Top Names of 1910

The most popular names recorded in 1910 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary22,848
2Helen10,479
3Margaret8,226
4Dorothy7,318
5Ruth7,212
6Anna6,436
7Elizabeth5,800
8Mildred5,692
9Marie4,790
10Alice4,671
11Frances4,448
12Florence4,282
13Ethel4,146
14Lillian4,127
15Gladys3,842
16Rose3,837
17Evelyn3,777
18Edna3,664
19Annie3,519
20Louise3,457
21Irene3,281
22Catherine3,161
23Grace3,145
24Hazel3,032
25Thelma2,976
26Gertrude2,932
27Ruby2,893
28Martha2,858
29Virginia2,855
30Josephine2,801
31Lucille2,692
32Clara2,665
33Bertha2,651
34Emma2,607
35Edith2,592
36Beatrice2,459
37Bessie2,392
38Esther2,378
39Pearl2,177
40Sarah2,173
41Agnes2,163
42Pauline2,153
43Myrtle2,145
44Elsie2,141
45Eva2,123
46Mabel2,123
47Ida2,107
48Viola2,090
49Julia2,074
50Minnie1,983

Boys

#NameBabies
1John11,450
2James9,194
3William8,844
4Robert5,609
5George5,441
6Joseph5,228
7Charles4,784
8Frank3,768
9Edward3,407
10Henry2,899
11Willie2,897
12Thomas2,851
13Walter2,596
14Albert2,183
15Paul2,005
16Harry1,978
17Arthur1,942
18Harold1,909
19Raymond1,737
20Clarence1,706
21Richard1,654
22Fred1,587
23Jack1,576
24Louis1,569
25Joe1,553
26Carl1,339
27Howard1,309
28Ralph1,278
29Roy1,267
30David1,258
31Ernest1,167
32Samuel1,129
33Earl1,109
34Charlie1,107
35Lawrence1,009
36Francis1,000
37Anthony980
38Alfred922
39Eugene888
40Sam888
41Herbert886
42Andrew884
43Kenneth880
44Donald860
45Michael844
46Leonard793
47Stanley761
48Elmer760
49Lee741
50Leroy733