1900s
Top Names of the 1900s
The 1900s - Edwardian Era
Ranked by total babies named during 1900-1909
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Girl Names
100 names ranked
1
Mary
Peak: 1909
161,504
Best: #1
2
Helen
Peak: 1909
69,428
Best: #2
3
Margaret
Peak: 1909
57,919
Best: #3
4
Anna
Peak: 1900
54,918
Best: #3
5
Ruth
Peak: 1909
51,010
Best: #4
6
Elizabeth
Peak: 1909
41,708
Best: #6
7
Dorothy
Peak: 1909
39,112
Best: #5
8
Marie
Peak: 1909
37,091
Best: #7
9
Florence
Peak: 1900
36,191
Best: #7
10
Mildred
Peak: 1909
36,173
Best: #8
11
Alice
Peak: 1908
35,232
Best: #8
12
Ethel
Peak: 1900
34,868
Best: #8
13
Lillian
Peak: 1908
32,519
Best: #10
14
Gladys
Peak: 1908
30,285
Best: #11
15
Edna
Peak: 1909
29,832
Best: #12
16
Frances
Peak: 1909
28,499
Best: #12
17
Rose
Peak: 1908
28,106
Best: #16
18
Annie
Peak: 1900
27,748
Best: #11
19
Grace
Peak: 1900
26,927
Best: #15
20
Bertha
Peak: 1900
24,247
Best: #16
21
Emma
Peak: 1900
24,176
Best: #13
22
Bessie
Peak: 1900
23,984
Best: #15
23
Clara
Peak: 1900
23,899
Best: #18
24
Hazel
Peak: 1909
23,802
Best: #23
25
Irene
Peak: 1909
23,656
Best: #20
26
Gertrude
Peak: 1909
23,607
Best: #22
27
Louise
Peak: 1909
22,862
Best: #18
28
Catherine
Peak: 1909
22,007
Best: #22
29
Martha
Peak: 1909
21,750
Best: #28
30
Mabel
Peak: 1900
21,625
Best: #23
31
Pearl
Peak: 1900
20,913
Best: #24
32
Edith
Peak: 1908
20,884
Best: #27
33
Esther
Peak: 1908
20,026
Best: #32
34
Minnie
Peak: 1900
19,715
Best: #22
35
Myrtle
Peak: 1900
19,691
Best: #28
36
Ida
Peak: 1900
18,866
Best: #30
37
Josephine
Peak: 1909
18,785
Best: #28
38
Evelyn
Peak: 1909
18,603
Best: #18
39
Elsie
Peak: 1909
18,452
Best: #35
40
Eva
Peak: 1900
18,357
Best: #33
41
Thelma
Peak: 1909
18,265
Best: #26
42
Ruby
Peak: 1909
18,175
Best: #27
43
Agnes
Peak: 1909
17,616
Best: #39
44
Sarah
Peak: 1900
17,342
Best: #37
45
Viola
Peak: 1908
16,559
Best: #42
46
Nellie
Peak: 1900
16,339
Best: #41
47
Beatrice
Peak: 1909
16,282
Best: #38
48
Julia
Peak: 1909
16,107
Best: #45
49
Laura
Peak: 1900
15,532
Best: #43
50
Lillie
Peak: 1900
15,391
Best: #40
51
Lucille
Peak: 1909
15,041
Best: #36
52
Ella
Peak: 1900
14,763
Best: #42
53
Virginia
Peak: 1909
14,539
Best: #30
54
Mattie
Peak: 1900
13,837
Best: #44
55
Pauline
Peak: 1909
13,310
Best: #47
56
Carrie
Peak: 1900
13,140
Best: #48
57
Alma
Peak: 1908
13,092
Best: #52
58
Jessie
Peak: 1900
12,756
Best: #53
59
Mae
Peak: 1900
12,711
Best: #53
60
Lena
Peak: 1900
12,703
Best: #51
61
Willie
Peak: 1909
12,357
Best: #54
62
Katherine
Peak: 1909
12,105
Best: #53
63
Blanche
Peak: 1900
11,730
Best: #58
64
Hattie
Peak: 1900
11,717
Best: #50
65
Marion
Peak: 1909
11,713
Best: #58
66
Lucy
Peak: 1900
11,020
