Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1908

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1908 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	18,665	5.265	-125	-16,338	1	John	9,342	5.615	-26	-223
2	Helen	8,439	2.380	-411	-7,694	2	William	7,528	4.525	-1	6,988
3	Margaret	6,976	1.968	-124	-4,664	3	James	7,012	4.215	-1	6,513
4	Ruth	6,180	1.743	-261	-4,946	4	George	4,584	2.755	-123	-1,525
5	Anna	5,860	1.653	-49	-1,715	5	Robert	4,219	2.536	-66	921
6	Dorothy	5,703	1.609	-580	-5,186	6	Joseph	4,162	2.502	-17	5,393
7	Elizabeth	4,904	1.383	-6	3,609	7	Charles	3,929	2.362	-45	2,675
8	Mildred	4,624	1.304	-2,061	-4,531	8	Frank	3,146	1.891	-384	-2,343
9	Alice	4,270	1.204	-62	-627	9	Edward	2,707	1.627	-160	-439
10	Marie	4,076	1.150	-566	-3,546	10	Thomas	2,301	1.383	-39	4,478
11	Florence	3,883	1.095	-960	-3,614	11	Henry	2,283	1.372	-5	8,366
12	Ethel	3,786	1.068	-4,344	-3,754	12	Walter	2,192	1.318	-259	-889
13	Lillian	3,634	1.025	-21	1,900	13	Willie	1,964	1.181	-921	-1,740
14	Frances	3,593	1.013	-431	-2,878	14	Harry	1,934	1.163	-606	-1,507
15	Gladys	3,580	1.010	-3,424	-3,535	15	Albert	1,642	0.987	-437	-985
16	Rose	3,382	0.954	-107	-950	16	Arthur	1,601	0.962	-214	41
17	Edna	3,365	0.949	-1,720	-3,248	17	Harold	1,542	0.927	-780	-1,261
18	Louise	2,937	0.828	-782	-2,598	18	Paul	1,478	0.888	-216	147
19	Grace	2,901	0.818	-5	3,823	19	Clarence	1,428	0.858	-1,097	-1,256
20	Evelyn	2,857	0.806	10	7,519	20	Fred	1,381	0.830	-1,630	-1,284
21	Annie	2,820	0.795	-287	-1,740	21	Raymond	1,381	0.830	-278	-232
22	Catherine	2,750	0.776	-182	-1,252	22	Louis	1,317	0.792	-241	51
23	Irene	2,732	0.771	-614	-2,268	23	Richard	1,244	0.748	-165	875
24	Hazel	2,698	0.761	-18	2,218	24	Joe	1,209	0.727	-671	-864
25	Gertrude	2,562	0.723	-5,461	-2,539	25	Ralph	1,138	0.684	-926	-921
26	Thelma	2,526	0.712	-4,932	-2,499	26	Roy	1,097	0.659	-516	-583
27	Edith	2,410	0.680	-491	-1,811	27	Jack	1,086	0.653	-1	7,748
28	Josephine	2,389	0.674	-63	634	28	Howard	1,078	0.648	-940	-865
29	Bertha	2,384	0.672	-4,730	-2,356	29	Carl	1,074	0.646	-671	-732
30	Emma	2,357	0.665	29	16,331	30	David	1,016	0.611	8	8,681
31	Clara	2,352	0.663	-72	525	31	Ernest	1,000	0.601	-947	-790
32	Martha	2,324	0.656	-765	-1,983	32	Earl	999	0.600	-1,632	-904
33	Ruby	2,229	0.629	-41	1,323	33	Samuel	960	0.577	12	8,774
34	Bessie	2,201	0.621	-10,591	-2,192	34	Francis	853	0.513	-446	-247
35	Virginia	2,195	0.619	-505	-1,617	35	Lawrence	815	0.490	-463	-242
36	Esther	2,187	0.617	-117	-356	36	Herbert	759	0.456	-1,991	-688
37	Mabel	2,096	0.591	-399	-1,374	37	Charlie	740	0.445	-181	976
38	Lucille	2,080	0.587	-257	-965	38	Alfred	739	0.444	-834	-490
39	Pearl	2,075	0.585	-608	-1,620	39	Andrew	722	0.434	-4	6,512
40	Beatrice	1,997	0.563	-533	-1,462	40	Kenneth	692	0.416	-186	963
41	Elsie	1,983	0.559	-239	-805	41	Anthony	690	0.415	3	7,313
42	Viola	1,964	0.554	-1,092	-1,750	42	Elmer	689	0.414	-1,217	-544
43	Ida	1,952	0.551	-1,178	-1,762	43	Eugene	689	0.414	-819	-437
44	Myrtle	1,952	0.551	OLD	-1,952	44	Michael	688	0.414	30	10,932
45	Agnes	1,934	0.546	-1,159	-1,739	45	Donald	664	0.399	-481	-131
46	Eva	1,930	0.544	-29	1,612	46	Sam	644	0.387	-557	-193
47	Minnie	1,817	0.513	-2,572	-1,751	47	Theodore	643	0.387	3	6,377
48	Sarah	1,814	0.512	-19	1,920	48	Leonard	614	0.369	-585	-199
49	Nellie	1,757	0.496	-1,022	-1,521	49	Leo	584	0.351	-1	6,135
50	Julia	1,749	0.493	-43	1,240	50	Herman	562	0.338	-2,182	-501

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.