Popular baby names of 1908

In 1908, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (18,665 babies) and John for boys (9,343). Social Security records show 488,648 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,434 girls' names and 1,584 boys' names.

1908 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 20.8% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 31.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Charlotte, Inez.
New in the boys' top 100: Vernon, Gerald, Julius.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1908

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1907
1	Mary	18,665	–
2	Helen	8,439	–
3	Margaret	6,976	–
4	Ruth	6,180	↑1
5	Anna	5,860	↓1
6	Dorothy	5,703	–
7	Elizabeth	4,904	–
8	Mildred	4,624	–
9	Alice	4,270	–
10	Marie	4,076	–
11	Florence	3,883	–
12	Ethel	3,786	–
13	Lillian	3,634	–
14	Frances	3,593	↑2
15	Gladys	3,580	↓1
16	Rose	3,382	↑1
17	Edna	3,365	↓2
18	Louise	2,937	↑3
19	Grace	2,901	↑1
20	Evelyn	2,857	↓2
21	Annie	2,820	↓2
22	Catherine	2,750	↑3
23	Irene	2,732	↓1
24	Hazel	2,698	↓1
25	Gertrude	2,562	↓1
26	Thelma	2,526	↑2
27	Edith	2,410	↑5
28	Josephine	2,389	↑5
29	Bertha	2,384	↓3
30	Emma	2,357	↓3
31	Clara	2,352	↓2
32	Martha	2,324	↓1
33	Ruby	2,229	↑1
34	Bessie	2,201	↓4
35	Virginia	2,195	↑6
36	Esther	2,187	↑1
37	Mabel	2,096	↓1
38	Lucille	2,080	↑7
39	Pearl	2,075	↓4
40	Beatrice	1,997	↑4
41	Elsie	1,983	↑2
42	Viola	1,964	↑5
43	Ida	1,952	↓5
44	Myrtle	1,952	↓5
45	Agnes	1,934	↑1
46	Eva	1,930	↓4
47	Minnie	1,817	↓7
48	Sarah	1,814	–
49	Nellie	1,757	↑1
50	Julia	1,749	↓1
51	Pauline	1,702	↑1
52	Laura	1,558	↓1
53	Alma	1,474	↑5
54	Lillie	1,471	↓1
55	Katherine	1,430	–
56	Ella	1,428	↓2
57	Mae	1,384	–
58	Jessie	1,382	↑2
59	Willie	1,371	↓3
60	Mattie	1,364	↓1
61	Bernice	1,363	↑4
62	Ann	1,354	–
63	Marion	1,349	–
64	Lena	1,331	–
65	Eleanor	1,302	↑2
66	Carrie	1,239	↓5
67	Stella	1,216	↑3
68	Vera	1,204	↑1
69	Blanche	1,162	↓3
70	Doris	1,155	↑6
71	Hattie	1,137	–
72	Betty	1,128	↑5
73	Leona	1,118	↓1
74	Lucy	1,118	↓6
75	Anne	1,088	↑4
76	Fannie	1,085	↓2
77	Kathryn	1,058	↑11
78	Jennie	1,038	–
79	Mamie	1,028	↓4
80	Lois	1,023	↑5
81	Violet	1,017	–
82	Beulah	1,015	↓9
83	Cora	962	↓3
84	Opal	955	↑2
85	Marjorie	942	↑8
86	Rosa	941	↓4
87	Ada	922	↓4
88	Marguerite	913	↓1
89	Lula	892	↓5
90	Velma	860	–
91	Jean	852	↑5
92	Ellen	848	↓3
93	Dora	806	↑1
94	Theresa	795	↑5
95	Maggie	772	↓4
96	Sadie	770	↓1
97	Georgia	768	↓5
98	Charlotte	766	new
99	Daisy	765	↓1
100	Inez	757	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1907
1	John	9,343	–
2	William	7,529	–
3	James	7,012	–
4	George	4,584	–
5	Robert	4,219	–
6	Joseph	4,162	↑1
7	Charles	3,929	↓1
8	Frank	3,146	–
9	Edward	2,707	–
10	Thomas	2,301	↑1
11	Henry	2,283	↓1
12	Walter	2,192	–
13	Willie	1,964	–
14	Harry	1,934	–
15	Albert	1,642	–
16	Arthur	1,601	–
17	Harold	1,542	–
18	Paul	1,478	↑2
19	Clarence	1,428	↓1
20	Fred	1,381	↓1
21	Raymond	1,381	–
22	Louis	1,317	↑3
23	Richard	1,244	↓1
24	Joe	1,209	↓1
25	Ralph	1,138	↑4
26	Roy	1,097	↓2
27	Jack	1,086	↓1
28	Howard	1,078	↑5
29	Carl	1,074	↓2
30	David	1,015	↑1
31	Ernest	1,000	↓1
32	Earl	999	↓4
33	Samuel	960	↓1
34	Francis	853	↑3
35	Lawrence	815	↓1
36	Herbert	759	↑3
37	Charlie	740	↓2
38	Alfred	739	↓2
39	Andrew	722	↑1
40	Kenneth	692	↑7
41	Anthony	690	↑5
42	Elmer	689	↑3
43	Eugene	689	↓2
44	Michael	688	↑4
45	Donald	664	↓1
46	Sam	644	↓3
47	Theodore	643	↓9
48	Leonard	614	↑3
49	Leo	584	↓7
50	Herman	562	↓1
51	Lee	553	↑3
52	Stanley	547	↑3
53	Peter	541	↑8
54	Daniel	530	↓2
55	Floyd	529	↓2
56	Leroy	523	↓6
57	Russell	523	–
58	Clifford	515	↑7
59	Clyde	511	↓3
60	Lester	509	↓2
61	Lewis	489	↑5
62	Jesse	482	↑1
63	Benjamin	480	↑1
64	Edwin	477	↓2
65	Oscar	476	↓6
66	Chester	461	↑1
67	Ray	446	↓7
68	Frederick	438	–
69	Claude	428	↑5
70	Bernard	414	↑3
71	Eddie	413	↓1
72	Cecil	397	↓3
73	Lloyd	394	↓1
74	Norman	374	↑1
75	Melvin	366	↑3
76	Edgar	360	↑5
77	Jessie	355	↓6
78	Ben	353	↑4
79	Milton	346	↑10
80	Homer	340	↑4
81	Tom	340	↑2
82	Harvey	339	↓5
83	Martin	331	↓4
84	Leon	327	↓4
85	Johnnie	321	↑1
86	Philip	319	↓10
87	Marvin	311	–
88	Victor	308	↑12
89	Alvin	307	↑10
90	Everett	294	↓2
91	Luther	292	–
92	Allen	287	↓7
93	Vernon	285	new
94	Stephen	280	↑1
95	Leslie	279	↓1
96	Will	274	↑1
97	Gerald	270	new
98	Morris	269	↓2
99	Julius	263	new
100	Virgil	258	↓7

Every name given in 1908

All 4,018 names Social Security recorded for 1908, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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