Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1902

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1902 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1901						Change from 1901
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	14,486	5.167	0	1,350	1	John	7,907	5.956	0	1,007
2	Helen	5,967	2.129	0	720	2	William	6,616	4.984	0	626
3	Anna	5,288	1.886	0	365	3	James	5,592	4.212	0	857
4	Margaret	5,011	1.788	0	587	4	George	4,223	3.181	0	614
5	Ruth	4,384	1.564	0	410	5	Charles	3,361	2.532	0	312
6	Elizabeth	3,694	1.318	0	478	6	Robert	3,180	2.396	1	637
7	Florence	3,509	1.252	1	378	7	Joseph	3,098	2.334	-1	332
8	Marie	3,424	1.221	-1	267	8	Frank	2,756	2.076	0	354
9	Ethel	3,295	1.175	0	228	9	Edward	2,294	1.728	0	377
10	Alice	3,135	1.118	2	573	10	Henry	2,154	1.623	0	284
11	Lillian	3,063	1.093	-1	382	11	Thomas	2,134	1.608	0	314
12	Gladys	2,809	1.002	-1	133	12	Walter	1,858	1.400	0	140
13	Edna	2,754	0.982	0	266	13	Harry	1,750	1.318	0	156
14	Mildred	2,750	0.981	0	326	14	Willie	1,565	1.179	2	271
15	Dorothy	2,707	0.966	7	534	15	Arthur	1,486	1.119	-1	157
16	Annie	2,664	0.950	0	268	16	Albert	1,375	1.036	-1	58
17	Grace	2,642	0.942	-2	244	17	Clarence	1,292	0.973	0	96
18	Emma	2,514	0.897	-1	140	18	Fred	1,286	0.969	0	153
19	Bessie	2,448	0.873	2	265	19	Harold	1,077	0.811	2	162
20	Rose	2,444	0.872	0	232	20	Paul	1,067	0.804	-1	143
21	Clara	2,432	0.868	-3	113	21	Raymond	1,065	0.802	1	177
22	Bertha	2,372	0.846	-3	115	22	Roy	1,002	0.755	-2	85
23	Frances	2,326	0.830	2	255	23	Joe	955	0.719	4	199
24	Mabel	2,280	0.813	0	183	24	Carl	952	0.717	0	135
25	Hazel	2,238	0.798	-2	141	25	Louis	912	0.687	0	115
26	Irene	2,210	0.788	4	331	26	Richard	908	0.684	0	124
27	Gertrude	2,207	0.787	0	243	27	Earl	877	0.661	-4	59
28	Pearl	2,100	0.749	3	234	28	Ralph	866	0.652	1	184
29	Minnie	2,055	0.733	-3	29	29	Ernest	790	0.595	-1	99
30	Martha	2,030	0.724	-1	144	30	Charlie	761	0.573	1	107
31	Catherine	1,896	0.676	7	297	31	David	761	0.573	-1	89
32	Myrtle	1,884	0.672	-4	-8	32	Jack	743	0.560	0	98
33	Edith	1,853	0.661	-1	-10	33	Samuel	702	0.529	0	74
34	Ida	1,836	0.655	0	1	34	Theodore	642	0.484	9	192
35	Esther	1,833	0.654	-2	-11	35	Howard	632	0.476	-1	48
36	Louise	1,832	0.654	0	192	36	Herbert	615	0.463	-1	42
37	Eva	1,727	0.616	0	110	37	Lawrence	598	0.450	0	63
38	Elsie	1,720	0.614	-3	-27	38	Francis	597	0.450	-2	54
39	Sarah	1,710	0.610	1	196	39	Alfred	590	0.444	0	84
40	Agnes	1,676	0.598	-1	151	40	Elmer	574	0.432	-2	54
41	Josephine	1,566	0.559	2	132	41	Sam	559	0.421	0	80
42	Nellie	1,566	0.559	-1	112	42	Andrew	558	0.420	-2	79
43	Laura	1,559	0.556	1	157	43	Leo	551	0.415	-1	95
44	Lillie	1,533	0.547	1	151	44	Eugene	524	0.395	0	79
45	Ella	1,525	0.544	-3	90	45	Daniel	501	0.377	3	85
46	Julia	1,501	0.535	0	139	46	Lee	475	0.358	-1	51
47	Ruby	1,458	0.520	2	233	47	Floyd	471	0.355	-1	48
48	Viola	1,447	0.516	-1	116	48	Michael	460	0.347	4	76
49	Beatrice	1,429	0.510	4	246	49	Herman	457	0.344	2	64
50	Carrie	1,376	0.491	-2	129	50	Jesse	437	0.329	-1	26

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.