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Top Baby Names 1900

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 299,784 · Total Boys: 150,474

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	16,705	5.572%
2	Helen	6,342	2.116%
3	Anna	6,114	2.039%
4	Margaret	5,304	1.769%
5	Ruth	4,765	1.589%
6	Elizabeth	4,096	1.366%
7	Florence	3,920	1.308%
8	Ethel	3,896	1.300%
9	Marie	3,856	1.286%
10	Lillian	3,414	1.139%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Annie	3,324	1.109%
12	Edna	3,102	1.035%
13	Emma	3,095	1.032%
14	Alice	3,059	1.020%
15	Bessie	3,044	1.015%
16	Bertha	3,019	1.007%
17	Grace	2,942	0.981%
18	Rose	2,844	0.949%
19	Clara	2,826	0.943%
20	Mildred	2,800	0.934%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Gladys	2,733	0.912%
22	Minnie	2,673	0.892%
23	Gertrude	2,580	0.861%
24	Pearl	2,512	0.838%
25	Mabel	2,509	0.837%
26	Frances	2,495	0.832%
27	Dorothy	2,491	0.831%
28	Martha	2,437	0.813%
29	Hazel	2,425	0.809%
30	Ida	2,285	0.762%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Irene	2,264	0.755%
32	Myrtle	2,252	0.751%
33	Eva	2,089	0.697%
34	Catherine	2,081	0.694%
35	Louise	2,070	0.691%
36	Edith	2,068	0.690%
37	Sarah	2,054	0.685%
38	Elsie	2,045	0.682%
39	Esther	2,017	0.673%
40	Lillie	2,004	0.668%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Agnes	1,914	0.638%
42	Ella	1,911	0.637%
43	Nellie	1,850	0.617%
44	Mattie	1,834	0.612%
45	Laura	1,824	0.608%
46	Julia	1,766	0.589%
47	Josephine	1,743	0.581%
48	Carrie	1,711	0.571%
49	Viola	1,674	0.558%
50	Hattie	1,553	0.518%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Ruby	1,540	0.514%
52	Lena	1,506	0.502%
53	Jessie	1,422	0.474%
54	Mae	1,406	0.469%
55	Cora	1,389	0.463%
56	Beatrice	1,382	0.461%
57	Alma	1,372	0.458%
58	Willie	1,351	0.451%
59	Mamie	1,337	0.446%
60	Blanche	1,332	0.444%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Lucy	1,246	0.416%
62	Fannie	1,237	0.413%
63	Lula	1,237	0.413%
64	Jennie	1,204	0.402%
65	Katherine	1,201	0.401%
66	Marion	1,197	0.399%
67	Lucille	1,182	0.394%
68	Stella	1,177	0.393%
69	Rosa	1,118	0.373%
70	Evelyn	1,116	0.372%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Pauline	1,104	0.368%
72	Ada	1,101	0.367%
73	Thelma	1,094	0.365%
74	Virginia	1,068	0.356%
75	Maggie	1,045	0.349%
76	Vera	1,024	0.342%
77	Maude	1,013	0.338%
78	Beulah	974	0.325%
79	Dora	958	0.320%
80	Susie	947	0.316%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Daisy	931	0.311%
82	Ellen	922	0.308%
83	Nora	919	0.307%
84	Sadie	895	0.299%
85	Leona	825	0.275%
86	Marguerite	786	0.262%
87	Georgia	765	0.255%
88	Eleanor	753	0.251%
89	Effie	752	0.251%
90	Della	748	0.250%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	May	744	0.248%
92	Ann	736	0.246%
93	Kathryn	721	0.241%
94	Nettie	711	0.237%
95	Olive	705	0.235%
96	Bernice	702	0.234%
97	Lottie	690	0.230%
98	Sallie	676	0.226%
99	Nancy	673	0.224%
100	Betty	665	0.222%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	9,828	6.531%
2	William	8,579	5.701%
3	James	7,245	4.815%
4	George	5,403	3.591%
5	Charles	4,098	2.723%
6	Robert	3,821	2.539%
7	Joseph	3,714	2.468%
8	Frank	3,477	2.311%
9	Edward	2,720	1.808%
10	Henry	2,606	1.732%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Thomas	2,556	1.699%
12	Walter	2,298	1.527%
13	Harry	2,272	1.510%
14	Willie	2,113	1.404%
15	Arthur	1,853	1.231%
16	Albert	1,741	1.157%
17	Fred	1,646	1.094%
18	Clarence	1,483	0.986%
19	Paul	1,288	0.856%
20	Harold	1,245	0.827%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Roy	1,215	0.807%
22	Joe	1,179	0.784%
23	Raymond	1,150	0.764%
24	Richard	1,141	0.758%
25	Charlie	1,124	0.747%
26	Louis	1,097	0.729%
27	Jack	1,053	0.700%
28	Earl	1,037	0.689%
29	Carl	1,016	0.675%
30	Ernest	1,012	0.673%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Ralph	896	0.595%
32	David	883	0.587%
33	Samuel	877	0.583%
34	Sam	821	0.546%
35	Howard	779	0.518%
36	Herbert	751	0.499%
37	Andrew	718	0.477%
38	Elmer	699	0.465%
39	Lee	675	0.449%
40	Lawrence	659	0.438%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Francis	652	0.433%
42	Alfred	640	0.425%
43	Will	603	0.401%
44	Daniel	598	0.397%
45	Eugene	587	0.390%
46	Leo	570	0.379%
47	Oscar	563	0.374%
48	Floyd	555	0.369%
49	Herman	550	0.366%
50	Jesse	536	0.356%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Michael	495	0.329%
52	Lewis	469	0.312%
53	Tom	469	0.312%
54	Leonard	465	0.309%
55	Ray	457	0.304%
56	Clyde	451	0.300%
57	Benjamin	450	0.299%
58	Peter	443	0.294%
59	Claude	433	0.288%
60	Lester	431	0.286%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Theodore	429	0.285%
62	Russell	427	0.284%
63	Eddie	425	0.282%
64	Frederick	420	0.279%
65	Leroy	419	0.278%
66	Clifford	409	0.272%
67	Anthony	406	0.270%
68	Jim	399	0.265%
69	Jessie	398	0.265%
70	Martin	383	0.255%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Edgar	374	0.249%
72	Chester	364	0.242%
73	Ben	355	0.236%
74	Edwin	350	0.233%
75	Dewey	345	0.229%
76	Cecil	344	0.229%
77	Stanley	342	0.227%
78	Lloyd	337	0.224%
79	Donald	328	0.218%
80	Homer	326	0.217%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Harvey	322	0.214%
82	Luther	316	0.210%
83	Norman	316	0.210%
84	Johnnie	313	0.208%
85	Leon	310	0.206%
86	Bernard	308	0.205%
87	Ed	297	0.197%
88	Hugh	290	0.193%
89	Patrick	285	0.189%
90	Kenneth	279	0.185%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Leslie	275	0.183%
92	Victor	269	0.179%
93	Alexander	260	0.173%
94	Philip	259	0.172%
95	Oliver	256	0.170%
96	Mack	250	0.166%
97	Horace	244	0.162%
98	Milton	242	0.161%
99	Guy	240	0.160%
100	Everett	237	0.158%

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