The most popular baby names of 1902

SSA recorded 386,733 births in 1902 across all reported names — 264,073 girls and 122,660 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1902

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1901.
#	Name	Births	vs 1901
1	Mary	14,486	—
2	Helen	5,967	—
3	Anna	5,288	—
4	Margaret	5,011	—
5	Ruth	4,384	—
6	Elizabeth	3,694	—
7	Florence	3,509	+1
8	Marie	3,424	-1
9	Ethel	3,295	—
10	Alice	3,135	+2
11	Lillian	3,063	-1
12	Gladys	2,809	-1
13	Edna	2,754	—
14	Mildred	2,750	—
15	Dorothy	2,707	+7
16	Annie	2,664	—
17	Grace	2,642	-2
18	Emma	2,514	-1
19	Bessie	2,448	+2
20	Rose	2,444	—
21	Clara	2,432	-3
22	Bertha	2,372	-3
23	Frances	2,326	+2
24	Mabel	2,280	-1
25	Hazel	2,238	-2
26	Irene	2,210	+4
27	Gertrude	2,207	—
28	Pearl	2,100	+3
29	Minnie	2,055	-3
30	Martha	2,030	-1
31	Catherine	1,896	+7
32	Myrtle	1,884	-4
33	Edith	1,853	-1
34	Ida	1,836	—
35	Esther	1,833	-2
36	Louise	1,832	—
37	Eva	1,727	—
38	Elsie	1,720	-3
39	Sarah	1,710	+1
40	Agnes	1,676	-1
41	Nellie	1,566	—
42	Josephine	1,565	+1
43	Laura	1,559	+1
44	Lillie	1,533	+1
45	Ella	1,525	-3
46	Julia	1,501	—
47	Ruby	1,458	+2
48	Viola	1,447	-1
49	Beatrice	1,429	+4
50	Carrie	1,376	-2
51	Mattie	1,353	-1
52	Thelma	1,309	+5
53	Mae	1,261	+1
54	Jessie	1,240	+1
55	Alma	1,229	-3
56	Lena	1,225	-5
57	Hattie	1,163	-1
58	Blanche	1,159	+1
59	Evelyn	1,151	+3
60	Mamie	1,127	—
61	Lucille	1,087	+9
62	Cora	1,081	-4
63	Stella	1,075	+2
64	Willie	1,071	+4
65	Lucy	1,065	-4
66	Marion	1,033	-3
67	Virginia	1,008	+9
68	Katherine	1,004	+3
69	Jennie	985	—
69	Pauline	985	-5
71	Lula	976	-4
72	Fannie	971	—
73	Vera	947	—
74	Ada	921	-8
75	Rosa	909	—
76	Leona	875	+2
77	Beulah	873	-3
78	Maggie	853	+2
79	Eleanor	837	+5
80	Maude	834	-3
81	Bernice	794	+5
82	Dora	780	-3
83	Ann	753	+6
83	Ellen	753	-1
85	Daisy	748	+2
86	Nora	724	-5
87	Kathryn	717	+3
87	Susie	717	+1
89	Sadie	716	-4
90	Marguerite	695	-7
91	Georgia	664	+5
92	Effie	658	+5
93	Doris	656	+8
94	Hilda	649	-2
94	Violet	649	-3
96	Della	609	+4
97	Emily	606	+2
98	Lois	594	+11
99	Olive	593	-1
100	Flora	587	+7

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1901.
#	Name	Births	vs 1901
1	John	7,907	—
2	William	6,617	—
3	James	5,592	—
4	George	4,223	—
5	Charles	3,361	—
6	Robert	3,180	+1
7	Joseph	3,098	-1
8	Frank	2,756	—
9	Edward	2,294	—
10	Henry	2,154	—
11	Thomas	2,134	—
12	Walter	1,858	—
13	Harry	1,750	—
14	Willie	1,565	+2
15	Arthur	1,487	-1
16	Albert	1,375	-1
17	Clarence	1,292	—
18	Fred	1,286	—
19	Harold	1,077	+2
20	Paul	1,067	-1
21	Raymond	1,064	+1
22	Roy	1,002	-2
23	Joe	955	+4
24	Carl	952	—
25	Louis	912	—
26	Richard	908	—
27	Earl	877	-4
28	Ralph	866	+1
29	Ernest	790	-1
30	Charlie	761	+1
30	David	761	—
32	Jack	743	—
33	Samuel	702	—
34	Theodore	642	+9
35	Howard	632	-1
36	Herbert	615	-1
37	Lawrence	598	—
38	Francis	597	-2
39	Alfred	590	—
40	Elmer	574	-2
41	Sam	559	-1
42	Andrew	558	-2
43	Leo	551	-1
44	Eugene	524	—
45	Daniel	501	+3
46	Lee	475	-1
47	Floyd	471	-1
48	Michael	460	+4
49	Herman	457	+2
50	Jesse	437	-1
51	Peter	433	+5
52	Leonard	426	+2
53	Russell	422	-3
54	Anthony	420	+8
55	Oscar	397	-8
56	Edwin	393	+9
57	Ray	391	+2
58	Lester	385	+3
58	Lewis	385	+5
60	Clyde	382	-5
61	Benjamin	374	-5
62	Leroy	370	+10
63	Donald	366	+14
64	Will	359	-11
65	Cecil	354	+5
66	Eddie	353	—
67	Lloyd	344	+1
68	Claude	336	-10
69	Stanley	334	+12
70	Frederick	330	-10
71	Clifford	326	-2
72	Martin	325	-8
73	Jessie	323	+12
74	Chester	321	+1
75	Tom	312	-8
76	Edgar	307	-5
77	Jim	300	+4
78	Kenneth	275	—
79	Ben	273	-6
80	Homer	269	-6
81	Luther	266	-2
82	Harvey	264	-7
83	Bernard	259	-3
84	Norman	256	-1
85	Leslie	251	+4
86	Leon	248	+1
86	Melvin	248	+11
88	Everett	238	-2
89	Allen	227	-1
90	Philip	226	-6
91	Johnnie	221	+11
92	Hugh	217	-1
93	Alexander	216	+9
94	Stephen	210	+14
95	Jacob	207	+3
95	Milton	207	-5
97	Victor	205	+3
98	Patrick	203	-5
99	Alvin	201	-4
100	Horace	199	-4

Ranked by places gained against 1901, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1902	Rank 1901	Change
Sally girls	175	194	+19
Velma girls	113	130	+17
Geneva girls	162	179	+17
Erma girls	166	183	+17
Allie girls	178	194	+16
Nina girls	145	160	+15
Isabel girls	179	194	+15
Katie girls	102	116	+14
Rosie girls	134	148	+14
Naomi girls	158	172	+14
Eliza girls	184	198	+14
Nell girls	185	199	+14
Donald boys	63	77	+14
Estelle girls	121	133	+12
Vivian girls	132	144	+12

Name	Rank 1902	Rank 1901	Change
Elva girls	182	161	-21
Miriam girls	209	189	-20
Sophie girls	170	151	-19
Ina girls	194	176	-18
Ollie girls	130	113	-17
Harriet girls	140	123	-17
Juanita girls	191	174	-17
Maria girls	156	140	-16
Theresa girls	109	94	-15
Frieda girls	169	154	-15
Janie girls	176	163	-13
May girls	107	95	-12
Freda girls	185	173	-12
Maud girls	198	186	-12
Nettie girls	104	93	-11

1902 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.