United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1900

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 9,828 babies =
  2. 2 William 8,579 babies =
  3. 3 James 7,245 babies =
  4. 4 George 5,403 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 4,098 babies =
  6. 6 Robert 3,821 babies 1
  7. 7 Joseph 3,714 babies 1
  8. 8 Frank 3,477 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 2,720 babies =
  10. 10 Henry 2,606 babies =
  11. 11 Thomas 2,556 babies =
  12. 12 Walter 2,298 babies =
  13. 13 Harry 2,272 babies =
  14. 14 Willie 2,113 babies 4
  15. 15 Arthur 1,853 babies 1
  16. 16 Albert 1,741 babies 1
  17. 17 Fred 1,646 babies 1
  18. 18 Clarence 1,483 babies 1
  19. 19 Paul 1,288 babies 2
  20. 20 Harold 1,245 babies 1
  21. 21 Roy 1,215 babies 1
  22. 22 Joe 1,179 babies 2
  23. 23 Raymond 1,150 babies 1
  24. 24 Richard 1,141 babies 4
  25. 25 Charlie 1,124 babies 6
  26. 26 Louis 1,097 babies =
  27. 27 Jack 1,053 babies 8
  28. 28 Earl 1,037 babies 5
  29. 29 Carl 1,016 babies 4
  30. 30 Ernest 1,012 babies 3
  31. 31 Ralph 896 babies 2
  32. 32 David 883 babies =
  33. 33 Samuel 877 babies 3
  34. 34 Sam 821 babies 10
  35. 35 Howard 779 babies 1
  36. 36 Herbert 751 babies 3
  37. 37 Andrew 718 babies 1
  38. 38 Elmer 699 babies 1
  39. 39 Lee 675 babies 11
  40. 40 Lawrence 659 babies =
  41. 41 Francis 652 babies 3
  42. 42 Alfred 640 babies 1
  43. 43 Will 603 babies 5
  44. 44 Daniel 598 babies 2
  45. 45 Eugene 587 babies =
  46. 46 Leo 570 babies 3
  47. 47 Oscar 563 babies 1
  48. 48 Floyd 555 babies 4
  49. 49 Herman 550 babies =
  50. 50 Jesse 536 babies 3
  51. 51 Michael 495 babies =
  52. 52 Lewis 469 babies 2
  53. 53 Tom 469 babies 14
  54. 54 Leonard 465 babies 6
  55. 55 Ray 457 babies 6
  56. 56 Clyde 451 babies 2
  57. 57 Benjamin 450 babies =
  58. 58 Peter 443 babies 5
  59. 59 Claude 433 babies 4
  60. 60 Lester 431 babies 5
  61. 61 Theodore 429 babies 17
  62. 62 Russell 427 babies 6
  63. 63 Eddie 425 babies 12
  64. 64 Frederick 420 babies 9
  65. 65 Leroy 419 babies 4
  66. 66 Clifford 409 babies 4
  67. 67 Anthony 406 babies 3
  68. 68 Jim 399 babies 3
  69. 69 Jessie 398 babies 1
  70. 70 Martin 383 babies 2
  71. 71 Edgar 374 babies 9
  72. 72 Chester 364 babies 6
  73. 73 Ben 355 babies =
  74. 74 Edwin 350 babies 15
  75. 75 Dewey 345 babies 36
  76. 76 Cecil 344 babies 1
  77. 77 Stanley 342 babies 1
  78. 78 Lloyd 337 babies 10
  79. 79 Donald 328 babies 5
  80. 80 Homer 326 babies 2
  81. 81 Harvey 322 babies 2
  82. 82 Luther 316 babies 1
  83. 83 Norman 316 babies =
  84. 84 Johnnie 313 babies 29
  85. 85 Leon 310 babies 8
  86. 86 Bernard 308 babies 1
  87. 87 Ed 297 babies 14
  88. 88 Hugh 290 babies =
  89. 89 Patrick 285 babies 3
  90. 90 Kenneth 279 babies 3
  91. 91 Leslie 275 babies 5
  92. 92 Victor 269 babies 8
  93. 93 Alexander 260 babies 4
  94. 94 Philip 259 babies 10
  95. 95 Oliver 256 babies 14
  96. 96 Mack 250 babies 14
  97. 97 Horace 244 babies 8
  98. 98 Milton 242 babies 9
  99. 99 Guy 240 babies 9
  100. 100 Everett 237 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 16,705 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 6,342 babies 1
