Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1901

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1901 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	13,136	5.167	-125	-10,809	1	John	6,900	5.969	-26	2,219
2	Helen	5,247	2.064	-411	-4,502	2	William	5,990	5.182	-1	8,526
3	Anna	4,923	1.936	-51	-778	3	James	4,735	4.096	-1	8,790
4	Margaret	4,424	1.740	-123	-2,112	4	George	3,609	3.122	-123	-550
5	Ruth	3,974	1.563	-260	-2,740	5	Charles	3,049	2.638	-47	3,555
6	Elizabeth	3,216	1.265	-7	5,297	6	Joseph	2,766	2.393	-17	6,789
7	Marie	3,157	1.242	-569	-2,627	7	Robert	2,543	2.200	-64	2,597
8	Florence	3,131	1.232	-963	-2,862	8	Frank	2,402	2.078	-384	-1,599
9	Ethel	3,067	1.206	-4,347	-3,035	9	Edward	1,917	1.658	-160	351
10	Lillian	2,681	1.055	-24	2,853	10	Henry	1,870	1.618	-6	8,779
11	Gladys	2,676	1.053	-3,428	-2,631	11	Thomas	1,820	1.574	-38	4,959
12	Alice	2,562	1.008	-59	1,081	12	Walter	1,718	1.486	-259	-415
13	Edna	2,488	0.979	-1,724	-2,371	13	Harry	1,594	1.379	-607	-1,167
14	Mildred	2,424	0.953	-2,055	-2,331	14	Arthur	1,329	1.150	-216	313
15	Grace	2,398	0.943	-9	4,326	15	Albert	1,317	1.139	-437	-660
16	Annie	2,396	0.942	-292	-1,316	16	Willie	1,294	1.119	-918	-1,070
17	Emma	2,374	0.934	16	16,314	17	Clarence	1,196	1.035	-1,099	-1,024
18	Clara	2,319	0.912	-85	558	18	Fred	1,133	0.980	-1,632	-1,036
19	Bertha	2,257	0.888	-4,740	-2,229	19	Paul	924	0.799	-215	701
20	Rose	2,212	0.870	-103	220	20	Roy	917	0.793	-522	-403
21	Bessie	2,183	0.859	-10,604	-2,174	21	Harold	915	0.792	-776	-634
22	Dorothy	2,173	0.855	-564	-1,656	22	Raymond	888	0.768	-277	261
23	Hazel	2,097	0.825	-19	2,819	23	Earl	818	0.708	-1,641	-723
24	Mabel	2,097	0.825	-412	-1,375	24	Carl	817	0.707	-676	-475
25	Frances	2,071	0.815	-420	-1,356	25	Louis	797	0.689	-238	571
26	Minnie	2,026	0.797	-2,593	-1,960	26	Richard	784	0.678	-162	1,335
27	Gertrude	1,964	0.773	-5,459	-1,941	27	Joe	756	0.654	-668	-411
28	Myrtle	1,892	0.744	OLD	-1,892	28	Ernest	691	0.598	-950	-481
29	Martha	1,886	0.742	-768	-1,545	29	Ralph	682	0.590	-922	-465
30	Irene	1,879	0.739	-607	-1,415	30	David	672	0.581	8	9,025
31	Pearl	1,866	0.734	-616	-1,411	31	Charlie	654	0.566	-187	1,062
32	Edith	1,863	0.733	-486	-1,264	32	Jack	645	0.558	4	8,189
33	Esther	1,844	0.725	-120	-13	33	Samuel	628	0.543	12	9,106
34	Ida	1,835	0.722	-1,187	-1,645	34	Howard	584	0.505	-934	-371
35	Elsie	1,747	0.687	-245	-569	35	Herbert	573	0.496	-1,992	-502
36	Louise	1,640	0.645	-764	-1,301	36	Francis	543	0.470	-444	63
37	Eva	1,617	0.636	-38	1,925	37	Lawrence	535	0.463	-461	38
38	Catherine	1,599	0.629	-166	-101	38	Elmer	520	0.450	-1,221	-375
39	Agnes	1,525	0.600	-1,165	-1,330	39	Alfred	506	0.438	-833	-257
40	Sarah	1,514	0.596	-27	2,220	40	Andrew	479	0.414	-3	6,755
41	Nellie	1,454	0.572	-1,030	-1,218	41	Sam	479	0.414	-562	-28
42	Ella	1,435	0.564	27	6,620	42	Leo	456	0.394	-8	6,263
43	Josephine	1,434	0.564	-48	1,589	43	Theodore	450	0.389	-1	6,570
44	Laura	1,402	0.551	-296	-467	44	Eugene	445	0.385	-818	-193
45	Lillie	1,382	0.544	-623	-943	45	Lee	424	0.367	-644	-74
46	Julia	1,362	0.536	-47	1,627	46	Floyd	423	0.366	-1,770	-340
47	Viola	1,331	0.524	-1,087	-1,117	47	Oscar	422	0.365	-159	1,523
48	Carrie	1,247	0.491	-1,720	-1,132	48	Daniel	416	0.360	33	10,757
49	Ruby	1,225	0.482	-25	2,327	49	Jesse	411	0.356	-136	1,715
50	Mattie	1,224	0.481	-1,007	-984	50	Russell	395	0.342	-363	369

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.