Most Popular Baby Names of the 1900s

The top U.S. baby names across the 1900s (1900–1909), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Mary for girls and John for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	161,504
2	Helen	69,428
3	Margaret	57,919
4	Anna	54,918
5	Ruth	51,010
6	Elizabeth	41,708
7	Dorothy	39,112
8	Marie	37,091
9	Florence	36,191
10	Mildred	36,173
11	Alice	35,232
12	Ethel	34,868
13	Lillian	32,519
14	Gladys	30,285
15	Edna	29,832
16	Frances	28,499
17	Rose	28,106
18	Annie	27,748
19	Grace	26,927
20	Bertha	24,247
21	Emma	24,176
22	Bessie	23,984
23	Clara	23,899
24	Hazel	23,802
25	Irene	23,656
26	Gertrude	23,607
27	Louise	22,862
28	Catherine	22,007
29	Martha	21,750
30	Mabel	21,625
31	Pearl	20,913
32	Edith	20,884
33	Esther	20,026
34	Minnie	19,715
35	Myrtle	19,691
36	Ida	18,866
37	Josephine	18,785
38	Evelyn	18,603
39	Elsie	18,452
40	Eva	18,357
41	Thelma	18,265
42	Ruby	18,175
43	Agnes	17,616
44	Sarah	17,342
45	Viola	16,559
46	Nellie	16,339
47	Beatrice	16,282
48	Julia	16,107
49	Laura	15,532
50	Lillie	15,391

Boys — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	John	84,590
2	William	69,320
3	James	62,170
4	George	43,589
5	Charles	36,184
6	Robert	35,849
7	Joseph	35,173
8	Frank	29,046
9	Edward	24,516
10	Thomas	21,783
11	Henry	21,772
12	Walter	19,997
13	Harry	17,906
14	Willie	17,746
15	Arthur	15,409
16	Albert	15,318
17	Clarence	13,573
18	Fred	13,076
19	Harold	12,795
20	Paul	12,636
21	Raymond	11,650
22	Richard	10,675
23	Roy	10,632
24	Joe	10,466
25	Louis	10,372
26	Carl	9,865
27	Ralph	9,298
28	Earl	9,251
29	Jack	9,222
30	Ernest	8,657
31	David	8,619
32	Samuel	8,149
33	Howard	8,014
34	Charlie	7,928
35	Francis	7,021
36	Herbert	6,957
37	Lawrence	6,846
38	Theodore	6,490
39	Alfred	6,356
40	Andrew	6,277
41	Elmer	6,161
42	Sam	6,161
43	Eugene	5,909
44	Leo	5,629
45	Michael	5,220
46	Lee	5,158
47	Herman	5,064
48	Anthony	5,043
49	Daniel	5,036
50	Leonard	5,022