Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1909 Most Popular Baby Names of 1909 Social Security has card records for 544,957 people born in the U.S. in 1909. Mary was the top girl name (19,259 babies) and John the top boy name (9,590).
Top 100 names of 1909 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1909, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 19,259 #125 2 Helen 9,250 #461 3 Margaret 7,358 #112 4 Ruth 6,509 #173 5 Dorothy 6,253 #421 6 Anna 5,804 #107 7 Elizabeth 5,176 #17 8 Mildred 5,054 #1,962 9 Marie 4,301 #617 10 Alice 4,170 #65 11 Florence 3,789 #391 12 Frances 3,780 #318 13 Ethel 3,661 #4,172 14 Lillian 3,596 #57 15 Gladys 3,538 #3,211 16 Edna 3,429 #2,458 17 Rose 3,374 #114 18 Evelyn 3,157 #8 19 Louise 3,019 #514 20 Irene 2,961 #651 21 Grace 2,912 #38 22 Annie 2,904 #182 23 Catherine 2,897 #313 24 Hazel 2,708 #21 25 Gertrude 2,622 #6,546 26 Thelma 2,612 #4,661 27 Ruby 2,524 #64 28 Martha 2,510 #712 29 Bertha 2,444 #4,546 30 Virginia 2,420 #525 31 Josephine 2,416 #53 32 Clara 2,403 #63 33 Edith 2,371 #499 34 Emma 2,338 #3 35 Bessie 2,276 #6,838 36 Lucille 2,192 #237 37 Esther 2,185 #119 38 Beatrice 2,105 #508 39 Elsie 2,064 #123 40 Pearl 2,048 #776 41 Mabel 2,007 #201 42 Agnes 1,974 #1,016 43 Myrtle 1,950 #10,917 44 Ida 1,943 #1,120 45 Julia 1,931 #131 46 Viola 1,926 #1,013 47 Eva 1,896 #134 47 Pauline 1,896 #2,957 49 Sarah 1,845 #90 50 Minnie 1,779 #3,028
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1909, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Nellie 1,768 #533 52 Lillie 1,635 #675 53 Katherine 1,557 #186 54 Willie 1,549 #10,107 55 Laura 1,524 #379 56 Ann 1,477 #1,076 57 Eleanor 1,460 #12 58 Marion 1,445 #2,036 59 Mattie 1,407 #1,004 60 Ella 1,382 #29 61 Alma 1,375 #449 62 Bernice 1,337 #4,067 63 Jessie 1,321 #823 64 Doris 1,298 #2,895 65 Lena 1,295 #279 66 Carrie 1,276 #2,719 67 Vera 1,242 #205 68 Mae 1,230 #500 69 Blanche 1,217 #6,838 70 Stella 1,188 #52 71 Lucy 1,175 #24 72 Leona 1,167 #429 73 Lois 1,157 #1,666 74 Kathryn 1,138 #729 75 Hattie 1,134 #334 76 Anne 1,110 #619 77 Betty 1,082 #1,113 77 Marjorie 1,082 #1,016 79 Fannie 1,071 #3,342 80 Beulah 1,052 #5,917 81 Marguerite 1,036 #2,485 82 Opal 1,028 #423 83 Jennie 998 #2,298 84 Mamie 974 #6,116 85 Cora 969 #113 86 Ellen 960 #1,062 87 Rosa 959 #652 88 Ada 945 #219 88 Violet 945 #13 90 Jean 940 #2,117 91 Lula 922 #1,927 92 Velma 857 #5,722 93 Sylvia 847 #300 94 Charlotte 841 #2 95 Dora 829 #2,387 96 Inez 826 #1,396 97 Georgia 813 #99 98 Maggie 794 #294 99 Genevieve 785 #148 100 Hilda 773 #2,998
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1909, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 9,590 #23 2 William 7,913 #9 3 James 7,595 #6 4 George 4,688 #126 5 Robert 4,563 #92 6 Joseph 4,348 #29 7 Charles 4,029 #48 8 Frank 3,244 #513 9 Edward 2,935 #224 10 Thomas 2,468 #34 11 Henry 2,411 #5 12 Walter 2,287 #251 13 Willie 2,175 #1,315 14 Harry 1,924 #775 15 Albert 1,816 #614 16 Harold 1,725 #991 17 Paul 1,676 #262 18 Arthur 1,665 #87 19 Clarence 1,518 #1,499 20 Raymond 1,441 #394 21 Richard 1,427 #234 22 Fred 1,355 #1,932 23 Joe 1,292 #991 24 Louis 1,231 #249 25 Carl 1,215 #1,132 26 Howard 1,166 #1,002 27 Jack 1,150 #15 28 Roy 1,135 #525 29 David 1,094 #35 30 Ralph 1,091 #1,046 31 Earl 1,007 #2,230 32 Samuel 983 #18 33 Francis 886 #420 34 Ernest 885 #1,038 35 Lawrence 854 #518 36 Charlie 833 #145 37 Herbert 831 #2,641 38 Andrew 766 #73 39 Alfred 763 #840 40 Anthony 758 #46 41 Kenneth 746 #294 42 Donald 725 #690 43 Eugene 724 #943 44 Sam 700 #647 45 Elmer 687 #1,222 46 Leonard 665 #637 47 Michael 635 #21 48 Herman 618 #2,363 49 Leo 609 #19 50 Stanley 607 #863
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1909, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Theodore 595 #4 52 Lee 584 #725 53 Floyd 570 #2,230 54 Daniel 569 #22 55 Leroy 568 #883 56 Peter 539 #187 57 Clifford 536 #1,352 58 Russell 528 #345 59 Jesse 517 #184 60 Clyde 516 #742 61 Lester 501 #1,634 62 Edwin 492 #398 63 Benjamin 489 #11 64 Frederick 477 #435 64 Lewis 477 #433 66 Chester 475 #1,585 66 Ray 475 #791 68 Bernard 463 #1,362 69 Eddie 462 #860 70 Oscar 459 #223 71 Melvin 448 #958 72 Cecil 432 #1,486 72 Jessie 432 #1,425 74 Claude 419 #3,036 75 Norman 415 #1,196 76 Lloyd 412 #1,547 77 Johnnie 401 #2,284 78 Philip 395 #527 79 Martin 391 #335 80 Leon 377 #138 81 Milton 369 #1,436 82 Alvin 363 #838 83 Harvey 361 #251 84 Ben 358 #843 85 Marvin 354 #699 86 Edgar 347 #486 86 Luther 347 #1,459 88 Tom 340 #2,183 89 Victor 320 #209 90 Everett 314 #77 90 Stephen 314 #383 92 Homer 313 #4,707 93 Allen 312 #578 94 Morris 305 #1,753 95 Gerald 301 #1,204 96 Leslie 292 #3,513 97 Vernon 284 #1,382 98 Julius 269 #424 99 Otis 267 #652 99 Will 267 #1,193
Entered the top 100 in 1909
