Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1904 Most Popular Baby Names of 1904 Social Security has card records for 430,938 people born in the U.S. in 1904. Mary was the top girl name (14,961 babies) and John the top boy name (8,108).
Top 100 names of 1904 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1904, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 14,961 #125 2 Helen 6,488 #461 3 Anna 5,330 #107 4 Margaret 5,302 #112 5 Ruth 4,900 #173 6 Elizabeth 3,833 #17 7 Marie 3,595 #617 8 Florence 3,572 #391 9 Mildred 3,525 #1,962 10 Dorothy 3,477 #421 11 Ethel 3,296 #4,172 12 Lillian 3,139 #57 13 Alice 3,131 #65 14 Gladys 2,976 #3,211 15 Edna 2,762 #2,458 16 Frances 2,657 #318 17 Annie 2,631 #182 17 Rose 2,631 #114 19 Grace 2,513 #38 20 Bertha 2,363 #4,546 21 Bessie 2,340 #6,838 22 Emma 2,312 #3 23 Hazel 2,301 #21 24 Clara 2,281 #63 25 Gertrude 2,269 #6,546 26 Irene 2,212 #651 27 Mabel 2,172 #201 28 Louise 2,136 #514 29 Martha 2,019 #712 30 Pearl 2,015 #776 31 Catherine 1,982 #313 32 Esther 1,957 #119 33 Edith 1,944 #499 34 Myrtle 1,905 #10,917 35 Minnie 1,885 #3,028 36 Eva 1,858 #134 37 Thelma 1,757 #4,661 38 Ida 1,751 #1,120 39 Elsie 1,719 #123 40 Josephine 1,701 #53 40 Ruby 1,701 #64 42 Agnes 1,672 #1,016 43 Sarah 1,594 #90 44 Nellie 1,560 #533 45 Beatrice 1,549 #508 46 Viola 1,545 #1,013 47 Laura 1,508 #379 48 Ella 1,432 #29 49 Julia 1,426 #131 50 Evelyn 1,372 #8
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1904, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lillie 1,364 #675 52 Mattie 1,362 #1,004 53 Lucille 1,351 #237 54 Carrie 1,280 #2,719 55 Alma 1,257 #449 56 Pauline 1,243 #2,957 57 Lena 1,228 #279 58 Mae 1,214 #500 59 Virginia 1,213 #525 60 Jessie 1,197 #823 61 Willie 1,188 #10,107 62 Blanche 1,142 #6,838 63 Katherine 1,128 #186 64 Hattie 1,123 #334 65 Marion 1,109 #2,036 66 Lucy 1,086 #24 67 Mamie 1,041 #6,116 68 Stella 1,026 #52 69 Leona 998 #429 70 Cora 993 #113 70 Vera 993 #205 72 Beulah 983 #5,917 73 Fannie 964 #3,342 73 Jennie 964 #2,298 75 Bernice 962 #4,067 76 Rosa 903 #652 77 Lula 894 #1,927 78 Ann 880 #1,076 79 Ada 878 #219 80 Eleanor 868 #12 81 Maggie 805 #294 82 Dora 788 #2,387 83 Kathryn 787 #729 84 Ellen 774 #1,062 85 Daisy 772 #75 86 Maude 757 #3,342 87 Violet 755 #13 88 Doris 736 #2,895 88 Georgia 736 #99 90 Lois 727 #1,666 91 Betty 707 #1,113 92 Sadie 703 #50 93 Nora 698 #20 94 Marguerite 684 #2,485 95 Susie 662 #1,911 96 Marjorie 639 #1,016 97 Anne 631 #619 98 Hilda 629 #2,998 99 Lola 624 #275 100 Opal 621 #423
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1904, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,108 #23 2 William 6,416 #9 3 James 5,855 #6 4 George 4,219 #126 5 Robert 3,414 #92 6 Charles 3,406 #48 7 Joseph 3,291 #29 8 Frank 2,799 #513 9 Edward 2,335 #224 10 Henry 2,085 #5 11 Thomas 2,057 #34 12 Walter 1,873 #251 13 Harry 1,722 #775 14 Willie 1,675 #1,315 15 Arthur 1,495 #87 16 Albert 1,453 #614 17 Clarence 1,310 #1,499 18 Fred 1,223 #1,932 19 Paul 1,194 #262 20 Harold 1,186 #991 21 Roy 1,123 #525 22 Raymond 1,093 #394 23 Joe 959 #991 24 Richard 957 #234 25 Carl 953 #1,132 26 Louis 936 #249 27 Jack 908 #15 28 Ralph 899 #1,046 29 Earl 854 #2,230 30 Theodore 834 #4 31 David 817 #35 32 Ernest 749 #1,038 33 Charlie 739 #145 34 Samuel 727 #18 35 Howard 726 #1,002 36 Francis 686 #420 37 Herbert 680 #2,641 38 Lawrence 662 #518 39 Elmer 620 #1,222 40 Sam 603 #647 41 Alfred 600 #840 42 Leo 552 #19 43 Andrew 546 #73 44 Eugene 541 #943 45 Lee 532 #725 46 Leonard 508 #637 47 Herman 497 #2,363 48 Russell 473 #345 49 Daniel 472 #22 50 Michael 462 #21
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1904, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Clyde 457 #742 52 Floyd 446 #2,230 53 Jesse 443 #184 54 Oscar 442 #223 55 Ray 432 #791 56 Anthony 422 #46 57 Kenneth 414 #294 58 Donald 413 #690 59 Lewis 402 #433 60 Leroy 401 #883 61 Lester 398 #1,634 62 Peter 395 #187 63 Frederick 390 #435 64 Edwin 388 #398 65 Stanley 371 #863 66 Clifford 361 #1,352 67 Cecil 359 #1,486 68 Benjamin 358 #11 69 Chester 355 #1,585 70 Claude 337 #3,036 71 Martin 334 #335 72 Bernard 326 #1,362 73 Lloyd 324 #1,547 74 Tom 318 #2,183 75 Eddie 315 #860 76 Jessie 313 #1,425 77 Norman 305 #1,196 78 Alton 302 #1,602 79 Harvey 300 #251 80 Edgar 299 #486 81 Will 287 #1,193 82 Luther 286 #1,459 83 Ben 282 #843 84 Johnnie 267 #2,284 85 Jim 266 #3,128 85 Philip 266 #527 87 Homer 256 #4,707 88 Alvin 247 #838 89 Jacob 243 #43 90 Leon 241 #138 91 Leslie 236 #3,513 92 Melvin 234 #958 93 Milton 230 #1,436 93 Roosevelt 230 #4,249 95 Everett 229 #77 96 Allen 228 #578 97 Patrick 226 #235 98 Victor 218 #209 99 Glenn 217 #1,443 100 Virgil 211 #1,409
Entered the top 100 in 1904