Best: #61
67
Stella
Peak: 1908
11,014
Best: #63
68
Mamie
Peak: 1900
10,618
Best: #59
69
Vera
Peak: 1909
10,457
Best: #67
70
Cora
Peak: 1900
10,372
Best: #55
71
Fannie
Peak: 1900
10,346
Best: #62
72
Eleanor
Peak: 1909
10,030
Best: #57
73
Bernice
Peak: 1908
10,010
Best: #61
74
Jennie
Peak: 1900
9,988
Best: #64
75
Ann
Peak: 1909
9,932
Best: #56
76
Leona
Peak: 1909
9,848
Best: #69
77
Beulah
Peak: 1907
9,716
Best: #72
78
Lula
Peak: 1900
9,518
Best: #62
79
Rosa
Peak: 1900
9,297
Best: #69
80
Ada
Peak: 1900
9,121
Best: #66
81
Ellen
Peak: 1909
8,339
Best: #80
82
Kathryn
Peak: 1909
8,333
Best: #74
83
Maggie
Peak: 1900
8,289
Best: #75
84
Doris
Peak: 1909
8,252
Best: #64
85
Dora
Peak: 1900
8,011
Best: #79
86
Betty
Peak: 1908
7,921
Best: #72
87
Marguerite
Peak: 1909
7,912
Best: #81
88
Violet
Peak: 1908
7,844
Best: #81
89
Lois
Peak: 1909
7,691
Best: #73
90
Daisy
Peak: 1900
7,687
Best: #81
91
Anne
Peak: 1909
7,615
Best: #75
92
Sadie
Peak: 1900
7,461
Best: #84
93
Susie
Peak: 1900
7,312
Best: #80
94
Nora
Peak: 1900
7,172
Best: #81
95
Maude
Peak: 1900
7,142
Best: #77
96
Georgia
Peak: 1909
7,142
Best: #87
97
Marjorie
Peak: 1909
7,025
Best: #77
98
Opal
Peak: 1909
6,791
Best: #82
99
Hilda
Peak: 1909
6,783
Best: #88
100
Velma
Peak: 1908
6,558
Best: #90
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Boy Names
100 names ranked
1
John
Peak: 1900
84,590
Best: #1
2
William
Peak: 1900
69,320
Best: #2
3
James
Peak: 1909
62,170
Best: #3
4
George
Peak: 1900
43,589
Best: #4
5
Charles
Peak: 1900
36,184
Best: #5
6
Robert
Peak: 1909
35,849
Best: #5
7
Joseph
Peak: 1909
35,173
Best: #6
8
Frank
Peak: 1900
29,046
Best: #8
9
Edward
Peak: 1909
24,516
Best: #9
10
Thomas
Peak: 1900
21,783
Best: #10
11
Henry
Peak: 1900
21,772
Best: #10
12
Walter
Peak: 1900
19,997
Best: #12
13
Harry
Peak: 1900
17,906
Best: #13
14
Willie
Peak: 1909
17,746
Best: #13
15
Arthur
Peak: 1900
15,409
Best: #14
16
Albert
Peak: 1909
15,318
Best: #15
17
Clarence
Peak: 1909
13,573
Best: #17
18
Fred
Peak: 1900
13,076
Best: #17
19
Harold
Peak: 1909
12,795
Best: #16
20
Paul
Peak: 1909
12,636
Best: #17
21
Raymond
Peak: 1909
11,650
Best: #20
22
Richard
Peak: 1909
10,675
Best: #21
23
Roy
Peak: 1900
10,632
Best: #20
24
Joe
Peak: 1909
10,466
Best: #22
25
Louis
Peak: 1908
10,372
Best: #22
26
Carl
Peak: 1909
9,865
Best: #23
27
Ralph
Peak: 1908
9,298
Best: #25
28
Earl
Peak: 1900
9,251
Best: #23
29
Jack
Peak: 1909
9,222
Best: #26
30
Ernest
Peak: 1900
8,657
Best: #28
31
David
Peak: 1909
8,619
Best: #29
32
Samuel
Peak: 1909
8,149
Best: #30
33
Howard
Peak: 1909
8,014
Best: #26
34
Charlie
Peak: 1900
7,928
Best: #25
35
Francis
Peak: 1909
7,021
Best: #33
36
Herbert
Peak: 1909
6,957
Best: #34