  3. 3 Anna 6,114 babies 1
  4. 4 Margaret 5,304 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 4,765 babies =
  6. 6 Elizabeth 4,096 babies 1
  7. 7 Florence 3,920 babies 1
  8. 8 Ethel 3,896 babies 1
  9. 9 Marie 3,856 babies 1
  10. 10 Lillian 3,414 babies =
  11. 11 Annie 3,324 babies 7
  12. 12 Edna 3,102 babies 1
  13. 13 Emma 3,095 babies =
  14. 14 Alice 3,059 babies 2
  15. 15 Bessie 3,044 babies 4
  16. 16 Bertha 3,019 babies =
  17. 17 Grace 2,942 babies 2
  18. 18 Rose 2,844 babies 3
  19. 19 Clara 2,826 babies 5
  20. 20 Mildred 2,800 babies 3
  21. 21 Gladys 2,733 babies 1
  22. 22 Minnie 2,673 babies 3
  23. 23 Gertrude 2,580 babies =
  24. 24 Pearl 2,512 babies 3
  25. 25 Mabel 2,509 babies 3
  26. 26 Frances 2,495 babies 2
  27. 27 Dorothy 2,491 babies 8
  28. 28 Martha 2,437 babies =
  29. 29 Hazel 2,425 babies 3
  30. 30 Ida 2,285 babies 1
  31. 31 Irene 2,264 babies 3
  32. 32 Myrtle 2,252 babies 2
  33. 33 Eva 2,089 babies 6
  34. 34 Catherine 2,081 babies 2
  35. 35 Louise 2,070 babies 5
  36. 36 Edith 2,068 babies 4
  37. 37 Sarah 2,054 babies 1
  38. 38 Elsie 2,045 babies 5
  39. 39 Esther 2,017 babies 10
  40. 40 Lillie 2,004 babies 5
  41. 41 Agnes 1,914 babies 4
  42. 42 Ella 1,911 babies =
  43. 43 Nellie 1,850 babies 2
  44. 44 Mattie 1,834 babies 4
  45. 45 Laura 1,824 babies 2
  46. 46 Julia 1,766 babies 1
  47. 47 Josephine 1,743 babies 3
  48. 48 Carrie 1,711 babies 2
  49. 49 Viola 1,674 babies 1
  50. 50 Hattie 1,553 babies 3
  51. 51 Ruby 1,540 babies 1
  52. 52 Lena 1,506 babies 3
  53. 53 Jessie 1,422 babies 1
  54. 54 Mae 1,406 babies 5
  55. 55 Cora 1,389 babies 3
  56. 56 Beatrice 1,382 babies =
  57. 57 Alma 1,372 babies 6
  58. 58 Willie 1,351 babies 15
  59. 59 Mamie 1,337 babies 5
  60. 60 Blanche 1,332 babies 5
  61. 61 Lucy 1,246 babies 1
  62. 62 Fannie 1,237 babies 6
  63. 63 Lula 1,237 babies 4
  64. 64 Jennie 1,204 babies 7
  65. 65 Katherine 1,201 babies =
  66. 66 Marion 1,197 babies 3
  67. 67 Lucille 1,182 babies 4
  68. 68 Stella 1,177 babies 6
  69. 69 Rosa 1,118 babies 8
  70. 70 Evelyn 1,116 babies 4
  71. 71 Pauline 1,104 babies 1
  72. 72 Ada 1,101 babies 11
  73. 73 Thelma 1,094 babies 5
  74. 74 Virginia 1,068 babies 1
  75. 75 Maggie 1,045 babies 5
  76. 76 Vera 1,024 babies 7
  77. 77 Maude 1,013 babies 11
  78. 78 Beulah 974 babies 2
  79. 79 Dora 958 babies =
  80. 80 Susie 947 babies 6
  81. 81 Daisy 931 babies 4
  82. 82 Ellen 922 babies 1
  83. 83 Nora 919 babies 3
  84. 84 Sadie 895 babies 2
  85. 85 Leona 825 babies 1
  86. 86 Marguerite 786 babies 3
  87. 87 Georgia 765 babies 12
  88. 88 Eleanor 753 babies 6
  89. 89 Effie 752 babies 1
  90. 90 Della 748 babies 1
  91. 91 May 744 babies 4
  92. 92 Ann 736 babies =
  93. 93 Kathryn 721 babies 5
  94. 94 Nettie 711 babies 5
  95. 95 Olive 705 babies 3
  96. 96 Bernice 702 babies 7
  97. 97 Lottie 690 babies 4
  98. 98 Sallie 676 babies 2
  99. 99 Nancy 673 babies 8
  100. 100 Betty 665 babies 19

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Source: Social Security Administration

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