EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1900

United States · 450,258 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary16,705—
#2Helen6,342↑1
#3Anna6,114↓1
#4Margaret5,304—
#5Ruth4,765—
#6Elizabeth4,096↑1
#7Florence3,920↓1
#8Ethel3,896↑1
#9Marie3,856↓1
#10Lillian3,414—
#11Annie3,324↑7
#12Edna3,102↓1
#13Emma3,095—
#14Alice3,059↓2
#15Bessie3,044↑4
#16Bertha3,019—
#17Grace2,942↓2
#18Rose2,844↑3
#19Clara2,826↓5
#20Mildred2,800↓3
#21Gladys2,733↓1
#22Minnie2,673↑3
#23Gertrude2,580—
#24Pearl2,512↑3
#25Mabel2,509↓3
#26Frances2,495↓2
#27Dorothy2,491↑8
#28Martha2,437—
#29Hazel2,425↓3
#30Ida2,285↑1
#31Irene2,264↑3
#32Myrtle2,252↓2
#33Eva2,089↑6
#34Catherine2,081↑2
#35Louise2,070↑5
#36Edith2,068↓4
#37Sarah2,054↑1
#38Elsie2,045↓5
#39Esther2,017↓10
#40Lillie2,004↑5
#41Agnes1,914↓4
#42Ella1,911—
#43Nellie1,850↓2
#44Mattie1,834↑4
#45Laura1,824↓2
#46Julia1,766↑1
#47Josephine1,743↓3
#48Carrie1,711↓2
#49Viola1,674↑1
#50Hattie1,553↑3
#51Ruby1,540↑1
#52Lena1,506↓3
#53Jessie1,422↑1
#54Mae1,406↑5
#55Cora1,389↑3
#56Beatrice1,382—
#57Alma1,372↓6
#58Willie1,351↑15
#59Mamie1,337↑5
#60Blanche1,332↓5
#61Lucy1,246↓1
#62Fannie1,237↑6
#62Lula1,237↑5
#64Jennie1,204↓8
#65Katherine1,201—
#66Marion1,197↓3
#67Lucille1,182↑4
#68Stella1,177↓6
#69Rosa1,118↑8
#70Evelyn1,116↑4
#71Pauline1,104↑1
#72Ada1,101↓11
#73Thelma1,094↑5
#74Virginia1,068↑1
#75Maggie1,045↓5
#76Vera1,024↓7
#77Maude1,013↓11
#78Beulah974↓2
#79Dora958—
#80Susie947↑6
#81Daisy931↑4
#82Ellen922↓1
#83Nora919↓3
#84Sadie895↓2
#85Leona825↓1
#86Marguerite786↓3
#87Georgia765↑12
#88Eleanor753↑6
#89Effie752↑1
#90Della748↑1
#91May744↑4
#92Ann736—
#93Kathryn721↓6
#94Nettie711↓5
#95Olive705↑3
#96Bernice702
#97Lottie690↓4
#98Sallie676↑2
#99Nancy673
#100Betty665

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1John9,828—
#2William8,579—
#3James7,245—
#4George5,403—
#5Charles4,098—
#6Robert3,821↑1
#7Joseph3,714↓1
#8Frank3,477—
#9Edward2,720—
#10Henry2,606—
#11Thomas2,556—
#12Walter2,298—
#13Harry2,272—
#14Willie2,113↑4
#15Arthur1,853↓1
#16Albert1,741↓1
#17Fred1,646↓1
#18Clarence1,483↓1
#19Paul1,288↑2
#20Harold1,245↓1
#21Roy1,215↓1
#22Joe1,179↑2
#23Raymond1,150↓1
#24Richard1,141↑3
#25Charlie1,124↑6
#26Louis1,097—
#27Jack1,053↑8
#28Earl1,037↓5
#29Carl1,016↓4
#30Ernest1,012↓3
#31Ralph896↓2
#32David883—
#33Samuel877↓3
#34Sam821↑10
#35Howard779↓1
#36Herbert751↓3
#37Andrew718↓1
#38Elmer699↓1
#39Lee675↑11
#40Lawrence659—
#41Francis652↓3
#42Alfred640↓1
#43Will603↑5
#44Daniel598↓2
#45Eugene587—
#46Leo570↓3
#47Oscar563↓1
#48Floyd555↑4
#49Herman550—
#50Jesse536↓3
#51Michael495—
#52Lewis469↑2
#52Tom469↑14
#54Leonard465↑6
#55Ray457↑6
#56Clyde451↑2
#57Benjamin450—
#58Peter443↓5
#59Claude433↑4
#60Lester431↑5
#61Theodore429↑17
#62Russell427↓6
#63Eddie425↑11
#64Frederick420↓9
#65Leroy419↑4
#66Clifford409↓4
#67Anthony406↓3
#68Jim399↑2
#69Jessie398↑1
#70Martin383↑2
#71Edgar374↑9
#72Chester364↓6
#73Ben355—
#74Edwin350↓15
#75Dewey345↓36
#76Cecil344↑1
#77Stanley342↓3
#78Lloyd337↓10
#79Donald328↓5
#80Homer326↑2
#81Harvey322↓2
#82Luther316↓1
#82Norman316↑1
#84Johnnie313
#85Leon310↑8
#86Bernard308↓1
#87Ed297
#88Hugh290—
#89Patrick285↓3
#90Kenneth279↓3
#91Leslie275↑4
#92Victor269↑8
#93Alexander260↑4
#94Philip259↓11
#95Oliver256
#96Mack250
#97Horace244
#98Milton242↓9
#99Guy240↓9
#100Everett237↓5