EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1905

United States · 423,923 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary16,067—
#2Helen6,811—
#3Margaret5,690↑1
#4Anna5,424↓1
#5Ruth5,068—
#6Elizabeth4,121—
#7Dorothy3,937↑3
#8Mildred3,758↑1
#9Marie3,643↓2
#10Alice3,610↑3
#11Florence3,478↓3
#12Ethel3,401↓1
#13Lillian3,185↓1
#14Gladys2,996—
#15Edna2,953—
#16Frances2,887—
#17Annie2,793—
#18Rose2,724↓1
#19Grace2,630—
#20Bessie2,446↑1
#21Bertha2,434↓1
#22Clara2,397↑2
#23Louise2,367↑5
#24Irene2,357↑2
#25Hazel2,351↓2
#26Emma2,298↓4
#27Gertrude2,276↓2
#28Catherine2,198↑3
#29Mabel2,178↓2
#30Edith2,137↑3
#31Pearl2,108↓1
#32Martha2,091↓3
#33Myrtle2,026↑1
#34Esther1,993↓2
#35Minnie1,950—
#36Thelma1,945↑1
#37Josephine1,894↑3
#38Ruby1,885↑2
#39Eva1,815↓3
#40Elsie1,811↓1
#41Sarah1,762↑2
#42Ida1,757↓4
#43Agnes1,718↓1
#44Viola1,697↑2
#45Beatrice1,661—
#45Evelyn1,661↑5
#47Julia1,642↑2
#48Nellie1,626↓4
#49Laura1,566↓2
#50Lucille1,533↑3
#51Lillie1,481—
#52Ella1,438↓4
#53Virginia1,394↑6
#54Pauline1,381↑2
#55Mattie1,371↓3
#56Alma1,333↓1
#57Jessie1,315↑3
#58Carrie1,288↓4
#59Willie1,285↑2
#60Mae1,284↓2
#61Lena1,258↓4
#62Hattie1,197↑2
#63Blanche1,190↓1
#63Katherine1,190—
#65Marion1,141—
#66Lucy1,132—
#67Stella1,097↑1
#68Fannie1,085↑5
#69Leona1,082—
#70Mamie1,068↓3
#71Vera1,053↓1
#72Cora1,044↓2
#73Eleanor1,041↑7
#74Bernice1,032↑1
#75Ann996↑3
#76Jennie981↓3
#77Beulah968↓5
#78Lula963↓1
#79Rosa922↓3
#80Ada873↓1
#81Ellen845↑3
#82Violet831↑5
#83Doris812↑5
#84Maggie809↓3
#85Betty807↑6
#86Kathryn788↓3
#87Daisy776↓2
#88Lois763↑2
#89Dora757↓7
#90Marguerite753↑4
#91Sadie750↑1
#92Nora742↑1
#93Susie739↑2
#94Georgia722↓6
#94Velma722
#96Marjorie712—
#97Maude709↓11
#98Anne708↓1
#99Opal702↑1
#100Emily683

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1John8,059—
#2William6,495—
#3James6,042—
#4George4,256—
#5Charles3,608↑1
#6Robert3,410↓1
#7Joseph3,302—
#8Frank2,837—
#9Edward2,366—
#10Thomas2,135↑1
#11Henry2,126↓1
#12Walter1,902—
#13Willie1,782↑1
#14Harry1,619↓1
#15Albert1,532↑1
#16Arthur1,505↓1
#17Clarence1,377—
#18Fred1,284—
#19Paul1,262—
#20Harold1,258—
#21Raymond1,159↑1
#22Richard1,033↑2
#23Joe1,024—
#24Roy1,016↓3
#25Louis981↑1
#26Carl959↓1
#27Ralph938↑1
#28Jack907↓1
#29Earl904—
#30Samuel856↑4
#31Ernest845↑1
#32David838↓1
#33Theodore834↓3
#34Charlie801↓1
#35Howard735—
#36Francis685—
#37Herbert681—
#38Lawrence669—
#39Sam620↑1
#40Andrew619↑3
#41Elmer602↓2
#42Eugene593↑2
#43Alfred591↓2
#44Floyd523↑8
#45Michael513↑5
#46Leo512↓4
#47Leonard495↓1
#48Anthony490↑8
#49Lee486↓4
#50Daniel484↓1
#51Herman475↓4
#52Clyde474↓1
#52Kenneth474↑5
#54Jesse443↓1
#55Leroy441↑5
#56Oscar436↓2
#57Lester432↑4
#57Russell432↓9
#59Donald425↓1
#60Ray424↓5
#61Clifford420↑5
#62Peter409—
#63Claude399↑7
#64Chester388↑5
#65Lewis384↓6
#65Stanley384—
#67Frederick381↓4
#68Benjamin379—
#69Lloyd369↑4
#70Edwin357↓6
#71Norman350↑6
#72Cecil347↓5
#73Eddie346↑2
#74Jessie338↑2
#75Martin332↓4
#76Homer318↑11
#77Tom317↓3
#78Edgar315↑2
#79Luther308↑3
#80Milton299↑13
#81Johnnie297↑3
#82Bernard292↓10
#83Melvin291↑9
#84Ben290↓1
#85Harvey286↓6
#85Will286↓4
#87Leon274↑3
#88Allen272↑8
#89Everett270↑6
#90Victor268↑8
#91Roosevelt264↑2
#92Alvin258↓4
#93Stephen246
#94Leslie237↓3
#95Jim236↓10
#96Philip234↓11
#97Virgil226↑3
#98Jacob220↓9
#99Otis216
#100Marvin215