Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1903 Most Popular Baby Names of 1903 Social Security has card records for 407,518 people born in the U.S. in 1903. Mary was the top girl name (14,275 babies) and John the top boy name (7,608).
Top 100 names of 1903 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1903, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 14,275 #125 2 Helen 6,129 #461 3 Anna 5,098 #107 4 Margaret 5,045 #112 5 Ruth 4,517 #173 6 Elizabeth 3,724 #17 7 Marie 3,469 #617 8 Florence 3,468 #391 9 Ethel 3,257 #4,172 10 Mildred 3,088 #1,962 11 Dorothy 3,078 #421 12 Alice 2,996 #65 13 Lillian 2,972 #57 14 Gladys 2,674 #3,211 15 Edna 2,667 #2,458 16 Grace 2,616 #38 17 Annie 2,551 #182 18 Rose 2,478 #114 19 Frances 2,365 #318 20 Clara 2,342 #63 21 Bessie 2,339 #6,838 22 Bertha 2,309 #4,546 23 Emma 2,308 #3 24 Gertrude 2,253 #6,546 25 Mabel 2,163 #201 26 Hazel 2,139 #21 27 Pearl 2,046 #776 28 Irene 2,001 #651 29 Martha 1,980 #712 29 Myrtle 1,980 #10,917 31 Louise 1,935 #514 32 Catherine 1,916 #313 33 Edith 1,901 #499 34 Esther 1,883 #119 35 Minnie 1,846 #3,028 36 Eva 1,783 #134 37 Ida 1,774 #1,120 38 Elsie 1,720 #123 39 Agnes 1,616 #1,016 40 Josephine 1,587 #53 41 Sarah 1,553 #90 42 Ruby 1,538 #64 43 Laura 1,503 #379 44 Viola 1,495 #1,013 45 Nellie 1,491 #533 46 Lillie 1,485 #675 47 Thelma 1,479 #4,661 48 Julia 1,447 #131 49 Beatrice 1,439 #508 50 Ella 1,419 #29
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1903, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Mattie 1,278 #1,004 52 Carrie 1,252 #2,719 53 Alma 1,244 #449 54 Evelyn 1,211 #8 55 Jessie 1,202 #823 56 Lena 1,200 #279 57 Lucille 1,193 #237 58 Mae 1,192 #500 59 Blanche 1,174 #6,838 60 Hattie 1,106 #334 61 Marion 1,042 #2,036 61 Pauline 1,042 #2,957 63 Virginia 1,032 #525 64 Fannie 1,016 #3,342 64 Stella 1,016 #52 66 Katherine 1,015 #186 67 Willie 1,014 #10,107 68 Lucy 990 #24 68 Mamie 990 #6,116 70 Cora 986 #113 71 Jennie 936 #2,298 72 Beulah 920 #5,917 73 Lula 913 #1,927 74 Rosa 911 #652 75 Vera 899 #205 76 Leona 881 #429 77 Bernice 868 #4,067 78 Ada 843 #219 79 Eleanor 840 #12 80 Maggie 780 #294 81 Dora 778 #2,387 82 Daisy 776 #75 82 Maude 776 #3,342 84 Ann 774 #1,076 85 Ellen 773 #1,062 86 Kathryn 729 #729 87 Nora 724 #20 88 Hilda 698 #2,998 89 Sadie 683 #50 90 Susie 680 #1,911 91 Marguerite 667 #2,485 92 Lois 664 #1,666 93 Violet 636 #13 94 Georgia 632 #99 95 Doris 629 #2,895 96 Della 611 #563 97 Olive 597 #197 98 Betty 596 #1,113 99 Velma 589 #5,722 100 Anne 581 #619
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1903, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 7,608 #23 2 William 6,311 #9 3 James 5,479 #6 4 George 3,961 #126 5 Charles 3,213 #48 6 Joseph 3,121 #29 7 Robert 3,044 #92 8 Frank 2,644 #513 9 Edward 2,268 #224 10 Thomas 1,962 #34 11 Henry 1,922 #5 12 Walter 1,840 #251 13 Harry 1,647 #775 14 Willie 1,454 #1,315 15 Arthur 1,435 #87 16 Albert 1,337 #614 17 Clarence 1,261 #1,499 18 Fred 1,204 #1,932 19 Paul 1,081 #262 20 Harold 1,065 #991 21 Raymond 1,051 #394 22 Roy 975 #525 23 Carl 910 #1,132 24 Joe 895 #991 25 Louis 889 #249 26 Richard 862 #234 27 Earl 837 #2,230 28 Jack 831 #15 29 Ralph 807 #1,046 30 Ernest 764 #1,038 31 Samuel 741 #18 32 Charlie 739 #145 33 David 716 #35 34 Herbert 668 #2,641 35 Francis 665 #420 36 Theodore 663 #4 37 Howard 636 #1,002 37 Leo 636 #19 39 Alfred 557 #840 40 Elmer 556 #1,222 41 Sam 552 #647 42 Andrew 550 #73 43 Lawrence 536 #518 44 Eugene 478 #943 45 Lee 477 #725 46 Floyd 472 #2,230 47 Michael 466 #21 48 Herman 449 #2,363 49 Leonard 448 #637 50 Daniel 432 #22
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1903, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Oscar 427 #223 52 Clyde 413 #742 53 Lester 400 #1,634 54 Anthony 399 #46 55 Ray 397 #791 56 Russell 390 #345 57 Jesse 388 #184 58 Peter 372 #187 59 Stanley 361 #863 60 Donald 359 #690 61 Clifford 348 #1,352 62 Edwin 347 #398 63 Frederick 341 #435 64 Leroy 340 #883 65 Lewis 335 #433 66 Cecil 332 #1,486 67 Kenneth 330 #294 68 Chester 327 #1,585 69 Benjamin 324 #11 70 Eddie 314 #860 71 Claude 301 #3,036 72 Lloyd 299 #1,547 73 Tom 295 #2,183 74 Harvey 293 #251 74 Will 293 #1,193 76 Leon 287 #138 77 Martin 283 #335 78 Jessie 280 #1,425 79 Bernard 271 #1,362 80 Luther 265 #1,459 81 Ben 259 #843 81 Edgar 259 #486 83 Homer 257 #4,707 83 Jim 257 #3,128 85 Philip 250 #527 86 Norman 238 #1,196 87 Johnnie 237 #2,284 88 Melvin 230 #958 89 Leslie 227 #3,513 90 Alvin 222 #838 91 Allen 219 #578 92 Milton 210 #1,436 92 Oliver 210 #3 92 Patrick 210 #235 95 Everett 204 #77 96 Stephen 200 #383 97 Glenn 198 #1,443 98 Roosevelt 196 #4,249 98 Victor 196 #209 100 Alexander 195 #30
Entered the top 100 in 1903
