Popular baby names of 1905

In 1905, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (16,067 babies) and John for boys (8,059). Social Security records show 423,923 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,234 girls' names and 1,421 boys' names.

1905 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 19.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.1% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Velma, Emily.
New in the boys' top 100: Stephen, Otis, Marvin.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1905

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1904
1	Mary	16,067	–
2	Helen	6,811	–
3	Margaret	5,690	↑1
4	Anna	5,424	↓1
5	Ruth	5,068	–
6	Elizabeth	4,121	–
7	Dorothy	3,937	↑3
8	Mildred	3,758	↑1
9	Marie	3,643	↓2
10	Alice	3,610	↑3
11	Florence	3,478	↓3
12	Ethel	3,401	↓1
13	Lillian	3,185	↓1
14	Gladys	2,996	–
15	Edna	2,953	–
16	Frances	2,887	–
17	Annie	2,793	–
18	Rose	2,724	–
19	Grace	2,630	–
20	Bessie	2,446	↑1
21	Bertha	2,434	↓1
22	Clara	2,397	↑2
23	Louise	2,367	↑5
24	Irene	2,357	↑2
25	Hazel	2,351	↓2
26	Emma	2,298	↓4
27	Gertrude	2,276	↓2
28	Catherine	2,198	↑3
29	Mabel	2,178	↓2
30	Edith	2,137	↑3
31	Pearl	2,108	↓1
32	Martha	2,091	↓3
33	Myrtle	2,026	↑1
34	Esther	1,993	↓2
35	Minnie	1,950	–
36	Thelma	1,945	↑1
37	Josephine	1,894	↑3
38	Ruby	1,885	↑3
39	Eva	1,815	↓3
40	Elsie	1,811	↓1
41	Sarah	1,762	↑2
42	Ida	1,757	↓4
43	Agnes	1,718	↓1
44	Viola	1,697	↑2
45	Beatrice	1,661	–
46	Evelyn	1,661	↑4
47	Julia	1,642	↑2
48	Nellie	1,626	↓4
49	Laura	1,566	↓2
50	Lucille	1,533	↑3
51	Lillie	1,481	–
52	Ella	1,438	↓4
53	Virginia	1,394	↑6
54	Pauline	1,381	↑2
55	Mattie	1,371	↓3
56	Alma	1,333	↓1
57	Jessie	1,315	↑3
58	Carrie	1,288	↓4
59	Willie	1,285	↑2
60	Mae	1,284	↓2
61	Lena	1,258	↓4
62	Hattie	1,197	↑2
63	Blanche	1,190	↓1
64	Katherine	1,190	↓1
65	Marion	1,141	–
66	Lucy	1,132	–
67	Stella	1,097	↑1
68	Fannie	1,085	↑5
69	Leona	1,082	–
70	Mamie	1,068	↓3
71	Vera	1,053	–
72	Cora	1,044	↓2
73	Eleanor	1,041	↑7
74	Bernice	1,032	↑1
75	Ann	996	↑3
76	Jennie	981	↓2
77	Beulah	968	↓5
78	Lula	963	↓1
79	Rosa	922	↓3
80	Ada	873	↓1
81	Ellen	845	↑3
82	Violet	831	↑5
83	Doris	812	↑5
84	Maggie	809	↓3
85	Betty	807	↑6
86	Kathryn	788	↓3
87	Daisy	776	↓2
88	Lois	763	↑2
89	Dora	757	↓7
90	Marguerite	753	↑4
91	Sadie	750	↑1
92	Nora	742	↑1
93	Susie	739	↑2
94	Georgia	722	↓5
95	Velma	722	new
96	Marjorie	712	–
97	Maude	709	↓11
98	Anne	708	↓1
99	Opal	702	↑1
100	Emily	683	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1904
1	John	8,059	–
2	William	6,495	–
3	James	6,042	–
4	George	4,256	–
5	Charles	3,608	↑1
6	Robert	3,410	↓1
7	Joseph	3,302	–
8	Frank	2,837	–
9	Edward	2,366	–
10	Thomas	2,135	↑1
11	Henry	2,126	↓1
12	Walter	1,902	–
13	Willie	1,782	↑1
14	Harry	1,619	↓1
15	Albert	1,532	↑1
16	Arthur	1,505	↓1
17	Clarence	1,377	–
18	Fred	1,284	–
19	Paul	1,262	–
20	Harold	1,258	–
21	Raymond	1,159	↑1
22	Richard	1,033	↑2
23	Joe	1,024	–
24	Roy	1,016	↓3
25	Louis	981	↑1
26	Carl	959	↓1
27	Ralph	938	↑1
28	Jack	907	↓1
29	Earl	904	–
30	Samuel	856	↑4
31	Ernest	845	↑1
32	David	838	↓1
33	Theodore	834	↓3
34	Charlie	801	↓1
35	Howard	735	–
36	Francis	685	–
37	Herbert	681	–
38	Lawrence	669	–
39	Sam	620	↑1
40	Andrew	619	↑3
41	Elmer	602	↓2
42	Eugene	593	↑2
43	Alfred	591	↓2
44	Floyd	523	↑8
45	Michael	513	↑5
46	Leo	512	↓4
47	Leonard	495	↓1
48	Anthony	490	↑8
49	Lee	486	↓4
50	Daniel	484	↓1
51	Herman	475	↓4
52	Clyde	474	↓1
53	Kenneth	474	↑4
54	Jesse	443	↓1
55	Leroy	441	↑5
56	Oscar	436	↓2
57	Lester	432	↑4
58	Russell	432	↓10
59	Donald	425	↓1
60	Ray	424	↓5
61	Clifford	420	↑5
62	Peter	409	–
63	Claude	399	↑7
64	Chester	388	↑5
65	Lewis	384	↓6
66	Stanley	384	↓1
67	Frederick	381	↓4
68	Benjamin	379	–
69	Lloyd	369	↑4
70	Edwin	357	↓6
71	Norman	350	↑6
72	Cecil	347	↓5
73	Eddie	346	↑2
74	Jessie	338	↑2
75	Martin	332	↓4
76	Homer	318	↑11
77	Tom	317	↓3
78	Edgar	315	↑2
79	Luther	308	↑3
80	Milton	299	↑13
81	Johnnie	297	↑3
82	Bernard	292	↓10
83	Melvin	291	↑9
84	Ben	290	↓1
85	Harvey	286	↓6
86	Will	286	↓5
87	Leon	274	↑3
88	Allen	272	↑8
89	Everett	270	↑6
90	Victor	268	↑8
91	Roosevelt	264	↑3
92	Alvin	258	↓4
93	Stephen	246	new
94	Leslie	237	↓3
95	Jim	236	↓10
96	Philip	234	↓10
97	Virgil	226	↑3
98	Jacob	220	↓9
99	Otis	216	new
100	Marvin	215	new

Every name given in 1905

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