Names by year · United States
The names of 1905
In 1905, the SSA recorded 423,923 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 | 16,067 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 43 | 6,811 | #462 |
| 3 | Margaret1 in 51 | 5,690 | #112 |
| 4 | Anna1 in 54 | 5,424 | #107 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 58 | 5,068 | #173 |
| 6 | Elizabeth1 in 71 | 4,121 | #17 |
| 7 | Dorothy1 in 74 | 3,937 | #421 |
| 8 | Mildred1 in 78 | 3,758 | #1,973 |
| 9 | Marie1 in 80 | 3,643 | #618 |
| 10 | Alice1 in 81 | 3,610 | #65 |
| 11 | Florence1 in 84 | 3,478 | #391 |
| 12 | Ethel1 in 86 | 3,401 | #4,211 |
| 13 | Lillian1 in 92 | 3,185 | #57 |
| 14 | Gladys1 in 97 | 2,996 | #3,224 |
| 15 | Edna1 in 99 | 2,953 | #2,463 |
| 16 | Frances1 in 101 | 2,887 | #318 |
| 17 | Annie1 in 104 | 2,793 | #182 |
| 18 | Rose1 in 107 | 2,724 | #114 |
| 19 | Grace1 in 111 | 2,630 | #38 |
| 20 | Bessie1 in 119 | 2,446 | #6,889 |
| 21 | Bertha1 in 120 | 2,434 | #4,569 |
| 22 | Clara1 in 122 | 2,397 | #63 |
| 23 | Louise1 in 123 | 2,367 | #516 |
| 24 | Irene1 in 124 | 2,357 | #651 |
| 25 | Hazel1 in 124 | 2,351 | #21 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 16 | 8,059 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 20 | 6,495 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 6,042 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 31 | 4,256 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 37 | 3,608 | #48 |
| 6 | Robert1 in 39 | 3,410 | #92 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 40 | 3,302 | #29 |
| 8 | Frank1 in 47 | 2,837 | #514 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 56 | 2,366 | #224 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 62 | 2,135 | #34 |
| 11 | Henry1 in 62 | 2,126 | #5 |
| 12 | Walter1 in 70 | 1,902 | #252 |
| 13 | Willie1 in 74 | 1,782 | #1,322 |
| 14 | Harry1 in 82 | 1,619 | #775 |
| 15 | Albert1 in 86 | 1,532 | #614 |
| 16 | Arthur1 in 88 | 1,505 | #87 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 96 | 1,377 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Fred1 in 103 | 1,284 | #1,936 |
| 19 | Paul1 in 105 | 1,262 | #262 |
| 20 | Harold1 in 105 | 1,258 | #993 |
| 21 | Raymond1 in 114 | 1,159 | #395 |
| 22 | Richard1 in 128 | 1,033 | #234 |
| 23 | Joe1 in 129 | 1,024 | #994 |
| 24 | Roy1 in 130 | 1,016 | #525 |
| 25 | Louis1 in 135 | 981 | #249 |
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