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