Most Popular Baby Names in 1900

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 9,828
2 William 8,579
3 James 7,245
4 George 5,403
5 Charles 4,098
6 Robert 3,821
7 Joseph 3,714
8 Frank 3,477
9 Edward 2,720
10 Henry 2,606
11 Thomas 2,556
12 Walter 2,298
13 Harry 2,272
14 Willie 2,113
15 Arthur 1,853
16 Albert 1,741
17 Fred 1,646
18 Clarence 1,483
19 Paul 1,288
20 Harold 1,245
21 Roy 1,215
22 Joe 1,179
23 Raymond 1,150
24 Richard 1,141
25 Charlie 1,124
26 Louis 1,097
27 Jack 1,053
28 Earl 1,037
29 Carl 1,016
30 Ernest 1,012
31 Ralph 896
32 David 883
33 Samuel 877
34 Sam 821
35 Howard 779
36 Herbert 751
37 Andrew 718
38 Elmer 699
39 Lee 675
40 Lawrence 659
41 Francis 652
42 Alfred 640
43 Will 603
44 Daniel 598
45 Eugene 587
46 Leo 570
47 Oscar 563
48 Floyd 555
49 Herman 550
50 Jesse 536

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 16,705
2 Helen 6,342
3 Anna 6,114
4 Margaret 5,304
5 Ruth 4,765
6 Elizabeth 4,096
7 Florence 3,920
8 Ethel 3,896
9 Marie 3,856
10 Lillian 3,414
11 Annie 3,324
12 Edna 3,102
13 Emma 3,095
14 Alice 3,059
15 Bessie 3,044
16 Bertha 3,019
17 Grace 2,942
18 Rose 2,844
19 Clara 2,826
20 Mildred 2,800
21 Gladys 2,733
22 Minnie 2,673
23 Gertrude 2,580
24 Pearl 2,512
25 Mabel 2,509
26 Frances 2,495
27 Dorothy 2,491
28 Martha 2,437
29 Hazel 2,425
30 Ida 2,285
31 Irene 2,264
32 Myrtle 2,252
33 Eva 2,089
34 Catherine 2,081
35 Louise 2,070
36 Edith 2,068
37 Sarah 2,054
38 Elsie 2,045
39 Esther 2,017
40 Lillie 2,004
41 Agnes 1,914
42 Ella 1,911
43 Nellie 1,850
44 Mattie 1,834
45 Laura 1,824
46 Julia 1,766
47 Josephine 1,743
48 Carrie 1,711
49 Viola 1,674
50 Hattie 1,553