Most Popular Baby Names in 1908

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	9,343
2	William	7,529
3	James	7,012
4	George	4,584
5	Robert	4,219
6	Joseph	4,162
7	Charles	3,929
8	Frank	3,146
9	Edward	2,707
10	Thomas	2,301
11	Henry	2,283
12	Walter	2,192
13	Willie	1,964
14	Harry	1,934
15	Albert	1,642
16	Arthur	1,601
17	Harold	1,542
18	Paul	1,478
19	Clarence	1,428
20	Fred	1,381
21	Raymond	1,381
22	Louis	1,317
23	Richard	1,244
24	Joe	1,209
25	Ralph	1,138
26	Roy	1,097
27	Jack	1,086
28	Howard	1,078
29	Carl	1,074
30	David	1,015
31	Ernest	1,000
32	Earl	999
33	Samuel	960
34	Francis	853
35	Lawrence	815
36	Herbert	759
37	Charlie	740
38	Alfred	739
39	Andrew	722
40	Kenneth	692
41	Anthony	690
42	Elmer	689
43	Eugene	689
44	Michael	688
45	Donald	664
46	Sam	644
47	Theodore	643
48	Leonard	614
49	Leo	584
50	Herman	562

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	18,665
2	Helen	8,439
3	Margaret	6,976
4	Ruth	6,180
5	Anna	5,860
6	Dorothy	5,703
7	Elizabeth	4,904
8	Mildred	4,624
9	Alice	4,270
10	Marie	4,076
11	Florence	3,883
12	Ethel	3,786
13	Lillian	3,634
14	Frances	3,593
15	Gladys	3,580
16	Rose	3,382
17	Edna	3,365
18	Louise	2,937
19	Grace	2,901
20	Evelyn	2,857
21	Annie	2,820
22	Catherine	2,750
23	Irene	2,732
24	Hazel	2,698
25	Gertrude	2,562
26	Thelma	2,526
27	Edith	2,410
28	Josephine	2,389
29	Bertha	2,384
30	Emma	2,357
31	Clara	2,352
32	Martha	2,324
33	Ruby	2,229
34	Bessie	2,201
35	Virginia	2,195
36	Esther	2,187
37	Mabel	2,096
38	Lucille	2,080
39	Pearl	2,075
40	Beatrice	1,997
41	Elsie	1,983
42	Viola	1,964
43	Ida	1,952
44	Myrtle	1,952
45	Agnes	1,934
46	Eva	1,930
47	Minnie	1,817
48	Sarah	1,814
49	Nellie	1,757
50	Julia	1,749