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The most popular baby names of 1900

SSA recorded 450,258 births in 1900 across all reported names — 299,784 girls and 150,474 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1900

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1899.
#NameBirthsvs 1899
1 Mary 16,705 —
2 Helen 6,342 +1
3 Anna 6,114 -1
4 Margaret 5,304 —
5 Ruth 4,765 —
6 Elizabeth 4,096 +1
7 Florence 3,920 -1
8 Ethel 3,896 +1
9 Marie 3,856 -1
10 Lillian 3,414 —
11 Annie 3,324 +7
12 Edna 3,102 -1
13 Emma 3,095 —
14 Alice 3,059 -2
15 Bessie 3,044 +4
16 Bertha 3,019 —
17 Grace 2,942 -2
18 Rose 2,844 +3
19 Clara 2,826 -5
20 Mildred 2,800 -3
21 Gladys 2,733 -1
22 Minnie 2,673 +3
23 Gertrude 2,580 —
24 Pearl 2,512 +3
25 Mabel 2,509 -3
26 Frances 2,495 -2
27 Dorothy 2,491 +8
28 Martha 2,437 —
29 Hazel 2,425 -3
30 Ida 2,285 +1
31 Irene 2,264 +3
32 Myrtle 2,252 -2
33 Eva 2,089 +6
34 Catherine 2,081 +2
35 Louise 2,070 +5
36 Edith 2,068 -4
37 Sarah 2,054 +1
38 Elsie 2,045 -5
39 Esther 2,017 -10
40 Lillie 2,004 +5
41 Agnes 1,914 -4
42 Ella 1,911 —
43 Nellie 1,850 -2
44 Mattie 1,834 +4
45 Laura 1,824 -2
46 Julia 1,766 +1
47 Josephine 1,743 -3
48 Carrie 1,711 -2
49 Viola 1,674 +1
50 Hattie 1,553 +3
51 Ruby 1,540 +1
52 Lena 1,506 -3
53 Jessie 1,422 +1
54 Mae 1,406 +5
55 Cora 1,389 +3
56 Beatrice 1,382 —
57 Alma 1,372 -6
58 Willie 1,351 +15
59 Mamie 1,337 +5
60 Blanche 1,332 -5
61 Lucy 1,246 -1
62 Fannie 1,237 +6
62 Lula 1,237 +5
64 Jennie 1,204 -8
65 Katherine 1,201 —
66 Marion 1,197 -3
67 Lucille 1,182 +4
68 Stella 1,177 -6
69 Rosa 1,118 +8
70 Evelyn 1,116 +4
71 Pauline 1,104 +1
72 Ada 1,101 -11
73 Thelma 1,094 +5
74 Virginia 1,068 +1
75 Maggie 1,045 -5
76 Vera 1,024 -7
77 Maude 1,013 -11
78 Beulah 974 -2
79 Dora 958 —
80 Susie 947 +6
81 Daisy 931 +4
82 Ellen 922 -1
83 Nora 919 -3
84 Sadie 895 -2
85 Leona 825 -1
86 Marguerite 786 -3
87 Georgia 765 +12
88 Eleanor 753 +6
89 Effie 752 +1
90 Della 748 +1
91 May 744 +4
92 Ann 736 —
93 Kathryn 721 -6
94 Nettie 711 -5
95 Olive 705 +3
96 Bernice 702 +7
97 Lottie 690 -4
98 Sallie 676 +2
99 Nancy 673 +8
100 Betty 665 +19

