The most popular baby names of 1909

SSA recorded 511,224 births in 1909 across all reported names — 347,228 girls and 163,996 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1909

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1908.
#	Name	Births	vs 1908
1	Mary	19,259	—
2	Helen	9,250	—
3	Margaret	7,358	—
4	Ruth	6,509	—
5	Dorothy	6,253	+1
6	Anna	5,804	-1
7	Elizabeth	5,176	—
8	Mildred	5,054	—
9	Marie	4,301	+1
10	Alice	4,170	-1
11	Florence	3,789	—
12	Frances	3,780	+2
13	Ethel	3,661	-1
14	Lillian	3,596	-1
15	Gladys	3,538	—
16	Edna	3,429	+1
17	Rose	3,374	-1
18	Evelyn	3,157	+2
19	Louise	3,019	-1
20	Irene	2,961	+3
21	Grace	2,912	-2
22	Annie	2,904	-1
23	Catherine	2,897	-1
24	Hazel	2,708	—
25	Gertrude	2,622	—
26	Thelma	2,612	—
27	Ruby	2,524	+6
28	Martha	2,510	+4
29	Bertha	2,444	—
30	Virginia	2,420	+5
31	Josephine	2,416	-3
32	Clara	2,403	-1
33	Edith	2,371	-6
34	Emma	2,338	-4
35	Bessie	2,276	-1
36	Lucille	2,192	+2
37	Esther	2,185	-1
38	Beatrice	2,105	+2
39	Elsie	2,064	+2
40	Pearl	2,048	-1
41	Mabel	2,007	-4
42	Agnes	1,974	+3
43	Myrtle	1,950	—
44	Ida	1,943	-1
45	Julia	1,931	+5
46	Viola	1,926	-4
47	Eva	1,896	-1
47	Pauline	1,896	+4
49	Sarah	1,845	-1
50	Minnie	1,779	-3
51	Nellie	1,768	-2
52	Lillie	1,635	+2
53	Katherine	1,557	+2
54	Willie	1,549	+5
55	Laura	1,524	-3
56	Ann	1,477	+6
57	Eleanor	1,460	+8
58	Marion	1,445	+5
59	Mattie	1,407	+1
60	Ella	1,382	-4
61	Alma	1,375	-8
62	Bernice	1,337	-1
63	Jessie	1,321	-5
64	Doris	1,298	+6
65	Lena	1,295	-1
66	Carrie	1,276	—
67	Vera	1,242	+1
68	Mae	1,230	-11
69	Blanche	1,217	—
70	Stella	1,188	-3
71	Lucy	1,175	+2
72	Leona	1,167	+1
73	Lois	1,157	+7
74	Kathryn	1,138	+3
75	Hattie	1,134	-4
76	Anne	1,110	-1
77	Betty	1,082	-5
77	Marjorie	1,082	+8
79	Fannie	1,071	-3
80	Beulah	1,052	+2
81	Marguerite	1,036	+7
82	Opal	1,028	+2
83	Jennie	998	-5
84	Mamie	974	-5
85	Cora	969	-2
86	Ellen	960	+6
87	Rosa	959	-1
88	Ada	945	-1
88	Violet	945	-7
90	Jean	940	+1
91	Lula	922	-2
92	Velma	857	-2
93	Sylvia	847	+8
94	Charlotte	841	+4
95	Dora	829	-2
96	Inez	826	+4
97	Georgia	813	—
98	Maggie	794	-3
99	Genevieve	785	+9
100	Hilda	773	+2

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1908.
#	Name	Births	vs 1908
1	John	9,590	—
2	William	7,913	—
3	James	7,595	—
4	George	4,688	—
5	Robert	4,563	—
6	Joseph	4,348	—
7	Charles	4,029	—
8	Frank	3,244	—
9	Edward	2,935	—
10	Thomas	2,468	—
11	Henry	2,411	—
12	Walter	2,287	—
13	Willie	2,175	—
14	Harry	1,924	—
15	Albert	1,816	—
16	Harold	1,725	+1
17	Paul	1,676	+1
18	Arthur	1,665	-2
19	Clarence	1,518	—
20	Raymond	1,441	—
21	Richard	1,427	+2
22	Fred	1,355	-2
23	Joe	1,292	+1
24	Louis	1,231	-2
25	Carl	1,215	+4
26	Howard	1,166	+2
27	Jack	1,150	—
28	Roy	1,135	-2
29	David	1,094	+1
30	Ralph	1,091	-5
31	Earl	1,007	+1
32	Samuel	983	+1
33	Francis	886	+1
34	Ernest	885	-3
35	Lawrence	854	—
36	Charlie	833	+1
37	Herbert	831	-1
38	Andrew	766	+1
39	Alfred	763	-1
40	Anthony	758	+1
41	Kenneth	746	-1
42	Donald	725	+3
43	Eugene	724	-1
44	Sam	700	+2
45	Elmer	687	-3
46	Leonard	665	+2
47	Michael	635	-3
48	Herman	618	+2
49	Leo	609	—
50	Stanley	607	+2
51	Theodore	595	-4
52	Lee	584	-1
53	Floyd	570	+2
54	Daniel	569	—
55	Leroy	568	+1
56	Peter	539	-3
57	Clifford	536	+1
58	Russell	528	-2
59	Jesse	517	+3
60	Clyde	516	-1
61	Lester	501	-1
62	Edwin	492	+2
63	Benjamin	489	—
64	Frederick	477	+4
64	Lewis	477	-3
66	Chester	475	—
66	Ray	475	+1
68	Bernard	463	+2
69	Eddie	462	+2
70	Oscar	459	-5
71	Melvin	448	+4
72	Cecil	432	—
72	Jessie	432	+5
74	Claude	419	-5
75	Norman	415	-1
76	Lloyd	412	-3
77	Johnnie	401	+8
78	Philip	395	+8
79	Martin	391	+4
80	Leon	377	+4
81	Milton	369	-2
82	Alvin	363	+7
83	Harvey	361	-1
84	Ben	358	-6
85	Marvin	354	+2
86	Edgar	347	-10
86	Luther	347	+5
88	Tom	340	-8
89	Victor	320	-1
90	Everett	314	—
90	Stephen	314	+4
92	Homer	313	-12
93	Allen	312	-1
94	Morris	305	+4
95	Gerald	301	+2
96	Leslie	292	-1
97	Vernon	284	-4
98	Julius	269	+1
99	Otis	267	+6
99	Will	267	-3

Ranked by places gained against 1908, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1909	Rank 1908	Change
Maxine girls	179	228	+49
Rosie girls	119	139	+20
Phyllis girls	172	192	+20
Margie girls	201	221	+20
Lorene girls	209	229	+20
Roberta girls	171	190	+19
Jeannette girls	190	208	+18
Muriel girls	190	207	+17
Hannah girls	206	223	+17
Wanda girls	210	227	+17
Hugh boys	104	121	+17
Lizzie girls	140	155	+15
Rita girls	197	212	+15
Jane girls	116	130	+14
Cleo girls	178	191	+13

Name	Rank 1909	Rank 1908	Change
Faye girls	217	184	-33
Fay girls	228	204	-24
Angelina girls	236	215	-21
Cecelia girls	198	178	-20
Nicholas boys	133	113	-20
Irving boys	134	114	-20
Sophia girls	222	203	-19
Ola girls	183	165	-18
Veronica girls	213	195	-18
Sidney boys	119	101	-18
Celia girls	185	168	-17
Constance girls	247	230	-17
Teresa girls	241	225	-16
Freda girls	186	171	-15
Virgie girls	202	187	-15

1909 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.