Top baby names of 1909

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1909, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John9,590
  2. 2William7,913
  3. 3James7,595
  4. 4George4,688
  5. 5Robert4,563
  6. 6Joseph4,348
  7. 7Charles4,029
  8. 8Frank3,244
  9. 9Edward2,935
  10. 10Thomas2,468
  11. 11Henry2,411
  12. 12Walter2,287
  13. 13Willie2,175
  14. 14Harry1,924
  15. 15Albert1,816
  16. 16Harold1,725
  17. 17Paul1,676
  18. 18Arthur1,665
  19. 19Clarence1,518
  20. 20Raymond1,441
  21. 21Richard1,427
  22. 22Fred1,355
  23. 23Joe1,292
  24. 24Louis1,231
  25. 25Carl1,215
  26. 26Howard1,166
  27. 27Jack1,150
  28. 28Roy1,135
  29. 29David1,094
  30. 30Ralph1,091
  31. 31Earl1,007
  32. 32Samuel983
  33. 33Francis886
  34. 34Ernest885
  35. 35Lawrence854
  36. 36Charlie833
  37. 37Herbert831
  38. 38Andrew766
  39. 39Alfred763
  40. 40Anthony758
  41. 41Kenneth746
  42. 42Donald725
  43. 43Eugene724
  44. 44Sam700
  45. 45Elmer687
  46. 46Leonard665
  47. 47Michael635
  48. 48Herman618
  49. 49Leo609
  50. 50Stanley607
  51. 51Theodore595
  52. 52Lee584
  53. 53Floyd570
  54. 54Daniel569
  55. 55Leroy568
  56. 56Peter539
  57. 57Clifford536
  58. 58Russell528
  59. 59Jesse517
  60. 60Clyde516
  61. 61Lester501
  62. 62Edwin492
  63. 63Benjamin489
  64. 64Frederick477
  65. 65Lewis477
  66. 66Chester475
  67. 67Ray475
  68. 68Bernard463
  69. 69Eddie462
  70. 70Oscar459
  71. 71Melvin448
  72. 72Cecil432
  73. 73Jessie432
  74. 74Claude419
  75. 75Norman415
  76. 76Lloyd412
  77. 77Johnnie401
  78. 78Philip395
  79. 79Martin391
  80. 80Leon377
  81. 81Milton369
  82. 82Alvin363
  83. 83Harvey361
  84. 84Ben358
  85. 85Marvin354
  86. 86Edgar347
  87. 87Luther347
  88. 88Tom340
  89. 89Victor320
  90. 90Everett314
  91. 91Stephen314
  92. 92Homer313
  93. 93Allen312
  94. 94Morris305
  95. 95Gerald301
  96. 96Leslie292
  97. 97Vernon284
  98. 98Julius269
  99. 99Otis267
  100. 100Will267

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary19,259
  2. 2Helen9,250
  3. 3Margaret7,358
  4. 4Ruth6,509
  5. 5Dorothy6,253
  6. 6Anna5,804
  7. 7Elizabeth5,176
  8. 8Mildred5,054
  9. 9Marie4,301
  10. 10Alice4,170
  11. 11Florence3,789
  12. 12Frances3,780
  13. 13Ethel3,661
  14. 14Lillian3,596
  15. 15Gladys3,538
  16. 16Edna3,429
  17. 17Rose3,374
  18. 18Evelyn3,157
  19. 19Louise3,019
  20. 20Irene2,961
  21. 21Grace2,912
  22. 22Annie2,904
  23. 23Catherine2,897
  24. 24Hazel2,708
  25. 25Gertrude2,622
  26. 26Thelma2,612
  27. 27Ruby2,524
  28. 28Martha2,510
  29. 29Bertha2,444
  30. 30Virginia2,420
  31. 31Josephine2,416
  32. 32Clara2,403
  33. 33Edith2,371
  34. 34Emma2,338
  35. 35Bessie2,276
  36. 36Lucille2,192
  37. 37Esther2,185
  38. 38Beatrice2,105
  39. 39Elsie2,064
  40. 40Pearl2,048
  41. 41Mabel2,007
  42. 42Agnes1,974
  43. 43Myrtle1,950
  44. 44Ida1,943
  45. 45Julia1,931
  46. 46Viola1,926
  47. 47Eva1,896
  48. 48Pauline1,896
  49. 49Sarah1,845
  50. 50Minnie1,779
  51. 51Nellie1,768
  52. 52Lillie1,635
  53. 53Katherine1,557
  54. 54Willie1,549
  55. 55Laura1,524
  56. 56Ann1,477
  57. 57Eleanor1,460
  58. 58Marion1,445
  59. 59Mattie1,407
  60. 60Ella1,382
  61. 61Alma1,375
  62. 62Bernice1,337
  63. 63Jessie1,321
  64. 64Doris1,298
  65. 65Lena1,295
  66. 66Carrie1,276
  67. 67Vera1,242
  68. 68Mae1,230
  69. 69Blanche1,217
  70. 70Stella1,188
  71. 71Lucy1,175
  72. 72Leona1,167
  73. 73Lois1,157
  74. 74Kathryn1,138
  75. 75Hattie1,134
  76. 76Anne1,110
  77. 77Betty1,082
  78. 78Marjorie1,082
  79. 79Fannie1,071
  80. 80Beulah1,052
  81. 81Marguerite1,036
  82. 82Opal1,028
  83. 83Jennie998
  84. 84Mamie974
  85. 85Cora969
  86. 86Ellen960
  87. 87Rosa959
  88. 88Ada945
  89. 89Violet945
  90. 90Jean940
  91. 91Lula922
  92. 92Velma857
  93. 93Sylvia847
  94. 94Charlotte841
  95. 95Dora829
  96. 96Inez826
  97. 97Georgia813
  98. 98Maggie794
  99. 99Genevieve785
  100. 100Hilda773