Top Names of 1901

The most popular names recorded in 1901 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary13,136
2Helen5,247
3Anna4,923
4Margaret4,424
5Ruth3,974
6Elizabeth3,216
7Marie3,157
8Florence3,131
9Ethel3,067
10Lillian2,681
11Gladys2,676
12Alice2,562
13Edna2,488
14Mildred2,424
15Grace2,398
16Annie2,396
17Emma2,374
18Clara2,319
19Bertha2,257
20Rose2,212
21Bessie2,183
22Dorothy2,173
23Hazel2,097
24Mabel2,097
25Frances2,071
26Minnie2,026
27Gertrude1,964
28Myrtle1,892
29Martha1,886
30Irene1,879
31Pearl1,866
32Edith1,863
33Esther1,844
34Ida1,835
35Elsie1,747
36Louise1,640
37Eva1,617
38Catherine1,599
39Agnes1,525
40Sarah1,514
41Nellie1,454
42Ella1,435
43Josephine1,434
44Laura1,402
45Lillie1,382
46Julia1,362
47Viola1,331
48Carrie1,247
49Ruby1,225
50Mattie1,224

Boys

#NameBabies
1John6,900
2William5,990
3James4,735
4George3,609
5Charles3,049
6Joseph2,766
7Robert2,543
8Frank2,402
9Edward1,917
10Henry1,870
11Thomas1,820
12Walter1,718
13Harry1,594
14Arthur1,329
15Albert1,317
16Willie1,294
17Clarence1,196
18Fred1,133
19Paul924
20Roy917
21Harold915
22Raymond888
23Earl818
24Carl817
25Louis797
26Richard784
27Joe756
28Ernest691
29Ralph682
30David672
31Charlie654
32Jack645
33Samuel628
34Howard584
35Herbert573
36Francis543
37Lawrence535
38Elmer520
39Alfred506
40Andrew479
41Sam479
42Leo456
43Theodore450
44Eugene445
45Lee424
46Floyd423
47Oscar422
48Daniel416
49Jesse411
50Russell395