Popular baby names of 1910

In 1910, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (22,848 babies) and John for boys (11,450). Social Security records show 590,711 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,790 girls' names and 1,839 boys' names.

1910 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 21.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 31.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Theresa, Sadie.
New in the boys' top 100: Sidney, Glenn, Vincent, Jim.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1909
1	Mary	22,848	–
2	Helen	10,479	–
3	Margaret	8,226	–
4	Dorothy	7,318	↑1
5	Ruth	7,212	↓1
6	Anna	6,436	–
7	Elizabeth	5,800	–
8	Mildred	5,692	–
9	Marie	4,790	–
10	Alice	4,671	–
11	Frances	4,448	↑1
12	Florence	4,282	↓1
13	Ethel	4,146	–
14	Lillian	4,127	–
15	Gladys	3,842	–
16	Rose	3,837	↑1
17	Evelyn	3,777	↑1
18	Edna	3,664	↓2
19	Annie	3,519	↑3
20	Louise	3,457	↓1
21	Irene	3,281	↓1
22	Catherine	3,161	↑1
23	Grace	3,145	↓2
24	Hazel	3,032	–
25	Thelma	2,976	↑1
26	Gertrude	2,932	↓1
27	Ruby	2,893	–
28	Martha	2,858	–
29	Virginia	2,855	↑1
30	Josephine	2,801	↑1
31	Lucille	2,692	↑5
32	Clara	2,665	–
33	Bertha	2,651	↓4
34	Emma	2,607	–
35	Edith	2,592	↓2
36	Beatrice	2,459	↑2
37	Bessie	2,392	↓2
38	Esther	2,378	↓1
39	Pearl	2,177	↑1
40	Sarah	2,173	↑9
41	Agnes	2,163	↑1
42	Pauline	2,153	↑6
43	Myrtle	2,145	–
44	Elsie	2,141	↓5
45	Eva	2,123	↑2
46	Mabel	2,123	↓5
47	Ida	2,107	↓3
48	Viola	2,090	↓2
49	Julia	2,074	↓4
50	Minnie	1,983	–
51	Nellie	1,928	–
52	Ann	1,842	↑4
53	Laura	1,834	↑2
54	Lillie	1,824	↓2
55	Eleanor	1,798	↑2
56	Willie	1,796	↓2
57	Katherine	1,752	↓4
58	Bernice	1,721	↑4
59	Marion	1,703	↓1
60	Mattie	1,687	↓1
61	Alma	1,630	–
62	Ella	1,587	↓2
63	Jessie	1,541	–
64	Doris	1,536	–
65	Mae	1,453	↑3
66	Lena	1,431	↓1
67	Anne	1,413	↑9
68	Marjorie	1,391	↑10
69	Betty	1,389	↑8
70	Carrie	1,381	↓4
71	Vera	1,346	↓4
72	Stella	1,319	↓2
73	Hattie	1,314	↑2
74	Blanche	1,288	↓5
75	Lucy	1,283	↓4
76	Lois	1,271	↓3
77	Jean	1,246	↑13
78	Fannie	1,237	↑1
79	Leona	1,220	↓7
80	Kathryn	1,198	↓6
81	Jennie	1,183	↑2
82	Beulah	1,131	↓2
83	Rosa	1,131	↑4
84	Marguerite	1,086	↓3
85	Cora	1,079	–
86	Mamie	1,079	↓2
87	Opal	1,051	↓5
88	Ellen	1,038	↓2
89	Violet	1,037	–
90	Velma	1,035	↑2
91	Georgia	1,010	↑6
92	Sylvia	1,000	↑1
93	Lula	975	↓2
94	Ada	960	↓6
95	Maggie	940	↑3
96	Theresa	926	new
97	Inez	916	↓1
98	Genevieve	908	↑1
99	Charlotte	896	↓5
100	Sadie	886	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1909
1	John	11,450	–
2	James	9,194	↑1
3	William	8,844	↓1
4	Robert	5,609	↑1
5	George	5,441	↓1
6	Joseph	5,228	–
7	Charles	4,784	–
8	Frank	3,768	–
9	Edward	3,407	–
10	Henry	2,899	↑1
11	Willie	2,897	↑2
12	Thomas	2,851	↓2
13	Walter	2,596	↓1
14	Albert	2,183	↑1
15	Paul	2,005	↑2
16	Harry	1,978	↓2
17	Arthur	1,942	↑1
18	Harold	1,909	↓2
19	Raymond	1,737	↑1
20	Clarence	1,706	↓1
21	Richard	1,654	–
22	Fred	1,587	–
23	Jack	1,576	↑4
24	Louis	1,569	–
25	Joe	1,553	↓2
26	Carl	1,339	↓1
27	Howard	1,309	↓1
28	Ralph	1,278	↑2
29	Roy	1,267	↓1
30	David	1,258	↓1
31	Ernest	1,167	↑3
32	Samuel	1,129	–
33	Earl	1,109	↓2
34	Charlie	1,107	↑2
35	Lawrence	1,009	–
36	Francis	1,000	↓3
37	Anthony	980	↑3
38	Alfred	922	↑1
39	Eugene	888	↑4
40	Sam	888	↑4
41	Herbert	886	↓4
42	Andrew	884	↓4
43	Kenneth	880	↓2
44	Donald	860	↓2
45	Michael	844	↑2
46	Leonard	793	–
47	Stanley	761	↑3
48	Elmer	760	↓3
49	Lee	741	↑3
50	Leroy	733	↑5
51	Leo	707	↓2
52	Herman	696	↓4
53	Daniel	692	↑1
54	Theodore	692	↓3
55	Floyd	687	↓2
56	Peter	631	–
57	Clyde	617	↑3
58	Russell	615	–
59	Eddie	595	↑10
60	Jesse	590	↓1
61	Chester	561	↑5
62	Bernard	560	↑6
63	Norman	557	↑12
64	Lester	556	↓3
65	Lewis	555	–
66	Clifford	551	↓9
67	Lloyd	545	↑9
68	Ray	545	↓1
69	Frederick	543	↓5
70	Benjamin	536	↓7
71	Edwin	536	↓9
72	Jessie	516	↑1
73	Oscar	505	↓3
74	Johnnie	502	↑3
75	Melvin	482	↓4
76	Milton	476	↑5
77	Cecil	472	↓5
78	Claude	463	↓4
79	Ben	454	↑5
80	Edgar	441	↑6
81	Leon	435	↓1
82	Tom	428	↑6
83	Philip	418	↓5
84	Marvin	413	↑1
85	Alvin	401	↓3
86	Martin	396	↓7
87	Luther	383	–
88	Everett	382	↑2
89	Harvey	382	↓6
90	Victor	372	↓1
91	Morris	367	↑3
92	Allen	355	↑1
93	Sidney	353	new
94	Vernon	351	↑3
95	Julius	350	↑3
96	Stephen	350	↓5
97	Glenn	349	new
98	Homer	347	↓6
99	Vincent	343	new
100	Jim	331	new

Every name given in 1910

All 4,629 names Social Security recorded for 1910, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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