The most popular baby names of 1901

SSA recorded 345,812 births in 1901 across all reported names — 239,345 girls and 106,467 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1901

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1900.
#	Name	Births	vs 1900
1	Mary	13,136	—
2	Helen	5,247	—
3	Anna	4,923	—
4	Margaret	4,424	—
5	Ruth	3,974	—
6	Elizabeth	3,216	—
7	Marie	3,157	+2
8	Florence	3,131	-1
9	Ethel	3,067	-1
10	Lillian	2,681	—
11	Gladys	2,676	+10
12	Alice	2,562	+2
13	Edna	2,488	-1
14	Mildred	2,424	+6
15	Grace	2,398	+2
16	Annie	2,396	-5
17	Emma	2,374	-4
18	Clara	2,319	+1
19	Bertha	2,257	-3
20	Rose	2,212	-2
21	Bessie	2,183	-6
22	Dorothy	2,173	+5
23	Hazel	2,097	+6
23	Mabel	2,097	+2
25	Frances	2,071	+1
26	Minnie	2,026	-4
27	Gertrude	1,964	-4
28	Myrtle	1,892	+4
29	Martha	1,886	-1
30	Irene	1,879	+1
31	Pearl	1,866	-7
32	Edith	1,863	+4
33	Esther	1,844	+6
34	Ida	1,835	-4
35	Elsie	1,747	+3
36	Louise	1,640	-1
37	Eva	1,617	-4
38	Catherine	1,599	-4
39	Agnes	1,525	+2
40	Sarah	1,514	-3
41	Nellie	1,454	+2
42	Ella	1,435	—
43	Josephine	1,434	+4
44	Laura	1,402	+1
45	Lillie	1,382	-5
46	Julia	1,362	—
47	Viola	1,331	+2
48	Carrie	1,247	—
49	Ruby	1,225	+2
50	Mattie	1,224	-6
51	Lena	1,216	+1
52	Alma	1,195	+5
53	Beatrice	1,183	+3
54	Mae	1,140	—
55	Jessie	1,116	-2
56	Hattie	1,106	-6
57	Thelma	1,090	+16
58	Cora	1,027	-3
59	Blanche	1,025	+1
60	Mamie	992	-1
61	Lucy	979	—
62	Evelyn	966	+8
63	Marion	963	+3
64	Pauline	938	+7
65	Stella	928	+3
66	Ada	913	+6
67	Lula	905	-5
68	Willie	901	-10
69	Jennie	898	-5
70	Lucille	894	-3
71	Katherine	890	-6
72	Fannie	873	-10
73	Vera	860	+3
74	Beulah	859	+4
75	Rosa	845	-6
76	Virginia	825	-2
77	Maude	819	—
78	Leona	779	+7
79	Dora	768	—
80	Maggie	746	-5
81	Nora	727	+2
82	Ellen	711	—
83	Marguerite	699	+3
84	Eleanor	686	+4
85	Sadie	676	-1
86	Bernice	660	+10
87	Daisy	653	-6
88	Susie	650	-8
89	Ann	634	+3
90	Kathryn	620	+3
91	Violet	611	+17
92	Hilda	574	+9
93	Nettie	562	+1
94	Theresa	554	+8
95	May	550	-4
96	Georgia	549	-9
97	Effie	545	-8
98	Olive	539	-3
99	Emily	537	+6
100	Della	534	-10

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1900.
#	Name	Births	vs 1900
1	John	6,900	—
2	William	5,990	—
3	James	4,735	—
4	George	3,609	—
5	Charles	3,049	—
6	Joseph	2,766	+1
7	Robert	2,543	-1
8	Frank	2,402	—
9	Edward	1,917	—
10	Henry	1,870	—
11	Thomas	1,820	—
12	Walter	1,718	—
13	Harry	1,594	—
14	Arthur	1,329	+1
15	Albert	1,317	+1
16	Willie	1,294	-2
17	Clarence	1,196	+1
18	Fred	1,133	-1
19	Paul	924	—
20	Roy	917	+1
21	Harold	915	-1
22	Raymond	888	+1
23	Earl	818	+5
24	Carl	817	+5
25	Louis	797	+1
26	Richard	784	-2
27	Joe	756	-5
28	Ernest	691	+2
29	Ralph	682	+2
30	David	672	+2
31	Charlie	654	-6
32	Jack	645	-5
33	Samuel	628	—
34	Howard	584	+1
35	Herbert	573	+1
36	Francis	543	+5
37	Lawrence	535	+3
38	Elmer	520	—
39	Alfred	506	+3
40	Andrew	479	-3
40	Sam	479	-6
42	Leo	456	+4
43	Theodore	450	+18
44	Eugene	445	+1
45	Lee	424	-6
46	Floyd	423	+2
47	Oscar	422	—
48	Daniel	416	-4
49	Jesse	411	+1
50	Russell	395	+12
51	Herman	393	-2
52	Michael	384	-1
53	Will	364	-10
54	Leonard	362	—
55	Clyde	356	+1
56	Benjamin	343	+1
56	Peter	343	+2
58	Claude	341	+1
59	Ray	338	-4
60	Frederick	336	+4
61	Lester	332	-1
62	Anthony	323	+5
63	Lewis	309	-11
64	Martin	304	+6
65	Edwin	299	+9
66	Eddie	296	-3
67	Tom	291	-15
68	Lloyd	285	+10
69	Clifford	282	-3
70	Cecil	278	+6
71	Edgar	271	—
72	Leroy	268	-7
73	Ben	259	—
74	Homer	257	+6
75	Chester	253	-3
75	Harvey	253	+6
77	Donald	250	+2
78	Kenneth	246	+12
79	Luther	244	+3
80	Bernard	242	+6
81	Jim	239	-13
81	Stanley	239	-4
83	Norman	238	-1
84	Philip	232	+10
85	Jessie	231	-16
86	Everett	218	+14
87	Leon	208	-2
88	Allen	199	+16
89	Leslie	198	+2
90	Milton	197	+8
91	Hugh	192	-3
92	Oliver	187	+3
93	Patrick	181	-4
94	Glenn	180	+24
95	Alvin	179	+9
96	Horace	178	+1
97	Melvin	176	+5
98	Jacob	172	+3
99	Guy	170	—
100	Victor	169	-8

Ranked by places gained against 1900, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1901	Rank 1900	Change
Regina girls	188	222	+34
Frieda girls	154	179	+25
Miriam girls	189	214	+25
Selma girls	181	201	+20
Cecelia girls	176	195	+19
Rachel girls	135	153	+18
Theodore boys	43	61	+18
Violet girls	91	108	+17
Elva girls	161	178	+17
Thelma girls	57	73	+16
Doris girls	101	117	+16
Opal girls	125	140	+15
Juanita girls	174	189	+15
Augusta girls	185	200	+15
Eula girls	124	138	+14

Name	Rank 1901	Rank 1900	Change
Eliza girls	198	165	-33
Rosie girls	148	116	-32
Jane girls	150	128	-22
Rebecca girls	144	125	-19
Jean girls	149	132	-17
Belle girls	197	181	-16
Jessie boys	85	69	-16
Estelle girls	133	118	-15
Tom boys	67	52	-15
Marian girls	159	145	-14
Christine girls	165	151	-14
Amy girls	179	165	-14
Mollie girls	151	138	-13
Olga girls	168	155	-13
Jim boys	81	68	-13

1901 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.