Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1902

John and Mary topped the list in 1902. The 10 most popular names went to 34% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,319 boy names and 2,041 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1902

  1. John 7,907
  2. William 6,617
  3. James 5,592
  4. George 4,223
  5. Charles 3,361
  6. Robert 3,180
  7. Joseph 3,098
  8. Frank 2,756
  9. Edward 2,294
  10. Henry 2,154
  11. Thomas 2,134
  12. Walter 1,858
  13. Harry 1,750
  14. Willie 1,565
  15. Arthur 1,487
  16. Albert 1,375
  17. Clarence 1,292
  18. Fred 1,286
  19. Harold 1,077
  20. Paul 1,067
  21. Raymond 1,064
  22. Roy 1,002
  23. Joe 955
  24. Carl 952
  25. Louis 912
  26. Richard 908
  27. Earl 877
  28. Ralph 866
  29. Ernest 790
  30. Charlie 761
  31. David 761
  32. Jack 743
  33. Samuel 702
  34. Theodore 642
  35. Howard 632
  36. Herbert 615
  37. Lawrence 598
  38. Francis 597
  39. Alfred 590
  40. Elmer 574
  41. Sam 559
  42. Andrew 558
  43. Leo 551
  44. Eugene 524
  45. Daniel 501
  46. Lee 475
  47. Floyd 471
  48. Michael 460
  49. Herman 457
  50. Jesse 437
  51. Peter 433
  52. Leonard 426
  53. Russell 422
  54. Anthony 420
  55. Oscar 397
  56. Edwin 393
  57. Ray 391
  58. Lester 385
  59. Lewis 385
  60. Clyde 382
  61. Benjamin 374
  62. Leroy 370
  63. Donald 366
  64. Will 359
  65. Cecil 354
  66. Eddie 353
  67. Lloyd 344
  68. Claude 336
  69. Stanley 334
  70. Frederick 330
  71. Clifford 326
  72. Martin 325
  73. Jessie 323
  74. Chester 321
  75. Tom 312
  76. Edgar 307
  77. Jim 300
  78. Kenneth 275
  79. Ben 273
  80. Homer 269
  81. Luther 266
  82. Harvey 264
  83. Bernard 259
  84. Norman 256
  85. Leslie 251
  86. Leon 248
  87. Melvin 248
  88. Everett 238
  89. Allen 227
  90. Philip 226
  91. Johnnie 221
  92. Hugh 217
  93. Alexander 216
  94. Stephen 210
  95. Jacob 207
  96. Milton 207
  97. Victor 205
  98. Patrick 203
  99. Alvin 201
  100. Horace 199

Top girl names of 1902

  1. Mary 14,486
  2. Helen 5,967
  3. Anna 5,288
  4. Margaret 5,011
  5. Ruth 4,384
  6. Elizabeth 3,694
  7. Florence 3,509
  8. Marie 3,424
  9. Ethel 3,295
  10. Alice 3,135
  11. Lillian 3,063
  12. Gladys 2,809
  13. Edna 2,754
  14. Mildred 2,750
  15. Dorothy 2,707
  16. Annie 2,664
  17. Grace 2,642
  18. Emma 2,514
  19. Bessie 2,448
  20. Rose 2,444
  21. Clara 2,432
  22. Bertha 2,372
  23. Frances 2,326
  24. Mabel 2,280
  25. Hazel 2,238
  26. Irene 2,210
  27. Gertrude 2,207
  28. Pearl 2,100
  29. Minnie 2,055
  30. Martha 2,030
  31. Catherine 1,896
  32. Myrtle 1,884
  33. Edith 1,853
  34. Ida 1,836
  35. Esther 1,833
  36. Louise 1,832
  37. Eva 1,727
  38. Elsie 1,720
  39. Sarah 1,710
  40. Agnes 1,676
  41. Nellie 1,566
  42. Josephine 1,565
  43. Laura 1,559
  44. Lillie 1,533
  45. Ella 1,525
  46. Julia 1,501
  47. Ruby 1,458
  48. Viola 1,447
  49. Beatrice 1,429
  50. Carrie 1,376
  51. Mattie 1,353
  52. Thelma 1,309
  53. Mae 1,261
  54. Jessie 1,240
  55. Alma 1,229
  56. Lena 1,225
  57. Hattie 1,163
  58. Blanche 1,159
  59. Evelyn 1,151
  60. Mamie 1,127
  61. Lucille 1,087
  62. Cora 1,081
  63. Stella 1,075
  64. Willie 1,071
  65. Lucy 1,065
  66. Marion 1,033
  67. Virginia 1,008
  68. Katherine 1,004
  69. Jennie 985
  70. Pauline 985
  71. Lula 976
  72. Fannie 971
  73. Vera 947
  74. Ada 921
  75. Rosa 909
  76. Leona 875
  77. Beulah 873
  78. Maggie 853
  79. Eleanor 837
  80. Maude 834
  81. Bernice 794
  82. Dora 780
  83. Ann 753
  84. Ellen 753
  85. Daisy 748
  86. Nora 724
  87. Kathryn 717
  88. Susie 717
  89. Sadie 716
  90. Marguerite 695
  91. Georgia 664
  92. Effie 658
  93. Doris 656
  94. Hilda 649
  95. Violet 649
  96. Della 609
  97. Emily 606
  98. Lois 594
  99. Olive 593
  100. Flora 587

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1902?
John was the #1 boy name in 1902 (7,907 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (14,486 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1902?
Social Security records list 386,733 babies born in 1902 with names given to at least 5 babies: 122,660 boys and 264,073 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.