Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1908 Most Popular Baby Names of 1908 Social Security has card records for 520,899 people born in the U.S. in 1908. Mary was the top girl name (18,665 babies) and John the top boy name (9,343).
Top 100 names of 1908 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1908, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 18,665 #125 2 Helen 8,439 #461 3 Margaret 6,976 #112 4 Ruth 6,180 #173 5 Anna 5,860 #107 6 Dorothy 5,703 #421 7 Elizabeth 4,904 #17 8 Mildred 4,624 #1,962 9 Alice 4,270 #65 10 Marie 4,076 #617 11 Florence 3,883 #391 12 Ethel 3,786 #4,172 13 Lillian 3,634 #57 14 Frances 3,593 #318 15 Gladys 3,580 #3,211 16 Rose 3,382 #114 17 Edna 3,365 #2,458 18 Louise 2,937 #514 19 Grace 2,901 #38 20 Evelyn 2,857 #8 21 Annie 2,820 #182 22 Catherine 2,750 #313 23 Irene 2,732 #651 24 Hazel 2,698 #21 25 Gertrude 2,562 #6,546 26 Thelma 2,526 #4,661 27 Edith 2,410 #499 28 Josephine 2,389 #53 29 Bertha 2,384 #4,546 30 Emma 2,357 #3 31 Clara 2,352 #63 32 Martha 2,324 #712 33 Ruby 2,229 #64 34 Bessie 2,201 #6,838 35 Virginia 2,195 #525 36 Esther 2,187 #119 37 Mabel 2,096 #201 38 Lucille 2,080 #237 39 Pearl 2,075 #776 40 Beatrice 1,997 #508 41 Elsie 1,983 #123 42 Viola 1,964 #1,013 43 Ida 1,952 #1,120 43 Myrtle 1,952 #10,917 45 Agnes 1,934 #1,016 46 Eva 1,930 #134 47 Minnie 1,817 #3,028 48 Sarah 1,814 #90 49 Nellie 1,757 #533 50 Julia 1,749 #131
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1908, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Pauline 1,702 #2,957 52 Laura 1,558 #379 53 Alma 1,474 #449 54 Lillie 1,471 #675 55 Katherine 1,430 #186 56 Ella 1,428 #29 57 Mae 1,384 #500 58 Jessie 1,382 #823 59 Willie 1,371 #10,107 60 Mattie 1,364 #1,004 61 Bernice 1,363 #4,067 62 Ann 1,354 #1,076 63 Marion 1,349 #2,036 64 Lena 1,331 #279 65 Eleanor 1,302 #12 66 Carrie 1,239 #2,719 67 Stella 1,216 #52 68 Vera 1,204 #205 69 Blanche 1,162 #6,838 70 Doris 1,155 #2,895 71 Hattie 1,137 #334 72 Betty 1,128 #1,113 73 Leona 1,118 #429 73 Lucy 1,118 #24 75 Anne 1,088 #619 76 Fannie 1,085 #3,342 77 Kathryn 1,058 #729 78 Jennie 1,038 #2,298 79 Mamie 1,028 #6,116 80 Lois 1,023 #1,666 81 Violet 1,017 #13 82 Beulah 1,015 #5,917 83 Cora 962 #113 84 Opal 955 #423 85 Marjorie 942 #1,016 86 Rosa 941 #652 87 Ada 922 #219 88 Marguerite 913 #2,485 89 Lula 892 #1,927 90 Velma 860 #5,722 91 Jean 852 #2,117 92 Ellen 848 #1,062 93 Dora 806 #2,387 94 Theresa 795 #1,548 95 Maggie 772 #294 96 Sadie 770 #50 97 Georgia 768 #99 98 Charlotte 766 #2 99 Daisy 765 #75 100 Inez 757 #1,396
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1908, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 9,343 #23 2 William 7,529 #9 3 James 7,012 #6 4 George 4,584 #126 5 Robert 4,219 #92 6 Joseph 4,162 #29 7 Charles 3,929 #48 8 Frank 3,146 #513 9 Edward 2,707 #224 10 Thomas 2,301 #34 11 Henry 2,283 #5 12 Walter 2,192 #251 13 Willie 1,964 #1,315 14 Harry 1,934 #775 15 Albert 1,642 #614 16 Arthur 1,601 #87 17 Harold 1,542 #991 18 Paul 1,478 #262 19 Clarence 1,428 #1,499 20 Fred 1,381 #1,932 20 Raymond 1,381 #394 22 Louis 1,317 #249 23 Richard 1,244 #234 24 Joe 1,209 #991 25 Ralph 1,138 #1,046 26 Roy 1,097 #525 27 Jack 1,086 #15 28 Howard 1,078 #1,002 29 Carl 1,074 #1,132 30 David 1,015 #35 31 Ernest 1,000 #1,038 32 Earl 999 #2,230 33 Samuel 960 #18 34 Francis 853 #420 35 Lawrence 815 #518 36 Herbert 759 #2,641 37 Charlie 740 #145 38 Alfred 739 #840 39 Andrew 722 #73 40 Kenneth 692 #294 41 Anthony 690 #46 42 Elmer 689 #1,222 42 Eugene 689 #943 44 Michael 688 #21 45 Donald 664 #690 46 Sam 644 #647 47 Theodore 643 #4 48 Leonard 614 #637 49 Leo 584 #19 50 Herman 562 #2,363
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1908, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lee 553 #725 52 Stanley 547 #863 53 Peter 541 #187 54 Daniel 530 #22 55 Floyd 529 #2,230 56 Leroy 523 #883 56 Russell 523 #345 58 Clifford 515 #1,352 59 Clyde 511 #742 60 Lester 509 #1,634 61 Lewis 489 #433 62 Jesse 482 #184 63 Benjamin 480 #11 64 Edwin 477 #398 65 Oscar 476 #223 66 Chester 461 #1,585 67 Ray 446 #791 68 Frederick 438 #435 69 Claude 428 #3,036 70 Bernard 414 #1,362 71 Eddie 413 #860 72 Cecil 397 #1,486 73 Lloyd 394 #1,547 74 Norman 374 #1,196 75 Melvin 366 #958 76 Edgar 360 #486 77 Jessie 355 #1,425 78 Ben 353 #843 79 Milton 346 #1,436 80 Homer 340 #4,707 80 Tom 340 #2,183 82 Harvey 339 #251 83 Martin 331 #335 84 Leon 327 #138 85 Johnnie 321 #2,284 86 Philip 319 #527 87 Marvin 311 #699 88 Victor 308 #209 89 Alvin 307 #838 90 Everett 294 #77 91 Luther 292 #1,459 92 Allen 287 #578 93 Vernon 285 #1,382 94 Stephen 280 #383 95 Leslie 279 #3,513 96 Will 274 #1,193 97 Gerald 270 #1,204 98 Morris 269 #1,753 99 Julius 263 #424 100 Virgil 258 #1,409
Entered the top 100 in 1908
