Top Names of 1907

The most popular names recorded in 1907 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary17,580
2Helen7,579
3Margaret6,713
4Anna5,575
5Ruth5,573
6Dorothy4,967
7Elizabeth4,624
8Mildred4,277
9Alice4,107
10Marie3,880
11Florence3,750
12Ethel3,698
13Lillian3,542
14Gladys3,303
15Edna3,301
16Frances3,299
17Rose3,116
18Evelyn3,035
19Annie2,891
20Grace2,747
21Louise2,619
22Irene2,617
23Hazel2,530
24Gertrude2,499
25Catherine2,457
26Bertha2,363
27Emma2,356
28Thelma2,339
29Clara2,319
30Bessie2,311
31Martha2,274
32Edith2,177
33Josephine2,156
34Ruby2,113
35Pearl2,108
36Mabel2,069
37Esther2,062
38Ida1,980
39Myrtle1,929
40Minnie1,907
41Virginia1,893
42Eva1,884
43Elsie1,872
44Beatrice1,858
45Lucille1,853
46Agnes1,829
47Viola1,805
48Sarah1,799
49Julia1,680
50Nellie1,671

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,983
2William6,904
3James6,707
4George4,445
5Robert4,020
6Charles3,884
7Joseph3,844
8Frank2,943
9Edward2,576
10Henry2,203
11Thomas2,174
12Walter2,095
13Willie1,968
14Harry1,813
15Albert1,636
16Arthur1,553
17Harold1,452
18Clarence1,389
19Fred1,371
20Paul1,358
21Raymond1,290
22Richard1,235
23Joe1,177
24Roy1,128
25Louis1,111
26Jack1,019
27Carl1,018
28Earl1,006
29Ralph997
30Ernest978
31David945
32Samuel892
33Howard875
34Lawrence801
35Charlie793
36Alfred738
37Francis717
38Theodore712
39Herbert710
40Andrew708
41Eugene691
42Leo651
43Sam631
44Donald616
45Elmer616
46Anthony593
47Kenneth589
48Michael586
49Herman561
50Leroy550