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The most popular names in 1900

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

‹ 18991901 ›

Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #11Annie3,324
  12. #12Edna3,102
  13. #13Emma3,095
  14. #14Alice3,059
  15. #15Bessie3,044
  16. #16Bertha3,019
  17. #17Grace2,942
  18. #18Rose2,844
  19. #19Clara2,826
  20. #20Mildred2,800
  21. #21Gladys2,733
  22. #22Minnie2,673
  23. #23Gertrude2,580
  24. #24Pearl2,512
  25. #25Mabel2,509
  26. #26Frances2,495
  27. #27Dorothy2,491
  28. #28Martha2,437
  29. #29Hazel2,425
  30. #30Ida2,285
  31. #31Irene2,264
  32. #32Myrtle2,252
  33. #33Eva2,089
  34. #34Catherine2,081
  35. #35Louise2,070
  36. #36Edith2,068
  37. #37Sarah2,054
  38. #38Elsie2,045
  39. #39Esther2,017
  40. #40Lillie2,004
  41. #41Agnes1,914
  42. #42Ella1,911
  43. #43Nellie1,850
  44. #44Mattie1,834
  45. #45Laura1,824
  46. #46Julia1,766
  47. #47Josephine1,743
  48. #48Carrie1,711
  49. #49Viola1,674
  50. #50Hattie1,553
  51. #51Ruby1,540
  52. #52Lena1,506
  53. #53Jessie1,422
  54. #54Mae1,406
  55. #55Cora1,389
  56. #56Beatrice1,382
  57. #57Alma1,372
  58. #58Willie1,351
  59. #59Mamie1,337
  60. #60Blanche1,332
  61. #61Lucy1,246
  62. #62Fannie1,237
  63. #62Lula1,237
  64. #64Jennie1,204
  65. #65Katherine1,201
  66. #66Marion1,197
  67. #67Lucille1,182
  68. #68Stella1,177
  69. #69Rosa1,118
  70. #70Evelyn1,116
  71. #71Pauline1,104
  72. #72Ada1,101
  73. #73Thelma1,094
  74. #74Virginia1,068
  75. #75Maggie1,045
  76. #76Vera1,024
  77. #77Maude1,013
  78. #78Beulah974
  79. #79Dora958
  80. #80Susie947
  81. #81Daisy931
  82. #82Ellen922
  83. #83Nora919
  84. #84Sadie895
  85. #85Leona825
  86. #86Marguerite786
  87. #87Georgia765
  88. #88Eleanor753
  89. #89Effie752
  90. #90Della748
  91. #91May744
  92. #92Ann736
  93. #93Kathryn721
  94. #94Nettie711
  95. #95Olive705
  96. #96Bernice702
  97. #97Lottie690
  98. #98Sallie676
  99. #99Nancy673
  100. #100Betty665

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #11Thomas2,556
  12. #12Walter2,298
  13. #13Harry2,272
  14. #14Willie2,113
  15. #15Arthur1,853
  16. #16Albert1,741
  17. #17Fred1,646
  18. #18Clarence1,483
  19. #19Paul1,288
  20. #20Harold1,245
  21. #21Roy1,215
  22. #22Joe1,179
  23. #23Raymond1,150
  24. #24Richard1,141
  25. #25Charlie1,124
  26. #26Louis1,097
  27. #27Jack1,053
  28. #28Earl1,037
  29. #29Carl1,016
  30. #30Ernest1,012
  31. #31Ralph896
  32. #32David883
  33. #33Samuel877
  34. #34Sam821
  35. #35Howard779
  36. #36Herbert751
  37. #37Andrew718
  38. #38Elmer699
  39. #39Lee675
  40. #40Lawrence659
  41. #41Francis652
  42. #42Alfred640
  43. #43Will603
  44. #44Daniel598
  45. #45Eugene587
  46. #46Leo570
  47. #47Oscar563
  48. #48Floyd555
  49. #49Herman550
  50. #50Jesse536
  51. #51Michael495
  52. #52Lewis469
  53. #52Tom469
  54. #54Leonard465
  55. #55Ray457
  56. #56Clyde451
  57. #57Benjamin450
  58. #58Peter443
  59. #59Claude433
  60. #60Lester431
  61. #61Theodore429
  62. #62Russell427
  63. #63Eddie425
  64. #64Frederick420
  65. #65Leroy419
  66. #66Clifford409
  67. #67Anthony406
  68. #68Jim399
  69. #69Jessie398
  70. #70Martin383
  71. #71Edgar374
  72. #72Chester364
  73. #73Ben355
  74. #74Edwin350
  75. #75Dewey345
  76. #76Cecil344
  77. #77Stanley342
  78. #78Lloyd337
  79. #79Donald328
  80. #80Homer326
  81. #81Harvey322
  82. #82Luther316
  83. #82Norman316
  84. #84Johnnie313
  85. #85Leon310
  86. #86Bernard308
  87. #87Ed297
  88. #88Hugh290
  89. #89Patrick285
  90. #90Kenneth279
  91. #91Leslie275
  92. #92Victor269
  93. #93Alexander260
  94. #94Philip259
  95. #95Oliver256
  96. #96Mack250
  97. #97Horace244
  98. #98Milton242
  99. #99Guy240
  100. #100Everett237