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
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 18,665 |
| 2 | Helen | 8,439 |
| 3 | Margaret | 6,976 |
| 4 | Ruth | 6,180 |
| 5 | Anna | 5,860 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 5,703 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 4,904 |
| 8 | Mildred | 4,624 |
| 9 | Alice | 4,270 |
| 10 | Marie | 4,076 |
| 11 | Florence | 3,883 |
| 12 | Ethel | 3,786 |
| 13 | Lillian | 3,634 |
| 14 | Frances | 3,593 |
| 15 | Gladys | 3,580 |
| 16 | Rose | 3,382 |
| 17 | Edna | 3,365 |
| 18 | Louise | 2,937 |
| 19 | Grace | 2,901 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 2,857 |
| 21 | Annie | 2,820 |
| 22 | Catherine | 2,750 |
| 23 | Irene | 2,732 |
| 24 | Hazel | 2,698 |
| 25 | Gertrude | 2,562 |
| 26 | Thelma | 2,526 |
| 27 | Edith | 2,410 |
| 28 | Josephine | 2,389 |
| 29 | Bertha | 2,384 |
| 30 | Emma | 2,357 |
| 31 | Clara | 2,352 |
| 32 | Martha | 2,324 |
| 33 | Ruby | 2,229 |
| 34 | Bessie | 2,201 |
| 35 | Virginia | 2,195 |
| 36 | Esther | 2,187 |
| 37 | Mabel | 2,096 |
| 38 | Lucille | 2,080 |
| 39 | Pearl | 2,075 |
| 40 | Beatrice | 1,997 |
| 41 | Elsie | 1,983 |
| 42 | Viola | 1,964 |
| 43 | Ida | 1,952 |
| 44 | Myrtle | 1,952 |
| 45 | Agnes | 1,934 |
| 46 | Eva | 1,930 |
| 47 | Minnie | 1,817 |
| 48 | Sarah | 1,814 |
| 49 | Nellie | 1,757 |
| 50 | Julia | 1,749 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | John | 9,343 |
| 2 | William | 7,529 |
| 3 | James | 7,012 |
| 4 | George | 4,584 |
| 5 | Robert | 4,219 |
| 6 | Joseph | 4,162 |
| 7 | Charles | 3,929 |
| 8 | Frank | 3,146 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,707 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,301 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,283 |
| 12 | Walter | 2,192 |
| 13 | Willie | 1,964 |
| 14 | Harry | 1,934 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,642 |
| 16 | Arthur | 1,601 |
| 17 | Harold | 1,542 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,478 |
| 19 | Clarence | 1,428 |
| 20 | Fred | 1,381 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,381 |
| 22 | Louis | 1,317 |
| 23 | Richard | 1,244 |
| 24 | Joe | 1,209 |
| 25 | Ralph | 1,138 |
| 26 | Roy | 1,097 |
| 27 | Jack | 1,086 |
| 28 | Howard | 1,078 |
| 29 | Carl | 1,074 |
| 30 | David | 1,015 |
| 31 | Ernest | 1,000 |
| 32 | Earl | 999 |
| 33 | Samuel | 960 |
| 34 | Francis | 853 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 815 |
| 36 | Herbert | 759 |
| 37 | Charlie | 740 |
| 38 | Alfred | 739 |
| 39 | Andrew | 722 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 692 |
| 41 | Anthony | 690 |
| 42 | Elmer | 689 |
| 43 | Eugene | 689 |
| 44 | Michael | 688 |
| 45 | Donald | 664 |
| 46 | Sam | 644 |
| 47 | Theodore | 643 |
| 48 | Leonard | 614 |
| 49 | Leo | 584 |
| 50 | Herman | 562 |