United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1905

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 8,059 babies =
  2. 2 William 6,495 babies =
  3. 3 James 6,042 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,256 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 3,608 babies 1
  6. 6 Robert 3,410 babies 1
  7. 7 Joseph 3,302 babies =
  8. 8 Frank 2,837 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 2,366 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 2,135 babies 1
  11. 11 Henry 2,126 babies 1
  12. 12 Walter 1,902 babies =
  13. 13 Willie 1,782 babies 1
  14. 14 Harry 1,619 babies 1
  15. 15 Albert 1,532 babies 1
  16. 16 Arthur 1,505 babies 1
  17. 17 Clarence 1,377 babies =
  18. 18 Fred 1,284 babies =
  19. 19 Paul 1,262 babies =
  20. 20 Harold 1,258 babies =
  21. 21 Raymond 1,159 babies 1
  22. 22 Richard 1,033 babies 2
  23. 23 Joe 1,024 babies =
  24. 24 Roy 1,016 babies 3
  25. 25 Louis 981 babies 1
  26. 26 Carl 959 babies 1
  27. 27 Ralph 938 babies 1
  28. 28 Jack 907 babies 1
  29. 29 Earl 904 babies =
  30. 30 Samuel 856 babies 4
  31. 31 Ernest 845 babies 1
  32. 32 David 838 babies 1
  33. 33 Theodore 834 babies 3
  34. 34 Charlie 801 babies 1
  35. 35 Howard 735 babies =
  36. 36 Francis 685 babies =
  37. 37 Herbert 681 babies =
  38. 38 Lawrence 669 babies =
  39. 39 Sam 620 babies 1
  40. 40 Andrew 619 babies 3
  41. 41 Elmer 602 babies 2
  42. 42 Eugene 593 babies 2
  43. 43 Alfred 591 babies 2
  44. 44 Floyd 523 babies 8
  45. 45 Michael 513 babies 5
  46. 46 Leo 512 babies 4
  47. 47 Leonard 495 babies 1
  48. 48 Anthony 490 babies 8
  49. 49 Lee 486 babies 4
  50. 50 Daniel 484 babies 1
  51. 51 Herman 475 babies 4
  52. 52 Clyde 474 babies 1
  53. 53 Kenneth 474 babies 4
  54. 54 Jesse 443 babies 1
  55. 55 Leroy 441 babies 5
  56. 56 Oscar 436 babies 2
  57. 57 Lester 432 babies 4
  58. 58 Russell 432 babies 10
  59. 59 Donald 425 babies 1
  60. 60 Ray 424 babies 5
  61. 61 Clifford 420 babies 5
  62. 62 Peter 409 babies =
  63. 63 Claude 399 babies 7
  64. 64 Chester 388 babies 5
  65. 65 Lewis 384 babies 6
  66. 66 Stanley 384 babies 1
  67. 67 Frederick 381 babies 4
  68. 68 Benjamin 379 babies =
  69. 69 Lloyd 369 babies 4
  70. 70 Edwin 357 babies 6
  71. 71 Norman 350 babies 6
  72. 72 Cecil 347 babies 5
  73. 73 Eddie 346 babies 2
  74. 74 Jessie 338 babies 2
  75. 75 Martin 332 babies 4
  76. 76 Homer 318 babies 11
  77. 77 Tom 317 babies 3
  78. 78 Edgar 315 babies 2
  79. 79 Luther 308 babies 3
  80. 80 Milton 299 babies 13
  81. 81 Johnnie 297 babies 3
  82. 82 Bernard 292 babies 10
  83. 83 Melvin 291 babies 9
  84. 84 Ben 290 babies 1
  85. 85 Harvey 286 babies 6
  86. 86 Will 286 babies 5
  87. 87 Leon 274 babies 3
  88. 88 Allen 272 babies 8
  89. 89 Everett 270 babies 6
  90. 90 Victor 268 babies 8
  91. 91 Roosevelt 264 babies 3
  92. 92 Alvin 258 babies 4
  93. 93 Stephen 246 babies 24
  94. 94 Leslie 237 babies 3
  95. 95 Jim 236 babies 10
  96. 96 Philip 234 babies 10
  97. 97 Virgil 226 babies 3
  98. 98 Jacob 220 babies 9
  99. 99 Otis 216 babies 16
