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Top baby names of the 1900s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1900 and 1909, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 John 84,590
  2. 2 William 69,320
  3. 3 James 62,170
  4. 4 George 43,589
  5. 5 Charles 36,184
  6. 6 Robert 35,849
  7. 7 Joseph 35,173
  8. 8 Frank 29,046
  9. 9 Edward 24,516
  10. 10 Thomas 21,783
  11. 11 Henry 21,772
  12. 12 Walter 19,997
  13. 13 Harry 17,906
  14. 14 Willie 17,746
  15. 15 Arthur 15,409
  16. 16 Albert 15,318
  17. 17 Clarence 13,573
  18. 18 Fred 13,076
  19. 19 Harold 12,795
  20. 20 Paul 12,636
  21. 21 Raymond 11,650
  22. 22 Richard 10,675
  23. 23 Roy 10,632
  24. 24 Joe 10,466
  25. 25 Louis 10,372
  26. 26 Carl 9,865
  27. 27 Ralph 9,298
  28. 28 Earl 9,251
  29. 29 Jack 9,222
  30. 30 Ernest 8,657
  31. 31 David 8,619
  32. 32 Samuel 8,149
  33. 33 Howard 8,014
  34. 34 Charlie 7,928
  35. 35 Francis 7,021
  36. 36 Herbert 6,957
  37. 37 Lawrence 6,846
  38. 38 Theodore 6,490
  39. 39 Alfred 6,356
  40. 40 Andrew 6,277
  41. 41 Sam 6,161
  42. 42 Elmer 6,161
  43. 43 Eugene 5,909
  44. 44 Leo 5,629
  45. 45 Michael 5,220
  46. 46 Lee 5,158
  47. 47 Herman 5,064
  48. 48 Anthony 5,043
  49. 49 Daniel 5,036
  50. 50 Leonard 5,022