Most Popular Baby Names in 1901

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 6,900
2 William 5,990
3 James 4,735
4 George 3,609
5 Charles 3,049
6 Joseph 2,766
7 Robert 2,543
8 Frank 2,402
9 Edward 1,917
10 Henry 1,870
11 Thomas 1,820
12 Walter 1,718
13 Harry 1,594
14 Arthur 1,329
15 Albert 1,317
16 Willie 1,294
17 Clarence 1,196
18 Fred 1,133
19 Paul 924
20 Roy 917
21 Harold 915
22 Raymond 888
23 Earl 818
24 Carl 817
25 Louis 797
26 Richard 784
27 Joe 756
28 Ernest 691
29 Ralph 682
30 David 672
31 Charlie 654
32 Jack 645
33 Samuel 628
34 Howard 584
35 Herbert 573
36 Francis 543
37 Lawrence 535
38 Elmer 520
39 Alfred 506
40 Andrew 479
41 Sam 479
42 Leo 456
43 Theodore 450
44 Eugene 445
45 Lee 424
46 Floyd 423
47 Oscar 422
48 Daniel 416
49 Jesse 411
50 Russell 395

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 13,136
2 Helen 5,247
3 Anna 4,923
4 Margaret 4,424
5 Ruth 3,974
6 Elizabeth 3,216
7 Marie 3,157
8 Florence 3,131
9 Ethel 3,067
10 Lillian 2,681
11 Gladys 2,676
12 Alice 2,562
13 Edna 2,488
14 Mildred 2,424
15 Grace 2,398
16 Annie 2,396
17 Emma 2,374
18 Clara 2,319
19 Bertha 2,257
20 Rose 2,212
21 Bessie 2,183
22 Dorothy 2,173
23 Hazel 2,097
24 Mabel 2,097
25 Frances 2,071
26 Minnie 2,026
27 Gertrude 1,964
28 Myrtle 1,892
29 Martha 1,886
30 Irene 1,879
31 Pearl 1,866
32 Edith 1,863
33 Esther 1,844
34 Ida 1,835
35 Elsie 1,747
36 Louise 1,640
37 Eva 1,617
38 Catherine 1,599
39 Agnes 1,525
40 Sarah 1,514
41 Nellie 1,454
42 Ella 1,435
43 Josephine 1,434
44 Laura 1,402
45 Lillie 1,382
46 Julia 1,362
47 Viola 1,331
48 Carrie 1,247
49 Ruby 1,225
50 Mattie 1,224