Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1907

John and Mary topped the list in 1907. The 10 most popular names went to 32% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,548 boy names and 2,398 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1907

  1. John 8,983
  2. William 6,904
  3. James 6,707
  4. George 4,445
  5. Robert 4,020
  6. Charles 3,884
  7. Joseph 3,844
  8. Frank 2,943
  9. Edward 2,576
  10. Henry 2,203
  11. Thomas 2,174
  12. Walter 2,095
  13. Willie 1,968
  14. Harry 1,813
  15. Albert 1,636
  16. Arthur 1,553
  17. Harold 1,452
  18. Clarence 1,389
  19. Fred 1,371
  20. Paul 1,358
  21. Raymond 1,290
  22. Richard 1,235
  23. Joe 1,177
  24. Roy 1,128
  25. Louis 1,111
  26. Jack 1,019
  27. Carl 1,018
  28. Earl 1,006
  29. Ralph 997
  30. Ernest 978
  31. David 945
  32. Samuel 892
  33. Howard 875
  34. Lawrence 801
  35. Charlie 793
  36. Alfred 738
  37. Francis 717
  38. Theodore 712
  39. Herbert 710
  40. Andrew 708
  41. Eugene 691
  42. Leo 651
  43. Sam 631
  44. Donald 616
  45. Elmer 616
  46. Anthony 593
  47. Kenneth 589
  48. Michael 586
  49. Herman 561
  50. Leroy 550
  51. Leonard 547
  52. Daniel 528
  53. Floyd 521
  54. Lee 516
  55. Stanley 516
  56. Clyde 507
  57. Russell 503
  58. Lester 491
  59. Oscar 483
  60. Ray 475
  61. Peter 473
  62. Edwin 468
  63. Jesse 466
  64. Benjamin 460
  65. Clifford 445
  66. Lewis 427
  67. Chester 424
  68. Frederick 410
  69. Cecil 399
  70. Eddie 394
  71. Jessie 386
  72. Lloyd 386
  73. Bernard 378
  74. Claude 364
  75. Norman 362
  76. Philip 356
  77. Harvey 335
  78. Melvin 331
  79. Martin 329
  80. Leon 324
  81. Edgar 321
  82. Ben 314
  83. Tom 313
  84. Homer 312
  85. Allen 309
  86. Johnnie 307
  87. Marvin 304
  88. Everett 302
  89. Milton 292
  90. Jim 281
  91. Luther 280
  92. Alexander 279
  93. Virgil 276
  94. Leslie 273
  95. Stephen 273
  96. Morris 260
  97. Will 260
  98. Archie 250
  99. Alvin 245
  100. Victor 245

Top girl names of 1907

  1. Mary 17,580
  2. Helen 7,579
  3. Margaret 6,713
  4. Anna 5,575
  5. Ruth 5,573
  6. Dorothy 4,967
  7. Elizabeth 4,624
  8. Mildred 4,277
  9. Alice 4,107
  10. Marie 3,880
  11. Florence 3,750
  12. Ethel 3,698
  13. Lillian 3,542
  14. Gladys 3,303
  15. Edna 3,301
  16. Frances 3,299
  17. Rose 3,116
  18. Evelyn 3,035
  19. Annie 2,891
  20. Grace 2,747
  21. Louise 2,619
  22. Irene 2,617
  23. Hazel 2,530
  24. Gertrude 2,499
  25. Catherine 2,457
  26. Bertha 2,363
  27. Emma 2,356
  28. Thelma 2,339
  29. Clara 2,319
  30. Bessie 2,311
  31. Martha 2,274
  32. Edith 2,177
  33. Josephine 2,156
  34. Ruby 2,113
  35. Pearl 2,108
  36. Mabel 2,069
  37. Esther 2,062
  38. Ida 1,980
  39. Myrtle 1,929
  40. Minnie 1,907
  41. Virginia 1,893
  42. Eva 1,884
  43. Elsie 1,872
  44. Beatrice 1,858
  45. Lucille 1,853
  46. Agnes 1,829
  47. Viola 1,805
  48. Sarah 1,799
  49. Julia 1,680
  50. Nellie 1,671
  51. Laura 1,621
  52. Pauline 1,591
  53. Lillie 1,536
  54. Ella 1,450
  55. Katherine 1,413
  56. Willie 1,394
  57. Mae 1,375
  58. Alma 1,347
  59. Mattie 1,319
  60. Jessie 1,314
  61. Carrie 1,283
  62. Ann 1,264
  63. Marion 1,251
  64. Lena 1,238
  65. Bernice 1,185
  66. Blanche 1,156
  67. Eleanor 1,155
  68. Lucy 1,152
  69. Vera 1,152
  70. Stella 1,150
  71. Hattie 1,142
  72. Leona 1,106
  73. Beulah 1,092
  74. Fannie 1,089
  75. Mamie 1,059
  76. Doris 1,023
  77. Betty 1,018
  78. Jennie 998
  79. Anne 980
  80. Cora 969
  81. Violet 956
  82. Rosa 924
  83. Ada 906
  84. Lula 905
  85. Lois 899
  86. Opal 889
  87. Marguerite 888
  88. Kathryn 864
  89. Ellen 855
  90. Velma 854
  91. Maggie 846
  92. Georgia 787
  93. Marjorie 787
  94. Dora 786
  95. Sadie 771
  96. Jean 770
  97. Susie 756
  98. Daisy 739
  99. Theresa 734
  100. Emily 714

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1907?
John was the #1 boy name in 1907 (8,983 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (17,580 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1907?
Social Security records list 465,390 babies born in 1907 with names given to at least 5 babies: 146,826 boys and 318,564 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.