Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1900 Most Popular Baby Names of 1900 Social Security has card records for 479,864 people born in the U.S. in 1900. Mary was the top girl name (16,705 babies) and John the top boy name (9,828).
Top 100 names of 1900 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1900, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 16,705 #125 2 Helen 6,342 #461 3 Anna 6,114 #107 4 Margaret 5,304 #112 5 Ruth 4,765 #173 6 Elizabeth 4,096 #17 7 Florence 3,920 #391 8 Ethel 3,896 #4,172 9 Marie 3,856 #617 10 Lillian 3,414 #57 11 Annie 3,324 #182 12 Edna 3,102 #2,458 13 Emma 3,095 #3 14 Alice 3,059 #65 15 Bessie 3,044 #6,838 16 Bertha 3,019 #4,546 17 Grace 2,942 #38 18 Rose 2,844 #114 19 Clara 2,826 #63 20 Mildred 2,800 #1,962 21 Gladys 2,733 #3,211 22 Minnie 2,673 #3,028 23 Gertrude 2,580 #6,546 24 Pearl 2,512 #776 25 Mabel 2,509 #201 26 Frances 2,495 #318 27 Dorothy 2,491 #421 28 Martha 2,437 #712 29 Hazel 2,425 #21 30 Ida 2,285 #1,120 31 Irene 2,264 #651 32 Myrtle 2,252 #10,917 33 Eva 2,089 #134 34 Catherine 2,081 #313 35 Louise 2,070 #514 36 Edith 2,068 #499 37 Sarah 2,054 #90 38 Elsie 2,045 #123 39 Esther 2,017 #119 40 Lillie 2,004 #675 41 Agnes 1,914 #1,016 42 Ella 1,911 #29 43 Nellie 1,850 #533 44 Mattie 1,834 #1,004 45 Laura 1,824 #379 46 Julia 1,766 #131 47 Josephine 1,743 #53 48 Carrie 1,711 #2,719 49 Viola 1,674 #1,013 50 Hattie 1,553 #334
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1900, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ruby 1,540 #64 52 Lena 1,506 #279 53 Jessie 1,422 #823 54 Mae 1,406 #500 55 Cora 1,389 #113 56 Beatrice 1,382 #508 57 Alma 1,372 #449 58 Willie 1,351 #10,107 59 Mamie 1,337 #6,116 60 Blanche 1,332 #6,838 61 Lucy 1,246 #24 62 Fannie 1,237 #3,342 62 Lula 1,237 #1,927 64 Jennie 1,204 #2,298 65 Katherine 1,201 #186 66 Marion 1,197 #2,036 67 Lucille 1,182 #237 68 Stella 1,177 #52 69 Rosa 1,118 #652 70 Evelyn 1,116 #8 71 Pauline 1,104 #2,957 72 Ada 1,101 #219 73 Thelma 1,094 #4,661 74 Virginia 1,068 #525 75 Maggie 1,045 #294 76 Vera 1,024 #205 77 Maude 1,013 #3,342 78 Beulah 974 #5,917 79 Dora 958 #2,387 80 Susie 947 #1,911 81 Daisy 931 #75 82 Ellen 922 #1,062 83 Nora 919 #20 84 Sadie 895 #50 85 Leona 825 #429 86 Marguerite 786 #2,485 87 Georgia 765 #99 88 Eleanor 753 #12 89 Effie 752 #2,239 90 Della 748 #563 91 May 744 #1,229 92 Ann 736 #1,076 93 Kathryn 721 #729 94 Nettie 711 #5,554 95 Olive 705 #197 96 Bernice 702 #4,067 97 Lottie 690 #527 98 Sallie 676 #4,265 99 Nancy 673 #965 100 Betty 665 #1,113
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1900, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 9,828 #23 2 William 8,579 #9 3 James 7,245 #6 4 George 5,403 #126 5 Charles 4,098 #48 6 Robert 3,821 #92 7 Joseph 3,714 #29 8 Frank 3,477 #513 9 Edward 2,720 #224 10 Henry 2,606 #5 11 Thomas 2,556 #34 12 Walter 2,298 #251 13 Harry 2,272 #775 14 Willie 2,113 #1,315 15 Arthur 1,853 #87 16 Albert 1,741 #614 17 Fred 1,646 #1,932 18 Clarence 1,483 #1,499 19 Paul 1,288 #262 20 Harold 1,245 #991 21 Roy 1,215 #525 22 Joe 1,179 #991 23 Raymond 1,150 #394 24 Richard 1,141 #234 25 Charlie 1,124 #145 26 Louis 1,097 #249 27 Jack 1,053 #15 28 Earl 1,037 #2,230 29 Carl 1,016 #1,132 30 Ernest 1,012 #1,038 31 Ralph 896 #1,046 32 David 883 #35 33 Samuel 877 #18 34 Sam 821 #647 35 Howard 779 #1,002 36 Herbert 751 #2,641 37 Andrew 718 #73 38 Elmer 699 #1,222 39 Lee 675 #725 40 Lawrence 659 #518 41 Francis 652 #420 42 Alfred 640 #840 43 Will 603 #1,193 44 Daniel 598 #22 45 Eugene 587 #943 46 Leo 570 #19 47 Oscar 563 #223 48 Floyd 555 #2,230 49 Herman 550 #2,363 50 Jesse 536 #184
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1900, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Michael 495 #21 52 Lewis 469 #433 52 Tom 469 #2,183 54 Leonard 465 #637 55 Ray 457 #791 56 Clyde 451 #742 57 Benjamin 450 #11 58 Peter 443 #187 59 Claude 433 #3,036 60 Lester 431 #1,634 61 Theodore 429 #4 62 Russell 427 #345 63 Eddie 425 #860 64 Frederick 420 #435 65 Leroy 419 #883 66 Clifford 409 #1,352 67 Anthony 406 #46 68 Jim 399 #3,128 69 Jessie 398 #1,425 70 Martin 383 #335 71 Edgar 374 #486 72 Chester 364 #1,585 73 Ben 355 #843 74 Edwin 350 #398 75 Dewey 345 #3,848 76 Cecil 344 #1,486 77 Stanley 342 #863 78 Lloyd 337 #1,547 79 Donald 328 #690 80 Homer 326 #4,707 81 Harvey 322 #251 82 Luther 316 #1,459 82 Norman 316 #1,196 84 Johnnie 313 #2,284 85 Leon 310 #138 86 Bernard 308 #1,362 87 Ed 297 – 88 Hugh 290 #732 89 Patrick 285 #235 90 Kenneth 279 #294 91 Leslie 275 #3,513 92 Victor 269 #209 93 Alexander 260 #30 94 Philip 259 #527 95 Oliver 256 #3 96 Mack 250 #463 97 Horace 244 #6,143 98 Milton 242 #1,436 99 Guy 240 #1,634 100 Everett 237 #77
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