Top baby names of 1901

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1901, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John6,900
  2. 2William5,990
  3. 3James4,735
  4. 4George3,609
  5. 5Charles3,049
  6. 6Joseph2,766
  7. 7Robert2,543
  8. 8Frank2,402
  9. 9Edward1,917
  10. 10Henry1,870
  11. 11Thomas1,820
  12. 12Walter1,718
  13. 13Harry1,594
  14. 14Arthur1,329
  15. 15Albert1,317
  16. 16Willie1,294
  17. 17Clarence1,196
  18. 18Fred1,133
  19. 19Paul924
  20. 20Roy917
  21. 21Harold915
  22. 22Raymond888
  23. 23Earl818
  24. 24Carl817
  25. 25Louis797
  26. 26Richard784
  27. 27Joe756
  28. 28Ernest691
  29. 29Ralph682
  30. 30David672
  31. 31Charlie654
  32. 32Jack645
  33. 33Samuel628
  34. 34Howard584
  35. 35Herbert573
  36. 36Francis543
  37. 37Lawrence535
  38. 38Elmer520
  39. 39Alfred506
  40. 40Andrew479
  41. 41Sam479
  42. 42Leo456
  43. 43Theodore450
  44. 44Eugene445
  45. 45Lee424
  46. 46Floyd423
  47. 47Oscar422
  48. 48Daniel416
  49. 49Jesse411
  50. 50Russell395
  51. 51Herman393
  52. 52Michael384
  53. 53Will364
  54. 54Leonard362
  55. 55Clyde356
  56. 56Benjamin343
  57. 57Peter343
  58. 58Claude341
  59. 59Ray338
  60. 60Frederick336
  61. 61Lester332
  62. 62Anthony323
  63. 63Lewis309
  64. 64Martin304
  65. 65Edwin299
  66. 66Eddie296
  67. 67Tom291
  68. 68Lloyd285
  69. 69Clifford282
  70. 70Cecil278
  71. 71Edgar271
  72. 72Leroy268
  73. 73Ben259
  74. 74Homer257
  75. 75Chester253
  76. 76Harvey253
  77. 77Donald250
  78. 78Kenneth246
  79. 79Luther244
  80. 80Bernard242
  81. 81Jim239
  82. 82Stanley239
  83. 83Norman238
  84. 84Philip232
  85. 85Jessie231
  86. 86Everett218
  87. 87Leon208
  88. 88Allen199
  89. 89Leslie198
  90. 90Milton197
  91. 91Hugh192
  92. 92Oliver187
  93. 93Patrick181
  94. 94Glenn180
  95. 95Alvin179
  96. 96Horace178
  97. 97Melvin176
  98. 98Jacob172
  99. 99Guy170
  100. 100Victor169

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary13,136
  2. 2Helen5,247
  3. 3Anna4,923
  4. 4Margaret4,424
  5. 5Ruth3,974
  6. 6Elizabeth3,216
  7. 7Marie3,157
  8. 8Florence3,131
  9. 9Ethel3,067
  10. 10Lillian2,681
  11. 11Gladys2,676
  12. 12Alice2,562
  13. 13Edna2,488
  14. 14Mildred2,424
  15. 15Grace2,398
  16. 16Annie2,396
  17. 17Emma2,374
  18. 18Clara2,319
  19. 19Bertha2,257
  20. 20Rose2,212
  21. 21Bessie2,183
  22. 22Dorothy2,173
  23. 23Hazel2,097
  24. 24Mabel2,097
  25. 25Frances2,071
  26. 26Minnie2,026
  27. 27Gertrude1,964
  28. 28Myrtle1,892
  29. 29Martha1,886
  30. 30Irene1,879
  31. 31Pearl1,866
  32. 32Edith1,863
  33. 33Esther1,844
  34. 34Ida1,835
  35. 35Elsie1,747
  36. 36Louise1,640
  37. 37Eva1,617
  38. 38Catherine1,599
  39. 39Agnes1,525
  40. 40Sarah1,514
  41. 41Nellie1,454
  42. 42Ella1,435
  43. 43Josephine1,434
  44. 44Laura1,402
  45. 45Lillie1,382
  46. 46Julia1,362
  47. 47Viola1,331
  48. 48Carrie1,247
  49. 49Ruby1,225
  50. 50Mattie1,224
  51. 51Lena1,216
  52. 52Alma1,195
  53. 53Beatrice1,183
  54. 54Mae1,140
  55. 55Jessie1,116
  56. 56Hattie1,106
  57. 57Thelma1,090
  58. 58Cora1,027
  59. 59Blanche1,025
  60. 60Mamie992
  61. 61Lucy979
  62. 62Evelyn966
  63. 63Marion963
  64. 64Pauline938
  65. 65Stella928
  66. 66Ada913
  67. 67Lula905
  68. 68Willie901
  69. 69Jennie898
  70. 70Lucille894
  71. 71Katherine890
  72. 72Fannie873
  73. 73Vera860
  74. 74Beulah859
  75. 75Rosa845
  76. 76Virginia825
  77. 77Maude819
  78. 78Leona779
  79. 79Dora768
  80. 80Maggie746
  81. 81Nora727
  82. 82Ellen711
  83. 83Marguerite699
  84. 84Eleanor686
  85. 85Sadie676
  86. 86Bernice660
  87. 87Daisy653
  88. 88Susie650
  89. 89Ann634
  90. 90Kathryn620
  91. 91Violet611
  92. 92Hilda574
  93. 93Nettie562
  94. 94Theresa554
  95. 95May550
  96. 96Georgia549
  97. 97Effie545
  98. 98Olive539
  99. 99Emily537
  100. 100Della534