Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1902 Most Popular Baby Names of 1902 Social Security has card records for 413,079 people born in the U.S. in 1902. Mary was the top girl name (14,486 babies) and John the top boy name (7,907).
Top 100 names of 1902 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1902, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 14,486 #125 2 Helen 5,967 #461 3 Anna 5,288 #107 4 Margaret 5,011 #112 5 Ruth 4,384 #173 6 Elizabeth 3,694 #17 7 Florence 3,509 #391 8 Marie 3,424 #617 9 Ethel 3,295 #4,172 10 Alice 3,135 #65 11 Lillian 3,063 #57 12 Gladys 2,809 #3,211 13 Edna 2,754 #2,458 14 Mildred 2,750 #1,962 15 Dorothy 2,707 #421 16 Annie 2,664 #182 17 Grace 2,642 #38 18 Emma 2,514 #3 19 Bessie 2,448 #6,838 20 Rose 2,444 #114 21 Clara 2,432 #63 22 Bertha 2,372 #4,546 23 Frances 2,326 #318 24 Mabel 2,280 #201 25 Hazel 2,238 #21 26 Irene 2,210 #651 27 Gertrude 2,207 #6,546 28 Pearl 2,100 #776 29 Minnie 2,055 #3,028 30 Martha 2,030 #712 31 Catherine 1,896 #313 32 Myrtle 1,884 #10,917 33 Edith 1,853 #499 34 Ida 1,836 #1,120 35 Esther 1,833 #119 36 Louise 1,832 #514 37 Eva 1,727 #134 38 Elsie 1,720 #123 39 Sarah 1,710 #90 40 Agnes 1,676 #1,016 41 Nellie 1,566 #533 42 Josephine 1,565 #53 43 Laura 1,559 #379 44 Lillie 1,533 #675 45 Ella 1,525 #29 46 Julia 1,501 #131 47 Ruby 1,458 #64 48 Viola 1,447 #1,013 49 Beatrice 1,429 #508 50 Carrie 1,376 #2,719
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1902, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Mattie 1,353 #1,004 52 Thelma 1,309 #4,661 53 Mae 1,261 #500 54 Jessie 1,240 #823 55 Alma 1,229 #449 56 Lena 1,225 #279 57 Hattie 1,163 #334 58 Blanche 1,159 #6,838 59 Evelyn 1,151 #8 60 Mamie 1,127 #6,116 61 Lucille 1,087 #237 62 Cora 1,081 #113 63 Stella 1,075 #52 64 Willie 1,071 #10,107 65 Lucy 1,065 #24 66 Marion 1,033 #2,036 67 Virginia 1,008 #525 68 Katherine 1,004 #186 69 Jennie 985 #2,298 69 Pauline 985 #2,957 71 Lula 976 #1,927 72 Fannie 971 #3,342 73 Vera 947 #205 74 Ada 921 #219 75 Rosa 909 #652 76 Leona 875 #429 77 Beulah 873 #5,917 78 Maggie 853 #294 79 Eleanor 837 #12 80 Maude 834 #3,342 81 Bernice 794 #4,067 82 Dora 780 #2,387 83 Ann 753 #1,076 83 Ellen 753 #1,062 85 Daisy 748 #75 86 Nora 724 #20 87 Kathryn 717 #729 87 Susie 717 #1,911 89 Sadie 716 #50 90 Marguerite 695 #2,485 91 Georgia 664 #99 92 Effie 658 #2,239 93 Doris 656 #2,895 94 Hilda 649 #2,998 94 Violet 649 #13 96 Della 609 #563 97 Emily 606 #34 98 Lois 594 #1,666 99 Olive 593 #197 100 Flora 587 #607
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1902, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 7,907 #23 2 William 6,617 #9 3 James 5,592 #6 4 George 4,223 #126 5 Charles 3,361 #48 6 Robert 3,180 #92 7 Joseph 3,098 #29 8 Frank 2,756 #513 9 Edward 2,294 #224 10 Henry 2,154 #5 11 Thomas 2,134 #34 12 Walter 1,858 #251 13 Harry 1,750 #775 14 Willie 1,565 #1,315 15 Arthur 1,487 #87 16 Albert 1,375 #614 17 Clarence 1,292 #1,499 18 Fred 1,286 #1,932 19 Harold 1,077 #991 20 Paul 1,067 #262 21 Raymond 1,064 #394 22 Roy 1,002 #525 23 Joe 955 #991 24 Carl 952 #1,132 25 Louis 912 #249 26 Richard 908 #234 27 Earl 877 #2,230 28 Ralph 866 #1,046 29 Ernest 790 #1,038 30 Charlie 761 #145 30 David 761 #35 32 Jack 743 #15 33 Samuel 702 #18 34 Theodore 642 #4 35 Howard 632 #1,002 36 Herbert 615 #2,641 37 Lawrence 598 #518 38 Francis 597 #420 39 Alfred 590 #840 40 Elmer 574 #1,222 41 Sam 559 #647 42 Andrew 558 #73 43 Leo 551 #19 44 Eugene 524 #943 45 Daniel 501 #22 46 Lee 475 #725 47 Floyd 471 #2,230 48 Michael 460 #21 49 Herman 457 #2,363 50 Jesse 437 #184
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1902, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Peter 433 #187 52 Leonard 426 #637 53 Russell 422 #345 54 Anthony 420 #46 55 Oscar 397 #223 56 Edwin 393 #398 57 Ray 391 #791 58 Lester 385 #1,634 58 Lewis 385 #433 60 Clyde 382 #742 61 Benjamin 374 #11 62 Leroy 370 #883 63 Donald 366 #690 64 Will 359 #1,193 65 Cecil 354 #1,486 66 Eddie 353 #860 67 Lloyd 344 #1,547 68 Claude 336 #3,036 69 Stanley 334 #863 70 Frederick 330 #435 71 Clifford 326 #1,352 72 Martin 325 #335 73 Jessie 323 #1,425 74 Chester 321 #1,585 75 Tom 312 #2,183 76 Edgar 307 #486 77 Jim 300 #3,128 78 Kenneth 275 #294 79 Ben 273 #843 80 Homer 269 #4,707 81 Luther 266 #1,459 82 Harvey 264 #251 83 Bernard 259 #1,362 84 Norman 256 #1,196 85 Leslie 251 #3,513 86 Leon 248 #138 86 Melvin 248 #958 88 Everett 238 #77 89 Allen 227 #578 90 Philip 226 #527 91 Johnnie 221 #2,284 92 Hugh 217 #732 93 Alexander 216 #30 94 Stephen 210 #383 95 Jacob 207 #43 95 Milton 207 #1,436 97 Victor 205 #209 98 Patrick 203 #235 99 Alvin 201 #838 100 Horace 199 #6,143
Entered the top 100 in 1902
