1908
Top Baby Names of 1908
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1908
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Mary 18,665 2
Helen 8,439 3
Margaret 6,976 4
Ruth 6,180 5
Anna 5,860 6
Dorothy 5,703 7
Elizabeth 4,904 8
Mildred 4,624 9
Alice 4,270 10
Marie 4,076 11
Florence 3,883 12
Ethel 3,786 13
Lillian 3,634 14
Frances 3,593 15
Gladys 3,580 16
Rose 3,382 17
Edna 3,365 18
Louise 2,937 19
Grace 2,901 20
Evelyn 2,857 21
Annie 2,820 22
Catherine 2,750 23
Irene 2,732 24
Hazel 2,698 25
Gertrude 2,562 26
Thelma 2,526 27
Edith 2,410 28
Josephine 2,389 29
Bertha 2,384 30
Emma 2,357 31
Clara 2,352 32
Martha 2,324 33
Ruby 2,229 34
Bessie 2,201 35
Virginia 2,195 36
Esther 2,187 37
Mabel 2,096 38
Lucille 2,080 39
Pearl 2,075 40
Beatrice 1,997 41
Elsie 1,983 42
Viola 1,964 43
Ida 1,952 43
Myrtle 1,952 45
Agnes 1,934 46
Eva 1,930 47
Minnie 1,817 48
Sarah 1,814 49
Nellie 1,757 50
Julia 1,749 51
Pauline 1,702 52
Laura 1,558 53
Alma 1,474 54
Lillie 1,471 55
Katherine 1,430 56
Ella 1,428 57
Mae 1,384 58
Jessie 1,382 59
Willie 1,371 60
Mattie 1,364 61
Bernice 1,363 62
Ann 1,354 63
Marion 1,349 64
Lena 1,331 65
Eleanor 1,302 66
Carrie 1,239 67
Stella 1,216 68
Vera 1,204 69
Blanche 1,162 70
Doris 1,155 71
Hattie 1,137 72
Betty 1,128 73
Lucy 1,118 73
Leona 1,118 75
Anne 1,088 76
Fannie 1,085 77
Kathryn 1,058 78
Jennie 1,038 79
Mamie 1,028 80
Lois 1,023 81
Violet 1,017 82
Beulah 1,015 83
Cora 962 84
Opal 955 85
Marjorie 942 86
Rosa 941 87
Ada 922 88
Marguerite 913 89
Lula 892 90
Velma 860 91
Jean 852 92
Ellen 848 93
Dora 806 94
Theresa 795 95
Maggie 772 96
Sadie 770 97
Georgia 768 98
Charlotte 766 99
Daisy 765 100
Inez 757 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1908
1
John 9,343 2
William 7,529 3
James 7,012 4
George 4,584 5
Robert 4,219 6
Joseph 4,162 7
Charles 3,929 8
Frank 3,146 9
Edward 2,707 10
Thomas 2,301 11
Henry 2,283 12
Walter 2,192 13
Willie 1,964 14
Harry 1,934 15
Albert 1,642 16
Arthur 1,601 17
Harold 1,542 18
Paul 1,478 19
Clarence 1,428 20
Fred 1,381 20
Raymond 1,381 22
Louis 1,317 23
Richard 1,244 24
Joe 1,209 25
Ralph 1,138 26
Roy 1,097 27
Jack 1,086 28
Howard 1,078 29
Carl 1,074 30
David 1,015 31
Ernest 1,000 32
Earl 999 33
Samuel 960 34
Francis 853 35
Lawrence 815 36
Herbert 759 37
Charlie 740 38
Alfred 739 39
Andrew 722 40
Kenneth 692 41
Anthony 690 42
Elmer 689 42
Eugene 689 44
Michael 688 45
Donald 664 46
Sam 644 47
Theodore 643 48
Leonard 614 49
Leo 584 50
Herman 562 51
Lee 553 52
Stanley 547 53
Peter 542 54
Daniel 530 55
Floyd 529 56
Leroy 523 56
Russell 523 58
Clifford 515 59
Clyde 511 60
Lester 509 61
Lewis 489 62
Jesse 482 63
Benjamin 480 64
Edwin 477 65
Oscar 476 66
Chester 461 67
Ray 446 68
Frederick 438 69
Claude 428 70
Bernard 414 71
Eddie 413 72
Cecil 397 73
Lloyd 394 74
Norman 374 75
Melvin 366 76
Edgar 360 77
Jessie 355 78
Ben 353 79
Milton 346 80
Tom 340 80
Homer 340 82
Harvey 339 83
Martin 331 84
Leon 327 85
Johnnie 321 86
Philip 319 87
Marvin 311 88
Victor 308 89
Alvin 307 90
Everett 294 91
Luther 292 92
Allen 287 93
Vernon 285 94
Stephen 280 95
Leslie 279 96
Will 274 97
Gerald 270 98
Morris 269 99
Julius 263 100
Virgil 258 About 1908 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1908, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.