37
Lawrence
Peak: 1909
6,846
Best: #34
38
Theodore
Peak: 1904
6,490
Best: #30
39
Alfred
Peak: 1909
6,356
Best: #36
40
Andrew
Peak: 1909
6,277
Best: #37
41
Sam
Peak: 1900
6,161
Best: #34
42
Elmer
Peak: 1900
6,161
Best: #38
43
Eugene
Peak: 1909
5,909
Best: #39
44
Leo
Peak: 1907
5,629
Best: #37
45
Michael
Peak: 1908
5,220
Best: #44
46
Lee
Peak: 1900
5,158
Best: #39
47
Herman
Peak: 1909
5,064
Best: #47
48
Anthony
Peak: 1909
5,043
Best: #40
49
Daniel
Peak: 1900
5,036
Best: #44
50
Leonard
Peak: 1909
5,022
Best: #46
51
Floyd
Peak: 1909
4,968
Best: #44
52
Donald
Peak: 1909
4,632
Best: #42
53
Kenneth
Peak: 1909
4,579
Best: #40
54
Jesse
Peak: 1900
4,559
Best: #49
55
Russell
Peak: 1909
4,552
Best: #48
56
Clyde
Peak: 1909
4,524
Best: #51
57
Oscar
Peak: 1900
4,517
Best: #47
58
Peter
Peak: 1908
4,376
Best: #51
59
Lester
Peak: 1908
4,361
Best: #52
60
Leroy
Peak: 1909
4,300
Best: #50
61
Ray
Peak: 1907
4,256
Best: #55
62
Stanley
Peak: 1909
4,156
Best: #50
63
Clifford
Peak: 1909
4,055
Best: #57
64
Lewis
Peak: 1908
4,042
Best: #52
65
Benjamin
Peak: 1909
4,009
Best: #56
66
Edwin
Peak: 1909
3,961
Best: #56
67
Frederick
Peak: 1909
3,900
Best: #60
68
Chester
Peak: 1909
3,788
Best: #61
69
Claude
Peak: 1900
3,704
Best: #58
70
Eddie
Peak: 1909
3,695
Best: #63
71
Cecil
Peak: 1909
3,610
Best: #65
72
Lloyd
Peak: 1909
3,507
Best: #67
73
Jessie
Peak: 1909
3,379
Best: #69
74
Martin
Peak: 1909
3,346
Best: #64
75
Bernard
Peak: 1909
3,296
Best: #68
76
Tom
Peak: 1900
3,293
Best: #52
77
Will
Peak: 1900
3,246
Best: #43
78
Norman
Peak: 1909
3,178
Best: #71
79
Edgar
Peak: 1900
3,154
Best: #71
80
Harvey
Peak: 1909
3,104
Best: #72
81
Ben
Peak: 1909
3,028
Best: #73
82
Homer
Peak: 1908
2,915
Best: #74
83
Luther
Peak: 1909
2,866
Best: #79
84
Leon
Peak: 1909
2,859
Best: #76
85
Melvin
Peak: 1909
2,840
Best: #71
86
Philip
Peak: 1909
2,817
Best: #76
87
Johnnie
Peak: 1909
2,781
Best: #77
88
Jim
Peak: 1900
2,718
Best: #68
89
Milton
Peak: 1909
2,695
Best: #78
90
Everett
Peak: 1909
2,597
Best: #81
91
Allen
Peak: 1909
2,558
Best: #84
92
Leslie
Peak: 1909
2,531
Best: #85
93
Alvin
Peak: 1909
2,484
Best: #82
94
Victor
Peak: 1909
2,447
Best: #88
95
Marvin
Peak: 1909
2,324
Best: #85
96
Stephen
Peak: 1909
2,247
Best: #90
97
Alexander
Peak: 1907
2,230
Best: #92
98
Jacob
Peak: 1909
2,191
Best: #89
99
Hugh
Peak: 1900
2,176
Best: #88
100
Patrick
Peak: 1900
2,141
Best: #89
About 1900s Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States during the 1900s (1900-1909), based on Social Security Administration data. Names are ranked by the total number of babies given each name across the entire decade.
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