United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1908

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 9,343 babies =
  2. 2 William 7,529 babies =
  3. 3 James 7,012 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,584 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 4,219 babies =
  6. 6 Joseph 4,162 babies 1
  7. 7 Charles 3,929 babies 1
  8. 8 Frank 3,146 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 2,707 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 2,301 babies 1
  11. 11 Henry 2,283 babies 1
  12. 12 Walter 2,192 babies =
  13. 13 Willie 1,964 babies =
  14. 14 Harry 1,934 babies =
  15. 15 Albert 1,642 babies =
  16. 16 Arthur 1,601 babies =
  17. 17 Harold 1,542 babies =
  18. 18 Paul 1,478 babies 2
  19. 19 Clarence 1,428 babies 1
  20. 20 Fred 1,381 babies 1
  21. 21 Raymond 1,381 babies =
  22. 22 Louis 1,317 babies 3
  23. 23 Richard 1,244 babies 1
  24. 24 Joe 1,209 babies 1
  25. 25 Ralph 1,138 babies 4
  26. 26 Roy 1,097 babies 2
  27. 27 Jack 1,086 babies 1
  28. 28 Howard 1,078 babies 5
  29. 29 Carl 1,074 babies 2
  30. 30 David 1,015 babies 1
  31. 31 Ernest 1,000 babies 1
  32. 32 Earl 999 babies 4
  33. 33 Samuel 960 babies 1
  34. 34 Francis 853 babies 3
  35. 35 Lawrence 815 babies 1
  36. 36 Herbert 759 babies 3
  37. 37 Charlie 740 babies 2
  38. 38 Alfred 739 babies 2
  39. 39 Andrew 722 babies 1
  40. 40 Kenneth 692 babies 7
  41. 41 Anthony 690 babies 5
  42. 42 Elmer 689 babies 3
  43. 43 Eugene 689 babies 2
  44. 44 Michael 688 babies 4
  45. 45 Donald 664 babies 1
  46. 46 Sam 644 babies 3
  47. 47 Theodore 643 babies 9
  48. 48 Leonard 614 babies 3
  49. 49 Leo 584 babies 7
  50. 50 Herman 562 babies 1
  51. 51 Lee 553 babies 3
  52. 52 Stanley 547 babies 3
  53. 53 Peter 541 babies 8
  54. 54 Daniel 530 babies 2
  55. 55 Floyd 529 babies 2
  56. 56 Leroy 523 babies 6
  57. 57 Russell 523 babies =
  58. 58 Clifford 515 babies 7
  59. 59 Clyde 511 babies 3
  60. 60 Lester 509 babies 2
  61. 61 Lewis 489 babies 5
  62. 62 Jesse 482 babies 1
  63. 63 Benjamin 480 babies 1
  64. 64 Edwin 477 babies 2
  65. 65 Oscar 476 babies 6
  66. 66 Chester 461 babies 1
  67. 67 Ray 446 babies 7
  68. 68 Frederick 438 babies =
  69. 69 Claude 428 babies 5
  70. 70 Bernard 414 babies 3
  71. 71 Eddie 413 babies 1
  72. 72 Cecil 397 babies 3
  73. 73 Lloyd 394 babies 1
  74. 74 Norman 374 babies 1
  75. 75 Melvin 366 babies 3
  76. 76 Edgar 360 babies 5
  77. 77 Jessie 355 babies 6
  78. 78 Ben 353 babies 4
  79. 79 Milton 346 babies 10
  80. 80 Homer 340 babies 4
  81. 81 Tom 340 babies 2
  82. 82 Harvey 339 babies 5
  83. 83 Martin 331 babies 4
  84. 84 Leon 327 babies 4
  85. 85 Johnnie 321 babies 1
  86. 86 Philip 319 babies 10
  87. 87 Marvin 311 babies =
  88. 88 Victor 308 babies 12
  89. 89 Alvin 307 babies 10
  90. 90 Everett 294 babies 2
  91. 91 Luther 292 babies =
  92. 92 Allen 287 babies 7
  93. 93 Vernon 285 babies 16
  94. 94 Stephen 280 babies 1
  95. 95 Leslie 279 babies 1
  96. 96 Will 274 babies 1
  97. 97 Gerald 270 babies 5
  98. 98 Morris 269 babies 2
  99. 99 Julius 263 babies 6
  100. 100 Virgil 258 babies 7

