Names by year · United States
The names of 1909
In 1909, the SSA recorded 511,224 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 | 19,259 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 38 | 9,250 | #462 |
| 3 | Margaret1 in 47 | 7,358 | #112 |
| 4 | Ruth1 in 53 | 6,509 | #173 |
| 5 | Dorothy1 in 56 | 6,253 | #421 |
| 6 | Anna1 in 60 | 5,804 | #107 |
| 7 | Elizabeth1 in 67 | 5,176 | #17 |
| 8 | Mildred1 in 69 | 5,054 | #1,973 |
| 9 | Marie1 in 81 | 4,301 | #618 |
| 10 | Alice1 in 83 | 4,170 | #65 |
| 11 | Florence1 in 92 | 3,789 | #391 |
| 12 | Frances1 in 92 | 3,780 | #318 |
| 13 | Ethel1 in 95 | 3,661 | #4,211 |
| 14 | Lillian1 in 97 | 3,596 | #57 |
| 15 | Gladys1 in 98 | 3,538 | #3,224 |
| 16 | Edna1 in 101 | 3,429 | #2,463 |
| 17 | Rose1 in 103 | 3,374 | #114 |
| 18 | Evelyn1 in 110 | 3,157 | #8 |
| 19 | Louise1 in 115 | 3,019 | #516 |
| 20 | Irene1 in 117 | 2,961 | #651 |
| 21 | Grace1 in 119 | 2,912 | #38 |
| 22 | Annie1 in 120 | 2,904 | #182 |
| 23 | Catherine1 in 120 | 2,897 | #314 |
| 24 | Hazel1 in 128 | 2,708 | #21 |
| 25 | Gertrude1 in 132 | 2,622 | #6,632 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 17 | 9,590 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 21 | 7,913 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 7,595 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 35 | 4,688 | #126 |
| 5 | Robert1 in 36 | 4,563 | #92 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 38 | 4,348 | #29 |
| 7 | Charles1 in 41 | 4,029 | #48 |
| 8 | Frank1 in 51 | 3,244 | #514 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 56 | 2,935 | #224 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 66 | 2,468 | #34 |
| 11 | Henry1 in 68 | 2,411 | #5 |
| 12 | Walter1 in 72 | 2,287 | #252 |
| 13 | Willie1 in 75 | 2,175 | #1,322 |
| 14 | Harry1 in 85 | 1,924 | #775 |
| 15 | Albert1 in 90 | 1,816 | #614 |
| 16 | Harold1 in 95 | 1,725 | #993 |
| 17 | Paul1 in 98 | 1,676 | #262 |
| 18 | Arthur1 in 98 | 1,665 | #87 |
| 19 | Clarence1 in 108 | 1,518 | #1,500 |
| 20 | Raymond1 in 114 | 1,441 | #395 |
| 21 | Richard1 in 115 | 1,427 | #234 |
| 22 | Fred1 in 121 | 1,355 | #1,936 |
| 23 | Joe1 in 127 | 1,292 | #994 |
| 24 | Louis1 in 133 | 1,231 | #249 |
| 25 | Carl1 in 135 | 1,215 | #1,134 |
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