United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1901

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 6,900 babies =
  2. 2 William 5,990 babies =
  3. 3 James 4,735 babies =
  4. 4 George 3,609 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 3,049 babies =
  6. 6 Joseph 2,766 babies 1
  7. 7 Robert 2,543 babies 1
  8. 8 Frank 2,402 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 1,917 babies =
  10. 10 Henry 1,870 babies =
  11. 11 Thomas 1,820 babies =
  12. 12 Walter 1,718 babies =
  13. 13 Harry 1,594 babies =
  14. 14 Arthur 1,329 babies 1
  15. 15 Albert 1,317 babies 1
  16. 16 Willie 1,294 babies 2
  17. 17 Clarence 1,196 babies 1
  18. 18 Fred 1,133 babies 1
  19. 19 Paul 924 babies =
  20. 20 Roy 917 babies 1
  21. 21 Harold 915 babies 1
  22. 22 Raymond 888 babies 1
  23. 23 Earl 818 babies 5
  24. 24 Carl 817 babies 5
  25. 25 Louis 797 babies 1
  26. 26 Richard 784 babies 2
  27. 27 Joe 756 babies 5
  28. 28 Ernest 691 babies 2
  29. 29 Ralph 682 babies 2
  30. 30 David 672 babies 2
  31. 31 Charlie 654 babies 6
  32. 32 Jack 645 babies 5
  33. 33 Samuel 628 babies =
  34. 34 Howard 584 babies 1
  35. 35 Herbert 573 babies 1
  36. 36 Francis 543 babies 5
  37. 37 Lawrence 535 babies 3
  38. 38 Elmer 520 babies =
  39. 39 Alfred 506 babies 3
  40. 40 Andrew 479 babies 3
  41. 41 Sam 479 babies 7
  42. 42 Leo 456 babies 4
  43. 43 Theodore 450 babies 18
  44. 44 Eugene 445 babies 1
  45. 45 Lee 424 babies 6
  46. 46 Floyd 423 babies 2
  47. 47 Oscar 422 babies =
  48. 48 Daniel 416 babies 4
  49. 49 Jesse 411 babies 1
  50. 50 Russell 395 babies 12
  51. 51 Herman 393 babies 2
  52. 52 Michael 384 babies 1
  53. 53 Will 364 babies 10
  54. 54 Leonard 362 babies =
  55. 55 Clyde 356 babies 1
  56. 56 Benjamin 343 babies 1
  57. 57 Peter 343 babies 1
  58. 58 Claude 341 babies 1
  59. 59 Ray 338 babies 4
  60. 60 Frederick 336 babies 4
  61. 61 Lester 332 babies 1
  62. 62 Anthony 323 babies 5
  63. 63 Lewis 309 babies 11
  64. 64 Martin 304 babies 6
  65. 65 Edwin 299 babies 9
  66. 66 Eddie 296 babies 3
  67. 67 Tom 291 babies 14
  68. 68 Lloyd 285 babies 10
  69. 69 Clifford 282 babies 3
  70. 70 Cecil 278 babies 6
  71. 71 Edgar 271 babies =
  72. 72 Leroy 268 babies 7
  73. 73 Ben 259 babies =
  74. 74 Homer 257 babies 6
  75. 75 Chester 253 babies 3
  76. 76 Harvey 253 babies 5
  77. 77 Donald 250 babies 2
  78. 78 Kenneth 246 babies 12
  79. 79 Luther 244 babies 3
  80. 80 Bernard 242 babies 6
  81. 81 Jim 239 babies 13
  82. 82 Stanley 239 babies 5
  83. 83 Norman 238 babies =
  84. 84 Philip 232 babies 10
  85. 85 Jessie 231 babies 16
  86. 86 Everett 218 babies 14
  87. 87 Leon 208 babies 2
  88. 88 Allen 199 babies 16
  89. 89 Leslie 198 babies 2
  90. 90 Milton 197 babies 8
  91. 91 Hugh 192 babies 3
  92. 92 Oliver 187 babies 3
  93. 93 Patrick 181 babies 4
  94. 94 Glenn 180 babies 24
  95. 95 Alvin 179 babies 10
  96. 96 Horace 178 babies 1
  97. 97 Melvin 176 babies 5
  98. 98 Jacob 172 babies 3
  99. 99 Guy 170 babies =
  100. 100 Victor 169 babies 8

