Top 100 names of the 1900s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 John 84591 6.23
2 William 69320 5.11
3 James 62170 4.58
4 George 43589 3.21
5 Charles 36184 2.67
6 Robert 35849 2.64
7 Joseph 35173 2.59
8 Frank 29046 2.14
9 Edward 24516 1.81
10 Thomas 21783 1.6
11 Henry 21772 1.6
12 Walter 19997 1.47
13 Harry 17906 1.32
14 Willie 17746 1.31
15 Arthur 15409 1.14
16 Albert 15318 1.13
17 Clarence 13573 1.0
18 Fred 13076 0.96
19 Harold 12795 0.94
20 Paul 12636 0.93
21 Raymond 11650 0.86
22 Richard 10676 0.79
23 Roy 10632 0.78
24 Joe 10466 0.77
25 Louis 10372 0.76
26 Carl 9865 0.73
27 Ralph 9298 0.68
28 Earl 9251 0.68
29 Jack 9222 0.68
30 Ernest 8657 0.64
31 David 8620 0.63
32 Samuel 8149 0.6
33 Howard 8014 0.59
34 Charlie 7928 0.58
35 Francis 7021 0.52
36 Herbert 6957 0.51
37 Lawrence 6846 0.5
38 Theodore 6490 0.48
39 Alfred 6356 0.47
40 Andrew 6278 0.46
41 Sam 6161 0.45
42 Elmer 6161 0.45
43 Eugene 5909 0.44
44 Leo 5629 0.41
45 Michael 5220 0.38
46 Lee 5158 0.38
47 Herman 5064 0.37
48 Anthony 5043 0.37
49 Daniel 5036 0.37
50 Leonard 5022 0.37
51 Floyd 4968 0.37
52 Donald 4632 0.34
53 Kenneth 4579 0.34
54 Jesse 4559 0.34
55 Russell 4552 0.34
56 Clyde 4524 0.33
57 Oscar 4517 0.33
58 Peter 4376 0.32
59 Lester 4361 0.32
60 Leroy 4300 0.32
61 Ray 4256 0.31
62 Stanley 4156 0.31
63 Clifford 4055 0.3
64 Lewis 4042 0.3
65 Benjamin 4009 0.3
66 Edwin 3961 0.29
67 Frederick 3900 0.29
68 Chester 3788 0.28
69 Claude 3704 0.27
70 Eddie 3695 0.27
71 Cecil 3610 0.27
72 Lloyd 3507 0.26
73 Jessie 3379 0.25
74 Martin 3346 0.25
75 Bernard 3296 0.24
76 Tom 3293 0.24
77 Will 3246 0.24
78 Norman 3178 0.23
79 Edgar 3154 0.23
80 Harvey 3104 0.23
81 Ben 3028 0.22
82 Homer 2915 0.21
83 Luther 2866 0.21
84 Leon 2859 0.21
85 Melvin 2840 0.21
86 Philip 2817 0.21
87 Johnnie 2781 0.2
88 Jim 2718 0.2
89 Milton 2695 0.2
90 Everett 2597 0.19
91 Allen 2558 0.19
92 Leslie 2531 0.19
93 Alvin 2484 0.18
94 Victor 2447 0.18
95 Marvin 2324 0.17
96 Stephen 2247 0.17
97 Alexander 2230 0.16
98 Jacob 2191 0.16
99 Hugh 2176 0.16
100 Patrick 2141 0.16

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 161504 5.52
2 Helen 69428 2.37
3 Margaret 57920 1.98
4 Anna 54918 1.88
5 Ruth 51010 1.74
6 Elizabeth 41708 1.42
7 Dorothy 39112 1.34
8 Marie 37091 1.27
9 Florence 36191 1.24
10 Mildred 36173 1.24
11 Alice 35232 1.2
12 Ethel 34868 1.19
13 Lillian 32519 1.11
14 Gladys 30285 1.03
15 Edna 29832 1.02
16 Frances 28499 0.97
17 Rose 28106 0.96
18 Annie 27748 0.95
19 Grace 26927 0.92
20 Bertha 24247 0.83
21 Emma 24176 0.83
22 Bessie 23984 0.82
23 Clara 23899 0.82
24 Hazel 23802 0.81
25 Irene 23656 0.81
26 Gertrude 23607 0.81
27 Louise 22862 0.78
28 Catherine 22007 0.75
29 Martha 21750 0.74
30 Mabel 21625 0.74
31 Pearl 20913 0.71
32 Edith 20884 0.71
33 Esther 20026 0.68
34 Minnie 19715 0.67
35 Myrtle 19691 0.67
36 Ida 18866 0.64
37 Josephine 18785 0.64
38 Evelyn 18603 0.64
39 Elsie 18452 0.63
40 Eva 18357 0.63
41 Thelma 18265 0.62
42 Ruby 18175 0.62
43 Agnes 17616 0.6
44 Sarah 17342 0.59
45 Viola 16559 0.57
46 Nellie 16339 0.56
47 Beatrice 16282 0.56
48 Julia 16107 0.55
49 Laura 15532 0.53
50 Lillie 15391 0.53
51 Lucille 15041 0.51
52 Ella 14763 0.5
53 Virginia 14539 0.5
54 Mattie 13837 0.47
55 Pauline 13310 0.45
56 Carrie 13140 0.45
57 Alma 13092 0.45
58 Jessie 12756 0.44
59 Mae 12711 0.43
60 Lena 12703 0.43
61 Willie 12357 0.42
62 Katherine 12105 0.41
63 Blanche 11730 0.4
64 Hattie 11717 0.4
65 Marion 11713 0.4
66 Lucy 11020 0.38
67 Stella 11014 0.38
68 Mamie 10618 0.36
69 Vera 10457 0.36
70 Cora 10372 0.35
71 Fannie 10346 0.35
72 Eleanor 10030 0.34
73 Bernice 10010 0.34
74 Jennie 9988 0.34
75 Ann 9932 0.34
76 Leona 9848 0.34
77 Beulah 9716 0.33
78 Lula 9518 0.33
79 Rosa 9297 0.32
80 Ada 9121 0.31
81 Ellen 8339 0.28
82 Kathryn 8333 0.28
83 Maggie 8289 0.28
84 Doris 8252 0.28
85 Dora 8011 0.27
86 Betty 7921 0.27
87 Marguerite 7912 0.27
88 Violet 7844 0.27
89 Lois 7691 0.26
90 Daisy 7687 0.26
91 Anne 7615 0.26
92 Sadie 7461 0.25
93 Susie 7312 0.25
94 Nora 7172 0.24
95 Maude 7142 0.24
96 Georgia 7142 0.24
97 Marjorie 7025 0.24
98 Opal 6791 0.23
99 Hilda 6783 0.23
100 Velma 6558 0.22