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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

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Mary 161,504
  2. 2 Helen 69,428
  3. 3 Margaret 57,919
  4. 4 Anna 54,918
  5. 5 Ruth 51,010
  6. 6 Elizabeth 41,708
  7. 7 Dorothy 39,112
  8. 8 Marie 37,091
  9. 9 Florence 36,191
  10. 10 Mildred 36,173
  11. 11 Alice 35,232
  12. 12 Ethel 34,868
  13. 13 Lillian 32,519
  14. 14 Gladys 30,285
  15. 15 Edna 29,832
  16. 16 Frances 28,499
  17. 17 Rose 28,106
  18. 18 Annie 27,748
  19. 19 Grace 26,927
  20. 20 Bertha 24,247
  21. 21 Emma 24,176
  22. 22 Bessie 23,984
  23. 23 Clara 23,899
  24. 24 Hazel 23,802
  25. 25 Irene 23,656
  26. 26 Gertrude 23,607
  27. 27 Louise 22,862
  28. 28 Catherine 22,007
  29. 29 Martha 21,750
  30. 30 Mabel 21,625
  31. 31 Pearl 20,913
  32. 32 Edith 20,884
  33. 33 Esther 20,026
  34. 34 Minnie 19,715
  35. 35 Myrtle 19,691
  36. 36 Ida 18,866
  37. 37 Josephine 18,785
  38. 38 Evelyn 18,603
  39. 39 Elsie 18,452
  40. 40 Eva 18,357
  41. 41 Thelma 18,265
  42. 42 Ruby 18,175
  43. 43 Agnes 17,616
  44. 44 Sarah 17,342
  45. 45 Viola 16,559
  46. 46 Nellie 16,339
  47. 47 Beatrice 16,282
  48. 48 Julia 16,107
  49. 49 Laura 15,532
  50. 50 Lillie 15,391