By year

The top names of 1910

Mary led the girls and John the boys, out of 590,711 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1910

#NameBabiesShare
1Mary22,8485.76%
2Helen10,4792.64%
3Margaret8,2262.07%
4Dorothy7,3181.85%
5Ruth7,2121.82%
6Anna6,4361.62%
7Elizabeth5,8001.46%
8Mildred5,6921.44%
9Marie4,7901.21%
10Alice4,6711.18%
11Frances4,4481.12%
12Florence4,2821.08%
13Ethel4,1461.05%
14Lillian4,1271.04%
15Gladys3,8420.97%
16Rose3,8370.97%
17Evelyn3,7770.95%
18Edna3,6640.92%
19Annie3,5190.89%
20Louise3,4570.87%
21Irene3,2810.83%
22Catherine3,1610.80%
23Grace3,1450.79%
24Hazel3,0320.76%
25Thelma2,9760.75%
26Gertrude2,9320.74%
27Ruby2,8930.73%
28Martha2,8580.72%
29Virginia2,8550.72%
30Josephine2,8010.71%
31Lucille2,6920.68%
32Clara2,6650.67%
33Bertha2,6510.67%
34Emma2,6070.66%
35Edith2,5920.65%
36Beatrice2,4590.62%
37Bessie2,3920.60%
38Esther2,3780.60%
39Pearl2,1770.55%
40Sarah2,1730.55%
41Agnes2,1630.55%
42Pauline2,1530.54%
43Myrtle2,1450.54%
44Elsie2,1410.54%
45Eva2,1230.54%
46Mabel2,1230.54%
47Ida2,1070.53%
48Viola2,0900.53%
49Julia2,0740.52%
50Minnie1,9830.50%

Boys, 1910

#NameBabiesShare
1John11,4505.90%
2James9,1944.73%
3William8,8444.55%
4Robert5,6092.89%
5George5,4412.80%
6Joseph5,2282.69%
7Charles4,7842.46%
8Frank3,7681.94%
9Edward3,4071.75%
10Henry2,8991.49%
11Willie2,8971.49%
12Thomas2,8511.47%
13Walter2,5961.34%
14Albert2,1831.12%
15Paul2,0051.03%
16Harry1,9781.02%
17Arthur1,9421.00%
18Harold1,9090.98%
19Raymond1,7370.89%
20Clarence1,7060.88%
21Richard1,6540.85%
22Fred1,5870.82%
23Jack1,5760.81%
24Louis1,5690.81%
25Joe1,5530.80%
26Carl1,3390.69%
27Howard1,3090.67%
28Ralph1,2780.66%
29Roy1,2670.65%
30David1,2580.65%
31Ernest1,1670.60%
32Samuel1,1290.58%
33Earl1,1090.57%
34Charlie1,1070.57%
35Lawrence1,0090.52%
36Francis1,0000.51%
37Anthony9800.50%
38Alfred9220.47%
39Eugene8880.46%
40Sam8880.46%
41Herbert8860.46%
42Andrew8840.46%
43Kenneth8800.45%
44Donald8600.44%
45Michael8440.43%
46Leonard7930.41%
47Stanley7610.39%
48Elmer7600.39%
49Lee7410.38%
50Leroy7330.38%

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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