Top Names of 1900

The most popular names recorded in 1900 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary16,705
2Helen6,342
3Anna6,114
4Margaret5,304
5Ruth4,765
6Elizabeth4,096
7Florence3,920
8Ethel3,896
9Marie3,856
10Lillian3,414
11Annie3,324
12Edna3,102
13Emma3,095
14Alice3,059
15Bessie3,044
16Bertha3,019
17Grace2,942
18Rose2,844
19Clara2,826
20Mildred2,800
21Gladys2,733
22Minnie2,673
23Gertrude2,580
24Pearl2,512
25Mabel2,509
26Frances2,495
27Dorothy2,491
28Martha2,437
29Hazel2,425
30Ida2,285
31Irene2,264
32Myrtle2,252
33Eva2,089
34Catherine2,081
35Louise2,070
36Edith2,068
37Sarah2,054
38Elsie2,045
39Esther2,017
40Lillie2,004
41Agnes1,914
42Ella1,911
43Nellie1,850
44Mattie1,834
45Laura1,824
46Julia1,766
47Josephine1,743
48Carrie1,711
49Viola1,674
50Hattie1,553

Boys

#NameBabies
1John9,828
2William8,579
3James7,245
4George5,403
5Charles4,098
6Robert3,821
7Joseph3,714
8Frank3,477
9Edward2,720
10Henry2,606
11Thomas2,556
12Walter2,298
13Harry2,272
14Willie2,113
15Arthur1,853
16Albert1,741
17Fred1,646
18Clarence1,483
19Paul1,288
20Harold1,245
21Roy1,215
22Joe1,179
23Raymond1,150
24Richard1,141
25Charlie1,124
26Louis1,097
27Jack1,053
28Earl1,037
29Carl1,016
30Ernest1,012
31Ralph896
32David883
33Samuel877
34Sam821
35Howard779
36Herbert751
37Andrew718
38Elmer699
39Lee675
40Lawrence659
41Francis652
42Alfred640
43Will603
44Daniel598
45Eugene587
46Leo570
47Oscar563
48Floyd555
49Herman550
50Jesse536