United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1909

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 9,590 babies =
  2. 2 William 7,913 babies =
  3. 3 James 7,595 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,688 babies =
  5. 5 Robert 4,563 babies =
  6. 6 Joseph 4,348 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 4,029 babies =
  8. 8 Frank 3,244 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 2,935 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 2,468 babies =
  11. 11 Henry 2,411 babies =
  12. 12 Walter 2,287 babies =
  13. 13 Willie 2,175 babies =
  14. 14 Harry 1,924 babies =
  15. 15 Albert 1,816 babies =
  16. 16 Harold 1,725 babies 1
  17. 17 Paul 1,676 babies 1
  18. 18 Arthur 1,665 babies 2
  19. 19 Clarence 1,518 babies =
  20. 20 Raymond 1,441 babies 1
  21. 21 Richard 1,427 babies 2
  22. 22 Fred 1,355 babies 2
  23. 23 Joe 1,292 babies 1
  24. 24 Louis 1,231 babies 2
  25. 25 Carl 1,215 babies 4
  26. 26 Howard 1,166 babies 2
  27. 27 Jack 1,150 babies =
  28. 28 Roy 1,135 babies 2
  29. 29 David 1,094 babies 1
  30. 30 Ralph 1,091 babies 5
  31. 31 Earl 1,007 babies 1
  32. 32 Samuel 983 babies 1
  33. 33 Francis 886 babies 1
  34. 34 Ernest 885 babies 3
  35. 35 Lawrence 854 babies =
  36. 36 Charlie 833 babies 1
  37. 37 Herbert 831 babies 1
  38. 38 Andrew 766 babies 1
  39. 39 Alfred 763 babies 1
  40. 40 Anthony 758 babies 1
  41. 41 Kenneth 746 babies 1
  42. 42 Donald 725 babies 3
  43. 43 Eugene 724 babies =
  44. 44 Sam 700 babies 2
  45. 45 Elmer 687 babies 3
  46. 46 Leonard 665 babies 2
  47. 47 Michael 635 babies 3
  48. 48 Herman 618 babies 2
  49. 49 Leo 609 babies =
  50. 50 Stanley 607 babies 2
  51. 51 Theodore 595 babies 4
  52. 52 Lee 584 babies 1
  53. 53 Floyd 570 babies 2
  54. 54 Daniel 569 babies =
  55. 55 Leroy 568 babies 1
  56. 56 Peter 539 babies 3
  57. 57 Clifford 536 babies 1
  58. 58 Russell 528 babies 1
  59. 59 Jesse 517 babies 3
  60. 60 Clyde 516 babies 1
  61. 61 Lester 501 babies 1
  62. 62 Edwin 492 babies 2
  63. 63 Benjamin 489 babies =
  64. 64 Frederick 477 babies 4
  65. 65 Lewis 477 babies 4
  66. 66 Chester 475 babies =
  67. 67 Ray 475 babies =
  68. 68 Bernard 463 babies 2
  69. 69 Eddie 462 babies 2
  70. 70 Oscar 459 babies 5
  71. 71 Melvin 448 babies 4
  72. 72 Cecil 432 babies =
  73. 73 Jessie 432 babies 4
  74. 74 Claude 419 babies 5
  75. 75 Norman 415 babies 1
  76. 76 Lloyd 412 babies 3
  77. 77 Johnnie 401 babies 8
  78. 78 Philip 395 babies 8
  79. 79 Martin 391 babies 4
  80. 80 Leon 377 babies 4
  81. 81 Milton 369 babies 2
  82. 82 Alvin 363 babies 7
  83. 83 Harvey 361 babies 1
  84. 84 Ben 358 babies 6
  85. 85 Marvin 354 babies 2
  86. 86 Edgar 347 babies 10
  87. 87 Luther 347 babies 4
  88. 88 Tom 340 babies 7
  89. 89 Victor 320 babies 1
  90. 90 Everett 314 babies =
  91. 91 Stephen 314 babies 3
  92. 92 Homer 313 babies 12
  93. 93 Allen 312 babies 1
  94. 94 Morris 305 babies 4
  95. 95 Gerald 301 babies 2
  96. 96 Leslie 292 babies 1
  97. 97 Vernon 284 babies 4
  98. 98 Julius 269 babies 1
  99. 99 Otis 267 babies 6
