Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1905 Most Popular Baby Names of 1905 Social Security has card records for 453,097 people born in the U.S. in 1905. Mary was the top girl name (16,067 babies) and John the top boy name (8,059).
Top 100 names of 1905 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1905, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 16,067 #125 2 Helen 6,811 #461 3 Margaret 5,690 #112 4 Anna 5,424 #107 5 Ruth 5,068 #173 6 Elizabeth 4,121 #17 7 Dorothy 3,937 #421 8 Mildred 3,758 #1,962 9 Marie 3,643 #617 10 Alice 3,610 #65 11 Florence 3,478 #391 12 Ethel 3,401 #4,172 13 Lillian 3,185 #57 14 Gladys 2,996 #3,211 15 Edna 2,953 #2,458 16 Frances 2,887 #318 17 Annie 2,793 #182 18 Rose 2,724 #114 19 Grace 2,630 #38 20 Bessie 2,446 #6,838 21 Bertha 2,434 #4,546 22 Clara 2,397 #63 23 Louise 2,367 #514 24 Irene 2,357 #651 25 Hazel 2,351 #21 26 Emma 2,298 #3 27 Gertrude 2,276 #6,546 28 Catherine 2,198 #313 29 Mabel 2,178 #201 30 Edith 2,137 #499 31 Pearl 2,108 #776 32 Martha 2,091 #712 33 Myrtle 2,026 #10,917 34 Esther 1,993 #119 35 Minnie 1,950 #3,028 36 Thelma 1,945 #4,661 37 Josephine 1,894 #53 38 Ruby 1,885 #64 39 Eva 1,815 #134 40 Elsie 1,811 #123 41 Sarah 1,762 #90 42 Ida 1,757 #1,120 43 Agnes 1,718 #1,016 44 Viola 1,697 #1,013 45 Beatrice 1,661 #508 45 Evelyn 1,661 #8 47 Julia 1,642 #131 48 Nellie 1,626 #533 49 Laura 1,566 #379 50 Lucille 1,533 #237
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1905, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lillie 1,481 #675 52 Ella 1,438 #29 53 Virginia 1,394 #525 54 Pauline 1,381 #2,957 55 Mattie 1,371 #1,004 56 Alma 1,333 #449 57 Jessie 1,315 #823 58 Carrie 1,288 #2,719 59 Willie 1,285 #10,107 60 Mae 1,284 #500 61 Lena 1,258 #279 62 Hattie 1,197 #334 63 Blanche 1,190 #6,838 63 Katherine 1,190 #186 65 Marion 1,141 #2,036 66 Lucy 1,132 #24 67 Stella 1,097 #52 68 Fannie 1,085 #3,342 69 Leona 1,082 #429 70 Mamie 1,068 #6,116 71 Vera 1,053 #205 72 Cora 1,044 #113 73 Eleanor 1,041 #12 74 Bernice 1,032 #4,067 75 Ann 996 #1,076 76 Jennie 981 #2,298 77 Beulah 968 #5,917 78 Lula 963 #1,927 79 Rosa 922 #652 80 Ada 873 #219 81 Ellen 845 #1,062 82 Violet 831 #13 83 Doris 812 #2,895 84 Maggie 809 #294 85 Betty 807 #1,113 86 Kathryn 788 #729 87 Daisy 776 #75 88 Lois 763 #1,666 89 Dora 757 #2,387 90 Marguerite 753 #2,485 91 Sadie 750 #50 92 Nora 742 #20 93 Susie 739 #1,911 94 Georgia 722 #99 94 Velma 722 #5,722 96 Marjorie 712 #1,016 97 Maude 709 #3,342 98 Anne 708 #619 99 Opal 702 #423 100 Emily 683 #34
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1905, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,059 #23 2 William 6,495 #9 3 James 6,042 #6 4 George 4,256 #126 5 Charles 3,608 #48 6 Robert 3,410 #92 7 Joseph 3,302 #29 8 Frank 2,837 #513 9 Edward 2,366 #224 10 Thomas 2,135 #34 11 Henry 2,126 #5 12 Walter 1,902 #251 13 Willie 1,782 #1,315 14 Harry 1,619 #775 15 Albert 1,532 #614 16 Arthur 1,505 #87 17 Clarence 1,377 #1,499 18 Fred 1,284 #1,932 19 Paul 1,262 #262 20 Harold 1,258 #991 21 Raymond 1,159 #394 22 Richard 1,033 #234 23 Joe 1,024 #991 24 Roy 1,016 #525 25 Louis 981 #249 26 Carl 959 #1,132 27 Ralph 938 #1,046 28 Jack 907 #15 29 Earl 904 #2,230 30 Samuel 856 #18 31 Ernest 845 #1,038 32 David 838 #35 33 Theodore 834 #4 34 Charlie 801 #145 35 Howard 735 #1,002 36 Francis 685 #420 37 Herbert 681 #2,641 38 Lawrence 669 #518 39 Sam 620 #647 40 Andrew 619 #73 41 Elmer 602 #1,222 42 Eugene 593 #943 43 Alfred 591 #840 44 Floyd 523 #2,230 45 Michael 513 #21 46 Leo 512 #19 47 Leonard 495 #637 48 Anthony 490 #46 49 Lee 486 #725 50 Daniel 484 #22
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1905, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Herman 475 #2,363 52 Clyde 474 #742 52 Kenneth 474 #294 54 Jesse 443 #184 55 Leroy 441 #883 56 Oscar 436 #223 57 Lester 432 #1,634 57 Russell 432 #345 59 Donald 425 #690 60 Ray 424 #791 61 Clifford 420 #1,352 62 Peter 409 #187 63 Claude 399 #3,036 64 Chester 388 #1,585 65 Lewis 384 #433 65 Stanley 384 #863 67 Frederick 381 #435 68 Benjamin 379 #11 69 Lloyd 369 #1,547 70 Edwin 357 #398 71 Norman 350 #1,196 72 Cecil 347 #1,486 73 Eddie 346 #860 74 Jessie 338 #1,425 75 Martin 332 #335 76 Homer 318 #4,707 77 Tom 317 #2,183 78 Edgar 315 #486 79 Luther 308 #1,459 80 Milton 299 #1,436 81 Johnnie 297 #2,284 82 Bernard 292 #1,362 83 Melvin 291 #958 84 Ben 290 #843 85 Harvey 286 #251 85 Will 286 #1,193 87 Leon 274 #138 88 Allen 272 #578 89 Everett 270 #77 90 Victor 268 #209 91 Roosevelt 264 #4,249 92 Alvin 258 #838 93 Stephen 246 #383 94 Leslie 237 #3,513 95 Jim 236 #3,128 96 Philip 234 #527 97 Virgil 226 #1,409 98 Jacob 220 #43 99 Otis 216 #652 100 Marvin 215 #699
Entered the top 100 in 1905
