The most popular baby names of 1903

SSA recorded 381,200 births in 1903 across all reported names — 261,970 girls and 119,230 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1903

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1902.
#	Name	Births	vs 1902
1	Mary	14,275	—
2	Helen	6,129	—
3	Anna	5,098	—
4	Margaret	5,045	—
5	Ruth	4,517	—
6	Elizabeth	3,724	—
7	Marie	3,469	+1
8	Florence	3,468	-1
9	Ethel	3,257	—
10	Mildred	3,088	+4
11	Dorothy	3,078	+4
12	Alice	2,996	-2
13	Lillian	2,972	-2
14	Gladys	2,674	-2
15	Edna	2,667	-2
16	Grace	2,616	+1
17	Annie	2,551	-1
18	Rose	2,478	+2
19	Frances	2,365	+4
20	Clara	2,342	+1
21	Bessie	2,339	-2
22	Bertha	2,309	—
23	Emma	2,308	-5
24	Gertrude	2,253	+3
25	Mabel	2,163	-1
26	Hazel	2,139	-1
27	Pearl	2,046	+1
28	Irene	2,001	-2
29	Martha	1,980	+1
29	Myrtle	1,980	+3
31	Louise	1,935	+5
32	Catherine	1,916	-1
33	Edith	1,901	—
34	Esther	1,883	+1
35	Minnie	1,846	-6
36	Eva	1,783	+1
37	Ida	1,774	-3
38	Elsie	1,720	—
39	Agnes	1,616	+1
40	Josephine	1,587	+2
41	Sarah	1,553	-2
42	Ruby	1,538	+5
43	Laura	1,503	—
44	Viola	1,495	+4
45	Nellie	1,491	-4
46	Lillie	1,485	-2
47	Thelma	1,479	+5
48	Julia	1,447	-2
49	Beatrice	1,439	—
50	Ella	1,419	-5
51	Mattie	1,278	—
52	Carrie	1,252	-2
53	Alma	1,244	+2
54	Evelyn	1,211	+5
55	Jessie	1,202	-1
56	Lena	1,200	—
57	Lucille	1,193	+4
58	Mae	1,192	-5
59	Blanche	1,174	-1
60	Hattie	1,106	-3
61	Marion	1,042	+5
61	Pauline	1,042	+8
63	Virginia	1,032	+4
64	Fannie	1,016	+8
64	Stella	1,016	-1
66	Katherine	1,015	+2
67	Willie	1,014	-3
68	Lucy	990	-3
68	Mamie	990	-8
70	Cora	986	-8
71	Jennie	936	-2
72	Beulah	920	+5
73	Lula	913	-2
74	Rosa	911	+1
75	Vera	899	-2
76	Leona	881	—
77	Bernice	868	+4
78	Ada	843	-4
79	Eleanor	840	—
80	Maggie	780	-2
81	Dora	778	+1
82	Daisy	776	+3
82	Maude	776	-2
84	Ann	774	-1
85	Ellen	773	-2
86	Kathryn	729	+1
87	Nora	724	-1
88	Hilda	698	+6
89	Sadie	683	—
90	Susie	680	-3
91	Marguerite	667	-1
92	Lois	664	+6
93	Violet	636	+1
94	Georgia	632	-3
95	Doris	629	-2
96	Della	611	—
97	Olive	597	+2
98	Betty	596	+3
99	Velma	589	+14
100	Anne	581	+6

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1902.
#	Name	Births	vs 1902
1	John	7,608	—
2	William	6,311	—
3	James	5,479	—
4	George	3,961	—
5	Charles	3,213	—
6	Joseph	3,121	+1
7	Robert	3,044	-1
8	Frank	2,644	—
9	Edward	2,268	—
10	Thomas	1,962	+1
11	Henry	1,922	-1
12	Walter	1,840	—
13	Harry	1,647	—
14	Willie	1,454	—
15	Arthur	1,435	—
16	Albert	1,337	—
17	Clarence	1,261	—
18	Fred	1,204	—
19	Paul	1,081	+1
20	Harold	1,065	-1
21	Raymond	1,051	—
22	Roy	975	—
23	Carl	910	+1
24	Joe	895	-1
25	Louis	889	—
26	Richard	862	—
27	Earl	837	—
28	Jack	831	+4
29	Ralph	807	-1
30	Ernest	764	-1
31	Samuel	741	+2
32	Charlie	739	-2
33	David	716	-3
34	Herbert	668	+2
35	Francis	665	+3
36	Theodore	663	-2
37	Howard	636	-2
37	Leo	636	+6
39	Alfred	557	—
40	Elmer	556	—
41	Sam	552	—
42	Andrew	550	—
43	Lawrence	536	-6
44	Eugene	478	—
45	Lee	477	+1
46	Floyd	472	+1
47	Michael	466	+1
48	Herman	449	+1
49	Leonard	448	+3
50	Daniel	432	-5
51	Oscar	427	+4
52	Clyde	413	+8
53	Lester	400	+5
54	Anthony	399	—
55	Ray	397	+2
56	Russell	390	-3
57	Jesse	388	-7
58	Peter	372	-7
59	Stanley	361	+10
60	Donald	359	+3
61	Clifford	348	+10
62	Edwin	347	-6
63	Frederick	341	+7
64	Leroy	340	-2
65	Lewis	335	-7
66	Cecil	332	-1
67	Kenneth	330	+11
68	Chester	327	+6
69	Benjamin	324	-8
70	Eddie	314	-4
71	Claude	301	-3
72	Lloyd	299	-5
73	Tom	295	+2
74	Harvey	293	+8
74	Will	293	-10
76	Leon	287	+10
77	Martin	283	-5
78	Jessie	280	-5
79	Bernard	271	+4
80	Luther	265	+1
81	Ben	259	-2
81	Edgar	259	-5
83	Homer	257	-3
83	Jim	257	-6
85	Philip	250	+5
86	Norman	238	-2
87	Johnnie	237	+4
88	Melvin	230	-2
89	Leslie	227	-4
90	Alvin	222	+9
91	Allen	219	-2
92	Milton	210	+3
92	Oliver	210	+15
92	Patrick	210	+6
95	Everett	204	-7
96	Stephen	200	-2
97	Glenn	198	+9
98	Roosevelt	196	+17
98	Victor	196	-1
100	Alexander	195	-7

Ranked by places gained against 1902, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1903	Rank 1902	Change
Juanita girls	164	191	+27
Audrey girls	176	202	+26
Jean girls	121	138	+17
Miriam girls	192	209	+17
Alberta girls	118	134	+16
Sylvia girls	120	136	+16
Winifred girls	178	193	+15
Velma girls	99	113	+14
Christine girls	146	160	+14
Norma girls	158	172	+14
Fern girls	176	190	+14
Muriel girls	191	205	+14
Ina girls	181	194	+13
Madeline girls	137	149	+12
Maria girls	144	156	+12

Name	Rank 1903	Rank 1902	Change
Matilda girls	187	165	-22
Amanda girls	184	164	-20
Mollie girls	171	153	-18
Sophia girls	197	179	-18
Nell girls	203	185	-18
Estelle girls	136	121	-15
Caroline girls	141	126	-15
Lila girls	203	189	-14
Ola girls	160	147	-13
Iva girls	139	127	-12
Olga girls	173	161	-12
Adeline girls	200	188	-12
Effie girls	103	92	-11
Rebecca girls	154	144	-10
Will boys	74	64	-10

1903 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.