Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1904

John and Mary topped the list in 1904. The 10 most popular names went to 33% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,394 boy names and 2,164 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1904

  1. John 8,108
  2. William 6,416
  3. James 5,855
  4. George 4,219
  5. Robert 3,414
  6. Charles 3,406
  7. Joseph 3,291
  8. Frank 2,799
  9. Edward 2,335
  10. Henry 2,085
  11. Thomas 2,057
  12. Walter 1,873
  13. Harry 1,722
  14. Willie 1,675
  15. Arthur 1,495
  16. Albert 1,453
  17. Clarence 1,310
  18. Fred 1,223
  19. Paul 1,194
  20. Harold 1,186
  21. Roy 1,123
  22. Raymond 1,093
  23. Joe 959
  24. Richard 957
  25. Carl 953
  26. Louis 936
  27. Jack 908
  28. Ralph 899
  29. Earl 854
  30. Theodore 834
  31. David 817
  32. Ernest 749
  33. Charlie 739
  34. Samuel 727
  35. Howard 726
  36. Francis 686
  37. Herbert 680
  38. Lawrence 662
  39. Elmer 620
  40. Sam 603
  41. Alfred 600
  42. Leo 552
  43. Andrew 546
  44. Eugene 541
  45. Lee 532
  46. Leonard 508
  47. Herman 497
  48. Russell 473
  49. Daniel 472
  50. Michael 462
  51. Clyde 457
  52. Floyd 446
  53. Jesse 443
  54. Oscar 442
  55. Ray 432
  56. Anthony 422
  57. Kenneth 414
  58. Donald 413
  59. Lewis 402
  60. Leroy 401
  61. Lester 398
  62. Peter 395
  63. Frederick 390
  64. Edwin 388
  65. Stanley 371
  66. Clifford 361
  67. Cecil 359
  68. Benjamin 358
  69. Chester 355
  70. Claude 337
  71. Martin 334
  72. Bernard 326
  73. Lloyd 324
  74. Tom 318
  75. Eddie 315
  76. Jessie 313
  77. Norman 305
  78. Alton 302
  79. Harvey 300
  80. Edgar 299
  81. Will 287
  82. Luther 286
  83. Ben 282
  84. Johnnie 267
  85. Jim 266
  86. Philip 266
  87. Homer 256
  88. Alvin 247
  89. Jacob 243
  90. Leon 241
  91. Leslie 236
  92. Melvin 234
  93. Milton 230
  94. Roosevelt 230
  95. Everett 229
  96. Allen 228
  97. Patrick 226
  98. Victor 218
  99. Glenn 217
  100. Virgil 211

Top girl names of 1904

  1. Mary 14,961
  2. Helen 6,488
  3. Anna 5,330
  4. Margaret 5,302
  5. Ruth 4,900
  6. Elizabeth 3,833
  7. Marie 3,595
  8. Florence 3,572
  9. Mildred 3,525
  10. Dorothy 3,477
  11. Ethel 3,296
  12. Lillian 3,139
  13. Alice 3,131
  14. Gladys 2,976
  15. Edna 2,762
  16. Frances 2,657
  17. Annie 2,631
  18. Rose 2,631
  19. Grace 2,513
  20. Bertha 2,363
  21. Bessie 2,340
  22. Emma 2,312
  23. Hazel 2,301
  24. Clara 2,281
  25. Gertrude 2,269
  26. Irene 2,212
  27. Mabel 2,172
  28. Louise 2,136
  29. Martha 2,019
  30. Pearl 2,015
  31. Catherine 1,982
  32. Esther 1,957
  33. Edith 1,944
  34. Myrtle 1,905
  35. Minnie 1,885
  36. Eva 1,858
  37. Thelma 1,757
  38. Ida 1,751
  39. Elsie 1,719
  40. Josephine 1,701
  41. Ruby 1,701
  42. Agnes 1,672
  43. Sarah 1,594
  44. Nellie 1,560
  45. Beatrice 1,549
  46. Viola 1,545
  47. Laura 1,508
  48. Ella 1,432
  49. Julia 1,426
  50. Evelyn 1,372
  51. Lillie 1,364
  52. Mattie 1,362
  53. Lucille 1,351
  54. Carrie 1,280
  55. Alma 1,257
  56. Pauline 1,243
  57. Lena 1,228
  58. Mae 1,214
  59. Virginia 1,213
  60. Jessie 1,197
  61. Willie 1,188
  62. Blanche 1,142
  63. Katherine 1,128
  64. Hattie 1,123
  65. Marion 1,109
  66. Lucy 1,086
  67. Mamie 1,041
  68. Stella 1,026
  69. Leona 998
  70. Cora 993
  71. Vera 993
  72. Beulah 983
  73. Fannie 964
  74. Jennie 964
  75. Bernice 962
  76. Rosa 903
  77. Lula 894
  78. Ann 880
  79. Ada 878
  80. Eleanor 868
  81. Maggie 805
  82. Dora 788
  83. Kathryn 787
  84. Ellen 774
  85. Daisy 772
  86. Maude 757
  87. Violet 755
  88. Doris 736
  89. Georgia 736
  90. Lois 727
  91. Betty 707
  92. Sadie 703
  93. Nora 698
  94. Marguerite 684
  95. Susie 662
  96. Marjorie 639
  97. Anne 631
  98. Hilda 629
  99. Lola 624
  100. Opal 621

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1904?
John was the #1 boy name in 1904 (8,108 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (14,961 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1904?
Social Security records list 403,484 babies born in 1904 with names given to at least 5 babies: 128,122 boys and 275,362 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.