Top Baby Names of the 1900s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1900s

Mary and John led the decade, out of 4,285,123 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1900s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Mary	161,504	5.52%
2	Helen	69,428	2.37%
3	Margaret	57,919	1.98%
4	Anna	54,918	1.88%
5	Ruth	51,010	1.74%
6	Elizabeth	41,708	1.42%
7	Dorothy	39,112	1.34%
8	Marie	37,091	1.27%
9	Florence	36,191	1.24%
10	Mildred	36,173	1.24%
11	Alice	35,232	1.20%
12	Ethel	34,868	1.19%
13	Lillian	32,519	1.11%
14	Gladys	30,285	1.03%
15	Edna	29,832	1.02%
16	Frances	28,499	0.97%
17	Rose	28,106	0.96%
18	Annie	27,748	0.95%
19	Grace	26,927	0.92%
20	Bertha	24,247	0.83%
21	Emma	24,176	0.83%
22	Bessie	23,984	0.82%
23	Clara	23,899	0.82%
24	Hazel	23,802	0.81%
25	Irene	23,656	0.81%
26	Gertrude	23,607	0.81%
27	Louise	22,862	0.78%
28	Catherine	22,006	0.75%
29	Martha	21,750	0.74%
30	Mabel	21,625	0.74%
31	Pearl	20,913	0.71%
32	Edith	20,884	0.71%
33	Esther	20,026	0.68%
34	Minnie	19,715	0.67%
35	Myrtle	19,691	0.67%
36	Ida	18,866	0.64%
37	Josephine	18,785	0.64%
38	Evelyn	18,603	0.64%
39	Elsie	18,452	0.63%
40	Eva	18,357	0.63%
41	Thelma	18,265	0.62%
42	Ruby	18,175	0.62%
43	Agnes	17,616	0.60%
44	Sarah	17,342	0.59%
45	Viola	16,559	0.57%
46	Nellie	16,339	0.56%
47	Beatrice	16,282	0.56%
48	Julia	16,107	0.55%
49	Laura	15,532	0.53%
50	Lillie	15,391	0.53%
51	Lucille	15,041	0.51%
52	Ella	14,763	0.50%
53	Virginia	14,539	0.50%
54	Mattie	13,837	0.47%
55	Pauline	13,310	0.45%
56	Carrie	13,140	0.45%
57	Alma	13,092	0.45%
58	Jessie	12,756	0.44%
59	Mae	12,711	0.43%
60	Lena	12,703	0.43%
61	Willie	12,357	0.42%
62	Katherine	12,105	0.41%
63	Blanche	11,730	0.40%
64	Hattie	11,717	0.40%
65	Marion	11,713	0.40%
66	Lucy	11,020	0.38%
67	Stella	11,014	0.38%
68	Mamie	10,618	0.36%
69	Vera	10,457	0.36%
70	Cora	10,372	0.35%
71	Fannie	10,346	0.35%
72	Eleanor	10,030	0.34%
73	Bernice	10,010	0.34%
74	Jennie	9,988	0.34%
75	Ann	9,932	0.34%
76	Leona	9,848	0.34%
77	Beulah	9,716	0.33%
78	Lula	9,518	0.33%
79	Rosa	9,297	0.32%
80	Ada	9,121	0.31%
81	Ellen	8,339	0.28%
82	Kathryn	8,333	0.28%
83	Maggie	8,289	0.28%
84	Doris	8,252	0.28%
85	Dora	8,011	0.27%
86	Betty	7,921	0.27%
87	Marguerite	7,912	0.27%
88	Violet	7,844	0.27%
89	Lois	7,691	0.26%
90	Daisy	7,687	0.26%
91	Anne	7,615	0.26%
92	Sadie	7,461	0.25%
93	Susie	7,312	0.25%
94	Nora	7,172	0.24%
95	Maude	7,142	0.24%
96	Georgia	7,142	0.24%
97	Marjorie	7,025	0.24%
98	Opal	6,791	0.23%
99	Hilda	6,783	0.23%
100	Velma	6,558	0.22%

