Names by decade · United States

The names of the 1900s

Mary for girls and John for boys: the 30 most-given names of the decade, and the share of babies who got each.

Girls

  1. Mary1 in 18
  2. Helen1 in 42
  3. Margaret1 in 51
  4. Anna1 in 53
  5. Ruth1 in 57
  6. Elizabeth1 in 70
  7. Dorothy1 in 75
  8. Marie1 in 79
  9. Florence1 in 81
  10. Mildred1 in 81
  11. Alice1 in 83
  12. Ethel1 in 84
  13. Lillian1 in 90
  14. Gladys1 in 97
  15. Edna1 in 98
  16. Frances1 in 103
  17. Rose1 in 104
  18. Annie1 in 106
  19. Grace1 in 109
  20. Bertha1 in 121
  21. Emma1 in 121
  22. Bessie1 in 122
  23. Clara1 in 122
  24. Hazel1 in 123
  25. Irene1 in 124
  26. Gertrude1 in 124
  27. Louise1 in 128
  28. Catherine1 in 133
  29. Martha1 in 135
  30. Mabel1 in 135

Boys

  1. John1 in 16
  2. William1 in 20
  3. James1 in 22
  4. George1 in 31
  5. Charles1 in 38
  6. Robert1 in 38
  7. Joseph1 in 39
  8. Frank1 in 47
  9. Edward1 in 55
  10. Thomas1 in 62
  11. Henry1 in 62
  12. Walter1 in 68
  13. Harry1 in 76
  14. Willie1 in 77
  15. Arthur1 in 88
  16. Albert1 in 89
  17. Clarence1 in 100
  18. Fred1 in 104
  19. Harold1 in 106
  20. Paul1 in 107
  21. Raymond1 in 117
  22. Richard1 in 127
  23. Roy1 in 128
  24. Joe1 in 130
  25. Louis1 in 131
  26. Carl1 in 138
  27. Ralph1 in 146
  28. Earl1 in 147
  29. Jack1 in 147
  30. Ernest1 in 157

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