The most popular baby names of 1907

SSA recorded 465,390 births in 1907 across all reported names — 318,564 girls and 146,826 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1907

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1906.
#	Name	Births	vs 1906
1	Mary	17,580	—
2	Helen	7,579	—
3	Margaret	6,713	—
4	Anna	5,575	—
5	Ruth	5,573	—
6	Dorothy	4,967	—
7	Elizabeth	4,624	—
8	Mildred	4,277	+1
9	Alice	4,107	-1
10	Marie	3,880	+1
11	Florence	3,750	-1
12	Ethel	3,698	—
13	Lillian	3,542	—
14	Gladys	3,303	+2
15	Edna	3,301	—
16	Frances	3,299	-2
17	Rose	3,116	—
18	Evelyn	3,035	+14
19	Annie	2,891	-1
20	Grace	2,747	-1
21	Louise	2,619	+3
22	Irene	2,617	-2
23	Hazel	2,530	—
24	Gertrude	2,499	-2
25	Catherine	2,457	+1
26	Bertha	2,363	-1
27	Emma	2,356	+1
28	Thelma	2,339	+3
29	Clara	2,319	-2
30	Bessie	2,311	-9
31	Martha	2,274	-2
32	Edith	2,177	-2
33	Josephine	2,156	+5
34	Ruby	2,113	+2
35	Pearl	2,108	—
36	Mabel	2,069	-2
37	Esther	2,062	-4
38	Ida	1,980	+5
39	Myrtle	1,929	-2
40	Minnie	1,907	-1
41	Virginia	1,893	+10
42	Eva	1,884	-1
43	Elsie	1,872	-3
44	Beatrice	1,858	+1
45	Lucille	1,853	+1
46	Agnes	1,829	-5
47	Viola	1,805	—
48	Sarah	1,799	-4
49	Julia	1,680	-1
50	Nellie	1,671	-1
51	Laura	1,621	+1
52	Pauline	1,591	+1
53	Lillie	1,536	-3
54	Ella	1,450	—
55	Katherine	1,413	+1
56	Willie	1,394	+3
57	Mae	1,375	+3
58	Alma	1,347	-1
59	Mattie	1,319	-4
60	Jessie	1,314	-2
61	Carrie	1,283	+1
62	Ann	1,264	+8
63	Marion	1,251	—
64	Lena	1,238	-3
65	Bernice	1,185	+1
66	Blanche	1,156	-2
67	Eleanor	1,155	—
68	Lucy	1,152	+1
68	Vera	1,152	—
70	Stella	1,150	-5
71	Hattie	1,142	—
72	Leona	1,106	—
73	Beulah	1,092	+2
74	Fannie	1,089	+2
75	Mamie	1,059	-2
76	Doris	1,023	+7
77	Betty	1,018	+4
78	Jennie	998	-4
79	Anne	980	+6
80	Cora	969	-3
81	Violet	956	+5
82	Rosa	924	-1
83	Ada	906	+4
84	Lula	905	-6
85	Lois	899	+3
86	Opal	889	+9
87	Marguerite	888	+2
88	Kathryn	864	-10
89	Ellen	855	-9
90	Velma	854	+4
91	Maggie	846	-7
92	Georgia	787	+4
92	Marjorie	787	+1
94	Dora	786	-3
95	Sadie	771	-3
96	Jean	770	+4
97	Susie	756	+1
98	Daisy	739	-8
99	Theresa	734	—
100	Emily	714	+3

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1906.
#	Name	Births	vs 1906
1	John	8,983	—
2	William	6,904	—
3	James	6,707	—
4	George	4,445	—
5	Robert	4,020	—
6	Charles	3,884	—
7	Joseph	3,844	—
8	Frank	2,943	—
9	Edward	2,576	—
10	Henry	2,203	+1
11	Thomas	2,174	-1
12	Walter	2,095	—
13	Willie	1,968	—
14	Harry	1,813	—
15	Albert	1,636	+1
16	Arthur	1,553	-1
17	Harold	1,452	—
18	Clarence	1,389	—
19	Fred	1,371	+1
20	Paul	1,358	-1
21	Raymond	1,290	—
22	Richard	1,235	+1
23	Joe	1,177	+2
24	Roy	1,128	—
25	Louis	1,111	-3
26	Jack	1,019	+4
27	Carl	1,018	—
28	Earl	1,006	+1
29	Ralph	997	-3
30	Ernest	978	-2
31	David	945	—
32	Samuel	892	+1
33	Howard	875	-1
34	Lawrence	801	+2
35	Charlie	793	-1
36	Alfred	738	+4
37	Francis	717	-2
38	Theodore	712	—
39	Herbert	710	-2
40	Andrew	708	+1
41	Eugene	691	-2
42	Leo	651	+5
43	Sam	631	—
44	Donald	616	+7
44	Elmer	616	-2
46	Anthony	593	-2
47	Kenneth	589	-2
48	Michael	586	-2
49	Herman	561	—
50	Leroy	550	+11
51	Leonard	547	-1
52	Daniel	528	-4
53	Floyd	521	+1
54	Lee	516	+3
54	Stanley	516	+2
56	Clyde	507	-1
57	Russell	503	-4
58	Lester	491	-6
59	Oscar	483	+5
60	Ray	475	—
61	Peter	473	-2
62	Edwin	468	+3
63	Jesse	466	-6
64	Benjamin	460	+7
65	Clifford	445	-2
66	Lewis	427	+3
67	Chester	424	-6
68	Frederick	410	-2
69	Cecil	399	-1
70	Eddie	394	-4
71	Jessie	386	+6
71	Lloyd	386	-1
73	Bernard	378	+1
74	Claude	364	-1
75	Norman	362	+1
76	Philip	356	+9
77	Harvey	335	-5
78	Melvin	331	+4
79	Martin	329	-4
80	Leon	324	+7
81	Edgar	321	-2
82	Ben	314	—
83	Tom	313	-3
84	Homer	312	+2
85	Allen	309	-1
86	Johnnie	307	+5
87	Marvin	304	+7
88	Everett	302	-7
89	Milton	292	-11
90	Jim	281	—
91	Luther	280	-2
92	Alexander	279	+13
93	Virgil	276	+9
94	Leslie	273	-7
94	Stephen	273	+8
96	Morris	260	—
96	Will	260	-4
98	Archie	250	+1
99	Alvin	245	-4
99	Victor	245	-6

Ranked by places gained against 1906, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1907	Rank 1906	Change
Cleo girls	171	200	+29
Rita girls	196	219	+23
Wilma girls	125	146	+21
Maria girls	136	153	+17
Elva girls	184	201	+17
Jane girls	124	140	+16
Roberta girls	187	202	+15
Evelyn girls	18	32	+14
Vivian girls	116	129	+13
Barbara girls	129	142	+13
Alexander boys	92	105	+13
Nina girls	152	164	+12
Antoinette girls	204	216	+12
Flossie girls	161	172	+11
Adeline girls	177	188	+11

Name	Rank 1907	Rank 1906	Change
Lila girls	224	196	-28
Selma girls	218	193	-25
Winifred girls	199	177	-22
Hannah girls	211	191	-20
Sidney boys	119	101	-18
Claire girls	230	213	-17
Millie girls	229	213	-16
Sallie girls	135	120	-15
Muriel girls	222	207	-15
Lottie girls	130	118	-12
Fern girls	193	181	-12
Vernon boys	109	97	-12
Harriet girls	138	127	-11
Erma girls	150	139	-11
Milton boys	89	78	-11

1907 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.