The most popular baby names of 1908

SSA recorded 488,648 births in 1908 across all reported names — 334,312 girls and 154,336 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1908

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1907.
#	Name	Births	vs 1907
1	Mary	18,665	—
2	Helen	8,439	—
3	Margaret	6,976	—
4	Ruth	6,180	+1
5	Anna	5,860	-1
6	Dorothy	5,703	—
7	Elizabeth	4,904	—
8	Mildred	4,624	—
9	Alice	4,270	—
10	Marie	4,076	—
11	Florence	3,883	—
12	Ethel	3,786	—
13	Lillian	3,634	—
14	Frances	3,593	+2
15	Gladys	3,580	-1
16	Rose	3,382	+1
17	Edna	3,365	-2
18	Louise	2,937	+3
19	Grace	2,901	+1
20	Evelyn	2,857	-2
21	Annie	2,820	-2
22	Catherine	2,750	+3
23	Irene	2,732	-1
24	Hazel	2,698	-1
25	Gertrude	2,562	-1
26	Thelma	2,526	+2
27	Edith	2,410	+5
28	Josephine	2,389	+5
29	Bertha	2,384	-3
30	Emma	2,357	-3
31	Clara	2,352	-2
32	Martha	2,324	-1
33	Ruby	2,229	+1
34	Bessie	2,201	-4
35	Virginia	2,195	+6
36	Esther	2,187	+1
37	Mabel	2,096	-1
38	Lucille	2,080	+7
39	Pearl	2,075	-4
40	Beatrice	1,997	+4
41	Elsie	1,983	+2
42	Viola	1,964	+5
43	Ida	1,952	-5
43	Myrtle	1,952	-4
45	Agnes	1,934	+1
46	Eva	1,930	-4
47	Minnie	1,817	-7
48	Sarah	1,814	—
49	Nellie	1,757	+1
50	Julia	1,749	-1
51	Pauline	1,702	+1
52	Laura	1,558	-1
53	Alma	1,474	+5
54	Lillie	1,471	-1
55	Katherine	1,430	—
56	Ella	1,428	-2
57	Mae	1,384	—
58	Jessie	1,382	+2
59	Willie	1,371	-3
60	Mattie	1,364	-1
61	Bernice	1,363	+4
62	Ann	1,354	—
63	Marion	1,349	—
64	Lena	1,331	—
65	Eleanor	1,302	+2
66	Carrie	1,239	-5
67	Stella	1,216	+3
68	Vera	1,204	—
69	Blanche	1,162	-3
70	Doris	1,155	+6
71	Hattie	1,137	—
72	Betty	1,128	+5
73	Leona	1,118	-1
73	Lucy	1,118	-5
75	Anne	1,088	+4
76	Fannie	1,085	-2
77	Kathryn	1,058	+11
78	Jennie	1,038	—
79	Mamie	1,028	-4
80	Lois	1,023	+5
81	Violet	1,017	—
82	Beulah	1,015	-9
83	Cora	962	-3
84	Opal	955	+2
85	Marjorie	942	+7
86	Rosa	941	-4
87	Ada	922	-4
88	Marguerite	913	-1
89	Lula	892	-5
90	Velma	860	—
91	Jean	852	+5
92	Ellen	848	-3
93	Dora	806	+1
94	Theresa	795	+5
95	Maggie	772	-4
96	Sadie	770	-1
97	Georgia	768	-5
98	Charlotte	766	+7
99	Daisy	765	-1
100	Inez	757	+2

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1907.
#	Name	Births	vs 1907
1	John	9,343	—
2	William	7,529	—
3	James	7,012	—
4	George	4,584	—
5	Robert	4,219	—
6	Joseph	4,162	+1
7	Charles	3,929	-1
8	Frank	3,146	—
9	Edward	2,707	—
10	Thomas	2,301	+1
11	Henry	2,283	-1
12	Walter	2,192	—
13	Willie	1,964	—
14	Harry	1,934	—
15	Albert	1,642	—
16	Arthur	1,601	—
17	Harold	1,542	—
18	Paul	1,478	+2
19	Clarence	1,428	-1
20	Fred	1,381	-1
20	Raymond	1,381	+1
22	Louis	1,317	+3
23	Richard	1,244	-1
24	Joe	1,209	-1
25	Ralph	1,138	+4
26	Roy	1,097	-2
27	Jack	1,086	-1
28	Howard	1,078	+5
29	Carl	1,074	-2
30	David	1,015	+1
31	Ernest	1,000	-1
32	Earl	999	-4
33	Samuel	960	-1
34	Francis	853	+3
35	Lawrence	815	-1
36	Herbert	759	+3
37	Charlie	740	-2
38	Alfred	739	-2
39	Andrew	722	+1
40	Kenneth	692	+7
41	Anthony	690	+5
42	Elmer	689	+2
42	Eugene	689	-1
44	Michael	688	+4
45	Donald	664	-1
46	Sam	644	-3
47	Theodore	643	-9
48	Leonard	614	+3
49	Leo	584	-7
50	Herman	562	-1
51	Lee	553	+3
52	Stanley	547	+2
53	Peter	541	+8
54	Daniel	530	-2
55	Floyd	529	-2
56	Leroy	523	-6
56	Russell	523	+1
58	Clifford	515	+7
59	Clyde	511	-3
60	Lester	509	-2
61	Lewis	489	+5
62	Jesse	482	+1
63	Benjamin	480	+1
64	Edwin	477	-2
65	Oscar	476	-6
66	Chester	461	+1
67	Ray	446	-7
68	Frederick	438	—
69	Claude	428	+5
70	Bernard	414	+3
71	Eddie	413	-1
72	Cecil	397	-3
73	Lloyd	394	-2
74	Norman	374	+1
75	Melvin	366	+3
76	Edgar	360	+5
77	Jessie	355	-6
78	Ben	353	+4
79	Milton	346	+10
80	Homer	340	+4
80	Tom	340	+3
82	Harvey	339	-5
83	Martin	331	-4
84	Leon	327	-4
85	Johnnie	321	+1
86	Philip	319	-10
87	Marvin	311	—
88	Victor	308	+11
89	Alvin	307	+10
90	Everett	294	-2
91	Luther	292	—
92	Allen	287	-7
93	Vernon	285	+16
94	Stephen	280	—
95	Leslie	279	-1
96	Will	274	—
97	Gerald	270	+5
98	Morris	269	-2
99	Julius	263	+6
100	Virgil	258	-7

Ranked by places gained against 1907, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1908	Rank 1907	Change
Juanita girls	118	148	+30
Fern girls	166	193	+27
Lucile girls	115	133	+18
Virgie girls	187	205	+18
Sidney boys	101	119	+18
Kathleen girls	132	149	+17
Vernon boys	93	109	+16
Frieda girls	180	195	+15
Muriel girls	207	222	+15
Marcella girls	216	231	+15
Lottie girls	116	130	+14
Sophie girls	133	146	+13
Irma girls	143	156	+13
Wilma girls	113	125	+12
Harriet girls	126	138	+12

Name	Rank 1908	Rank 1907	Change
Jim boys	117	90	-27
Maude girls	137	112	-25
Matilda girls	196	173	-23
Allie girls	218	197	-21
Cleo girls	191	171	-20
Amanda girls	208	190	-18
Lela girls	161	144	-17
Elva girls	201	184	-17
Archie boys	115	98	-17
Rita girls	212	196	-16
Flossie girls	176	161	-15
Elma girls	234	219	-15
May girls	134	120	-14
Addie girls	153	139	-14
Jewel girls	220	206	-14

1908 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.