Popular baby names of 1904

In 1904, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (14,961 babies) and John for boys (8,108). Social Security records show 403,484 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,165 girls' names and 1,395 boys' names.

1904 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 20.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Marjorie, Lola, Opal.
New in the boys' top 100: Alton, Jacob, Virgil.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1904

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1903
1	Mary	14,961	–
2	Helen	6,488	–
3	Anna	5,330	–
4	Margaret	5,302	–
5	Ruth	4,900	–
6	Elizabeth	3,833	–
7	Marie	3,595	–
8	Florence	3,572	–
9	Mildred	3,525	↑1
10	Dorothy	3,477	↑1
11	Ethel	3,296	↓2
12	Lillian	3,139	↑1
13	Alice	3,131	↓1
14	Gladys	2,976	–
15	Edna	2,762	–
16	Frances	2,657	↑3
17	Annie	2,631	–
18	Rose	2,631	–
19	Grace	2,513	↓3
20	Bertha	2,363	↑2
21	Bessie	2,340	–
22	Emma	2,312	↑1
23	Hazel	2,301	↑3
24	Clara	2,281	↓4
25	Gertrude	2,269	↓1
26	Irene	2,212	↑2
27	Mabel	2,172	↓2
28	Louise	2,136	↑3
29	Martha	2,019	–
30	Pearl	2,015	↓3
31	Catherine	1,982	↑1
32	Esther	1,957	↑2
33	Edith	1,944	–
34	Myrtle	1,905	↓4
35	Minnie	1,885	–
36	Eva	1,858	–
37	Thelma	1,757	↑10
38	Ida	1,751	↓1
39	Elsie	1,719	↓1
40	Josephine	1,701	–
41	Ruby	1,701	↑1
42	Agnes	1,672	↓3
43	Sarah	1,594	↓2
44	Nellie	1,560	↑1
45	Beatrice	1,549	↑4
46	Viola	1,545	↓2
47	Laura	1,508	↓4
48	Ella	1,432	↑2
49	Julia	1,426	↓1
50	Evelyn	1,372	↑4
51	Lillie	1,364	↓5
52	Mattie	1,362	↓1
53	Lucille	1,351	↑4
54	Carrie	1,280	↓2
55	Alma	1,257	↓2
56	Pauline	1,243	↑6
57	Lena	1,228	↓1
58	Mae	1,214	–
59	Virginia	1,213	↑4
60	Jessie	1,197	↓5
61	Willie	1,188	↑6
62	Blanche	1,142	↓3
63	Katherine	1,128	↑3
64	Hattie	1,123	↓4
65	Marion	1,109	↓4
66	Lucy	1,086	↑2
67	Mamie	1,041	↑2
68	Stella	1,026	↓3
69	Leona	998	↑7
70	Cora	993	–
71	Vera	993	↑4
72	Beulah	983	–
73	Fannie	964	↓9
74	Jennie	964	↓3
75	Bernice	962	↑2
76	Rosa	903	↓2
77	Lula	894	↓4
78	Ann	880	↑6
79	Ada	878	↓1
80	Eleanor	868	↓1
81	Maggie	805	↓1
82	Dora	788	↓1
83	Kathryn	787	↑3
84	Ellen	774	↑1
85	Daisy	772	↓3
86	Maude	757	↓3
87	Violet	755	↑6
88	Doris	736	↑7
89	Georgia	736	↑5
90	Lois	727	↑2
91	Betty	707	↑7
92	Sadie	703	↓3
93	Nora	698	↓6
94	Marguerite	684	↓3
95	Susie	662	↓5
96	Marjorie	639	new
97	Anne	631	↑3
98	Hilda	629	↓10
99	Lola	624	new
100	Opal	621	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1903
1	John	8,108	–
2	William	6,416	–
3	James	5,855	–
4	George	4,219	–
5	Robert	3,414	↑2
6	Charles	3,406	↓1
7	Joseph	3,291	↓1
8	Frank	2,799	–
9	Edward	2,335	–
10	Henry	2,085	↑1
11	Thomas	2,057	↓1
12	Walter	1,873	–
13	Harry	1,722	–
14	Willie	1,675	–
15	Arthur	1,495	–
16	Albert	1,453	–
17	Clarence	1,310	–
18	Fred	1,223	–
19	Paul	1,194	–
20	Harold	1,186	–
21	Roy	1,123	↑1
22	Raymond	1,093	↓1
23	Joe	959	↑1
24	Richard	957	↑2
25	Carl	953	↓2
26	Louis	936	↓1
27	Jack	908	↑1
28	Ralph	899	↑1
29	Earl	854	↓2
30	Theodore	834	↑6
31	David	817	↑2
32	Ernest	749	↓2
33	Charlie	739	↓1
34	Samuel	727	↓3
35	Howard	726	↑2
36	Francis	686	↓1
37	Herbert	680	↓3
38	Lawrence	662	↑5
39	Elmer	620	↑1
40	Sam	603	↑1
41	Alfred	600	↓2
42	Leo	552	↓4
43	Andrew	546	↓1
44	Eugene	541	–
45	Lee	532	–
46	Leonard	508	↑3
47	Herman	497	↑1
48	Russell	473	↑8
49	Daniel	472	↑1
50	Michael	462	↓3
51	Clyde	457	↑1
52	Floyd	446	↓6
53	Jesse	443	↑4
54	Oscar	442	↓3
55	Ray	432	–
56	Anthony	422	↓2
57	Kenneth	414	↑10
58	Donald	413	↑2
59	Lewis	402	↑6
60	Leroy	401	↑4
61	Lester	398	↓8
62	Peter	395	↓4
63	Frederick	390	–
64	Edwin	388	↓2
65	Stanley	371	↓6
66	Clifford	361	↓5
67	Cecil	359	↓1
68	Benjamin	358	↑1
69	Chester	355	↓1
70	Claude	337	↑1
71	Martin	334	↑6
72	Bernard	326	↑7
73	Lloyd	324	↓1
74	Tom	318	↓1
75	Eddie	315	↓5
76	Jessie	313	↑2
77	Norman	305	↑9
78	Alton	302	new
79	Harvey	300	↓5
80	Edgar	299	↑2
81	Will	287	↓6
82	Luther	286	↓2
83	Ben	282	↓2
84	Johnnie	267	↑3
85	Jim	266	↓1
86	Philip	266	↓1
87	Homer	256	↓4
88	Alvin	247	↑2
89	Jacob	243	new
90	Leon	241	↓14
91	Leslie	236	↓2
92	Melvin	234	↓4
93	Milton	230	↓1
94	Roosevelt	230	↑4
95	Everett	229	–
96	Allen	228	↓5
97	Patrick	226	↓3
98	Victor	218	↑1
99	Glenn	217	↓2
100	Virgil	211	new

Every name given in 1904

All 3,560 names Social Security recorded for 1904, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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