Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1903

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1903 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	14,275	5.131	-125	-11,948	1	John	7,608	5.883	-26	1,511
2	Helen	6,129	2.203	-411	-5,384	2	William	6,311	4.880	-1	8,205
3	Anna	5,098	1.833	-51	-953	3	James	5,480	4.237	-1	8,045
4	Margaret	5,046	1.814	-123	-2,734	4	George	3,961	3.063	-123	-902
5	Ruth	4,518	1.624	-260	-3,284	5	Charles	3,213	2.484	-47	3,391
6	Elizabeth	3,723	1.338	-7	4,790	6	Joseph	3,121	2.413	-17	6,434
7	Marie	3,469	1.247	-569	-2,939	7	Robert	3,044	2.354	-64	2,096
8	Florence	3,468	1.247	-963	-3,199	8	Frank	2,644	2.044	-384	-1,841
9	Ethel	3,257	1.171	-4,347	-3,225	9	Edward	2,268	1.754	-160	0
10	Mildred	3,088	1.110	-2,059	-2,995	10	Thomas	1,962	1.517	-39	4,817
11	Dorothy	3,078	1.106	-575	-2,561	11	Henry	1,922	1.486	-5	8,727
12	Alice	2,996	1.077	-59	647	12	Walter	1,840	1.423	-259	-537
13	Lillian	2,972	1.068	-21	2,562	13	Harry	1,647	1.274	-607	-1,220
14	Gladys	2,674	0.961	-3,425	-2,629	14	Willie	1,454	1.124	-920	-1,230
15	Edna	2,667	0.959	-1,722	-2,550	15	Arthur	1,435	1.110	-215	207
16	Grace	2,615	0.940	-8	4,109	16	Albert	1,337	1.034	-436	-680
17	Annie	2,551	0.917	-291	-1,471	17	Clarence	1,261	0.975	-1,099	-1,089
18	Rose	2,478	0.891	-105	-46	18	Fred	1,204	0.931	-1,632	-1,107
19	Frances	2,365	0.850	-426	-1,650	19	Paul	1,081	0.836	-215	544
20	Clara	2,342	0.842	-83	535	20	Harold	1,065	0.824	-777	-784
21	Bessie	2,339	0.841	-10,604	-2,330	21	Raymond	1,051	0.813	-278	98
22	Bertha	2,309	0.830	-4,737	-2,281	22	Roy	975	0.754	-520	-461
23	Emma	2,308	0.830	22	16,380	23	Carl	910	0.704	-677	-568
24	Gertrude	2,253	0.810	-5,462	-2,230	24	Joe	895	0.692	-671	-550
25	Mabel	2,163	0.778	-411	-1,441	25	Louis	889	0.687	-238	479
26	Hazel	2,139	0.769	-16	2,777	26	Richard	863	0.667	-162	1,256
27	Pearl	2,046	0.735	-620	-1,591	27	Earl	837	0.647	-1,637	-742
28	Irene	2,001	0.719	-609	-1,537	28	Jack	831	0.643	0	8,003
29	Martha	1,980	0.712	-768	-1,639	29	Ralph	807	0.624	-922	-590
30	Myrtle	1,980	0.712	OLD	-1,980	30	Ernest	764	0.591	-948	-554
31	Louise	1,935	0.696	-769	-1,596	31	Samuel	741	0.573	10	8,993
32	Catherine	1,916	0.689	-172	-418	32	Charlie	739	0.571	-186	977
33	Edith	1,901	0.683	-485	-1,302	33	David	716	0.554	11	8,981
34	Esther	1,883	0.677	-119	-52	34	Herbert	668	0.517	-1,993	-597
35	Minnie	1,846	0.664	-2,584	-1,780	35	Francis	665	0.514	-445	-59
36	Eva	1,783	0.641	-39	1,759	36	Theodore	663	0.513	-8	6,357
37	Ida	1,774	0.638	-1,184	-1,584	37	Howard	636	0.492	-931	-423
38	Elsie	1,720	0.618	-242	-542	38	Leo	636	0.492	-12	6,083
39	Agnes	1,616	0.581	-1,165	-1,421	39	Alfred	557	0.431	-833	-308
40	Josephine	1,587	0.570	-51	1,436	40	Elmer	556	0.430	-1,219	-411
41	Sarah	1,553	0.558	-26	2,181	41	Sam	552	0.427	-562	-101
42	Ruby	1,538	0.553	-32	2,014	42	Andrew	550	0.425	-1	6,684
43	Laura	1,504	0.541	-297	-569	43	Lawrence	536	0.414	-455	37
44	Viola	1,495	0.537	-1,090	-1,281	44	Eugene	478	0.370	-818	-226
45	Nellie	1,491	0.536	-1,026	-1,255	45	Lee	477	0.369	-644	-127
46	Lillie	1,485	0.534	-622	-1,046	46	Floyd	472	0.365	-1,770	-389
47	Thelma	1,479	0.532	-4,911	-1,452	47	Michael	466	0.360	33	11,154
48	Julia	1,447	0.520	-45	1,542	48	Herman	449	0.347	-2,184	-388
49	Beatrice	1,439	0.517	-524	-904	49	Leonard	448	0.346	-584	-33
50	Ella	1,419	0.510	35	6,636	50	Daniel	432	0.334	35	10,741

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.