By year

The top names of 1908

Mary led the girls and John the boys, out of 488,648 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1908

#NameBabiesShare
1Mary18,6655.58%
2Helen8,4392.52%
3Margaret6,9762.09%
4Ruth6,1801.85%
5Anna5,8601.75%
6Dorothy5,7031.71%
7Elizabeth4,9041.47%
8Mildred4,6241.38%
9Alice4,2701.28%
10Marie4,0761.22%
11Florence3,8831.16%
12Ethel3,7861.13%
13Lillian3,6341.09%
14Frances3,5931.07%
15Gladys3,5801.07%
16Rose3,3821.01%
17Edna3,3651.01%
18Louise2,9370.88%
19Grace2,9010.87%
20Evelyn2,8570.85%
21Annie2,8200.84%
22Catherine2,7500.82%
23Irene2,7320.82%
24Hazel2,6980.81%
25Gertrude2,5620.77%
26Thelma2,5260.76%
27Edith2,4100.72%
28Josephine2,3890.71%
29Bertha2,3840.71%
30Emma2,3570.71%
31Clara2,3520.70%
32Martha2,3240.70%
33Ruby2,2290.67%
34Bessie2,2010.66%
35Virginia2,1950.66%
36Esther2,1870.65%
37Mabel2,0960.63%
38Lucille2,0800.62%
39Pearl2,0750.62%
40Beatrice1,9970.60%
41Elsie1,9830.59%
42Viola1,9640.59%
43Ida1,9520.58%
44Myrtle1,9520.58%
45Agnes1,9340.58%
46Eva1,9300.58%
47Minnie1,8170.54%
48Sarah1,8140.54%
49Nellie1,7570.53%
50Julia1,7490.52%

Boys, 1908

#NameBabiesShare
1John9,3436.05%
2William7,5294.88%
3James7,0124.54%
4George4,5842.97%
5Robert4,2192.73%
6Joseph4,1622.70%
7Charles3,9292.55%
8Frank3,1462.04%
9Edward2,7071.75%
10Thomas2,3011.49%
11Henry2,2831.48%
12Walter2,1921.42%
13Willie1,9641.27%
14Harry1,9341.25%
15Albert1,6421.06%
16Arthur1,6011.04%
17Harold1,5421.00%
18Paul1,4780.96%
19Clarence1,4280.93%
20Fred1,3810.89%
21Raymond1,3810.89%
22Louis1,3170.85%
23Richard1,2440.81%
24Joe1,2090.78%
25Ralph1,1380.74%
26Roy1,0970.71%
27Jack1,0860.70%
28Howard1,0780.70%
29Carl1,0740.70%
30David1,0150.66%
31Ernest1,0000.65%
32Earl9990.65%
33Samuel9600.62%
34Francis8530.55%
35Lawrence8150.53%
36Herbert7590.49%
37Charlie7400.48%
38Alfred7390.48%
39Andrew7220.47%
40Kenneth6920.45%
41Anthony6900.45%
42Elmer6890.45%
43Eugene6890.45%
44Michael6880.45%
45Donald6640.43%
46Sam6440.42%
47Theodore6430.42%
48Leonard6140.40%
49Leo5840.38%
50Herman5620.36%

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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