Popular baby names of 1909

In 1909, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (19,259 babies) and John for boys (9,590). Social Security records show 511,224 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,548 girls' names and 1,679 boys' names.

1909 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 21.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 31.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Sylvia, Genevieve, Hilda.
New in the boys' top 100: Otis.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1909

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1908
1	Mary	19,259	–
2	Helen	9,250	–
3	Margaret	7,358	–
4	Ruth	6,509	–
5	Dorothy	6,253	↑1
6	Anna	5,804	↓1
7	Elizabeth	5,176	–
8	Mildred	5,054	–
9	Marie	4,301	↑1
10	Alice	4,170	↓1
11	Florence	3,789	–
12	Frances	3,780	↑2
13	Ethel	3,661	↓1
14	Lillian	3,596	↓1
15	Gladys	3,538	–
16	Edna	3,429	↑1
17	Rose	3,374	↓1
18	Evelyn	3,157	↑2
19	Louise	3,019	↓1
20	Irene	2,961	↑3
21	Grace	2,912	↓2
22	Annie	2,904	↓1
23	Catherine	2,897	↓1
24	Hazel	2,708	–
25	Gertrude	2,622	–
26	Thelma	2,612	–
27	Ruby	2,524	↑6
28	Martha	2,510	↑4
29	Bertha	2,444	–
30	Virginia	2,420	↑5
31	Josephine	2,416	↓3
32	Clara	2,403	↓1
33	Edith	2,371	↓6
34	Emma	2,338	↓4
35	Bessie	2,276	↓1
36	Lucille	2,192	↑2
37	Esther	2,185	↓1
38	Beatrice	2,105	↑2
39	Elsie	2,064	↑2
40	Pearl	2,048	↓1
41	Mabel	2,007	↓4
42	Agnes	1,974	↑3
43	Myrtle	1,950	↑1
44	Ida	1,943	↓1
45	Julia	1,931	↑5
46	Viola	1,926	↓4
47	Eva	1,896	↓1
48	Pauline	1,896	↑3
49	Sarah	1,845	↓1
50	Minnie	1,779	↓3
51	Nellie	1,768	↓2
52	Lillie	1,635	↑2
53	Katherine	1,557	↑2
54	Willie	1,549	↑5
55	Laura	1,524	↓3
56	Ann	1,477	↑6
57	Eleanor	1,460	↑8
58	Marion	1,445	↑5
59	Mattie	1,407	↑1
60	Ella	1,382	↓4
61	Alma	1,375	↓8
62	Bernice	1,337	↓1
63	Jessie	1,321	↓5
64	Doris	1,298	↑6
65	Lena	1,295	↓1
66	Carrie	1,276	–
67	Vera	1,242	↑1
68	Mae	1,230	↓11
69	Blanche	1,217	–
70	Stella	1,188	↓3
71	Lucy	1,175	↑3
72	Leona	1,167	↑1
73	Lois	1,157	↑7
74	Kathryn	1,138	↑3
75	Hattie	1,134	↓4
76	Anne	1,110	↓1
77	Betty	1,082	↓5
78	Marjorie	1,082	↑7
79	Fannie	1,071	↓3
80	Beulah	1,052	↑2
81	Marguerite	1,036	↑7
82	Opal	1,028	↑2
83	Jennie	998	↓5
84	Mamie	974	↓5
85	Cora	969	↓2
86	Ellen	960	↑6
87	Rosa	959	↓1
88	Ada	945	↓1
89	Violet	945	↓8
90	Jean	940	↑1
91	Lula	922	↓2
92	Velma	857	↓2
93	Sylvia	847	new
94	Charlotte	841	↑4
95	Dora	829	↓2
96	Inez	826	↑4
97	Georgia	813	–
98	Maggie	794	↓3
99	Genevieve	785	new
100	Hilda	773	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1908
1	John	9,590	–
2	William	7,913	–
3	James	7,595	–
4	George	4,688	–
5	Robert	4,563	–
6	Joseph	4,348	–
7	Charles	4,029	–
8	Frank	3,244	–
9	Edward	2,935	–
10	Thomas	2,468	–
11	Henry	2,411	–
12	Walter	2,287	–
13	Willie	2,175	–
14	Harry	1,924	–
15	Albert	1,816	–
16	Harold	1,725	↑1
17	Paul	1,676	↑1
18	Arthur	1,665	↓2
19	Clarence	1,518	–
20	Raymond	1,441	↑1
21	Richard	1,427	↑2
22	Fred	1,355	↓2
23	Joe	1,292	↑1
24	Louis	1,231	↓2
25	Carl	1,215	↑4
26	Howard	1,166	↑2
27	Jack	1,150	–
28	Roy	1,135	↓2
29	David	1,094	↑1
30	Ralph	1,091	↓5
31	Earl	1,007	↑1
32	Samuel	983	↑1
33	Francis	886	↑1
34	Ernest	885	↓3
35	Lawrence	854	–
36	Charlie	833	↑1
37	Herbert	831	↓1
38	Andrew	766	↑1
39	Alfred	763	↓1
40	Anthony	758	↑1
41	Kenneth	746	↓1
42	Donald	725	↑3
43	Eugene	724	–
44	Sam	700	↑2
45	Elmer	687	↓3
46	Leonard	665	↑2
47	Michael	635	↓3
48	Herman	618	↑2
49	Leo	609	–
50	Stanley	607	↑2
51	Theodore	595	↓4
52	Lee	584	↓1
53	Floyd	570	↑2
54	Daniel	569	–
55	Leroy	568	↑1
56	Peter	539	↓3
57	Clifford	536	↑1
58	Russell	528	↓1
59	Jesse	517	↑3
60	Clyde	516	↓1
61	Lester	501	↓1
62	Edwin	492	↑2
63	Benjamin	489	–
64	Frederick	477	↑4
65	Lewis	477	↓4
66	Chester	475	–
67	Ray	475	–
68	Bernard	463	↑2
69	Eddie	462	↑2
70	Oscar	459	↓5
71	Melvin	448	↑4
72	Cecil	432	–
73	Jessie	432	↑4
74	Claude	419	↓5
75	Norman	415	↓1
76	Lloyd	412	↓3
77	Johnnie	401	↑8
78	Philip	395	↑8
79	Martin	391	↑4
80	Leon	377	↑4
81	Milton	369	↓2
82	Alvin	363	↑7
83	Harvey	361	↓1
84	Ben	358	↓6
85	Marvin	354	↑2
86	Edgar	347	↓10
87	Luther	347	↑4
88	Tom	340	↓7
89	Victor	320	↓1
90	Everett	314	–
91	Stephen	314	↑3
92	Homer	313	↓12
93	Allen	312	↓1
94	Morris	305	↑4
95	Gerald	301	↑2
96	Leslie	292	↓1
97	Vernon	284	↓4
98	Julius	269	↑1
99	Otis	267	new
100	Will	267	↓4

Every name given in 1909

All 4,227 names Social Security recorded for 1909, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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