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

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1905 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1904						Change from 1904
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	16,067	5.185	0	1,106	1	John	8,060	5.627	0	-48
2	Helen	6,811	2.198	0	323	2	William	6,495	4.534	0	79
3	Margaret	5,690	1.836	1	388	3	James	6,042	4.218	0	187
4	Anna	5,424	1.750	-1	94	4	George	4,256	2.971	0	37
5	Ruth	5,068	1.636	0	168	5	Charles	3,608	2.519	1	202
6	Elizabeth	4,121	1.330	0	288	6	Robert	3,410	2.381	-1	-4
7	Dorothy	3,937	1.271	3	460	7	Joseph	3,302	2.305	0	11
8	Mildred	3,758	1.213	1	233	8	Frank	2,837	1.981	0	38
9	Marie	3,643	1.176	-2	48	9	Edward	2,366	1.652	0	32
10	Alice	3,610	1.165	3	479	10	Thomas	2,135	1.491	1	78
11	Florence	3,478	1.122	-3	-94	11	Henry	2,126	1.484	-1	40
12	Ethel	3,401	1.098	-1	105	12	Walter	1,902	1.328	0	29
13	Lillian	3,185	1.028	-1	46	13	Willie	1,782	1.244	1	107
14	Gladys	2,996	0.967	0	20	14	Harry	1,619	1.130	-1	-103
15	Edna	2,953	0.953	0	191	15	Albert	1,532	1.070	1	79
16	Frances	2,887	0.932	0	230	16	Arthur	1,505	1.051	-1	10
17	Annie	2,793	0.901	0	162	17	Clarence	1,377	0.961	0	67
18	Rose	2,724	0.879	0	93	18	Fred	1,284	0.896	0	61
19	Grace	2,630	0.849	0	117	19	Paul	1,262	0.881	0	68
20	Bessie	2,446	0.789	1	106	20	Harold	1,258	0.878	0	72
21	Bertha	2,434	0.786	-1	71	21	Raymond	1,159	0.809	1	66
22	Clara	2,397	0.774	2	116	22	Richard	1,033	0.721	2	76
23	Louise	2,367	0.764	5	231	23	Joe	1,024	0.715	0	65
24	Irene	2,357	0.761	2	145	24	Roy	1,016	0.709	-3	-107
25	Hazel	2,351	0.759	-2	50	25	Louis	981	0.685	1	45
26	Emma	2,298	0.742	-4	-14	26	Carl	959	0.670	-1	6
27	Gertrude	2,276	0.735	-2	7	27	Ralph	938	0.655	1	39
28	Catherine	2,198	0.709	3	215	28	Jack	907	0.633	-1	-1
29	Mabel	2,178	0.703	-2	6	29	Earl	904	0.631	0	50
30	Edith	2,137	0.690	3	193	30	Samuel	856	0.598	4	129
31	Pearl	2,108	0.680	-1	93	31	Ernest	845	0.590	1	96
32	Martha	2,091	0.675	-3	72	32	David	838	0.585	-1	21
33	Myrtle	2,026	0.654	1	121	33	Theodore	834	0.582	-3	0
34	Esther	1,993	0.643	-2	36	34	Charlie	801	0.559	-1	62
35	Minnie	1,950	0.629	0	65	35	Howard	735	0.513	0	9
36	Thelma	1,945	0.628	1	188	36	Francis	685	0.478	0	-1
37	Josephine	1,894	0.611	3	193	37	Herbert	681	0.475	0	1
38	Ruby	1,885	0.608	3	184	38	Lawrence	670	0.468	0	8
39	Eva	1,815	0.586	-3	-43	39	Andrew	620	0.433	4	73
40	Elsie	1,811	0.584	-1	92	40	Sam	620	0.433	0	17
41	Sarah	1,762	0.569	2	168	41	Elmer	602	0.420	-2	-18
42	Ida	1,757	0.567	-4	6	42	Eugene	593	0.414	2	52
43	Agnes	1,718	0.554	-1	46	43	Alfred	591	0.413	-2	-9
44	Viola	1,697	0.548	2	152	44	Floyd	523	0.365	8	77
45	Beatrice	1,661	0.536	0	112	45	Michael	513	0.358	5	51
46	Evelyn	1,661	0.536	4	290	46	Leo	512	0.357	-4	-40
47	Julia	1,642	0.530	2	216	47	Leonard	495	0.346	-1	-13
48	Nellie	1,626	0.525	-4	66	48	Anthony	490	0.342	8	68
49	Laura	1,566	0.505	-2	58	49	Lee	486	0.339	-4	-46
50	Lucille	1,533	0.495	3	182	50	Daniel	484	0.338	-1	12

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.