Names by year · United States
The names of 1902
In 1902, the SSA recorded 386,733 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 | 14,486 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 44 | 5,967 | #462 |
| 3 | Anna1 in 50 | 5,288 | #107 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 53 | 5,011 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 60 | 4,384 | #173 |
| 6 | Elizabeth1 in 71 | 3,694 | #17 |
| 7 | Florence1 in 75 | 3,509 | #391 |
| 8 | Marie1 in 77 | 3,424 | #618 |
| 9 | Ethel1 in 80 | 3,295 | #4,211 |
| 10 | Alice1 in 84 | 3,135 | #65 |
| 11 | Lillian1 in 86 | 3,063 | #57 |
| 12 | Gladys1 in 94 | 2,809 | #3,224 |
| 13 | Edna1 in 96 | 2,754 | #2,463 |
| 14 | Mildred1 in 96 | 2,750 | #1,973 |
| 15 | Dorothy1 in 98 | 2,707 | #421 |
| 16 | Annie1 in 99 | 2,664 | #182 |
| 17 | Grace1 in 100 | 2,642 | #38 |
| 18 | Emma1 in 105 | 2,514 | #3 |
| 19 | Bessie1 in 108 | 2,448 | #6,889 |
| 20 | Rose1 in 108 | 2,444 | #114 |
| 21 | Clara1 in 109 | 2,432 | #63 |
| 22 | Bertha1 in 111 | 2,372 | #4,569 |
| 23 | Frances1 in 114 | 2,326 | #318 |
| 24 | Mabel1 in 116 | 2,280 | #201 |
| 25 | Hazel1 in 118 | 2,238 | #21 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 16 | 7,907 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 19 | 6,617 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,592 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 29 | 4,223 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 36 | 3,361 | #48 |
| 6 | Robert1 in 39 | 3,180 | #92 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 40 | 3,098 | #29 |
| 8 | Frank1 in 45 | 2,756 | #514 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 53 | 2,294 | #224 |
| 10 | Henry1 in 57 | 2,154 | #5 |
| 11 | Thomas1 in 57 | 2,134 | #34 |
| 12 | Walter1 in 66 | 1,858 | #252 |
| 13 | Harry1 in 70 | 1,750 | #775 |
| 14 | Willie1 in 78 | 1,565 | #1,322 |
| 15 | Arthur1 in 82 | 1,487 | #87 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 89 | 1,375 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 95 | 1,292 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Fred1 in 95 | 1,286 | #1,936 |
| 19 | Harold1 in 114 | 1,077 | #993 |
| 20 | Paul1 in 115 | 1,067 | #262 |
| 21 | Raymond1 in 115 | 1,064 | #395 |
| 22 | Roy1 in 122 | 1,002 | #525 |
| 23 | Joe1 in 128 | 955 | #994 |
| 24 | Carl1 in 129 | 952 | #1,134 |
| 25 | Louis1 in 134 | 912 | #249 |
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