Top 100 boys' names in 1900

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1899.
#NameBirthsvs 1899
1 John 9,828 —
2 William 8,579 —
3 James 7,245 —
4 George 5,403 —
5 Charles 4,098 —
6 Robert 3,821 +1
7 Joseph 3,714 -1
8 Frank 3,477 —
9 Edward 2,720 —
10 Henry 2,606 —
11 Thomas 2,556 —
12 Walter 2,298 —
13 Harry 2,272 —
14 Willie 2,113 +4
15 Arthur 1,853 -1
16 Albert 1,741 -1
17 Fred 1,646 -1
18 Clarence 1,483 -1
19 Paul 1,288 +2
20 Harold 1,245 -1
21 Roy 1,215 -1
22 Joe 1,179 +2
23 Raymond 1,150 -1
24 Richard 1,141 +3
25 Charlie 1,124 +6
26 Louis 1,097 —
27 Jack 1,053 +8
28 Earl 1,037 -5
29 Carl 1,016 -4
30 Ernest 1,012 -3
31 Ralph 896 -2
32 David 883 —
33 Samuel 877 -3
34 Sam 821 +10
35 Howard 779 -1
36 Herbert 751 -3
37 Andrew 718 -1
38 Elmer 699 -1
39 Lee 675 +11
40 Lawrence 659 —
41 Francis 652 -3
42 Alfred 640 -1
43 Will 603 +5
44 Daniel 598 -2
45 Eugene 587 —
46 Leo 570 -3
47 Oscar 563 -1
48 Floyd 555 +4
49 Herman 550 —
50 Jesse 536 -3
51 Michael 495 —
52 Lewis 469 +2
52 Tom 469 +14
54 Leonard 465 +6
55 Ray 457 +6
56 Clyde 451 +2
57 Benjamin 450 —
58 Peter 443 -5
59 Claude 433 +4
60 Lester 431 +5
61 Theodore 429 +17
62 Russell 427 -6
63 Eddie 425 +11
64 Frederick 420 -9
65 Leroy 419 +4
66 Clifford 409 -4
67 Anthony 406 -3
68 Jim 399 +2
69 Jessie 398 +1
70 Martin 383 +2
71 Edgar 374 +9
72 Chester 364 -6
73 Ben 355 —
74 Edwin 350 -15
75 Dewey 345 -36
76 Cecil 344 +1
77 Stanley 342 -3
78 Lloyd 337 -10
79 Donald 328 -5
80 Homer 326 +2
81 Harvey 322 -2
82 Luther 316 -1
82 Norman 316 +1
84 Johnnie 313 +29
85 Leon 310 +8
86 Bernard 308 -1
87 Ed 297 +14
88 Hugh 290 —
89 Patrick 285 -3
90 Kenneth 279 -3
91 Leslie 275 +4
92 Victor 269 +8
93 Alexander 260 +4
94 Philip 259 -11
95 Oliver 256 +12
96 Mack 250 +14
97 Horace 244 +8
98 Milton 242 -9
99 Guy 240 -9
100 Everett 237 -5

Names that climbed fastest in 1900

Ranked by places gained against 1899, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1900Rank 1899Change
Alberta girls 119 152 +33
Rosie girls 116 140 +24
Opal girls 140 161 +21
Vivian girls 151 172 +21
Betty girls 100 119 +19
Janie girls 167 186 +19
Maria girls 149 167 +18
Geneva girls 172 189 +17
Norma girls 173 190 +17
Callie girls 175 192 +17
Theodore boys 61 78 +17
Willie girls 58 73 +15
Jean girls 132 147 +15
Mollie girls 138 153 +15
Ollie girls 113 127 +14

Names that fell fastest in 1900

NameRank 1900Rank 1899Change
Dewey boys 75 39 -36
Nina girls 155 125 -30
Frieda girls 179 150 -29
Harriet girls 134 113 -21
Winnie girls 190 170 -20
Iva girls 131 112 -19
Luella girls 191 174 -17
Josie girls 193 176 -17
Sophia girls 197 180 -17
Erma girls 188 173 -15
Augusta girls 200 185 -15
Edwin boys 74 59 -15
Hilda girls 101 87 -14
Matilda girls 161 149 -12
Hannah girls 169 157 -12

Names that first appear in 1900

1900 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.