Popular Baby Names for 2002, for 2001, for 2000, the 90's, the 80's, the 70's, the 60's, the 50's, the 40's, the 30's, the 20's, the 10's and 1900's.
| Most Popular Names of the 1900's | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||
| Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
| 1 | John | 25515 | Mary | 24455 |
| 2 | William | 20247 | Helen | 11468 |
| 3 | James | 15196 | Margaret | 9638 |
| 4 | George | 13000 | Anna | 8856 |
| 5 | Joseph | 12144 | Ruth | 8148 |
| 6 | Charles | 11436 | Elizabeth | 6833 |
| 7 | Robert | 9672 | Dorothy | 6639 |
| 8 | Frank | 8786 | Marie | 5874 |
| 9 | Edward | 7428 | Mildred | 5800 |
| 10 | Henry | 6477 | Alice | 5573 |
| 11 | Walter | 6423 | Florence | 5532 |
| 12 | Thomas | 6163 | Ethel | 4972 |
| 13 | Harry | 5894 | Lillian | 4958 |
| 14 | Arthur | 5191 | Rose | 4874 |
| 15 | Harold | 4962 | Gladys | 4834 |
| 16 | Albert | 4941 | Frances | 4496 |
| 17 | Paul | 4492 | Edna | 4435 |
| 18 | Clarence | 4439 | Grace | 4093 |
| 19 | Fred | 4273 | Catherine | 3717 |
| 20 | Carl | 3952 | Hazel | 3715 |
| 21 | Louis | 3861 | Irene | 3701 |
| 22 | Raymond | 3850 | Gertrude | 3692 |
| 23 | Ralph | 3348 | Clara | 3572 |
| 24 | Roy | 3222 | Louise | 3504 |
| 25 | Richard | 3020 | Edith | 3472 |
| 26 | Ernest | 3004 | Bertha | 3442 |
| 27 | Earl | 2931 | Mabel | 3421 |
| 28 | Willie | 2897 | Annie | 3409 |
| 29 | David | 2763 | Emma | 3312 |
| 30 | Howard | 2697 | Esther | 3277 |
| 31 | Samuel | 2633 | Martha | 3253 |
| 32 | Herbert | 2479 | Bessie | 3161 |
| 33 | Alfred | 2420 | Josephine | 3044 |
| 34 | Lawrence | 2384 | Evelyn | 3033 |
| 35 | J | 2310 | Elsie | 3006 |
| 36 | Elmer | 2273 | Pearl | 2912 |
| 37 | Francis | 2227 | Agnes | 2840 |
| 38 | Joe | 2216 | Thelma | 2807 |
| 39 | Michael | 2161 | Eva | 2783 |
| 40 | Andrew | 2137 | Myrtle | 2749 |
| 41 | Jack | 2088 | Ida | 2741 |
| 42 | Theodore | 2073 | Ruby | 2657 |
| 43 | Anthony | 2016 | Minnie | 2635 |
| 44 | Leo | 2005 | Beatrice | 2516 |
| 45 | Herman | 1993 | Julia | 2505 |
| 46 | Peter | 1835 | Sarah | 2420 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 1832 | Viola | 2366 |
| 48 | Leonard | 1823 | Nellie | 2282 |
| 49 | Eugene | 1804 | Lucille | 2261 |
| 50 | Floyd | 1682 | Laura | 2227 |
| 51 | Donald | 1674 | Virginia | 2173 |
| 52 | Stanley | 1607 | Pauline | 2083 |
| 53 | Russell | 1589 | Katherine | 2077 |
| 54 | Lester | 1552 | Marion | 2046 |
| 55 | Edwin | 1543 | Ella | 1980 |
| 56 | Daniel | 1535 | Lillie | 1866 |
| 57 | Oscar | 1534 | Alma | 1857 |
| 58 | Sam | 1520 | Blanche | 1842 |
| 59 | Clyde | 1482 | Maria | 1837 |
| 60 | Charlie | 1463 | Lena | 1835 |
| 61 | W | 1457 | Jessie | 1821 |
| 62 | Frederick | 1408 | Mae | 1786 |
| 63 | Clifford | 1364 | Ann | 1702 |
| 64 | Benjamin | 1308 | Vera | 1694 |
| 65 | Chester | 1304 | Eleanor | 1692 |
| 66 | Martin | 1295 | Stella | 1665 |
| 67 | Ray | 1287 | Bernice | 1623 |
| 68 | Jesse | 1283 | Mattie | 1586 |
| 69 | Lloyd | 1269 | Jennie | 1583 |
| 70 | Cecil | 1239 | Carrie | 1565 |
| 71 | Bernard | 1211 | Lucy | 1533 |
| 72 | Lewis | 1211 | Doris | 1499 |
| 73 | Claude | 1204 | Leona | 1442 |
| 74 | Lee | 1174 | Hattie | 1424 |
| 75 | C | 1157 | Willie | 1407 |
| 76 | Norman | 1153 | Kathryn | 1389 |
| 77 | Philip | 1152 | Beulah | 1376 |