Boys, the 1900s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	John	84,590	6.23%
2	William	69,320	5.11%
3	James	62,170	4.58%
4	George	43,589	3.21%
5	Charles	36,184	2.67%
6	Robert	35,849	2.64%
7	Joseph	35,173	2.59%
8	Frank	29,046	2.14%
9	Edward	24,516	1.81%
10	Thomas	21,783	1.60%
11	Henry	21,772	1.60%
12	Walter	19,997	1.47%
13	Harry	17,906	1.32%
14	Willie	17,746	1.31%
15	Arthur	15,409	1.14%
16	Albert	15,318	1.13%
17	Clarence	13,573	1.00%
18	Fred	13,076	0.96%
19	Harold	12,795	0.94%
20	Paul	12,636	0.93%
21	Raymond	11,650	0.86%
22	Richard	10,675	0.79%
23	Roy	10,632	0.78%
24	Joe	10,466	0.77%
25	Louis	10,372	0.76%
26	Carl	9,865	0.73%
27	Ralph	9,298	0.68%
28	Earl	9,251	0.68%
29	Jack	9,222	0.68%
30	Ernest	8,657	0.64%
31	David	8,619	0.63%
32	Samuel	8,149	0.60%
33	Howard	8,014	0.59%
34	Charlie	7,928	0.58%
35	Francis	7,021	0.52%
36	Herbert	6,957	0.51%
37	Lawrence	6,846	0.50%
38	Theodore	6,490	0.48%
39	Alfred	6,356	0.47%
40	Andrew	6,277	0.46%
41	Sam	6,161	0.45%
42	Elmer	6,161	0.45%
43	Eugene	5,909	0.44%
44	Leo	5,629	0.41%
45	Michael	5,220	0.38%
46	Lee	5,158	0.38%
47	Herman	5,064	0.37%
48	Anthony	5,043	0.37%
49	Daniel	5,036	0.37%
50	Leonard	5,022	0.37%
51	Floyd	4,968	0.37%
52	Donald	4,632	0.34%
53	Kenneth	4,579	0.34%
54	Jesse	4,559	0.34%
55	Russell	4,552	0.34%
56	Clyde	4,524	0.33%
57	Oscar	4,517	0.33%
58	Peter	4,375	0.32%
59	Lester	4,361	0.32%
60	Leroy	4,300	0.32%
61	Ray	4,256	0.31%
62	Stanley	4,156	0.31%
63	Clifford	4,055	0.30%
64	Lewis	4,042	0.30%
65	Benjamin	4,009	0.30%
66	Edwin	3,961	0.29%
67	Frederick	3,900	0.29%
68	Chester	3,788	0.28%
69	Claude	3,704	0.27%
70	Eddie	3,695	0.27%
71	Cecil	3,610	0.27%
72	Lloyd	3,507	0.26%
73	Jessie	3,379	0.25%
74	Martin	3,346	0.25%
75	Bernard	3,296	0.24%
76	Tom	3,293	0.24%
77	Will	3,246	0.24%
78	Norman	3,178	0.23%
79	Edgar	3,154	0.23%
80	Harvey	3,104	0.23%
81	Ben	3,028	0.22%
82	Homer	2,915	0.21%
83	Luther	2,866	0.21%
84	Leon	2,859	0.21%
85	Melvin	2,840	0.21%
86	Philip	2,817	0.21%
87	Johnnie	2,781	0.20%
88	Jim	2,718	0.20%
89	Milton	2,695	0.20%
90	Everett	2,597	0.19%
91	Allen	2,558	0.19%
92	Leslie	2,531	0.19%
93	Alvin	2,484	0.18%
94	Victor	2,447	0.18%
95	Marvin	2,324	0.17%
96	Stephen	2,247	0.17%
97	Alexander	2,230	0.16%
98	Jacob	2,191	0.16%
99	Hugh	2,176	0.16%
100	Patrick	2,141	0.16%

Year by year

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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