Names by year · United States
The names of 1904
In 1904, the SSA recorded 403,484 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 | 14,961 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 42 | 6,488 | #462 |
| 3 | Anna1 in 52 | 5,330 | #107 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 52 | 5,302 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 56 | 4,900 | #173 |
| 6 | Elizabeth1 in 72 | 3,833 | #17 |
| 7 | Marie1 in 77 | 3,595 | #618 |
| 8 | Florence1 in 77 | 3,572 | #391 |
| 9 | Mildred1 in 78 | 3,525 | #1,973 |
| 10 | Dorothy1 in 79 | 3,477 | #421 |
| 11 | Ethel1 in 84 | 3,296 | #4,211 |
| 12 | Lillian1 in 88 | 3,139 | #57 |
| 13 | Alice1 in 88 | 3,131 | #65 |
| 14 | Gladys1 in 93 | 2,976 | #3,224 |
| 15 | Edna1 in 100 | 2,762 | #2,463 |
| 16 | Frances1 in 104 | 2,657 | #318 |
| 17 | Annie1 in 105 | 2,631 | #182 |
| 18 | Rose1 in 105 | 2,631 | #114 |
| 19 | Grace1 in 110 | 2,513 | #38 |
| 20 | Bertha1 in 117 | 2,363 | #4,569 |
| 21 | Bessie1 in 118 | 2,340 | #6,889 |
| 22 | Emma1 in 119 | 2,312 | #3 |
| 23 | Hazel1 in 120 | 2,301 | #21 |
| 24 | Clara1 in 121 | 2,281 | #63 |
| 25 | Gertrude1 in 121 | 2,269 | #6,632 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 16 | 8,108 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 20 | 6,416 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,855 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 30 | 4,219 | #126 |
| 5 | Robert1 in 38 | 3,414 | #92 |
| 6 | Charles1 in 38 | 3,406 | #48 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 39 | 3,291 | #29 |
| 8 | Frank1 in 46 | 2,799 | #514 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 55 | 2,335 | #224 |
| 10 | Henry1 in 61 | 2,085 | #5 |
| 11 | Thomas1 in 62 | 2,057 | #34 |
| 12 | Walter1 in 68 | 1,873 | #252 |
| 13 | Harry1 in 74 | 1,722 | #775 |
| 14 | Willie1 in 76 | 1,675 | #1,322 |
| 15 | Arthur1 in 86 | 1,495 | #87 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 88 | 1,453 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 98 | 1,310 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Fred1 in 105 | 1,223 | #1,936 |
| 19 | Paul1 in 107 | 1,194 | #262 |
| 20 | Harold1 in 108 | 1,186 | #993 |
| 21 | Roy1 in 114 | 1,123 | #525 |
| 22 | Raymond1 in 117 | 1,093 | #395 |
| 23 | Joe1 in 134 | 959 | #994 |
| 24 | Richard1 in 134 | 957 | #234 |
| 25 | Carl1 in 134 | 953 | #1,134 |
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