Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1904

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1904 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1903						Change from 1903
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	14,961	5.116	0	686	1	John	8,108	5.854	0	500
2	Helen	6,488	2.219	0	359	2	William	6,416	4.632	0	105
3	Anna	5,330	1.823	0	232	3	James	5,855	4.227	0	375
4	Margaret	5,302	1.813	0	256	4	George	4,219	3.046	0	258
5	Ruth	4,900	1.676	0	382	5	Robert	3,414	2.465	2	370
6	Elizabeth	3,833	1.311	0	110	6	Charles	3,406	2.459	-1	193
7	Marie	3,595	1.229	0	126	7	Joseph	3,291	2.376	-1	170
8	Florence	3,572	1.221	0	104	8	Frank	2,799	2.021	0	155
9	Mildred	3,525	1.205	1	437	9	Edward	2,334	1.685	0	66
10	Dorothy	3,477	1.189	1	399	10	Henry	2,086	1.506	1	164
11	Ethel	3,296	1.127	-2	39	11	Thomas	2,057	1.485	-1	95
12	Lillian	3,139	1.073	1	167	12	Walter	1,873	1.352	0	33
13	Alice	3,131	1.071	-1	135	13	Harry	1,722	1.243	0	75
14	Gladys	2,976	1.018	0	302	14	Willie	1,675	1.209	0	221
15	Edna	2,762	0.944	0	95	15	Arthur	1,495	1.079	0	60
16	Frances	2,657	0.909	3	292	16	Albert	1,453	1.049	0	116
17	Annie	2,631	0.900	0	80	17	Clarence	1,310	0.946	0	49
18	Rose	2,631	0.900	0	153	18	Fred	1,223	0.883	0	19
19	Grace	2,513	0.859	-3	-102	19	Paul	1,194	0.862	0	113
20	Bertha	2,363	0.808	2	54	20	Harold	1,186	0.856	0	121
21	Bessie	2,340	0.800	0	1	21	Roy	1,123	0.811	1	148
22	Emma	2,312	0.791	1	4	22	Raymond	1,093	0.789	-1	42
23	Hazel	2,301	0.787	3	162	23	Joe	959	0.692	1	64
24	Clara	2,281	0.780	-4	-61	24	Richard	957	0.691	2	94
25	Gertrude	2,269	0.776	-1	16	25	Carl	953	0.688	-2	43
26	Irene	2,212	0.756	2	211	26	Louis	936	0.676	-1	47
27	Mabel	2,172	0.743	-2	9	27	Jack	908	0.656	1	77
28	Louise	2,136	0.730	3	201	28	Ralph	899	0.649	1	92
29	Martha	2,019	0.690	0	39	29	Earl	854	0.617	-2	17
30	Pearl	2,015	0.689	-3	-31	30	Theodore	834	0.602	6	171
31	Catherine	1,983	0.678	1	67	31	David	817	0.590	2	101
32	Esther	1,957	0.669	2	74	32	Ernest	749	0.541	-2	-15
33	Edith	1,944	0.665	0	43	33	Charlie	739	0.534	-1	0
34	Myrtle	1,905	0.651	-4	-75	34	Samuel	727	0.525	-3	-14
35	Minnie	1,885	0.645	0	39	35	Howard	726	0.524	2	90
36	Eva	1,858	0.635	0	75	36	Francis	686	0.495	-1	21
37	Thelma	1,757	0.601	10	278	37	Herbert	680	0.491	-3	12
38	Ida	1,751	0.599	-1	-23	38	Lawrence	662	0.478	5	126
39	Elsie	1,719	0.588	-1	-1	39	Elmer	620	0.448	1	64
40	Josephine	1,701	0.582	0	114	40	Sam	603	0.435	1	51
41	Ruby	1,701	0.582	1	163	41	Alfred	600	0.433	-2	43
42	Agnes	1,672	0.572	-3	56	42	Leo	552	0.399	-4	-84
43	Sarah	1,594	0.545	-2	41	43	Andrew	547	0.395	-1	-3
44	Nellie	1,560	0.533	1	69	44	Eugene	541	0.391	0	63
45	Beatrice	1,549	0.530	4	110	45	Lee	532	0.384	0	55
46	Viola	1,545	0.528	-2	50	46	Leonard	508	0.367	3	60
47	Laura	1,508	0.516	-4	4	47	Herman	497	0.359	1	48
48	Ella	1,432	0.490	2	13	48	Russell	473	0.341	8	83
49	Julia	1,426	0.488	-1	-21	49	Daniel	472	0.341	1	40
50	Evelyn	1,371	0.469	4	160	50	Michael	462	0.334	-3	-4

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.