.7244 Clara 23,889 0.7692
24 Joe 10,466 0.7131 Hazel 23,793 0.7661
25 Louis 10,372 0.7067 Irene 23,650 0.7615
26 Carl 9,864 0.6721 Gertrude 23,600 0.7599
27 Ralph 9,302 0.6338 Louise 22,853 0.7359
28 Earl 9,252 0.6304 Catherine 22,002 0.7085
29 Jack 9,230 0.6289 Martha 21,740 0.7000
30 Ernest 8,655 0.5897 Mabel 21,614 0.6960
31 David 8,641 0.5888 Pearl 20,911 0.6733
32 Samuel 8,151 0.5554 Edith 20,880 0.6723
33 Howard 8,017 0.5462 Esther 20,016 0.6445
34 Charlie 7,928 0.5402 Minnie 19,709 0.6346
35 Francis 7,021 0.4784 Myrtle 19,689 0.6340
36 Herbert 6,958 0.4741 Ida 18,861 0.6073
37 Lawrence 6,850 0.4667 Josephine 18,785 0.6049
38 Theodore 6,490 0.4422 Evelyn 18,598 0.5989
39 Alfred 6,355 0.4330 Elsie 18,452 0.5942
40 Andrew 6,280 0.4279 Eva 18,353 0.5910
41 Sam 6,161 0.4198 Thelma 18,258 0.5879
42 Elmer 6,157 0.4195 Ruby 18,165 0.5849
43 Eugene 5,910 0.4027 Agnes 17,614 0.5672
44 Leo 5,630 0.3836 Sarah 17,343 0.5585
45 Michael 5,230 0.3563 Viola 16,551 0.5330
46 Lee 5,156 0.3513 Nellie 16,335 0.5260
47 Herman 5,064 0.3450 Beatrice 16,277 0.5241
48 Anthony 5,042 0.3435 Julia 16,103 0.5185
49 Daniel 5,040 0.3434 Laura 15,530 0.5001
50 Leonard 5,023 0.3422 Lillie 15,386 0.4954
51 Floyd 4,966 0.3384 Lucille 15,031 0.4840
52 Donald 4,639 0.3161 Ella 14,753 0.4751
53 Kenneth 4,582 0.3122 Virginia 14,535 0.4680
54 Jesse 4,559 0.3106 Mattie 13,835 0.4455
55 Russell 4,555 0.3104 Pauline 13,304 0.4284
56 Clyde 4,527 0.3084 Carrie 13,133 0.4229
57 Oscar 4,516 0.3077 Alma 13,088 0.4214
58 Peter 4,374 0.2980 Jessie 12,752 0.4106
59 Lester 4,360 0.2971 Mae 12,705 0.4091
60 Leroy 4,301 0.2931 Lena 12,700 0.4089
61 Ray 4,260 0.2903 Willie 12,352 0.3977
62 Stanley 4,155 0.2831 Katherine 12,102 0.3897
63 Clifford 4,052 0.2761 Blanche 11,723 0.3775
64 Lewis 4,043 0.2755 Hattie 11,714 0.3772
65 Benjamin 4,010 0.2732 Marion 11,709 0.3770
66 Edwin 3,959 0.2697 Lucy 11,018 0.3548
67 Frederick 3,902 0.2659 Stella 11,009 0.3545
68 Chester 3,790 0.2582 Mamie 10,612 0.3417
69 Claude 3,704 0.2524 Vera 10,452 0.3366
70 Eddie 3,697 0.2519 Cora 10,370 0.3339
71 Cecil 3,610 0.2460 Fannie 10,342 0.3330
72 Lloyd 3,506 0.2389 Eleanor 10,018 0.3226
73 Jessie 3,376 0.2300 Bernice 10,002 0.3221
74 Martin 3,346 0.2280 Jennie 9,985 0.3215
75 Bernard 3,297 0.2246 Ann 9,924 0.3196
76 Tom 3,294 0.2244 Leona 9,843 0.3170
77 Will 3,247 0.2212 Beulah 9,712 0.3127
78 Norman 3,174 0.2163 Lula 9,516 0.3064
79 Edgar 3,153 0.2148 Rosa 9,292 0.2992
80 Harvey 3,105 0.2116 Ada 9,119 0.2936
81 Ben 3,027 0.2062 Ellen 8,337 0.2685
82 Homer 2,915 0.1986 Kathryn 8,331 0.2683
83 Luther 2,867 0.1953 Maggie 8,288 0.2669
84 Leon 2,864 0.1951 Doris 8,251 0.2657
85 Melvin 2,839 0.1934 Dora 8,011 0.2580
86 Philip 2,818 0.1920 Betty 7,926 0.2552
87 Johnnie 2,776 0.1891 Marguerite 7,916 0.2549
88 Jim 2,717 0.1851 Violet 7,839 0.2524
89 Milton 2,692 0.1834 Lois 7,689 0.2476
90 Everett 2,595 0.1768 Daisy 7,686 0.2475
91 Allen 2,559 0.1744 Anne 7,610 0.2450
92 Leslie 2,531 0.1725 Sadie 7,459 0.2402
93 Alvin 2,483 0.1692 Susie 7,310 0.2354
94 Victor 2,445 0.1666 Nora 7,170 0.2309
95 Marvin 2,321 0.1581 Georgia 7,145 0.2301
96 Stephen 2,250 0.1533 Maude 7,141 0.2299
97 Alexander 2,230 0.1519 Marjorie 7,022 0.2261
98 Jacob 2,191 0.1493 Opal 6,790 0.2186
99 Hugh 2,176 0.1483 Hilda 6,780 0.2183
100 Patrick 2,144 0.1461 Velma 6,557 0.2111