By year

The top names of 1907

Mary led the girls and John the boys, out of 465,390 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1907

#NameBabiesShare
1Mary17,5805.52%
2Helen7,5792.38%
3Margaret6,7132.11%
4Anna5,5751.75%
5Ruth5,5731.75%
6Dorothy4,9671.56%
7Elizabeth4,6241.45%
8Mildred4,2771.34%
9Alice4,1071.29%
10Marie3,8801.22%
11Florence3,7501.18%
12Ethel3,6981.16%
13Lillian3,5421.11%
14Gladys3,3031.04%
15Edna3,3011.04%
16Frances3,2991.04%
17Rose3,1160.98%
18Evelyn3,0350.95%
19Annie2,8910.91%
20Grace2,7470.86%
21Louise2,6190.82%
22Irene2,6170.82%
23Hazel2,5300.79%
24Gertrude2,4990.78%
25Catherine2,4570.77%
26Bertha2,3630.74%
27Emma2,3560.74%
28Thelma2,3390.73%
29Clara2,3190.73%
30Bessie2,3110.73%
31Martha2,2740.71%
32Edith2,1770.68%
33Josephine2,1560.68%
34Ruby2,1130.66%
35Pearl2,1080.66%
36Mabel2,0690.65%
37Esther2,0620.65%
38Ida1,9800.62%
39Myrtle1,9290.61%
40Minnie1,9070.60%
41Virginia1,8930.59%
42Eva1,8840.59%
43Elsie1,8720.59%
44Beatrice1,8580.58%
45Lucille1,8530.58%
46Agnes1,8290.57%
47Viola1,8050.57%
48Sarah1,7990.56%
49Julia1,6800.53%
50Nellie1,6710.52%

Boys, 1907

#NameBabiesShare
1John8,9836.12%
2William6,9044.70%
3James6,7074.57%
4George4,4453.03%
5Robert4,0202.74%
6Charles3,8842.65%
7Joseph3,8442.62%
8Frank2,9432.00%
9Edward2,5761.75%
10Henry2,2031.50%
11Thomas2,1741.48%
12Walter2,0951.43%
13Willie1,9681.34%
14Harry1,8131.23%
15Albert1,6361.11%
16Arthur1,5531.06%
17Harold1,4520.99%
18Clarence1,3890.95%
19Fred1,3710.93%
20Paul1,3580.92%
21Raymond1,2900.88%
22Richard1,2350.84%
23Joe1,1770.80%
24Roy1,1280.77%
25Louis1,1110.76%
26Jack1,0190.69%
27Carl1,0180.69%
28Earl1,0060.69%
29Ralph9970.68%
30Ernest9780.67%
31David9450.64%
32Samuel8920.61%
33Howard8750.60%
34Lawrence8010.55%
35Charlie7930.54%
36Alfred7380.50%
37Francis7170.49%
38Theodore7120.48%
39Herbert7100.48%
40Andrew7080.48%
41Eugene6910.47%
42Leo6510.44%
43Sam6310.43%
44Donald6160.42%
45Elmer6160.42%
46Anthony5930.40%
47Kenneth5890.40%
48Michael5860.40%
49Herman5610.38%
50Leroy5500.37%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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