The most popular baby names of 1905

SSA recorded 423,923 births in 1905 across all reported names — 291,617 girls and 132,306 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1905

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1904.
#	Name	Births	vs 1904
1	Mary	16,067	—
2	Helen	6,811	—
3	Margaret	5,690	+1
4	Anna	5,424	-1
5	Ruth	5,068	—
6	Elizabeth	4,121	—
7	Dorothy	3,937	+3
8	Mildred	3,758	+1
9	Marie	3,643	-2
10	Alice	3,610	+3
11	Florence	3,478	-3
12	Ethel	3,401	-1
13	Lillian	3,185	-1
14	Gladys	2,996	—
15	Edna	2,953	—
16	Frances	2,887	—
17	Annie	2,793	—
18	Rose	2,724	-1
19	Grace	2,630	—
20	Bessie	2,446	+1
21	Bertha	2,434	-1
22	Clara	2,397	+2
23	Louise	2,367	+5
24	Irene	2,357	+2
25	Hazel	2,351	-2
26	Emma	2,298	-4
27	Gertrude	2,276	-2
28	Catherine	2,198	+3
29	Mabel	2,178	-2
30	Edith	2,137	+3
31	Pearl	2,108	-1
32	Martha	2,091	-3
33	Myrtle	2,026	+1
34	Esther	1,993	-2
35	Minnie	1,950	—
36	Thelma	1,945	+1
37	Josephine	1,894	+3
38	Ruby	1,885	+2
39	Eva	1,815	-3
40	Elsie	1,811	-1
41	Sarah	1,762	+2
42	Ida	1,757	-4
43	Agnes	1,718	-1
44	Viola	1,697	+2
45	Beatrice	1,661	—
45	Evelyn	1,661	+5
47	Julia	1,642	+2
48	Nellie	1,626	-4
49	Laura	1,566	-2
50	Lucille	1,533	+3
51	Lillie	1,481	—
52	Ella	1,438	-4
53	Virginia	1,394	+6
54	Pauline	1,381	+2
55	Mattie	1,371	-3
56	Alma	1,333	-1
57	Jessie	1,315	+3
58	Carrie	1,288	-4
59	Willie	1,285	+2
60	Mae	1,284	-2
61	Lena	1,258	-4
62	Hattie	1,197	+2
63	Blanche	1,190	-1
63	Katherine	1,190	—
65	Marion	1,141	—
66	Lucy	1,132	—
67	Stella	1,097	+1
68	Fannie	1,085	+5
69	Leona	1,082	—
70	Mamie	1,068	-3
71	Vera	1,053	-1
72	Cora	1,044	-2
73	Eleanor	1,041	+7
74	Bernice	1,032	+1
75	Ann	996	+3
76	Jennie	981	-3
77	Beulah	968	-5
78	Lula	963	-1
79	Rosa	922	-3
80	Ada	873	-1
81	Ellen	845	+3
82	Violet	831	+5
83	Doris	812	+5
84	Maggie	809	-3
85	Betty	807	+6
86	Kathryn	788	-3
87	Daisy	776	-2
88	Lois	763	+2
89	Dora	757	-7
90	Marguerite	753	+4
91	Sadie	750	+1
92	Nora	742	+1
93	Susie	739	+2
94	Georgia	722	-6
94	Velma	722	+7
96	Marjorie	712	—
97	Maude	709	-11
98	Anne	708	-1
99	Opal	702	+1
100	Emily	683	+3

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1904.
#	Name	Births	vs 1904
1	John	8,059	—
2	William	6,495	—
3	James	6,042	—
4	George	4,256	—
5	Charles	3,608	+1
6	Robert	3,410	-1
7	Joseph	3,302	—
8	Frank	2,837	—
9	Edward	2,366	—
10	Thomas	2,135	+1
11	Henry	2,126	-1
12	Walter	1,902	—
13	Willie	1,782	+1
14	Harry	1,619	-1
15	Albert	1,532	+1
16	Arthur	1,505	-1
17	Clarence	1,377	—
18	Fred	1,284	—
19	Paul	1,262	—
20	Harold	1,258	—
21	Raymond	1,159	+1
22	Richard	1,033	+2
23	Joe	1,024	—
24	Roy	1,016	-3
25	Louis	981	+1
26	Carl	959	-1
27	Ralph	938	+1
28	Jack	907	-1
29	Earl	904	—
30	Samuel	856	+4
31	Ernest	845	+1
32	David	838	-1
33	Theodore	834	-3
34	Charlie	801	-1
35	Howard	735	—
36	Francis	685	—
37	Herbert	681	—
38	Lawrence	669	—
39	Sam	620	+1
40	Andrew	619	+3
41	Elmer	602	-2
42	Eugene	593	+2
43	Alfred	591	-2
44	Floyd	523	+8
45	Michael	513	+5
46	Leo	512	-4
47	Leonard	495	-1
48	Anthony	490	+8
49	Lee	486	-4
50	Daniel	484	-1
51	Herman	475	-4
52	Clyde	474	-1
52	Kenneth	474	+5
54	Jesse	443	-1
55	Leroy	441	+5
56	Oscar	436	-2
57	Lester	432	+4
57	Russell	432	-9
59	Donald	425	-1
60	Ray	424	-5
61	Clifford	420	+5
62	Peter	409	—
63	Claude	399	+7
64	Chester	388	+5
65	Lewis	384	-6
65	Stanley	384	—
67	Frederick	381	-4
68	Benjamin	379	—
69	Lloyd	369	+4
70	Edwin	357	-6
71	Norman	350	+6
72	Cecil	347	-5
73	Eddie	346	+2
74	Jessie	338	+2
75	Martin	332	-4
76	Homer	318	+11
77	Tom	317	-3
78	Edgar	315	+2
79	Luther	308	+3
80	Milton	299	+13
81	Johnnie	297	+3
82	Bernard	292	-10
83	Melvin	291	+9
84	Ben	290	-1
85	Harvey	286	-6
85	Will	286	-4
87	Leon	274	+3
88	Allen	272	+8
89	Everett	270	+6
90	Victor	268	+8
91	Roosevelt	264	+2
92	Alvin	258	-4
93	Stephen	246	+24
94	Leslie	237	-3
95	Jim	236	-10
96	Philip	234	-11
97	Virgil	226	+3
98	Jacob	220	-9
99	Otis	216	+16
100	Marvin	215	+3

Ranked by places gained against 1904, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1905	Rank 1904	Change
Leola girls	166	192	+26
Jewell girls	191	215	+24
Sallie girls	105	122	+17
Freda girls	170	187	+17
Ina girls	179	195	+16
Flossie girls	147	161	+14
Geraldine girls	190	204	+14
Roberta girls	195	209	+14
Luella girls	178	191	+13
Milton boys	80	93	+13
Sara girls	137	149	+12
Isabelle girls	191	202	+11
Homer boys	76	87	+11
Etta girls	150	160	+10
Mable girls	112	121	+9

Name	Rank 1905	Rank 1904	Change
Lila girls	212	185	-27
Estella girls	181	158	-23
Hannah girls	205	182	-23
Jewel girls	220	198	-22
Rena girls	219	201	-18
Celia girls	185	170	-15
Matilda girls	187	172	-15
Adeline girls	199	185	-14
Effie girls	117	105	-12
Harriet girls	144	132	-12
Virgie girls	194	182	-12
Maude girls	97	86	-11
Lydia girls	123	112	-11
Philip boys	96	85	-11
May girls	119	109	-10

1905 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.