Most Popular Baby Names in 1909

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 9,590
2 William 7,913
3 James 7,595
4 George 4,688
5 Robert 4,563
6 Joseph 4,348
7 Charles 4,029
8 Frank 3,244
9 Edward 2,935
10 Thomas 2,468
11 Henry 2,411
12 Walter 2,287
13 Willie 2,175
14 Harry 1,924
15 Albert 1,816
16 Harold 1,725
17 Paul 1,676
18 Arthur 1,665
19 Clarence 1,518
20 Raymond 1,441
21 Richard 1,427
22 Fred 1,355
23 Joe 1,292
24 Louis 1,231
25 Carl 1,215
26 Howard 1,166
27 Jack 1,150
28 Roy 1,135
29 David 1,094
30 Ralph 1,091
31 Earl 1,007
32 Samuel 983
33 Francis 886
34 Ernest 885
35 Lawrence 854
36 Charlie 833
37 Herbert 831
38 Andrew 766
39 Alfred 763
40 Anthony 758
41 Kenneth 746
42 Donald 725
43 Eugene 724
44 Sam 700
45 Elmer 687
46 Leonard 665
47 Michael 635
48 Herman 618
49 Leo 609
50 Stanley 607

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 19,259
2 Helen 9,250
3 Margaret 7,358
4 Ruth 6,509
5 Dorothy 6,253
6 Anna 5,804
7 Elizabeth 5,176
8 Mildred 5,054
9 Marie 4,301
10 Alice 4,170
11 Florence 3,789
12 Frances 3,780
13 Ethel 3,661
14 Lillian 3,596
15 Gladys 3,538
16 Edna 3,429
17 Rose 3,374
18 Evelyn 3,157
19 Louise 3,019
20 Irene 2,961
21 Grace 2,912
22 Annie 2,904
23 Catherine 2,897
24 Hazel 2,708
25 Gertrude 2,622
26 Thelma 2,612
27 Ruby 2,524
28 Martha 2,510
29 Bertha 2,444
30 Virginia 2,420
31 Josephine 2,416
32 Clara 2,403
33 Edith 2,371
34 Emma 2,338
35 Bessie 2,276
36 Lucille 2,192
37 Esther 2,185
38 Beatrice 2,105
39 Elsie 2,064
40 Pearl 2,048
41 Mabel 2,007
42 Agnes 1,974
43 Myrtle 1,950
44 Ida 1,943
45 Julia 1,931
46 Viola 1,926
47 Eva 1,896
48 Pauline 1,896
49 Sarah 1,845
50 Minnie 1,779