Popular Baby Names in 1900
The most popular baby names in 1900.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 16,705 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 9,828 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 8,579 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 7,245 |
| 2 | Helen | Girl | 6,342 |
| 3 | Anna | Girl | 6,114 |
| 4 | George | Boy | 5,403 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 5,304 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 4,765 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 4,098 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | Girl | 4,096 |
| 7 | Florence | Girl | 3,920 |
| 8 | Ethel | Girl | 3,896 |
| 9 | Marie | Girl | 3,856 |
| 6 | Robert | Boy | 3,821 |
| 7 | Joseph | Boy | 3,714 |
| 8 | Frank | Boy | 3,477 |
| 10 | Lillian | Girl | 3,414 |
| 11 | Annie | Girl | 3,324 |
| 12 | Edna | Girl | 3,102 |
| 13 | Emma | Girl | 3,095 |
| 14 | Alice | Girl | 3,059 |
| 15 | Bessie | Girl | 3,044 |
| 16 | Bertha | Girl | 3,019 |
| 17 | Grace | Girl | 2,942 |
| 18 | Rose | Girl | 2,844 |
| 19 | Clara | Girl | 2,826 |
| 20 | Mildred | Girl | 2,800 |
| 21 | Gladys | Girl | 2,733 |
| 9 | Edward | Boy | 2,720 |
| 22 | Minnie | Girl | 2,673 |
| 10 | Henry | Boy | 2,606 |
| 23 | Gertrude | Girl | 2,580 |
| 11 | Thomas | Boy | 2,556 |
| 24 | Pearl | Girl | 2,512 |
| 25 | Mabel | Girl | 2,509 |
| 26 | Frances | Girl | 2,495 |
| 27 | Dorothy | Girl | 2,491 |
| 28 | Martha | Girl | 2,437 |
| 29 | Hazel | Girl | 2,425 |
| 12 | Walter | Boy | 2,298 |
| 30 | Ida | Girl | 2,285 |
| 13 | Harry | Boy | 2,272 |
| 31 | Irene | Girl | 2,264 |
| 32 | Myrtle | Girl | 2,252 |
| 14 | Willie | Boy | 2,113 |
| 33 | Eva | Girl | 2,089 |
| 34 | Catherine | Girl | 2,081 |
| 35 | Louise | Girl | 2,070 |
| 36 | Edith | Girl | 2,068 |
| 37 | Sarah | Girl | 2,054 |
| 38 | Elsie | Girl | 2,045 |
| 39 | Esther | Girl | 2,017 |
| 40 | Lillie | Girl | 2,004 |
| 41 | Agnes | Girl | 1,914 |
| 42 | Ella | Girl | 1,911 |
| 15 | Arthur | Boy | 1,853 |
| 43 | Nellie | Girl | 1,850 |
| 44 | Mattie | Girl | 1,834 |
| 45 | Laura | Girl | 1,824 |
| 46 | Julia | Girl | 1,766 |
| 47 | Josephine | Girl | 1,743 |
| 16 | Albert | Boy | 1,741 |
| 48 | Carrie | Girl | 1,711 |
| 49 | Viola | Girl | 1,674 |
| 17 | Fred | Boy | 1,646 |
| 50 | Hattie | Girl | 1,553 |
| 51 | Ruby | Girl | 1,540 |
| 52 | Lena | Girl | 1,506 |
| 18 | Clarence | Boy | 1,483 |
| 53 | Jessie | Girl | 1,422 |
| 54 | Mae | Girl | 1,406 |
| 55 | Cora | Girl | 1,389 |
| 56 | Beatrice | Girl | 1,382 |
| 57 | Alma | Girl | 1,372 |
| 58 | Willie | Girl | 1,351 |
| 59 | Mamie | Girl | 1,337 |
| 60 | Blanche | Girl | 1,332 |
| 19 | Paul | Boy | 1,288 |
| 61 | Lucy | Girl | 1,246 |
| 20 | Harold | Boy | 1,245 |
| 62 | Fannie | Girl | 1,237 |
| 63 | Lula | Girl | 1,237 |
| 21 | Roy | Boy | 1,215 |
| 64 | Jennie | Girl | 1,204 |
| 65 | Katherine | Girl | 1,201 |
| 66 | Marion | Girl | 1,197 |
| 67 | Lucille | Girl | 1,182 |
| 22 | Joe | Boy | 1,179 |
| 68 | Stella | Girl | 1,177 |
| 23 | Raymond | Boy | 1,150 |
| 24 | Richard | Boy | 1,141 |
| 25 | Charlie | Boy | 1,124 |
| 69 | Rosa | Girl | 1,118 |
| 70 | Evelyn | Girl | 1,116 |
| 71 | Pauline | Girl | 1,104 |
| 72 | Ada | Girl | 1,101 |
| 26 | Louis | Boy | 1,097 |
| 73 | Thelma | Girl | 1,094 |
| 74 | Virginia | Girl | 1,068 |