EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1908

United States · 488,648 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary18,665—
#2Helen8,439—
#3Margaret6,976—
#4Ruth6,180↑1
#5Anna5,860↓1
#6Dorothy5,703—
#7Elizabeth4,904—
#8Mildred4,624—
#9Alice4,270—
#10Marie4,076—
#11Florence3,883—
#12Ethel3,786—
#13Lillian3,634—
#14Frances3,593↑2
#15Gladys3,580↓1
#16Rose3,382↑1
#17Edna3,365↓2
#18Louise2,937↑3
#19Grace2,901↑1
#20Evelyn2,857↓2
#21Annie2,820↓2
#22Catherine2,750↑3
#23Irene2,732↓1
#24Hazel2,698↓1
#25Gertrude2,562↓1
#26Thelma2,526↑2
#27Edith2,410↑5
#28Josephine2,389↑5
#29Bertha2,384↓3
#30Emma2,357↓3
#31Clara2,352↓2
#32Martha2,324↓1
#33Ruby2,229↑1
#34Bessie2,201↓4
#35Virginia2,195↑6
#36Esther2,187↑1
#37Mabel2,096↓1
#38Lucille2,080↑7
#39Pearl2,075↓4
#40Beatrice1,997↑4
#41Elsie1,983↑2
#42Viola1,964↑5
#43Ida1,952↓5
#43Myrtle1,952↓4
#45Agnes1,934↑1
#46Eva1,930↓4
#47Minnie1,817↓7
#48Sarah1,814—
#49Nellie1,757↑1
#50Julia1,749↓1
#51Pauline1,702↑1
#52Laura1,558↓1
#53Alma1,474↑5
#54Lillie1,471↓1
#55Katherine1,430—
#56Ella1,428↓2
#57Mae1,384—
#58Jessie1,382↑2
#59Willie1,371↓3
#60Mattie1,364↓1
#61Bernice1,363↑4
#62Ann1,354—
#63Marion1,349—
#64Lena1,331—
#65Eleanor1,302↑2
#66Carrie1,239↓5
#67Stella1,216↑3
#68Vera1,204—
#69Blanche1,162↓3
#70Doris1,155↑6
#71Hattie1,137—
#72Betty1,128↑5
#73Leona1,118↓1
#73Lucy1,118↓5
#75Anne1,088↑4
#76Fannie1,085↓2
#77Kathryn1,058↑11
#78Jennie1,038—
#79Mamie1,028↓4
#80Lois1,023↑5
#81Violet1,017—
#82Beulah1,015↓9
#83Cora962↓3
#84Opal955↑2
#85Marjorie942↑7
#86Rosa941↓4
#87Ada922↓4
#88Marguerite913↓1
#89Lula892↓5
#90Velma860—
#91Jean852↑5
#92Ellen848↓3
#93Dora806↑1
#94Theresa795↑5
#95Maggie772↓4
#96Sadie770↓1
#97Georgia768↓5
#98Charlotte766
#99Daisy765↓1
#100Inez757

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1John9,343—
#2William7,529—
#3James7,012—
#4George4,584—
#5Robert4,219—
#6Joseph4,162↑1
#7Charles3,929↓1
#8Frank3,146—
#9Edward2,707—
#10Thomas2,301↑1
#11Henry2,283↓1
#12Walter2,192—
#13Willie1,964—
#14Harry1,934—
#15Albert1,642—
#16Arthur1,601—
#17Harold1,542—
#18Paul1,478↑2
#19Clarence1,428↓1
#20Fred1,381↓1
#20Raymond1,381↑1
#22Louis1,317↑3
#23Richard1,244↓1
#24Joe1,209↓1
#25Ralph1,138↑4
#26Roy1,097↓2
#27Jack1,086↓1
#28Howard1,078↑5
#29Carl1,074↓2
#30David1,015↑1
#31Ernest1,000↓1
#32Earl999↓4
#33Samuel960↓1
#34Francis853↑3
#35Lawrence815↓1
#36Herbert759↑3
#37Charlie740↓2
#38Alfred739↓2
#39Andrew722↑1
#40Kenneth692↑7
#41Anthony690↑5
#42Elmer689↑2
#42Eugene689↓1
#44Michael688↑4
#45Donald664↓1
#46Sam644↓3
#47Theodore643↓9
#48Leonard614↑3
#49Leo584↓7
#50Herman562↓1
#51Lee553↑3
#52Stanley547↑2
#53Peter541↑8
#54Daniel530↓2
#55Floyd529↓2
#56Leroy523↓6
#56Russell523↑1
#58Clifford515↑7
#59Clyde511↓3
#60Lester509↓2
#61Lewis489↑5
#62Jesse482↑1
#63Benjamin480↑1
#64Edwin477↓2
#65Oscar476↓6
#66Chester461↑1
#67Ray446↓7
#68Frederick438—
#69Claude428↑5
#70Bernard414↑3
#71Eddie413↓1
#72Cecil397↓3
#73Lloyd394↓2
#74Norman374↑1
#75Melvin366↑3
#76Edgar360↑5
#77Jessie355↓6
#78Ben353↑4
#79Milton346↑10
#80Homer340↑4
#80Tom340↑3
#82Harvey339↓5
#83Martin331↓4
#84Leon327↓4
#85Johnnie321↑1
#86Philip319↓10
#87Marvin311—
#88Victor308↑11
#89Alvin307↑10
#90Everett294↓2
#91Luther292—
#92Allen287↓7
#93Vernon285
#94Stephen280—
#95Leslie279↓1
#96Will274—
#97Gerald270
#98Morris269↓2
#99Julius263
#100Virgil258↓7