The most popular baby names of 1904

SSA recorded 403,484 births in 1904 across all reported names — 275,362 girls and 128,122 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1904

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1903.
#	Name	Births	vs 1903
1	Mary	14,961	—
2	Helen	6,488	—
3	Anna	5,330	—
4	Margaret	5,302	—
5	Ruth	4,900	—
6	Elizabeth	3,833	—
7	Marie	3,595	—
8	Florence	3,572	—
9	Mildred	3,525	+1
10	Dorothy	3,477	+1
11	Ethel	3,296	-2
12	Lillian	3,139	+1
13	Alice	3,131	-1
14	Gladys	2,976	—
15	Edna	2,762	—
16	Frances	2,657	+3
17	Annie	2,631	—
17	Rose	2,631	+1
19	Grace	2,513	-3
20	Bertha	2,363	+2
21	Bessie	2,340	—
22	Emma	2,312	+1
23	Hazel	2,301	+3
24	Clara	2,281	-4
25	Gertrude	2,269	-1
26	Irene	2,212	+2
27	Mabel	2,172	-2
28	Louise	2,136	+3
29	Martha	2,019	—
30	Pearl	2,015	-3
31	Catherine	1,982	+1
32	Esther	1,957	+2
33	Edith	1,944	—
34	Myrtle	1,905	-5
35	Minnie	1,885	—
36	Eva	1,858	—
37	Thelma	1,757	+10
38	Ida	1,751	-1
39	Elsie	1,719	-1
40	Josephine	1,701	—
40	Ruby	1,701	+2
42	Agnes	1,672	-3
43	Sarah	1,594	-2
44	Nellie	1,560	+1
45	Beatrice	1,549	+4
46	Viola	1,545	-2
47	Laura	1,508	-4
48	Ella	1,432	+2
49	Julia	1,426	-1
50	Evelyn	1,372	+4
51	Lillie	1,364	-5
52	Mattie	1,362	-1
53	Lucille	1,351	+4
54	Carrie	1,280	-2
55	Alma	1,257	-2
56	Pauline	1,243	+5
57	Lena	1,228	-1
58	Mae	1,214	—
59	Virginia	1,213	+4
60	Jessie	1,197	-5
61	Willie	1,188	+6
62	Blanche	1,142	-3
63	Katherine	1,128	+3
64	Hattie	1,123	-4
65	Marion	1,109	-4
66	Lucy	1,086	+2
67	Mamie	1,041	+1
68	Stella	1,026	-4
69	Leona	998	+7
70	Cora	993	—
70	Vera	993	+5
72	Beulah	983	—
73	Fannie	964	-9
73	Jennie	964	-2
75	Bernice	962	+2
76	Rosa	903	-2
77	Lula	894	-4
78	Ann	880	+6
79	Ada	878	-1
80	Eleanor	868	-1
81	Maggie	805	-1
82	Dora	788	-1
83	Kathryn	787	+3
84	Ellen	774	+1
85	Daisy	772	-3
86	Maude	757	-4
87	Violet	755	+6
88	Doris	736	+7
88	Georgia	736	+6
90	Lois	727	+2
91	Betty	707	+7
92	Sadie	703	-3
93	Nora	698	-6
94	Marguerite	684	-3
95	Susie	662	-5
96	Marjorie	639	+16
97	Anne	631	+3
98	Hilda	629	-10
99	Lola	624	+5
100	Opal	621	+6

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1903.
#	Name	Births	vs 1903
1	John	8,108	—
2	William	6,416	—
3	James	5,855	—
4	George	4,219	—
5	Robert	3,414	+2
6	Charles	3,406	-1
7	Joseph	3,291	-1
8	Frank	2,799	—
9	Edward	2,335	—
10	Henry	2,085	+1
11	Thomas	2,057	-1
12	Walter	1,873	—
13	Harry	1,722	—
14	Willie	1,675	—
15	Arthur	1,495	—
16	Albert	1,453	—
17	Clarence	1,310	—
18	Fred	1,223	—
19	Paul	1,194	—
20	Harold	1,186	—
21	Roy	1,123	+1
22	Raymond	1,093	-1
23	Joe	959	+1
24	Richard	957	+2
25	Carl	953	-2
26	Louis	936	-1
27	Jack	908	+1
28	Ralph	899	+1
29	Earl	854	-2
30	Theodore	834	+6
31	David	817	+2
32	Ernest	749	-2
33	Charlie	739	-1
34	Samuel	727	-3
35	Howard	726	+2
36	Francis	686	-1
37	Herbert	680	-3
38	Lawrence	662	+5
39	Elmer	620	+1
40	Sam	603	+1
41	Alfred	600	-2
42	Leo	552	-5
43	Andrew	546	-1
44	Eugene	541	—
45	Lee	532	—
46	Leonard	508	+3
47	Herman	497	+1
48	Russell	473	+8
49	Daniel	472	+1
50	Michael	462	-3
51	Clyde	457	+1
52	Floyd	446	-6
53	Jesse	443	+4
54	Oscar	442	-3
55	Ray	432	—
56	Anthony	422	-2
57	Kenneth	414	+10
58	Donald	413	+2
59	Lewis	402	+6
60	Leroy	401	+4
61	Lester	398	-8
62	Peter	395	-4
63	Frederick	390	—
64	Edwin	388	-2
65	Stanley	371	-6
66	Clifford	361	-5
67	Cecil	359	-1
68	Benjamin	358	+1
69	Chester	355	-1
70	Claude	337	+1
71	Martin	334	+6
72	Bernard	326	+7
73	Lloyd	324	-1
74	Tom	318	-1
75	Eddie	315	-5
76	Jessie	313	+2
77	Norman	305	+9
78	Alton	302	+112
79	Harvey	300	-5
80	Edgar	299	+1
81	Will	287	-7
82	Luther	286	-2
83	Ben	282	-2
84	Johnnie	267	+3
85	Jim	266	-2
85	Philip	266	—
87	Homer	256	-4
88	Alvin	247	+2
89	Jacob	243	+14
90	Leon	241	-14
91	Leslie	236	-2
92	Melvin	234	-4
93	Milton	230	-1
93	Roosevelt	230	+5
95	Everett	229	—
96	Allen	228	-5
97	Patrick	226	-5
98	Victor	218	—
99	Glenn	217	-2
100	Virgil	211	+12

Ranked by places gained against 1903, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1904	Rank 1903	Change
Bonnie girls	181	210	+29
Lila girls	185	203	+18
Marjorie girls	96	112	+16
Geneva girls	145	161	+16
Goldie girls	114	129	+15
Amanda girls	169	184	+15
Matilda girls	172	187	+15
Adeline girls	185	200	+15
Leola girls	192	207	+15
Wilma girls	154	168	+14
Virgie girls	182	196	+14
Inez girls	104	117	+13
Lucile girls	133	145	+12
Essie girls	129	140	+11
Thelma girls	37	47	+10

Name	Rank 1904	Rank 1903	Change
Eliza girls	212	184	-28
Etta girls	160	134	-26
Luella girls	191	170	-21
Christine girls	165	146	-19
Oliver boys	108	92	-16
Lizzie girls	139	124	-15
Norma girls	173	158	-15
Nannie girls	171	157	-14
Ina girls	195	181	-14
Muriel girls	205	191	-14
Leon boys	90	76	-14
Freda girls	187	174	-13
Sallie girls	122	110	-12
Victoria girls	167	156	-11
Winifred girls	189	178	-11

1904 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.