Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1907 Most Popular Baby Names of 1907 Social Security has card records for 496,018 people born in the U.S. in 1907. Mary was the top girl name (17,580 babies) and John the top boy name (8,983).
Top 100 names of 1907 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1907, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 17,580 #125 2 Helen 7,579 #461 3 Margaret 6,713 #112 4 Anna 5,575 #107 5 Ruth 5,573 #173 6 Dorothy 4,967 #421 7 Elizabeth 4,624 #17 8 Mildred 4,277 #1,962 9 Alice 4,107 #65 10 Marie 3,880 #617 11 Florence 3,750 #391 12 Ethel 3,698 #4,172 13 Lillian 3,542 #57 14 Gladys 3,303 #3,211 15 Edna 3,301 #2,458 16 Frances 3,299 #318 17 Rose 3,116 #114 18 Evelyn 3,035 #8 19 Annie 2,891 #182 20 Grace 2,747 #38 21 Louise 2,619 #514 22 Irene 2,617 #651 23 Hazel 2,530 #21 24 Gertrude 2,499 #6,546 25 Catherine 2,457 #313 26 Bertha 2,363 #4,546 27 Emma 2,356 #3 28 Thelma 2,339 #4,661 29 Clara 2,319 #63 30 Bessie 2,311 #6,838 31 Martha 2,274 #712 32 Edith 2,177 #499 33 Josephine 2,156 #53 34 Ruby 2,113 #64 35 Pearl 2,108 #776 36 Mabel 2,069 #201 37 Esther 2,062 #119 38 Ida 1,980 #1,120 39 Myrtle 1,929 #10,917 40 Minnie 1,907 #3,028 41 Virginia 1,893 #525 42 Eva 1,884 #134 43 Elsie 1,872 #123 44 Beatrice 1,858 #508 45 Lucille 1,853 #237 46 Agnes 1,829 #1,016 47 Viola 1,805 #1,013 48 Sarah 1,799 #90 49 Julia 1,680 #131 50 Nellie 1,671 #533
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1907, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Laura 1,621 #379 52 Pauline 1,591 #2,957 53 Lillie 1,536 #675 54 Ella 1,450 #29 55 Katherine 1,413 #186 56 Willie 1,394 #10,107 57 Mae 1,375 #500 58 Alma 1,347 #449 59 Mattie 1,319 #1,004 60 Jessie 1,314 #823 61 Carrie 1,283 #2,719 62 Ann 1,264 #1,076 63 Marion 1,251 #2,036 64 Lena 1,238 #279 65 Bernice 1,185 #4,067 66 Blanche 1,156 #6,838 67 Eleanor 1,155 #12 68 Lucy 1,152 #24 68 Vera 1,152 #205 70 Stella 1,150 #52 71 Hattie 1,142 #334 72 Leona 1,106 #429 73 Beulah 1,092 #5,917 74 Fannie 1,089 #3,342 75 Mamie 1,059 #6,116 76 Doris 1,023 #2,895 77 Betty 1,018 #1,113 78 Jennie 998 #2,298 79 Anne 980 #619 80 Cora 969 #113 81 Violet 956 #13 82 Rosa 924 #652 83 Ada 906 #219 84 Lula 905 #1,927 85 Lois 899 #1,666 86 Opal 889 #423 87 Marguerite 888 #2,485 88 Kathryn 864 #729 89 Ellen 855 #1,062 90 Velma 854 #5,722 91 Maggie 846 #294 92 Georgia 787 #99 92 Marjorie 787 #1,016 94 Dora 786 #2,387 95 Sadie 771 #50 96 Jean 770 #2,117 97 Susie 756 #1,911 98 Daisy 739 #75 99 Theresa 734 #1,548 100 Emily 714 #34
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1907, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,983 #23 2 William 6,904 #9 3 James 6,707 #6 4 George 4,445 #126 5 Robert 4,020 #92 6 Charles 3,884 #48 7 Joseph 3,844 #29 8 Frank 2,943 #513 9 Edward 2,576 #224 10 Henry 2,203 #5 11 Thomas 2,174 #34 12 Walter 2,095 #251 13 Willie 1,968 #1,315 14 Harry 1,813 #775 15 Albert 1,636 #614 16 Arthur 1,553 #87 17 Harold 1,452 #991 18 Clarence 1,389 #1,499 19 Fred 1,371 #1,932 20 Paul 1,358 #262 21 Raymond 1,290 #394 22 Richard 1,235 #234 23 Joe 1,177 #991 24 Roy 1,128 #525 25 Louis 1,111 #249 26 Jack 1,019 #15 27 Carl 1,018 #1,132 28 Earl 1,006 #2,230 29 Ralph 997 #1,046 30 Ernest 978 #1,038 31 David 945 #35 32 Samuel 892 #18 33 Howard 875 #1,002 34 Lawrence 801 #518 35 Charlie 793 #145 36 Alfred 738 #840 37 Francis 717 #420 38 Theodore 712 #4 39 Herbert 710 #2,641 40 Andrew 708 #73 41 Eugene 691 #943 42 Leo 651 #19 43 Sam 631 #647 44 Donald 616 #690 44 Elmer 616 #1,222 46 Anthony 593 #46 47 Kenneth 589 #294 48 Michael 586 #21 49 Herman 561 #2,363 50 Leroy 550 #883
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1907, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leonard 547 #637 52 Daniel 528 #22 53 Floyd 521 #2,230 54 Lee 516 #725 54 Stanley 516 #863 56 Clyde 507 #742 57 Russell 503 #345 58 Lester 491 #1,634 59 Oscar 483 #223 60 Ray 475 #791 61 Peter 473 #187 62 Edwin 468 #398 63 Jesse 466 #184 64 Benjamin 460 #11 65 Clifford 445 #1,352 66 Lewis 427 #433 67 Chester 424 #1,585 68 Frederick 410 #435 69 Cecil 399 #1,486 70 Eddie 394 #860 71 Jessie 386 #1,425 71 Lloyd 386 #1,547 73 Bernard 378 #1,362 74 Claude 364 #3,036 75 Norman 362 #1,196 76 Philip 356 #527 77 Harvey 335 #251 78 Melvin 331 #958 79 Martin 329 #335 80 Leon 324 #138 81 Edgar 321 #486 82 Ben 314 #843 83 Tom 313 #2,183 84 Homer 312 #4,707 85 Allen 309 #578 86 Johnnie 307 #2,284 87 Marvin 304 #699 88 Everett 302 #77 89 Milton 292 #1,436 90 Jim 281 #3,128 91 Luther 280 #1,459 92 Alexander 279 #30 93 Virgil 276 #1,409 94 Leslie 273 #3,513 94 Stephen 273 #383 96 Morris 260 #1,753 96 Will 260 #1,193 98 Archie 250 #301 99 Alvin 245 #838 99 Victor 245 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1907
