Top Names of 1908

The most popular names recorded in 1908 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary18,665
2Helen8,439
3Margaret6,976
4Ruth6,180
5Anna5,860
6Dorothy5,703
7Elizabeth4,904
8Mildred4,624
9Alice4,270
10Marie4,076
11Florence3,883
12Ethel3,786
13Lillian3,634
14Frances3,593
15Gladys3,580
16Rose3,382
17Edna3,365
18Louise2,937
19Grace2,901
20Evelyn2,857
21Annie2,820
22Catherine2,750
23Irene2,732
24Hazel2,698
25Gertrude2,562
26Thelma2,526
27Edith2,410
28Josephine2,389
29Bertha2,384
30Emma2,357
31Clara2,352
32Martha2,324
33Ruby2,229
34Bessie2,201
35Virginia2,195
36Esther2,187
37Mabel2,096
38Lucille2,080
39Pearl2,075
40Beatrice1,997
41Elsie1,983
42Viola1,964
43Ida1,952
44Myrtle1,952
45Agnes1,934
46Eva1,930
47Minnie1,817
48Sarah1,814
49Nellie1,757
50Julia1,749

Boys

#NameBabies
1John9,343
2William7,529
3James7,012
4George4,584
5Robert4,219
6Joseph4,162
7Charles3,929
8Frank3,146
9Edward2,707
10Thomas2,301
11Henry2,283
12Walter2,192
13Willie1,964
14Harry1,934
15Albert1,642
16Arthur1,601
17Harold1,542
18Paul1,478
19Clarence1,428
20Fred1,381
21Raymond1,381
22Louis1,317
23Richard1,244
24Joe1,209
25Ralph1,138
26Roy1,097
27Jack1,086
28Howard1,078
29Carl1,074
30David1,015
31Ernest1,000
32Earl999
33Samuel960
34Francis853
35Lawrence815
36Herbert759
37Charlie740
38Alfred739
39Andrew722
40Kenneth692
41Anthony690
42Elmer689
43Eugene689
44Michael688
45Donald664
46Sam644
47Theodore643
48Leonard614
49Leo584
50Herman562