Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1900

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1900 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	16,706	5.258	-125	-14,379	1	John	9,829	6.062	-26	-710
2	Helen	6,343	1.996	-411	-5,598	2	William	8,579	5.291	-1	5,937
3	Anna	6,114	1.924	-51	-1,969	3	James	7,245	4.469	-1	6,280
4	Margaret	5,304	1.669	-123	-2,992	4	George	5,403	3.333	-123	-2,344
5	Ruth	4,765	1.500	-260	-3,531	5	Charles	4,098	2.528	-47	2,506
6	Elizabeth	4,096	1.289	-7	4,417	6	Robert	3,821	2.357	-65	1,319
7	Florence	3,920	1.234	-964	-3,651	7	Joseph	3,714	2.291	-16	5,841
8	Ethel	3,896	1.226	-4,348	-3,864	8	Frank	3,477	2.145	-384	-2,674
9	Marie	3,856	1.214	-567	-3,326	9	Edward	2,720	1.678	-160	-452
10	Lillian	3,414	1.074	-24	2,120	10	Henry	2,606	1.607	-6	8,043
11	Annie	3,324	1.046	-297	-2,244	11	Thomas	2,557	1.577	-38	4,222
12	Edna	3,102	0.976	-1,725	-2,985	12	Walter	2,298	1.417	-259	-995
13	Emma	3,095	0.974	12	15,593	13	Harry	2,272	1.401	-607	-1,845
14	Alice	3,059	0.963	-57	584	14	Willie	2,113	1.303	-920	-1,889
15	Bessie	3,044	0.958	-10,610	-3,035	15	Arthur	1,853	1.143	-215	-211
16	Bertha	3,019	0.950	-4,743	-2,991	16	Albert	1,741	1.074	-436	-1,084
17	Grace	2,942	0.926	-7	3,782	17	Fred	1,646	1.015	-1,633	-1,549
18	Rose	2,845	0.895	-105	-413	18	Clarence	1,483	0.915	-1,098	-1,311
19	Clara	2,826	0.889	-84	51	19	Paul	1,288	0.794	-215	337
20	Mildred	2,800	0.881	-2,049	-2,707	20	Harold	1,246	0.769	-777	-965
21	Gladys	2,733	0.860	-3,418	-2,688	21	Roy	1,215	0.749	-521	-701
22	Minnie	2,673	0.841	-2,597	-2,607	22	Joe	1,179	0.727	-673	-834
23	Gertrude	2,580	0.812	-5,463	-2,557	23	Raymond	1,150	0.709	-276	-1
24	Pearl	2,512	0.791	-623	-2,057	24	Richard	1,141	0.704	-164	978
25	Mabel	2,509	0.790	-411	-1,787	25	Charlie	1,124	0.693	-193	592
26	Frances	2,495	0.785	-419	-1,780	26	Louis	1,098	0.677	-237	270
27	Dorothy	2,491	0.784	-559	-1,974	27	Jack	1,053	0.649	-1	7,781
28	Martha	2,437	0.767	-769	-2,096	28	Earl	1,037	0.640	-1,636	-942
29	Hazel	2,425	0.763	-13	2,491	29	Carl	1,016	0.627	-671	-674
30	Ida	2,285	0.719	-1,191	-2,095	30	Ernest	1,012	0.624	-948	-802
31	Irene	2,264	0.713	-606	-1,800	31	Ralph	896	0.553	-920	-679
32	Myrtle	2,252	0.709	OLD	-2,252	32	David	884	0.545	10	8,813
33	Eva	2,089	0.657	-42	1,453	33	Samuel	877	0.541	12	8,857
34	Catherine	2,081	0.655	-170	-583	34	Sam	821	0.506	-569	-370
35	Louise	2,070	0.651	-765	-1,731	35	Howard	779	0.480	-933	-566
36	Edith	2,068	0.651	-482	-1,469	36	Herbert	751	0.463	-1,991	-680
37	Sarah	2,055	0.647	-30	1,679	37	Andrew	718	0.443	-6	6,516
38	Elsie	2,045	0.644	-242	-867	38	Elmer	699	0.431	-1,221	-554
39	Esther	2,017	0.635	-114	-186	39	Lee	675	0.416	-650	-325
40	Lillie	2,004	0.631	-628	-1,565	40	Lawrence	659	0.406	-458	-86
41	Agnes	1,914	0.602	-1,163	-1,719	41	Francis	652	0.402	-439	-46
42	Ella	1,911	0.601	27	6,144	42	Alfred	640	0.395	-830	-391
43	Nellie	1,850	0.582	-1,028	-1,614	43	Will	603	0.372	-849	-361
44	Mattie	1,834	0.577	-1,013	-1,594	44	Daniel	598	0.369	29	10,575
45	Laura	1,824	0.574	-295	-889	45	Eugene	587	0.362	-817	-335
46	Julia	1,766	0.556	-47	1,223	46	Leo	570	0.352	-4	6,149
47	Josephine	1,743	0.549	-44	1,280	47	Oscar	563	0.347	-159	1,382
48	Carrie	1,711	0.538	-1,720	-1,596	48	Floyd	555	0.342	-1,768	-472
49	Viola	1,674	0.527	-1,085	-1,460	49	Herman	550	0.339	-2,183	-489
50	Hattie	1,553	0.489	-445	-929	50	Jesse	536	0.331	-135	1,590

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.