Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1901 Most Popular Baby Names of 1901 Social Security has card records for 369,821 people born in the U.S. in 1901. Mary was the top girl name (13,136 babies) and John the top boy name (6,900).
Top 100 names of 1901 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1901, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 13,136 #125 2 Helen 5,247 #461 3 Anna 4,923 #107 4 Margaret 4,424 #112 5 Ruth 3,974 #173 6 Elizabeth 3,216 #17 7 Marie 3,157 #617 8 Florence 3,131 #391 9 Ethel 3,067 #4,172 10 Lillian 2,681 #57 11 Gladys 2,676 #3,211 12 Alice 2,562 #65 13 Edna 2,488 #2,458 14 Mildred 2,424 #1,962 15 Grace 2,398 #38 16 Annie 2,396 #182 17 Emma 2,374 #3 18 Clara 2,319 #63 19 Bertha 2,257 #4,546 20 Rose 2,212 #114 21 Bessie 2,183 #6,838 22 Dorothy 2,173 #421 23 Hazel 2,097 #21 23 Mabel 2,097 #201 25 Frances 2,071 #318 26 Minnie 2,026 #3,028 27 Gertrude 1,964 #6,546 28 Myrtle 1,892 #10,917 29 Martha 1,886 #712 30 Irene 1,879 #651 31 Pearl 1,866 #776 32 Edith 1,863 #499 33 Esther 1,844 #119 34 Ida 1,835 #1,120 35 Elsie 1,747 #123 36 Louise 1,640 #514 37 Eva 1,617 #134 38 Catherine 1,599 #313 39 Agnes 1,525 #1,016 40 Sarah 1,514 #90 41 Nellie 1,454 #533 42 Ella 1,435 #29 43 Josephine 1,434 #53 44 Laura 1,402 #379 45 Lillie 1,382 #675 46 Julia 1,362 #131 47 Viola 1,331 #1,013 48 Carrie 1,247 #2,719 49 Ruby 1,225 #64 50 Mattie 1,224 #1,004
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1901, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lena 1,216 #279 52 Alma 1,195 #449 53 Beatrice 1,183 #508 54 Mae 1,140 #500 55 Jessie 1,116 #823 56 Hattie 1,106 #334 57 Thelma 1,090 #4,661 58 Cora 1,027 #113 59 Blanche 1,025 #6,838 60 Mamie 992 #6,116 61 Lucy 979 #24 62 Evelyn 966 #8 63 Marion 963 #2,036 64 Pauline 938 #2,957 65 Stella 928 #52 66 Ada 913 #219 67 Lula 905 #1,927 68 Willie 901 #10,107 69 Jennie 898 #2,298 70 Lucille 894 #237 71 Katherine 890 #186 72 Fannie 873 #3,342 73 Vera 860 #205 74 Beulah 859 #5,917 75 Rosa 845 #652 76 Virginia 825 #525 77 Maude 819 #3,342 78 Leona 779 #429 79 Dora 768 #2,387 80 Maggie 746 #294 81 Nora 727 #20 82 Ellen 711 #1,062 83 Marguerite 699 #2,485 84 Eleanor 686 #12 85 Sadie 676 #50 86 Bernice 660 #4,067 87 Daisy 653 #75 88 Susie 650 #1,911 89 Ann 634 #1,076 90 Kathryn 620 #729 91 Violet 611 #13 92 Hilda 574 #2,998 93 Nettie 562 #5,554 94 Theresa 554 #1,548 95 May 550 #1,229 96 Georgia 549 #99 97 Effie 545 #2,239 98 Olive 539 #197 99 Emily 537 #34 100 Della 534 #563
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1901, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 6,900 #23 2 William 5,990 #9 3 James 4,735 #6 4 George 3,609 #126 5 Charles 3,049 #48 6 Joseph 2,766 #29 7 Robert 2,543 #92 8 Frank 2,402 #513 9 Edward 1,917 #224 10 Henry 1,870 #5 11 Thomas 1,820 #34 12 Walter 1,718 #251 13 Harry 1,594 #775 14 Arthur 1,329 #87 15 Albert 1,317 #614 16 Willie 1,294 #1,315 17 Clarence 1,196 #1,499 18 Fred 1,133 #1,932 19 Paul 924 #262 20 Roy 917 #525 21 Harold 915 #991 22 Raymond 888 #394 23 Earl 818 #2,230 24 Carl 817 #1,132 25 Louis 797 #249 26 Richard 784 #234 27 Joe 756 #991 28 Ernest 691 #1,038 29 Ralph 682 #1,046 30 David 672 #35 31 Charlie 654 #145 32 Jack 645 #15 33 Samuel 628 #18 34 Howard 584 #1,002 35 Herbert 573 #2,641 36 Francis 543 #420 37 Lawrence 535 #518 38 Elmer 520 #1,222 39 Alfred 506 #840 40 Andrew 479 #73 40 Sam 479 #647 42 Leo 456 #19 43 Theodore 450 #4 44 Eugene 445 #943 45 Lee 424 #725 46 Floyd 423 #2,230 47 Oscar 422 #223 48 Daniel 416 #22 49 Jesse 411 #184 50 Russell 395 #345
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1901, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Herman 393 #2,363 52 Michael 384 #21 53 Will 364 #1,193 54 Leonard 362 #637 55 Clyde 356 #742 56 Benjamin 343 #11 56 Peter 343 #187 58 Claude 341 #3,036 59 Ray 338 #791 60 Frederick 336 #435 61 Lester 332 #1,634 62 Anthony 323 #46 63 Lewis 309 #433 64 Martin 304 #335 65 Edwin 299 #398 66 Eddie 296 #860 67 Tom 291 #2,183 68 Lloyd 285 #1,547 69 Clifford 282 #1,352 70 Cecil 278 #1,486 71 Edgar 271 #486 72 Leroy 268 #883 73 Ben 259 #843 74 Homer 257 #4,707 75 Chester 253 #1,585 75 Harvey 253 #251 77 Donald 250 #690 78 Kenneth 246 #294 79 Luther 244 #1,459 80 Bernard 242 #1,362 81 Jim 239 #3,128 81 Stanley 239 #863 83 Norman 238 #1,196 84 Philip 232 #527 85 Jessie 231 #1,425 86 Everett 218 #77 87 Leon 208 #138 88 Allen 199 #578 89 Leslie 198 #3,513 90 Milton 197 #1,436 91 Hugh 192 #732 92 Oliver 187 #3 93 Patrick 181 #235 94 Glenn 180 #1,443 95 Alvin 179 #838 96 Horace 178 #6,143 97 Melvin 176 #958 98 Jacob 172 #43 99 Guy 170 #1,634 100 Victor 169 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1901
