Names by year · United States
The names of 1901
In 1901, the SSA recorded 345,812 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 18 | 13,136 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 46 | 5,247 | #462 |
| 3 | Anna1 in 49 | 4,923 | #107 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 54 | 4,424 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 60 | 3,974 | #173 |
| 6 | Elizabeth1 in 74 | 3,216 | #17 |
| 7 | Marie1 in 76 | 3,157 | #618 |
| 8 | Florence1 in 76 | 3,131 | #391 |
| 9 | Ethel1 in 78 | 3,067 | #4,211 |
| 10 | Lillian1 in 89 | 2,681 | #57 |
| 11 | Gladys1 in 89 | 2,676 | #3,224 |
| 12 | Alice1 in 93 | 2,562 | #65 |
| 13 | Edna1 in 96 | 2,488 | #2,463 |
| 14 | Mildred1 in 99 | 2,424 | #1,973 |
| 15 | Grace1 in 100 | 2,398 | #38 |
| 16 | Annie1 in 100 | 2,396 | #182 |
| 17 | Emma1 in 101 | 2,374 | #3 |
| 18 | Clara1 in 103 | 2,319 | #63 |
| 19 | Bertha1 in 106 | 2,257 | #4,569 |
| 20 | Rose1 in 108 | 2,212 | #114 |
| 21 | Bessie1 in 110 | 2,183 | #6,889 |
| 22 | Dorothy1 in 110 | 2,173 | #421 |
| 23 | Hazel1 in 114 | 2,097 | #21 |
| 24 | Mabel1 in 114 | 2,097 | #201 |
| 25 | Frances1 in 116 | 2,071 | #318 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 15 | 6,900 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 18 | 5,990 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 4,735 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 30 | 3,609 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 35 | 3,049 | #48 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 38 | 2,766 | #29 |
| 7 | Robert1 in 42 | 2,543 | #92 |
| 8 | Frank1 in 44 | 2,402 | #514 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 56 | 1,917 | #224 |
| 10 | Henry1 in 57 | 1,870 | #5 |
| 11 | Thomas1 in 58 | 1,820 | #34 |
| 12 | Walter1 in 62 | 1,718 | #252 |
| 13 | Harry1 in 67 | 1,594 | #775 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 80 | 1,329 | #87 |
| 15 | Albert1 in 81 | 1,317 | #614 |
| 16 | Willie1 in 82 | 1,294 | #1,322 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 89 | 1,196 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Fred1 in 94 | 1,133 | #1,936 |
| 19 | Paul1 in 115 | 924 | #262 |
| 20 | Roy1 in 116 | 917 | #525 |
| 21 | Harold1 in 116 | 915 | #993 |
| 22 | Raymond1 in 120 | 888 | #395 |
| 23 | Earl1 in 130 | 818 | #2,236 |
| 24 | Carl1 in 130 | 817 | #1,134 |
| 25 | Louis1 in 134 | 797 | #249 |
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