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

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1901 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1900						Change from 1900
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	13,136	5.167	0	-3,570	1	John	6,900	5.969	0	-2,929
2	Helen	5,247	2.064	0	-1,096	2	William	5,990	5.182	0	-2,589
3	Anna	4,923	1.936	0	-1,191	3	James	4,735	4.096	0	-2,510
4	Margaret	4,424	1.740	0	-880	4	George	3,609	3.122	0	-1,794
5	Ruth	3,974	1.563	0	-791	5	Charles	3,049	2.638	0	-1,049
6	Elizabeth	3,216	1.265	0	-880	6	Joseph	2,766	2.393	1	-948
7	Marie	3,157	1.242	2	-699	7	Robert	2,543	2.200	-1	-1,278
8	Florence	3,131	1.232	-1	-789	8	Frank	2,402	2.078	0	-1,075
9	Ethel	3,067	1.206	-1	-829	9	Edward	1,917	1.658	0	-803
10	Lillian	2,681	1.055	0	-733	10	Henry	1,870	1.618	0	-736
11	Gladys	2,676	1.053	10	-57	11	Thomas	1,820	1.574	0	-737
12	Alice	2,562	1.008	2	-497	12	Walter	1,718	1.486	0	-580
13	Edna	2,488	0.979	-1	-614	13	Harry	1,594	1.379	0	-678
14	Mildred	2,424	0.953	6	-376	14	Arthur	1,329	1.150	1	-524
15	Grace	2,398	0.943	2	-544	15	Albert	1,317	1.139	1	-424
16	Annie	2,396	0.942	-5	-928	16	Willie	1,294	1.119	-2	-819
17	Emma	2,374	0.934	-4	-721	17	Clarence	1,196	1.035	1	-287
18	Clara	2,319	0.912	1	-507	18	Fred	1,133	0.980	-1	-513
19	Bertha	2,257	0.888	-3	-762	19	Paul	924	0.799	0	-364
20	Rose	2,212	0.870	-2	-633	20	Roy	917	0.793	1	-298
21	Bessie	2,183	0.859	-6	-861	21	Harold	915	0.792	-1	-331
22	Dorothy	2,173	0.855	5	-318	22	Raymond	888	0.768	1	-262
23	Hazel	2,097	0.825	6	-328	23	Earl	818	0.708	5	-219
24	Mabel	2,097	0.825	1	-412	24	Carl	817	0.707	5	-199
25	Frances	2,071	0.815	1	-424	25	Louis	797	0.689	1	-301
26	Minnie	2,026	0.797	-4	-647	26	Richard	784	0.678	-2	-357
27	Gertrude	1,964	0.773	-4	-616	27	Joe	756	0.654	-5	-423
28	Myrtle	1,892	0.744	4	-360	28	Ernest	691	0.598	2	-321
29	Martha	1,886	0.742	-1	-551	29	Ralph	682	0.590	2	-214
30	Irene	1,879	0.739	1	-385	30	David	672	0.581	2	-212
31	Pearl	1,866	0.734	-7	-646	31	Charlie	654	0.566	-6	-470
32	Edith	1,863	0.733	4	-205	32	Jack	645	0.558	-5	-408
33	Esther	1,844	0.725	6	-173	33	Samuel	628	0.543	0	-249
34	Ida	1,835	0.722	-4	-450	34	Howard	584	0.505	1	-195
35	Elsie	1,747	0.687	3	-298	35	Herbert	573	0.496	1	-178
36	Louise	1,640	0.645	-1	-430	36	Francis	543	0.470	5	-109
37	Eva	1,617	0.636	-4	-472	37	Lawrence	535	0.463	3	-124
38	Catherine	1,599	0.629	-4	-482	38	Elmer	520	0.450	0	-179
39	Agnes	1,525	0.600	2	-389	39	Alfred	506	0.438	3	-134
40	Sarah	1,514	0.596	-3	-541	40	Andrew	479	0.414	-3	-239
41	Nellie	1,454	0.572	2	-396	41	Sam	479	0.414	-7	-342
42	Ella	1,435	0.564	0	-476	42	Leo	456	0.394	4	-114
43	Josephine	1,434	0.564	4	-309	43	Theodore	450	0.389	18	21
44	Laura	1,402	0.551	1	-422	44	Eugene	445	0.385	1	-142
45	Lillie	1,382	0.544	-5	-622	45	Lee	424	0.367	-6	-251
46	Julia	1,362	0.536	0	-404	46	Floyd	423	0.366	2	-132
47	Viola	1,331	0.524	2	-343	47	Oscar	422	0.365	0	-141
48	Carrie	1,247	0.491	0	-464	48	Daniel	416	0.360	-4	-182
49	Ruby	1,225	0.482	2	-316	49	Jesse	411	0.356	1	-125
50	Mattie	1,224	0.481	-6	-610	50	Russell	395	0.342	12	-32

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.