Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1903

John and Mary topped the list in 1903. The 10 most popular names went to 33% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,304 boy names and 2,082 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1903

  1. John 7,608
  2. William 6,311
  3. James 5,479
  4. George 3,961
  5. Charles 3,213
  6. Joseph 3,121
  7. Robert 3,044
  8. Frank 2,644
  9. Edward 2,268
  10. Thomas 1,962
  11. Henry 1,922
  12. Walter 1,840
  13. Harry 1,647
  14. Willie 1,454
  15. Arthur 1,435
  16. Albert 1,337
  17. Clarence 1,261
  18. Fred 1,204
  19. Paul 1,081
  20. Harold 1,065
  21. Raymond 1,051
  22. Roy 975
  23. Carl 910
  24. Joe 895
  25. Louis 889
  26. Richard 862
  27. Earl 837
  28. Jack 831
  29. Ralph 807
  30. Ernest 764
  31. Samuel 741
  32. Charlie 739
  33. David 716
  34. Herbert 668
  35. Francis 665
  36. Theodore 663
  37. Howard 636
  38. Leo 636
  39. Alfred 557
  40. Elmer 556
  41. Sam 552
  42. Andrew 550
  43. Lawrence 536
  44. Eugene 478
  45. Lee 477
  46. Floyd 472
  47. Michael 466
  48. Herman 449
  49. Leonard 448
  50. Daniel 432
  51. Oscar 427
  52. Clyde 413
  53. Lester 400
  54. Anthony 399
  55. Ray 397
  56. Russell 390
  57. Jesse 388
  58. Peter 372
  59. Stanley 361
  60. Donald 359
  61. Clifford 348
  62. Edwin 347
  63. Frederick 341
  64. Leroy 340
  65. Lewis 335
  66. Cecil 332
  67. Kenneth 330
  68. Chester 327
  69. Benjamin 324
  70. Eddie 314
  71. Claude 301
  72. Lloyd 299
  73. Tom 295
  74. Harvey 293
  75. Will 293
  76. Leon 287
  77. Martin 283
  78. Jessie 280
  79. Bernard 271
  80. Luther 265
  81. Ben 259
  82. Edgar 259
  83. Homer 257
  84. Jim 257
  85. Philip 250
  86. Norman 238
  87. Johnnie 237
  88. Melvin 230
  89. Leslie 227
  90. Alvin 222
  91. Allen 219
  92. Milton 210
  93. Oliver 210
  94. Patrick 210
  95. Everett 204
  96. Stephen 200
  97. Glenn 198
  98. Roosevelt 196
  99. Victor 196
  100. Alexander 195

Top girl names of 1903

  1. Mary 14,275
  2. Helen 6,129
  3. Anna 5,098
  4. Margaret 5,045
  5. Ruth 4,517
  6. Elizabeth 3,724
  7. Marie 3,469
  8. Florence 3,468
  9. Ethel 3,257
  10. Mildred 3,088
  11. Dorothy 3,078
  12. Alice 2,996
  13. Lillian 2,972
  14. Gladys 2,674
  15. Edna 2,667
  16. Grace 2,616
  17. Annie 2,551
  18. Rose 2,478
  19. Frances 2,365
  20. Clara 2,342
  21. Bessie 2,339
  22. Bertha 2,309
  23. Emma 2,308
  24. Gertrude 2,253
  25. Mabel 2,163
  26. Hazel 2,139
  27. Pearl 2,046
  28. Irene 2,001
  29. Martha 1,980
  30. Myrtle 1,980
  31. Louise 1,935
  32. Catherine 1,916
  33. Edith 1,901
  34. Esther 1,883
  35. Minnie 1,846
  36. Eva 1,783
  37. Ida 1,774
  38. Elsie 1,720
  39. Agnes 1,616
  40. Josephine 1,587
  41. Sarah 1,553
  42. Ruby 1,538
  43. Laura 1,503
  44. Viola 1,495
  45. Nellie 1,491
  46. Lillie 1,485
  47. Thelma 1,479
  48. Julia 1,447
  49. Beatrice 1,439
  50. Ella 1,419
  51. Mattie 1,278
  52. Carrie 1,252
  53. Alma 1,244
  54. Evelyn 1,211
  55. Jessie 1,202
  56. Lena 1,200
  57. Lucille 1,193
  58. Mae 1,192
  59. Blanche 1,174
  60. Hattie 1,106
  61. Marion 1,042
  62. Pauline 1,042
  63. Virginia 1,032
  64. Fannie 1,016
  65. Stella 1,016
  66. Katherine 1,015
  67. Willie 1,014
  68. Lucy 990
  69. Mamie 990
  70. Cora 986
  71. Jennie 936
  72. Beulah 920
  73. Lula 913
  74. Rosa 911
  75. Vera 899
  76. Leona 881
  77. Bernice 868
  78. Ada 843
  79. Eleanor 840
  80. Maggie 780
  81. Dora 778
  82. Daisy 776
  83. Maude 776
  84. Ann 774
  85. Ellen 773
  86. Kathryn 729
  87. Nora 724
  88. Hilda 698
  89. Sadie 683
  90. Susie 680
  91. Marguerite 667
  92. Lois 664
  93. Violet 636
  94. Georgia 632
  95. Doris 629
  96. Della 611
  97. Olive 597
  98. Betty 596
  99. Velma 589
  100. Anne 581

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1903?
John was the #1 boy name in 1903 (7,608 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (14,275 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1903?
Social Security records list 381,200 babies born in 1903 with names given to at least 5 babies: 119,230 boys and 261,970 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.