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 13,136 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 5,247 babies =
  3. 3 Anna 4,923 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 4,424 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 3,974 babies =
  6. 6 Elizabeth 3,216 babies =
  7. 7 Marie 3,157 babies 2
  8. 8 Florence 3,131 babies 1
  9. 9 Ethel 3,067 babies 1
  10. 10 Lillian 2,681 babies =
  11. 11 Gladys 2,676 babies 10
  12. 12 Alice 2,562 babies 2
  13. 13 Edna 2,488 babies 1
  14. 14 Mildred 2,424 babies 6
  15. 15 Grace 2,398 babies 2
  16. 16 Annie 2,396 babies 5
  17. 17 Emma 2,374 babies 4
  18. 18 Clara 2,319 babies 1
  19. 19 Bertha 2,257 babies 3
  20. 20 Rose 2,212 babies 2
  21. 21 Bessie 2,183 babies 6
  22. 22 Dorothy 2,173 babies 5
  23. 23 Hazel 2,097 babies 6
  24. 24 Mabel 2,097 babies 1
  25. 25 Frances 2,071 babies 1
  26. 26 Minnie 2,026 babies 4
  27. 27 Gertrude 1,964 babies 4
  28. 28 Myrtle 1,892 babies 4
  29. 29 Martha 1,886 babies 1
  30. 30 Irene 1,879 babies 1
  31. 31 Pearl 1,866 babies 7
  32. 32 Edith 1,863 babies 4
  33. 33 Esther 1,844 babies 6
  34. 34 Ida 1,835 babies 4
  35. 35 Elsie 1,747 babies 3
  36. 36 Louise 1,640 babies 1
  37. 37 Eva 1,617 babies 4
  38. 38 Catherine 1,599 babies 4
  39. 39 Agnes 1,525 babies 2
  40. 40 Sarah 1,514 babies 3
  41. 41 Nellie 1,454 babies 2
  42. 42 Ella 1,435 babies =
  43. 43 Josephine 1,434 babies 4
  44. 44 Laura 1,402 babies 1
  45. 45 Lillie 1,382 babies 5
  46. 46 Julia 1,362 babies =
  47. 47 Viola 1,331 babies 2
  48. 48 Carrie 1,247 babies =
  49. 49 Ruby 1,225 babies 2
  50. 50 Mattie 1,224 babies 6
  51. 51 Lena 1,216 babies 1
  52. 52 Alma 1,195 babies 5
  53. 53 Beatrice 1,183 babies 3
  54. 54 Mae 1,140 babies =
  55. 55 Jessie 1,116 babies 2
  56. 56 Hattie 1,106 babies 6
  57. 57 Thelma 1,090 babies 16
  58. 58 Cora 1,027 babies 3
  59. 59 Blanche 1,025 babies 1
  60. 60 Mamie 992 babies 1
  61. 61 Lucy 979 babies =
  62. 62 Evelyn 966 babies 8
  63. 63 Marion 963 babies 3
  64. 64 Pauline 938 babies 7
  65. 65 Stella 928 babies 3
  66. 66 Ada 913 babies 6
  67. 67 Lula 905 babies 4
  68. 68 Willie 901 babies 10
  69. 69 Jennie 898 babies 5
  70. 70 Lucille 894 babies 3
  71. 71 Katherine 890 babies 6
  72. 72 Fannie 873 babies 10
  73. 73 Vera 860 babies 3
  74. 74 Beulah 859 babies 4
  75. 75 Rosa 845 babies 6
  76. 76 Virginia 825 babies 2
  77. 77 Maude 819 babies =
  78. 78 Leona 779 babies 7
  79. 79 Dora 768 babies =
  80. 80 Maggie 746 babies 5
  81. 81 Nora 727 babies 2
  82. 82 Ellen 711 babies =
  83. 83 Marguerite 699 babies 3
  84. 84 Eleanor 686 babies 4
  85. 85 Sadie 676 babies 1
  86. 86 Bernice 660 babies 10
  87. 87 Daisy 653 babies 6
  88. 88 Susie 650 babies 8
  89. 89 Ann 634 babies 3
  90. 90 Kathryn 620 babies 3
  91. 91 Violet 611 babies 18
  92. 92 Hilda 574 babies 9
  93. 93 Nettie 562 babies 1
  94. 94 Theresa 554 babies 8
  95. 95 May 550 babies 4
  96. 96 Georgia 549 babies 9
  97. 97 Effie 545 babies 8
  98. 98 Olive 539 babies 3
  99. 99 Emily 537 babies 6
  100. 100 Della 534 babies 10

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Source: Social Security Administration

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