Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1905

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1905 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	16,067	5.185	-125	-13,740	1	John	8,060	5.627	-26	1,059
2	Helen	6,811	2.198	-411	-6,066	2	William	6,495	4.534	-1	8,021
3	Margaret	5,690	1.836	-124	-3,378	3	James	6,042	4.218	-1	7,483
4	Anna	5,424	1.750	-50	-1,279	4	George	4,256	2.971	-123	-1,197
5	Ruth	5,068	1.636	-260	-3,834	5	Charles	3,608	2.519	-47	2,996
6	Elizabeth	4,121	1.330	-7	4,392	6	Robert	3,410	2.381	-65	1,730
7	Dorothy	3,937	1.271	-579	-3,420	7	Joseph	3,302	2.305	-16	6,253
8	Mildred	3,758	1.213	-2,061	-3,665	8	Frank	2,837	1.981	-384	-2,034
9	Marie	3,643	1.176	-567	-3,113	9	Edward	2,366	1.652	-160	-98
10	Alice	3,610	1.165	-61	33	10	Thomas	2,135	1.491	-39	4,644
11	Florence	3,478	1.122	-960	-3,209	11	Henry	2,126	1.484	-5	8,523
12	Ethel	3,401	1.098	-4,344	-3,369	12	Walter	1,902	1.328	-259	-599
13	Lillian	3,185	1.028	-21	2,349	13	Willie	1,782	1.244	-921	-1,558
14	Gladys	2,996	0.967	-3,425	-2,951	14	Harry	1,619	1.130	-606	-1,192
15	Edna	2,953	0.953	-1,722	-2,836	15	Albert	1,532	1.070	-437	-875
16	Frances	2,887	0.932	-429	-2,172	16	Arthur	1,505	1.051	-214	137
17	Annie	2,793	0.901	-291	-1,713	17	Clarence	1,377	0.961	-1,099	-1,205
18	Rose	2,724	0.879	-105	-292	18	Fred	1,284	0.896	-1,632	-1,187
19	Grace	2,630	0.849	-5	4,094	19	Paul	1,262	0.881	-215	363
20	Bessie	2,446	0.789	-10,605	-2,437	20	Harold	1,258	0.878	-777	-977
21	Bertha	2,434	0.786	-4,738	-2,406	21	Raymond	1,159	0.809	-278	-10
22	Clara	2,397	0.774	-81	480	22	Richard	1,033	0.721	-166	1,086
23	Louise	2,367	0.764	-777	-2,028	23	Joe	1,024	0.715	-672	-679
24	Irene	2,357	0.761	-613	-1,893	24	Roy	1,016	0.709	-518	-502
25	Hazel	2,351	0.759	-17	2,565	25	Louis	981	0.685	-238	387
26	Emma	2,298	0.742	25	16,390	26	Carl	959	0.670	-674	-617
27	Gertrude	2,276	0.735	-5,459	-2,253	27	Ralph	938	0.655	-924	-721
28	Catherine	2,198	0.709	-176	-700	28	Jack	907	0.633	0	7,927
29	Mabel	2,178	0.703	-407	-1,456	29	Earl	904	0.631	-1,635	-809
30	Edith	2,137	0.690	-488	-1,538	30	Samuel	856	0.598	9	8,878
31	Pearl	2,108	0.680	-616	-1,653	31	Ernest	845	0.590	-947	-635
32	Martha	2,091	0.675	-765	-1,750	32	David	838	0.585	10	8,859
33	Myrtle	2,026	0.654	OLD	-2,026	33	Theodore	834	0.582	-11	6,186
34	Esther	1,993	0.643	-119	-162	34	Charlie	801	0.559	-184	915
35	Minnie	1,950	0.629	-2,584	-1,884	35	Howard	735	0.513	-933	-522
36	Thelma	1,945	0.628	-4,922	-1,918	36	Francis	685	0.478	-444	-79
37	Josephine	1,894	0.611	-54	1,129	37	Herbert	681	0.475	-1,990	-610
38	Ruby	1,885	0.608	-36	1,667	38	Lawrence	670	0.468	-460	-97
39	Eva	1,815	0.586	-36	1,727	39	Andrew	620	0.433	-4	6,614
40	Elsie	1,811	0.584	-240	-633	40	Sam	620	0.433	-563	-169
41	Sarah	1,762	0.569	-26	1,972	41	Elmer	602	0.420	-1,218	-457
42	Ida	1,757	0.567	-1,179	-1,567	42	Eugene	593	0.414	-820	-341
43	Agnes	1,718	0.554	-1,161	-1,523	43	Alfred	591	0.413	-829	-342
44	Viola	1,697	0.548	-1,090	-1,483	44	Floyd	523	0.365	-1,772	-440
45	Beatrice	1,661	0.536	-528	-1,126	45	Michael	513	0.358	31	11,107
46	Evelyn	1,661	0.536	36	8,715	46	Leo	512	0.357	-4	6,207
47	Julia	1,642	0.530	-46	1,347	47	Leonard	495	0.346	-586	-80
48	Nellie	1,626	0.525	-1,023	-1,390	48	Anthony	490	0.342	10	7,513
49	Laura	1,566	0.505	-291	-631	49	Lee	486	0.339	-640	-136
50	Lucille	1,533	0.495	-245	-418	50	Daniel	484	0.338	35	10,689

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.