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

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1900 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1899						Change from 1899
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	16,706	5.258	0	3,534	1	John	9,829	6.062	0	2,839
2	Helen	6,343	1.996	1	1,295	2	William	8,579	5.291	0	2,493
3	Anna	6,114	1.924	-1	999	3	James	7,245	4.469	0	2,648
4	Margaret	5,304	1.669	0	1,055	4	George	5,403	3.333	0	1,385
5	Ruth	4,765	1.500	0	853	5	Charles	4,098	2.528	0	951
6	Elizabeth	4,096	1.289	1	809	6	Robert	3,821	2.357	1	1,212
7	Florence	3,920	1.234	-1	606	7	Joseph	3,714	2.291	-1	1,035
8	Ethel	3,896	1.226	1	897	8	Frank	3,477	2.145	0	927
9	Marie	3,856	1.214	-1	700	9	Edward	2,720	1.678	0	819
10	Lillian	3,414	1.074	0	711	10	Henry	2,606	1.607	0	775
11	Annie	3,324	1.046	7	1,035	11	Thomas	2,557	1.577	0	746
12	Edna	3,102	0.976	-1	568	12	Walter	2,298	1.417	0	549
13	Emma	3,095	0.974	0	650	13	Harry	2,272	1.401	0	540
14	Alice	3,059	0.963	-2	536	14	Willie	2,113	1.303	4	1,025
15	Bessie	3,044	0.958	4	764	15	Arthur	1,853	1.143	-1	496
16	Bertha	3,019	0.950	0	725	16	Albert	1,741	1.074	-1	531
17	Grace	2,942	0.926	-2	589	17	Fred	1,646	1.015	-1	464
18	Rose	2,845	0.895	3	648	18	Clarence	1,483	0.915	-1	344
19	Clara	2,826	0.889	-5	385	19	Paul	1,288	0.794	2	403
20	Mildred	2,800	0.881	-3	509	20	Harold	1,246	0.769	-1	332
21	Gladys	2,733	0.860	-1	505	21	Roy	1,215	0.749	-1	303
22	Minnie	2,673	0.841	3	637	22	Joe	1,179	0.727	2	399
23	Gertrude	2,580	0.812	0	469	23	Raymond	1,150	0.709	-1	281
24	Pearl	2,512	0.791	3	513	24	Richard	1,141	0.704	4	397
25	Mabel	2,509	0.790	-3	382	25	Charlie	1,124	0.693	6	446
26	Frances	2,495	0.785	-2	437	26	Louis	1,098	0.677	0	328
27	Dorothy	2,491	0.784	8	804	27	Jack	1,053	0.649	8	471
28	Martha	2,437	0.767	0	530	28	Earl	1,037	0.640	-5	216
29	Hazel	2,425	0.763	-3	392	29	Carl	1,016	0.627	-4	242
30	Ida	2,285	0.719	1	481	30	Ernest	1,012	0.624	-3	268
31	Irene	2,264	0.713	3	561	31	Ralph	896	0.553	-2	154
32	Myrtle	2,252	0.709	-2	431	32	David	884	0.545	0	238
33	Eva	2,089	0.657	6	507	33	Samuel	877	0.541	-3	173
34	Catherine	2,081	0.655	2	453	34	Sam	821	0.506	10	352
35	Louise	2,070	0.651	5	534	35	Howard	779	0.480	-1	190
36	Edith	2,068	0.651	-4	275	36	Herbert	751	0.463	-3	161
37	Sarah	2,055	0.647	1	468	37	Andrew	718	0.443	-1	140
38	Elsie	2,045	0.644	-5	339	38	Elmer	699	0.431	-1	185
39	Esther	2,017	0.635	-10	194	39	Lee	675	0.416	11	287
40	Lillie	2,004	0.631	5	654	40	Lawrence	659	0.406	0	162
41	Agnes	1,914	0.602	-4	303	41	Francis	652	0.402	-3	151
42	Ella	1,911	0.601	0	409	42	Alfred	640	0.395	-1	144
43	Nellie	1,850	0.582	-2	340	43	Will	603	0.372	5	189
44	Mattie	1,834	0.577	4	663	44	Daniel	598	0.369	-2	113
45	Laura	1,824	0.574	-2	352	45	Eugene	587	0.362	0	138
46	Julia	1,766	0.556	1	469	46	Leo	570	0.352	-3	88
47	Josephine	1,743	0.549	-3	355	47	Oscar	563	0.347	-1	116
48	Carrie	1,711	0.538	-2	365	48	Floyd	555	0.342	4	199
49	Viola	1,674	0.527	1	518	49	Herman	550	0.339	0	137
50	Hattie	1,553	0.489	3	466	50	Jesse	536	0.331	-3	113

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.