  100. 100 Marvin 215 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 16,067 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 6,811 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 5,690 babies 1
  4. 4 Anna 5,424 babies 1
  5. 5 Ruth 5,068 babies =
  6. 6 Elizabeth 4,121 babies =
  7. 7 Dorothy 3,937 babies 3
  8. 8 Mildred 3,758 babies 1
  9. 9 Marie 3,643 babies 2
  10. 10 Alice 3,610 babies 3
  11. 11 Florence 3,478 babies 3
  12. 12 Ethel 3,401 babies 1
  13. 13 Lillian 3,185 babies 1
  14. 14 Gladys 2,996 babies =
  15. 15 Edna 2,953 babies =
  16. 16 Frances 2,887 babies =
  17. 17 Annie 2,793 babies =
  18. 18 Rose 2,724 babies =
  19. 19 Grace 2,630 babies =
  20. 20 Bessie 2,446 babies 1
  21. 21 Bertha 2,434 babies 1
  22. 22 Clara 2,397 babies 2
  23. 23 Louise 2,367 babies 5
  24. 24 Irene 2,357 babies 2
  25. 25 Hazel 2,351 babies 2
  26. 26 Emma 2,298 babies 4
  27. 27 Gertrude 2,276 babies 2
  28. 28 Catherine 2,198 babies 3
  29. 29 Mabel 2,178 babies 2
  30. 30 Edith 2,137 babies 3
  31. 31 Pearl 2,108 babies 1
  32. 32 Martha 2,091 babies 3
  33. 33 Myrtle 2,026 babies 1
  34. 34 Esther 1,993 babies 2
  35. 35 Minnie 1,950 babies =
  36. 36 Thelma 1,945 babies 1
  37. 37 Josephine 1,894 babies 3
  38. 38 Ruby 1,885 babies 3
  39. 39 Eva 1,815 babies 3
  40. 40 Elsie 1,811 babies 1
  41. 41 Sarah 1,762 babies 2
  42. 42 Ida 1,757 babies 4
  43. 43 Agnes 1,718 babies 1
  44. 44 Viola 1,697 babies 2
  45. 45 Beatrice 1,661 babies =
  46. 46 Evelyn 1,661 babies 4
  47. 47 Julia 1,642 babies 2
  48. 48 Nellie 1,626 babies 4
  49. 49 Laura 1,566 babies 2
  50. 50 Lucille 1,533 babies 3
  51. 51 Lillie 1,481 babies =
  52. 52 Ella 1,438 babies 4
  53. 53 Virginia 1,394 babies 6
  54. 54 Pauline 1,381 babies 2
  55. 55 Mattie 1,371 babies 3
  56. 56 Alma 1,333 babies 1
  57. 57 Jessie 1,315 babies 3
  58. 58 Carrie 1,288 babies 4
  59. 59 Willie 1,285 babies 2
  60. 60 Mae 1,284 babies 2
  61. 61 Lena 1,258 babies 4
  62. 62 Hattie 1,197 babies 2
  63. 63 Blanche 1,190 babies 1
  64. 64 Katherine 1,190 babies 1
  65. 65 Marion 1,141 babies =
  66. 66 Lucy 1,132 babies =
  67. 67 Stella 1,097 babies 1
  68. 68 Fannie 1,085 babies 5
  69. 69 Leona 1,082 babies =
  70. 70 Mamie 1,068 babies 3
  71. 71 Vera 1,053 babies =
  72. 72 Cora 1,044 babies 2
  73. 73 Eleanor 1,041 babies 7
  74. 74 Bernice 1,032 babies 1
  75. 75 Ann 996 babies 3
  76. 76 Jennie 981 babies 2
  77. 77 Beulah 968 babies 5
  78. 78 Lula 963 babies 1
  79. 79 Rosa 922 babies 3
  80. 80 Ada 873 babies 1
  81. 81 Ellen 845 babies 3
  82. 82 Violet 831 babies 5
  83. 83 Doris 812 babies 5
  84. 84 Maggie 809 babies 3
  85. 85 Betty 807 babies 6
  86. 86 Kathryn 788 babies 3
  87. 87 Daisy 776 babies 2
  88. 88 Lois 763 babies 2
  89. 89 Dora 757 babies 7
  90. 90 Marguerite 753 babies 4
  91. 91 Sadie 750 babies 1
  92. 92 Nora 742 babies 1
  93. 93 Susie 739 babies 2
  94. 94 Georgia 722 babies 5
  95. 95 Velma 722 babies 6
  96. 96 Marjorie 712 babies =
  97. 97 Maude 709 babies 11
  98. 98 Anne 708 babies 1
  99. 99 Opal 702 babies 1
  100. 100 Emily 683 babies 3

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Source: Social Security Administration

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