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

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1903 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1902						Change from 1902
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	14,275	5.131	0	-211	1	John	7,608	5.883	0	-299
2	Helen	6,129	2.203	0	162	2	William	6,311	4.880	0	-305
3	Anna	5,098	1.833	0	-190	3	James	5,480	4.237	0	-112
4	Margaret	5,046	1.814	0	35	4	George	3,961	3.063	0	-262
5	Ruth	4,518	1.624	0	134	5	Charles	3,213	2.484	0	-148
6	Elizabeth	3,723	1.338	0	29	6	Joseph	3,121	2.413	1	23
7	Marie	3,469	1.247	1	45	7	Robert	3,044	2.354	-1	-136
8	Florence	3,468	1.247	-1	-41	8	Frank	2,644	2.044	0	-112
9	Ethel	3,257	1.171	0	-38	9	Edward	2,268	1.754	0	-26
10	Mildred	3,088	1.110	4	338	10	Thomas	1,962	1.517	1	-172
11	Dorothy	3,078	1.106	4	371	11	Henry	1,922	1.486	-1	-232
12	Alice	2,996	1.077	-2	-139	12	Walter	1,840	1.423	0	-18
13	Lillian	2,972	1.068	-2	-91	13	Harry	1,647	1.274	0	-103
14	Gladys	2,674	0.961	-2	-135	14	Willie	1,454	1.124	0	-111
15	Edna	2,667	0.959	-2	-87	15	Arthur	1,435	1.110	0	-51
16	Grace	2,615	0.940	1	-27	16	Albert	1,337	1.034	0	-38
17	Annie	2,551	0.917	-1	-113	17	Clarence	1,261	0.975	0	-31
18	Rose	2,478	0.891	2	34	18	Fred	1,204	0.931	0	-82
19	Frances	2,365	0.850	4	39	19	Paul	1,081	0.836	1	14
20	Clara	2,342	0.842	1	-90	20	Harold	1,065	0.824	-1	-12
21	Bessie	2,339	0.841	-2	-109	21	Raymond	1,051	0.813	0	-14
22	Bertha	2,309	0.830	0	-63	22	Roy	975	0.754	0	-27
23	Emma	2,308	0.830	-5	-206	23	Carl	910	0.704	1	-42
24	Gertrude	2,253	0.810	3	46	24	Joe	895	0.692	-1	-60
25	Mabel	2,163	0.778	-1	-117	25	Louis	889	0.687	0	-23
26	Hazel	2,139	0.769	-1	-99	26	Richard	863	0.667	0	-45
27	Pearl	2,046	0.735	1	-54	27	Earl	837	0.647	0	-40
28	Irene	2,001	0.719	-2	-209	28	Jack	831	0.643	4	88
29	Martha	1,980	0.712	1	-50	29	Ralph	807	0.624	-1	-59
30	Myrtle	1,980	0.712	2	96	30	Ernest	764	0.591	-1	-26
31	Louise	1,935	0.696	5	103	31	Samuel	741	0.573	2	39
32	Catherine	1,916	0.689	-1	20	32	Charlie	739	0.571	-2	-22
33	Edith	1,901	0.683	0	48	33	David	716	0.554	-2	-45
34	Esther	1,883	0.677	1	50	34	Herbert	668	0.517	2	53
35	Minnie	1,846	0.664	-6	-209	35	Francis	665	0.514	3	68
36	Eva	1,783	0.641	1	56	36	Theodore	663	0.513	-2	21
37	Ida	1,774	0.638	-3	-62	37	Howard	636	0.492	-2	4
38	Elsie	1,720	0.618	0	0	38	Leo	636	0.492	5	85
39	Agnes	1,616	0.581	1	-60	39	Alfred	557	0.431	0	-33
40	Josephine	1,587	0.570	1	21	40	Elmer	556	0.430	0	-18
41	Sarah	1,553	0.558	-2	-157	41	Sam	552	0.427	0	-7
42	Ruby	1,538	0.553	5	80	42	Andrew	550	0.425	0	-8
43	Laura	1,504	0.541	0	-55	43	Lawrence	536	0.414	-6	-62
44	Viola	1,495	0.537	4	48	44	Eugene	478	0.370	0	-46
45	Nellie	1,491	0.536	-3	-75	45	Lee	477	0.369	1	2
46	Lillie	1,485	0.534	-2	-48	46	Floyd	472	0.365	1	1
47	Thelma	1,479	0.532	5	170	47	Michael	466	0.360	1	6
48	Julia	1,447	0.520	-2	-54	48	Herman	449	0.347	1	-8
49	Beatrice	1,439	0.517	0	10	49	Leonard	448	0.346	3	22
50	Ella	1,419	0.510	-5	-106	50	Daniel	432	0.334	-5	-69

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.