Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1900

John and Mary topped the list in 1900. The 10 most popular names went to 34% of boys and 19% of girls, from 1,504 boy names and 2,222 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1900

  1. John 9,828
  2. William 8,579
  3. James 7,245
  4. George 5,403
  5. Charles 4,098
  6. Robert 3,821
  7. Joseph 3,714
  8. Frank 3,477
  9. Edward 2,720
  10. Henry 2,606
  11. Thomas 2,556
  12. Walter 2,298
  13. Harry 2,272
  14. Willie 2,113
  15. Arthur 1,853
  16. Albert 1,741
  17. Fred 1,646
  18. Clarence 1,483
  19. Paul 1,288
  20. Harold 1,245
  21. Roy 1,215
  22. Joe 1,179
  23. Raymond 1,150
  24. Richard 1,141
  25. Charlie 1,124
  26. Louis 1,097
  27. Jack 1,053
  28. Earl 1,037
  29. Carl 1,016
  30. Ernest 1,012
  31. Ralph 896
  32. David 883
  33. Samuel 877
  34. Sam 821
  35. Howard 779
  36. Herbert 751
  37. Andrew 718
  38. Elmer 699
  39. Lee 675
  40. Lawrence 659
  41. Francis 652
  42. Alfred 640
  43. Will 603
  44. Daniel 598
  45. Eugene 587
  46. Leo 570
  47. Oscar 563
  48. Floyd 555
  49. Herman 550
  50. Jesse 536
  51. Michael 495
  52. Lewis 469
  53. Tom 469
  54. Leonard 465
  55. Ray 457
  56. Clyde 451
  57. Benjamin 450
  58. Peter 443
  59. Claude 433
  60. Lester 431
  61. Theodore 429
  62. Russell 427
  63. Eddie 425
  64. Frederick 420
  65. Leroy 419
  66. Clifford 409
  67. Anthony 406
  68. Jim 399
  69. Jessie 398
  70. Martin 383
  71. Edgar 374
  72. Chester 364
  73. Ben 355
  74. Edwin 350
  75. Dewey 345
  76. Cecil 344
  77. Stanley 342
  78. Lloyd 337
  79. Donald 328
  80. Homer 326
  81. Harvey 322
  82. Luther 316
  83. Norman 316
  84. Johnnie 313
  85. Leon 310
  86. Bernard 308
  87. Ed 297
  88. Hugh 290
  89. Patrick 285
  90. Kenneth 279
  91. Leslie 275
  92. Victor 269
  93. Alexander 260
  94. Philip 259
  95. Oliver 256
  96. Mack 250
  97. Horace 244
  98. Milton 242
  99. Guy 240
  100. Everett 237

Top girl names of 1900

  1. Mary 16,705
  2. Helen 6,342
  3. Anna 6,114
  4. Margaret 5,304
  5. Ruth 4,765
  6. Elizabeth 4,096
  7. Florence 3,920
  8. Ethel 3,896
  9. Marie 3,856
  10. Lillian 3,414
  11. Annie 3,324
  12. Edna 3,102
  13. Emma 3,095
  14. Alice 3,059
  15. Bessie 3,044
  16. Bertha 3,019
  17. Grace 2,942
  18. Rose 2,844
  19. Clara 2,826
  20. Mildred 2,800
  21. Gladys 2,733
  22. Minnie 2,673
  23. Gertrude 2,580
  24. Pearl 2,512
  25. Mabel 2,509
  26. Frances 2,495
  27. Dorothy 2,491
  28. Martha 2,437
  29. Hazel 2,425
  30. Ida 2,285
  31. Irene 2,264
  32. Myrtle 2,252
  33. Eva 2,089
  34. Catherine 2,081
  35. Louise 2,070
  36. Edith 2,068
  37. Sarah 2,054
  38. Elsie 2,045
  39. Esther 2,017
  40. Lillie 2,004
  41. Agnes 1,914
  42. Ella 1,911
  43. Nellie 1,850
  44. Mattie 1,834
  45. Laura 1,824
  46. Julia 1,766
  47. Josephine 1,743
  48. Carrie 1,711
  49. Viola 1,674
  50. Hattie 1,553
  51. Ruby 1,540
  52. Lena 1,506
  53. Jessie 1,422
  54. Mae 1,406
  55. Cora 1,389
  56. Beatrice 1,382
  57. Alma 1,372
  58. Willie 1,351
  59. Mamie 1,337
  60. Blanche 1,332
  61. Lucy 1,246
  62. Fannie 1,237
  63. Lula 1,237
  64. Jennie 1,204
  65. Katherine 1,201
  66. Marion 1,197
  67. Lucille 1,182
  68. Stella 1,177
  69. Rosa 1,118
  70. Evelyn 1,116
  71. Pauline 1,104
  72. Ada 1,101
  73. Thelma 1,094
  74. Virginia 1,068
  75. Maggie 1,045
  76. Vera 1,024
  77. Maude 1,013
  78. Beulah 974
  79. Dora 958
  80. Susie 947
  81. Daisy 931
  82. Ellen 922
  83. Nora 919
  84. Sadie 895
  85. Leona 825
  86. Marguerite 786
  87. Georgia 765
  88. Eleanor 753
  89. Effie 752
  90. Della 748
  91. May 744
  92. Ann 736
  93. Kathryn 721
  94. Nettie 711
  95. Olive 705
  96. Bernice 702
  97. Lottie 690
  98. Sallie 676
  99. Nancy 673
  100. Betty 665

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1900?
John was the #1 boy name in 1900 (9,828 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (16,705 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1900?
Social Security records list 450,258 babies born in 1900 with names given to at least 5 babies: 150,474 boys and 299,784 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.