Names by year · United States
The names of 1903
In 1903, the SSA recorded 381,200 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 | 14,275 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 43 | 6,129 | #462 |
| 3 | Anna1 in 51 | 5,098 | #107 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 52 | 5,045 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 58 | 4,517 | #173 |
| 6 | Elizabeth1 in 70 | 3,724 | #17 |
| 7 | Marie1 in 76 | 3,469 | #618 |
| 8 | Florence1 in 76 | 3,468 | #391 |
| 9 | Ethel1 in 80 | 3,257 | #4,211 |
| 10 | Mildred1 in 85 | 3,088 | #1,973 |
| 11 | Dorothy1 in 85 | 3,078 | #421 |
| 12 | Alice1 in 87 | 2,996 | #65 |
| 13 | Lillian1 in 88 | 2,972 | #57 |
| 14 | Gladys1 in 98 | 2,674 | #3,224 |
| 15 | Edna1 in 98 | 2,667 | #2,463 |
| 16 | Grace1 in 100 | 2,616 | #38 |
| 17 | Annie1 in 103 | 2,551 | #182 |
| 18 | Rose1 in 106 | 2,478 | #114 |
| 19 | Frances1 in 111 | 2,365 | #318 |
| 20 | Clara1 in 112 | 2,342 | #63 |
| 21 | Bessie1 in 112 | 2,339 | #6,889 |
| 22 | Bertha1 in 113 | 2,309 | #4,569 |
| 23 | Emma1 in 114 | 2,308 | #3 |
| 24 | Gertrude1 in 116 | 2,253 | #6,632 |
| 25 | Mabel1 in 121 | 2,163 | #201 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 16 | 7,608 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 19 | 6,311 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,479 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 30 | 3,961 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 37 | 3,213 | #48 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 38 | 3,121 | #29 |
| 7 | Robert1 in 39 | 3,044 | #92 |
| 8 | Frank1 in 45 | 2,644 | #514 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 53 | 2,268 | #224 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 61 | 1,962 | #34 |
| 11 | Henry1 in 62 | 1,922 | #5 |
| 12 | Walter1 in 65 | 1,840 | #252 |
| 13 | Harry1 in 72 | 1,647 | #775 |
| 14 | Willie1 in 82 | 1,454 | #1,322 |
| 15 | Arthur1 in 83 | 1,435 | #87 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 89 | 1,337 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 95 | 1,261 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Fred1 in 99 | 1,204 | #1,936 |
| 19 | Paul1 in 110 | 1,081 | #262 |
| 20 | Harold1 in 112 | 1,065 | #993 |
| 21 | Raymond1 in 113 | 1,051 | #395 |
| 22 | Roy1 in 122 | 975 | #525 |
| 23 | Carl1 in 131 | 910 | #1,134 |
| 24 | Joe1 in 133 | 895 | #994 |
| 25 | Louis1 in 134 | 889 | #249 |
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