Popular baby names of 1900

In 1900, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (16,705 babies) and John for boys (9,828). Social Security records show 450,258 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,223 girls' names and 1,506 boys' names.

1900 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 19.5% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 34.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Bernice, Nancy, Betty.
New in the boys' top 100: Johnnie, Ed, Oliver, Mack, Horace.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1900

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1899
1	Mary	16,705	–
2	Helen	6,342	↑1
3	Anna	6,114	↓1
4	Margaret	5,304	–
5	Ruth	4,765	–
6	Elizabeth	4,096	↑1
7	Florence	3,920	↓1
8	Ethel	3,896	↑1
9	Marie	3,856	↓1
10	Lillian	3,414	–
11	Annie	3,324	↑7
12	Edna	3,102	↓1
13	Emma	3,095	–
14	Alice	3,059	↓2
15	Bessie	3,044	↑4
16	Bertha	3,019	–
17	Grace	2,942	↓2
18	Rose	2,844	↑3
19	Clara	2,826	↓5
20	Mildred	2,800	↓3
21	Gladys	2,733	↓1
22	Minnie	2,673	↑3
23	Gertrude	2,580	–
24	Pearl	2,512	↑3
25	Mabel	2,509	↓3
26	Frances	2,495	↓2
27	Dorothy	2,491	↑8
28	Martha	2,437	–
29	Hazel	2,425	↓3
30	Ida	2,285	↑1
31	Irene	2,264	↑3
32	Myrtle	2,252	↓2
33	Eva	2,089	↑6
34	Catherine	2,081	↑2
35	Louise	2,070	↑5
36	Edith	2,068	↓4
37	Sarah	2,054	↑1
38	Elsie	2,045	↓5
39	Esther	2,017	↓10
40	Lillie	2,004	↑5
41	Agnes	1,914	↓4
42	Ella	1,911	–
43	Nellie	1,850	↓2
44	Mattie	1,834	↑4
45	Laura	1,824	↓2
46	Julia	1,766	↑1
47	Josephine	1,743	↓3
48	Carrie	1,711	↓2
49	Viola	1,674	↑1
50	Hattie	1,553	↑3
51	Ruby	1,540	↑1
52	Lena	1,506	↓3
53	Jessie	1,422	↑1
54	Mae	1,406	↑5
55	Cora	1,389	↑3
56	Beatrice	1,382	–
57	Alma	1,372	↓6
58	Willie	1,351	↑15
59	Mamie	1,337	↑5
60	Blanche	1,332	↓5
61	Lucy	1,246	↓1
62	Fannie	1,237	↑6
63	Lula	1,237	↑4
64	Jennie	1,204	↓7
65	Katherine	1,201	–
66	Marion	1,197	↓3
67	Lucille	1,182	↑4
68	Stella	1,177	↓6
69	Rosa	1,118	↑8
70	Evelyn	1,116	↑4
71	Pauline	1,104	↑1
72	Ada	1,101	↓11
73	Thelma	1,094	↑5
74	Virginia	1,068	↑1
75	Maggie	1,045	↓5
76	Vera	1,024	↓7
77	Maude	1,013	↓11
78	Beulah	974	↓2
79	Dora	958	–
80	Susie	947	↑6
81	Daisy	931	↑4
82	Ellen	922	↓1
83	Nora	919	↓3
84	Sadie	895	↓2
85	Leona	825	↓1
86	Marguerite	786	↓3
87	Georgia	765	↑12
88	Eleanor	753	↑6
89	Effie	752	↑1
90	Della	748	↑1
91	May	744	↑4
92	Ann	736	–
93	Kathryn	721	↓5
94	Nettie	711	↓5
95	Olive	705	↑3
96	Bernice	702	new
97	Lottie	690	↓4
98	Sallie	676	↑2
99	Nancy	673	new
100	Betty	665	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1899
1	John	9,828	–
2	William	8,579	–
3	James	7,245	–
4	George	5,403	–
5	Charles	4,098	–
6	Robert	3,821	↑1
7	Joseph	3,714	↓1
8	Frank	3,477	–
9	Edward	2,720	–
10	Henry	2,606	–
11	Thomas	2,556	–
12	Walter	2,298	–
13	Harry	2,272	–
14	Willie	2,113	↑4
15	Arthur	1,853	↓1
16	Albert	1,741	↓1
17	Fred	1,646	↓1
18	Clarence	1,483	↓1
19	Paul	1,288	↑2
20	Harold	1,245	↓1
21	Roy	1,215	↓1
22	Joe	1,179	↑2
23	Raymond	1,150	↓1
24	Richard	1,141	↑4
25	Charlie	1,124	↑6
26	Louis	1,097	–
27	Jack	1,053	↑8
28	Earl	1,037	↓5
29	Carl	1,016	↓4
30	Ernest	1,012	↓3
31	Ralph	896	↓2
32	David	883	–
33	Samuel	877	↓3
34	Sam	821	↑10
35	Howard	779	↓1
36	Herbert	751	↓3
37	Andrew	718	↓1
38	Elmer	699	↓1
39	Lee	675	↑11
40	Lawrence	659	–
41	Francis	652	↓3
42	Alfred	640	↓1
43	Will	603	↑5
44	Daniel	598	↓2
45	Eugene	587	–
46	Leo	570	↓3
47	Oscar	563	↓1
48	Floyd	555	↑4
49	Herman	550	–
50	Jesse	536	↓3
51	Michael	495	–
52	Lewis	469	↑2
53	Tom	469	↑14
54	Leonard	465	↑6
55	Ray	457	↑6
56	Clyde	451	↑2
57	Benjamin	450	–
58	Peter	443	↓5
59	Claude	433	↑4
60	Lester	431	↑5
61	Theodore	429	↑17
62	Russell	427	↓6
63	Eddie	425	↑12
64	Frederick	420	↓9
65	Leroy	419	↑4
66	Clifford	409	↓4
67	Anthony	406	↓3
68	Jim	399	↑3
69	Jessie	398	↑1
70	Martin	383	↑2
71	Edgar	374	↑9
72	Chester	364	↓6
73	Ben	355	–
74	Edwin	350	↓15
75	Dewey	345	↓36
76	Cecil	344	↑1
77	Stanley	342	↓1
78	Lloyd	337	↓10
79	Donald	328	↓5
80	Homer	326	↑2
81	Harvey	322	↓2
82	Luther	316	↓1
83	Norman	316	–
84	Johnnie	313	new
85	Leon	310	↑8
86	Bernard	308	↓1
87	Ed	297	new
88	Hugh	290	–
89	Patrick	285	↓3
90	Kenneth	279	↓3
91	Leslie	275	↑5
92	Victor	269	↑8
93	Alexander	260	↑4
94	Philip	259	↓10
95	Oliver	256	new
96	Mack	250	new
97	Horace	244	new
98	Milton	242	↓9
99	Guy	240	↓9
100	Everett	237	↓5

Every name given in 1900

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