| 78 | Edgar | 1108 | Ellen | 1372 |
| 79 | Victor | 1081 | Anne | 1366 |
| 80 | Jose | 1073 | Cora | 1362 |
| 81 | Harvey | 1072 | Fannie | 1351 |
| 82 | Leroy | 1024 | Marguerite | 1326 |
| 83 | A | 1007 | Mamie | 1272 |
| 84 | Milton | 961 | Violet | 1270 |
| 85 | Melvin | 958 | Ada | 1256 |
| 86 | Everett | 954 | Lois | 1249 |
| 87 | Max | 946 | Dora | 1239 |
| 88 | Ben | 934 | Rosa | 1222 |
| 89 | Leon | 926 | Marjorie | 1182 |
| 90 | Morris | 926 | Lula | 1157 |
| 91 | Homer | 922 | Hilda | 1153 |
| 92 | R | 916 | Betty | 1126 |
| 93 | Leslie | 908 | Sadie | 1097 |
| 94 | E | 907 | Theresa | 1071 |
| 95 | Stephen | 903 | Nora | 1047 |
| 96 | Jacob | 902 | Charlotte | 1037 |
| 97 | H | 869 | Jean | 1029 |
| 98 | Alvin | 854 | Emily | 1026 |
| 99 | Otto | 846 | Opal | 1011 |
| 100 | Manuel | 841 | Georgia | 1004 |
| 101 | Alexander | 826 | Sylvia | 997 |
| 102 | Glenn | 816 | Daisy | 982 |
| 103 | Vincent | 799 | Maude | 979 |
| 104 | Marvin | 796 | Maggie | 966 |
| 105 | Julius | 794 | Velma | 959 |
| 106 | Maurice | 787 | Olive | 935 |
| 107 | Luther | 779 | Susie | 890 |
| 108 | Hugh | 768 | Inez | 870 |
| 109 | Virgil | 762 | Genevieve | 840 |
| 110 | L | 759 | Flora | 837 |
| 111 | Juan | 741 | Lydia | 825 |
| 112 | Vernon | 740 | Lola | 817 |
| 113 | Irving | 737 | Nettie | 803 |
| 114 | Patrick | 716 | Eunice | 795 |
| 115 | Sidney | 716 | Loretta | 792 |
| 116 | Arnold | 699 | Harriet | 789 |
| 117 | Emil | 675 | Effie | 784 |
| 118 | Antonio | 674 | Lottie | 778 |
| 119 | Allen | 672 | Marian | 777 |
| 120 | Gerald | 669 | May | 776 |
| 121 | Gilbert | 668 | Sophie | 768 |
| 122 | Gordon | 665 | Della | 767 |
| 123 | Tom | 655 | Verna | 764 |
| 124 | Wilbur | 641 | Estelle | 762 |
| 125 | Guy | 632 | Nancy | 735 |
| 126 | Eddie | 630 | Goldie | 709 |
| 127 | Archie | 623 | Vivian | 708 |
| 128 | Willard | 617 | Kathleen | 707 |
| 129 | Rudolph | 613 | Sara | 702 |
| 130 | Marion | 603 | Caroline | 700 |
| 131 | Hubert | 598 | Eula | 676 |
| 132 | Nicholas | 590 | Katie | 671 |
| 133 | Horace | 589 | Henrietta | 668 |
| 134 | Ira | 585 | Jane | 668 |
| 135 | Oliver | 584 | Alberta | 667 |
| 136 | Warren | 574 | Madeline | 662 |
| 137 | Alex | 569 | Christine | 661 |
| 138 | August | 569 | M | 660 |
| 139 | Jessie | 564 | Wilma | 658 |
| 140 | Nathan | 561 | Irma | 645 |
| 141 | Wallace | 541 | Isabel | 642 |
| 142 | Karl | 532 | Rachel | 640 |
| 143 | G | 529 | Barbara | 638 |
| 144 | Abraham | 526 | Victoria | 638 |
| 145 | Orville | 525 | Olga | 631 |
| 146 | Glen | 523 | Mable | 630 |
| 147 | Otis | 490 | Juanita | 626 |
| 148 | Curtis | 487 | Ollie | 614 |
| 149 | Felix | 486 | Lucile | 612 |
| 150 | Wayne | 481 | Frieda | 611 |
| 151 | Roland | 478 | Iva | 609 |
| 152 | Wesley | 475 | Amelia | 603 |
| 153 | Edmund | 474 | Sallie | 600 |
| 154 | M | 457 | Nina | 576 |
| 155 | Johnnie | 442 | Norma | 573 |
| 156 | Adolph | 440 | Susan | 567 |
| 157 | Jim | 440 | Erma | 558 |
| 158 | Percy | 440 | Lela | 558 |
| 159 | Pedro | 432 | Ora | 558 |
| 160 | Bert | 424 | Essie | 557 |
| 161 | Steve | 423 | Rebecca | 553 |
| 162 | Will | 423 | Mollie | 547 |
| 163 | Willis | 423 | Naomi | 543 |
| 164 | Francisco | 420 | Etta | 541 |
| 165 | Emmett | 419 | Addie | 540 |
| 166 | T | 416 | Winifred | 534 |
| 167 | Franklin | 413 | Celia | 533 |