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 18,665 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 8,439 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 6,976 babies =
  4. 4 Ruth 6,180 babies 1
  5. 5 Anna 5,860 babies 1
  6. 6 Dorothy 5,703 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 4,904 babies =
  8. 8 Mildred 4,624 babies =
  9. 9 Alice 4,270 babies =
  10. 10 Marie 4,076 babies =
  11. 11 Florence 3,883 babies =
  12. 12 Ethel 3,786 babies =
  13. 13 Lillian 3,634 babies =
  14. 14 Frances 3,593 babies 2
  15. 15 Gladys 3,580 babies 1
  16. 16 Rose 3,382 babies 1
  17. 17 Edna 3,365 babies 2
  18. 18 Louise 2,937 babies 3
  19. 19 Grace 2,901 babies 1
  20. 20 Evelyn 2,857 babies 2
  21. 21 Annie 2,820 babies 2
  22. 22 Catherine 2,750 babies 3
  23. 23 Irene 2,732 babies 1
  24. 24 Hazel 2,698 babies 1
  25. 25 Gertrude 2,562 babies 1
  26. 26 Thelma 2,526 babies 2
  27. 27 Edith 2,410 babies 5
  28. 28 Josephine 2,389 babies 5
  29. 29 Bertha 2,384 babies 3
  30. 30 Emma 2,357 babies 3
  31. 31 Clara 2,352 babies 2
  32. 32 Martha 2,324 babies 1
  33. 33 Ruby 2,229 babies 1
  34. 34 Bessie 2,201 babies 4
  35. 35 Virginia 2,195 babies 6
  36. 36 Esther 2,187 babies 1
  37. 37 Mabel 2,096 babies 1
  38. 38 Lucille 2,080 babies 7
  39. 39 Pearl 2,075 babies 4
  40. 40 Beatrice 1,997 babies 4
  41. 41 Elsie 1,983 babies 2
  42. 42 Viola 1,964 babies 5
  43. 43 Ida 1,952 babies 5
  44. 44 Myrtle 1,952 babies 5
  45. 45 Agnes 1,934 babies 1
  46. 46 Eva 1,930 babies 4
  47. 47 Minnie 1,817 babies 7
  48. 48 Sarah 1,814 babies =
  49. 49 Nellie 1,757 babies 1
  50. 50 Julia 1,749 babies 1
  51. 51 Pauline 1,702 babies 1
  52. 52 Laura 1,558 babies 1
  53. 53 Alma 1,474 babies 5
  54. 54 Lillie 1,471 babies 1
  55. 55 Katherine 1,430 babies =
  56. 56 Ella 1,428 babies 2
  57. 57 Mae 1,384 babies =
  58. 58 Jessie 1,382 babies 2
  59. 59 Willie 1,371 babies 3
  60. 60 Mattie 1,364 babies 1
  61. 61 Bernice 1,363 babies 4
  62. 62 Ann 1,354 babies =
  63. 63 Marion 1,349 babies =
  64. 64 Lena 1,331 babies =
  65. 65 Eleanor 1,302 babies 2
  66. 66 Carrie 1,239 babies 5
  67. 67 Stella 1,216 babies 3
  68. 68 Vera 1,204 babies 1
  69. 69 Blanche 1,162 babies 3
  70. 70 Doris 1,155 babies 6
  71. 71 Hattie 1,137 babies =
  72. 72 Betty 1,128 babies 5
  73. 73 Leona 1,118 babies 1
  74. 74 Lucy 1,118 babies 6
  75. 75 Anne 1,088 babies 4
  76. 76 Fannie 1,085 babies 2
  77. 77 Kathryn 1,058 babies 11
  78. 78 Jennie 1,038 babies =
  79. 79 Mamie 1,028 babies 4
  80. 80 Lois 1,023 babies 5
  81. 81 Violet 1,017 babies =
  82. 82 Beulah 1,015 babies 9
  83. 83 Cora 962 babies 3
  84. 84 Opal 955 babies 2
  85. 85 Marjorie 942 babies 8
  86. 86 Rosa 941 babies 4
  87. 87 Ada 922 babies 4
  88. 88 Marguerite 913 babies 1
  89. 89 Lula 892 babies 5
  90. 90 Velma 860 babies =
  91. 91 Jean 852 babies 5
  92. 92 Ellen 848 babies 3
  93. 93 Dora 806 babies 1
  94. 94 Theresa 795 babies 5
  95. 95 Maggie 772 babies 4
  96. 96 Sadie 770 babies 1
  97. 97 Georgia 768 babies 5
  98. 98 Charlotte 766 babies 7
  99. 99 Daisy 765 babies 1
  100. 100 Inez 757 babies 2

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Source: Social Security Administration

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