Top baby names of 1900

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1900, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John9,828
  2. 2William8,579
  3. 3James7,245
  4. 4George5,403
  5. 5Charles4,098
  6. 6Robert3,821
  7. 7Joseph3,714
  8. 8Frank3,477
  9. 9Edward2,720
  10. 10Henry2,606
  11. 11Thomas2,556
  12. 12Walter2,298
  13. 13Harry2,272
  14. 14Willie2,113
  15. 15Arthur1,853
  16. 16Albert1,741
  17. 17Fred1,646
  18. 18Clarence1,483
  19. 19Paul1,288
  20. 20Harold1,245
  21. 21Roy1,215
  22. 22Joe1,179
  23. 23Raymond1,150
  24. 24Richard1,141
  25. 25Charlie1,124
  26. 26Louis1,097
  27. 27Jack1,053
  28. 28Earl1,037
  29. 29Carl1,016
  30. 30Ernest1,012
  31. 31Ralph896
  32. 32David883
  33. 33Samuel877
  34. 34Sam821
  35. 35Howard779
  36. 36Herbert751
  37. 37Andrew718
  38. 38Elmer699
  39. 39Lee675
  40. 40Lawrence659
  41. 41Francis652
  42. 42Alfred640
  43. 43Will603
  44. 44Daniel598
  45. 45Eugene587
  46. 46Leo570
  47. 47Oscar563
  48. 48Floyd555
  49. 49Herman550
  50. 50Jesse536
  51. 51Michael495
  52. 52Lewis469
  53. 53Tom469
  54. 54Leonard465
  55. 55Ray457
  56. 56Clyde451
  57. 57Benjamin450
  58. 58Peter443
  59. 59Claude433
  60. 60Lester431
  61. 61Theodore429
  62. 62Russell427
  63. 63Eddie425
  64. 64Frederick420
  65. 65Leroy419
  66. 66Clifford409
  67. 67Anthony406
  68. 68Jim399
  69. 69Jessie398
  70. 70Martin383
  71. 71Edgar374
  72. 72Chester364
  73. 73Ben355
  74. 74Edwin350
  75. 75Dewey345
  76. 76Cecil344
  77. 77Stanley342
  78. 78Lloyd337
  79. 79Donald328
  80. 80Homer326
  81. 81Harvey322
  82. 82Luther316
  83. 83Norman316
  84. 84Johnnie313
  85. 85Leon310
  86. 86Bernard308
  87. 87Ed297
  88. 88Hugh290
  89. 89Patrick285
  90. 90Kenneth279
  91. 91Leslie275
  92. 92Victor269
  93. 93Alexander260
  94. 94Philip259
  95. 95Oliver256
  96. 96Mack250
  97. 97Horace244
  98. 98Milton242
  99. 99Guy240
  100. 100Everett237

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary16,705
  2. 2Helen6,342
  3. 3Anna6,114
  4. 4Margaret5,304
  5. 5Ruth4,765
  6. 6Elizabeth4,096
  7. 7Florence3,920
  8. 8Ethel3,896
  9. 9Marie3,856
  10. 10Lillian3,414
  11. 11Annie3,324
  12. 12Edna3,102
  13. 13Emma3,095
  14. 14Alice3,059
  15. 15Bessie3,044
  16. 16Bertha3,019
  17. 17Grace2,942
  18. 18Rose2,844
  19. 19Clara2,826
  20. 20Mildred2,800
  21. 21Gladys2,733
  22. 22Minnie2,673
  23. 23Gertrude2,580
  24. 24Pearl2,512
  25. 25Mabel2,509
  26. 26Frances2,495
  27. 27Dorothy2,491
  28. 28Martha2,437
  29. 29Hazel2,425
  30. 30Ida2,285
  31. 31Irene2,264
  32. 32Myrtle2,252
  33. 33Eva2,089
  34. 34Catherine2,081
  35. 35Louise2,070
  36. 36Edith2,068
  37. 37Sarah2,054
  38. 38Elsie2,045
  39. 39Esther2,017
  40. 40Lillie2,004
  41. 41Agnes1,914
  42. 42Ella1,911
  43. 43Nellie1,850
  44. 44Mattie1,834
  45. 45Laura1,824
  46. 46Julia1,766
  47. 47Josephine1,743
  48. 48Carrie1,711
  49. 49Viola1,674
  50. 50Hattie1,553
  51. 51Ruby1,540
  52. 52Lena1,506
  53. 53Jessie1,422
  54. 54Mae1,406
  55. 55Cora1,389
  56. 56Beatrice1,382
  57. 57Alma1,372
  58. 58Willie1,351
  59. 59Mamie1,337
  60. 60Blanche1,332
  61. 61Lucy1,246
  62. 62Fannie1,237
  63. 63Lula1,237
  64. 64Jennie1,204
  65. 65Katherine1,201
  66. 66Marion1,197
  67. 67Lucille1,182
  68. 68Stella1,177
  69. 69Rosa1,118
  70. 70Evelyn1,116
  71. 71Pauline1,104
  72. 72Ada1,101
  73. 73Thelma1,094
  74. 74Virginia1,068
  75. 75Maggie1,045
  76. 76Vera1,024
  77. 77Maude1,013
  78. 78Beulah974
  79. 79Dora958
  80. 80Susie947
  81. 81Daisy931
  82. 82Ellen922
  83. 83Nora919
  84. 84Sadie895
  85. 85Leona825
  86. 86Marguerite786
  87. 87Georgia765
  88. 88Eleanor753
  89. 89Effie752
  90. 90Della748
  91. 91May744
  92. 92Ann736
  93. 93Kathryn721
  94. 94Nettie711
  95. 95Olive705
  96. 96Bernice702
  97. 97Lottie690
  98. 98Sallie676
  99. 99Nancy673
  100. 100Betty665