| 168 | Matthew | 404 | Freda | 515 |
| 169 | F | 403 | Sally | 507 |
| 170 | D | 400 | Geneva | 500 |
| 171 | Isaac | 395 | Carmen | 497 |
| 172 | Rufus | 390 | Lizzie | 493 |
| 173 | Lonnie | 382 | Miriam | 475 |
| 174 | Clayton | 380 | Alta | 469 |
| 175 | Alton | 373 | Rosie | 465 |
| 176 | S | 372 | Audrey | 463 |
| 177 | Sylvester | 369 | Fern | 460 |
| 178 | Adam | 366 | Matilda | 457 |
| 179 | Forrest | 366 | Geraldine | 449 |
| 180 | Jerry | 365 | Nannie | 445 |
| 181 | Irvin | 359 | Flossie | 436 |
| 182 | Mike | 359 | Regina | 424 |
| 183 | Marshall | 354 | Luella | 423 |
| 184 | Dan | 349 | Estella | 416 |
| 185 | Roosevelt | 349 | Cecilia | 415 |
| 186 | Wilfred | 346 | Veronica | 412 |
| 187 | Anton | 345 | Cecelia | 410 |
| 188 | Ed | 343 | Hannah | 410 |
| 189 | O | 341 | Phyllis | 409 |
| 190 | Ramon | 336 | Ola | 407 |
| 191 | Ellis | 335 | Elva | 406 |
| 192 | Dewey | 330 | Ina | 400 |
| 193 | Aaron | 325 | Isabelle | 400 |
| 194 | Mark | 325 | Adeline | 394 |
| 195 | Julian | 322 | Teresa | 394 |
| 196 | Ivan | 321 | Amy | 393 |
| 197 | Clifton | 320 | Jeanette | 389 |
| 198 | Phillip | 320 | Muriel | 389 |
| 199 | Calvin | 319 | Selma | 389 |
| 200 | Douglas | 316 | Adele | 382 |
| 201 | Salvatore | 316 | Sophia | 382 |
| 202 | Elbert | 313 | Nell | 364 |
| 203 | Clinton | 311 | Faye | 362 |
| 204 | Jerome | 310 | Antoinette | 358 |
| 205 | Ervin | 308 | Amanda | 355 |
| 206 | Lyle | 307 | Rita | 355 |
| 207 | Angelo | 306 | Bonnie | 352 |
| 208 | Earnest | 306 | Allie | 349 |
| 209 | Roger | 305 | Fay | 349 |
| 210 | Simon | 305 | Janie | 348 |
| 211 | Cornelius | 304 | Lila | 344 |
| 212 | B | 303 | Angela | 341 |
| 213 | Bennie | 302 | Jeannette | 340 |
| 214 | Mack | 296 | Jewell | 339 |
| 215 | Reuben | 295 | Augusta | 338 |
| 216 | Don | 294 | Leola | 335 |
| 217 | Leland | 291 | Cleo | 334 |
| 218 | Amos | 289 | Angelina | 329 |
| 219 | Ross | 288 | Anita | 327 |
| 220 | Perry | 287 | Belle | 326 |
| 221 | Charley | 286 | Callie | 326 |
| 222 | Carlos | 283 | Claire | 325 |
| 223 | Nelson | 283 | Carolyn | 318 |
| 224 | Ted | 281 | Roberta | 316 |
| 225 | Dale | 279 | Elma | 311 |
| 226 | Owen | 277 | Leah | 310 |
| 227 | Dennis | 276 | Erna | 309 |
| 228 | Tony | 276 | Dolores | 307 |
| 229 | Carroll | 274 | Marcella | 307 |
| 230 | Delbert | 269 | Rena | 306 |
| 231 | Erwin | 268 | Juana | 302 |
| 232 | Roscoe | 267 | Dorothea | 297 |
| 233 | Jesus | 260 | Sue | 297 |
| 234 | Jay | 259 | Janet | 295 |
| 235 | Pete | 252 | Johanna | 292 |
| 236 | Bruce | 250 | Kate | 290 |
| 237 | Austin | 244 | Cecile | 284 |
| 238 | Merle | 243 | Eileen | 281 |
| 239 | Gus | 242 | Shirley | 280 |
| 240 | Murray | 241 | Zelma | 280 |
| 241 | Nick | 238 | Eliza | 279 |
| 242 | Aubrey | 236 | Tillie | 278 |
| 243 | Jess | 234 | Virgie | 278 |
| 244 | Laurence | 233 | Jewel | 276 |
| 245 | Luis | 232 | Winnie | 275 |
| 246 | Rafael | 231 | Margie | 270 |
| 247 | Sherman | 231 | Constance | 268 |
| 248 | Abe | 226 | Wanda | 267 |
| 249 | Wilbert | 225 | Angeline | 264 |
| 250 | Byron | 224 | Helene | 260 |
This page presents the top 250 given names for births in the 1900's. The data comes from a 5% sampling of Social Security card applications with dates of birth from January 1900 through December 1909.