  100. 100 Will 267 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 19,259 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 9,250 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 7,358 babies =
  4. 4 Ruth 6,509 babies =
  5. 5 Dorothy 6,253 babies 1
  6. 6 Anna 5,804 babies 1
  7. 7 Elizabeth 5,176 babies =
  8. 8 Mildred 5,054 babies =
  9. 9 Marie 4,301 babies 1
  10. 10 Alice 4,170 babies 1
  11. 11 Florence 3,789 babies =
  12. 12 Frances 3,780 babies 2
  13. 13 Ethel 3,661 babies 1
  14. 14 Lillian 3,596 babies 1
  15. 15 Gladys 3,538 babies =
  16. 16 Edna 3,429 babies 1
  17. 17 Rose 3,374 babies 1
  18. 18 Evelyn 3,157 babies 2
  19. 19 Louise 3,019 babies 1
  20. 20 Irene 2,961 babies 3
  21. 21 Grace 2,912 babies 2
  22. 22 Annie 2,904 babies 1
  23. 23 Catherine 2,897 babies 1
  24. 24 Hazel 2,708 babies =
  25. 25 Gertrude 2,622 babies =
  26. 26 Thelma 2,612 babies =
  27. 27 Ruby 2,524 babies 6
  28. 28 Martha 2,510 babies 4
  29. 29 Bertha 2,444 babies =
  30. 30 Virginia 2,420 babies 5
  31. 31 Josephine 2,416 babies 3
  32. 32 Clara 2,403 babies 1
  33. 33 Edith 2,371 babies 6
  34. 34 Emma 2,338 babies 4
  35. 35 Bessie 2,276 babies 1
  36. 36 Lucille 2,192 babies 2
  37. 37 Esther 2,185 babies 1
  38. 38 Beatrice 2,105 babies 2
  39. 39 Elsie 2,064 babies 2
  40. 40 Pearl 2,048 babies 1
  41. 41 Mabel 2,007 babies 4
  42. 42 Agnes 1,974 babies 3
  43. 43 Myrtle 1,950 babies 1
  44. 44 Ida 1,943 babies 1
  45. 45 Julia 1,931 babies 5
  46. 46 Viola 1,926 babies 4
  47. 47 Eva 1,896 babies 1
  48. 48 Pauline 1,896 babies 3
  49. 49 Sarah 1,845 babies 1
  50. 50 Minnie 1,779 babies 3
  51. 51 Nellie 1,768 babies 2
  52. 52 Lillie 1,635 babies 2
  53. 53 Katherine 1,557 babies 2
  54. 54 Willie 1,549 babies 5
  55. 55 Laura 1,524 babies 3
  56. 56 Ann 1,477 babies 6
  57. 57 Eleanor 1,460 babies 8
  58. 58 Marion 1,445 babies 5
  59. 59 Mattie 1,407 babies 1
  60. 60 Ella 1,382 babies 4
  61. 61 Alma 1,375 babies 8
  62. 62 Bernice 1,337 babies 1
  63. 63 Jessie 1,321 babies 5
  64. 64 Doris 1,298 babies 6
  65. 65 Lena 1,295 babies 1
  66. 66 Carrie 1,276 babies =
  67. 67 Vera 1,242 babies 1
  68. 68 Mae 1,230 babies 11
  69. 69 Blanche 1,217 babies =
  70. 70 Stella 1,188 babies 3
  71. 71 Lucy 1,175 babies 3
  72. 72 Leona 1,167 babies 1
  73. 73 Lois 1,157 babies 7
  74. 74 Kathryn 1,138 babies 3
  75. 75 Hattie 1,134 babies 4
  76. 76 Anne 1,110 babies 1
  77. 77 Betty 1,082 babies 5
  78. 78 Marjorie 1,082 babies 7
  79. 79 Fannie 1,071 babies 3
  80. 80 Beulah 1,052 babies 2
  81. 81 Marguerite 1,036 babies 7
  82. 82 Opal 1,028 babies 2
  83. 83 Jennie 998 babies 5
  84. 84 Mamie 974 babies 5
  85. 85 Cora 969 babies 2
  86. 86 Ellen 960 babies 6
  87. 87 Rosa 959 babies 1
  88. 88 Ada 945 babies 1
  89. 89 Violet 945 babies 8
  90. 90 Jean 940 babies 1
  91. 91 Lula 922 babies 2
  92. 92 Velma 857 babies 2
  93. 93 Sylvia 847 babies 8
  94. 94 Charlotte 841 babies 4
  95. 95 Dora 829 babies 2
  96. 96 Inez 826 babies 4
  97. 97 Georgia 813 babies =
  98. 98 Maggie 794 babies 3
  99. 99 Genevieve 785 babies 9
  100. 100 Hilda 773 babies 2

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Source: Social Security Administration

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