Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1908

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1908 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1907						Change from 1907
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	18,665	5.265	0	1,085	1	John	9,342	5.615	0	359
2	Helen	8,439	2.380	0	860	2	William	7,528	4.525	0	624
3	Margaret	6,976	1.968	0	263	3	James	7,012	4.215	0	305
4	Ruth	6,180	1.743	1	607	4	George	4,584	2.755	0	139
5	Anna	5,860	1.653	-1	285	5	Robert	4,219	2.536	0	199
6	Dorothy	5,703	1.609	0	736	6	Joseph	4,162	2.502	1	318
7	Elizabeth	4,904	1.383	0	280	7	Charles	3,929	2.362	-1	45
8	Mildred	4,624	1.304	0	347	8	Frank	3,146	1.891	0	203
9	Alice	4,270	1.204	0	163	9	Edward	2,707	1.627	0	131
10	Marie	4,076	1.150	0	196	10	Thomas	2,301	1.383	1	126
11	Florence	3,883	1.095	0	133	11	Henry	2,283	1.372	-1	80
12	Ethel	3,786	1.068	0	88	12	Walter	2,192	1.318	0	97
13	Lillian	3,634	1.025	0	92	13	Willie	1,964	1.181	0	-4
14	Frances	3,593	1.013	2	294	14	Harry	1,934	1.163	0	121
15	Gladys	3,580	1.010	-1	277	15	Albert	1,642	0.987	0	6
16	Rose	3,382	0.954	1	266	16	Arthur	1,601	0.962	0	48
17	Edna	3,365	0.949	-2	64	17	Harold	1,542	0.927	0	90
18	Louise	2,937	0.828	3	318	18	Paul	1,478	0.888	2	120
19	Grace	2,901	0.818	1	154	19	Clarence	1,428	0.858	-1	39
20	Evelyn	2,857	0.806	-2	-178	20	Fred	1,381	0.830	-1	10
21	Annie	2,820	0.795	-2	-71	21	Raymond	1,381	0.830	0	91
22	Catherine	2,750	0.776	3	293	22	Louis	1,317	0.792	3	206
23	Irene	2,732	0.771	-1	115	23	Richard	1,244	0.748	-1	9
24	Hazel	2,698	0.761	-1	168	24	Joe	1,209	0.727	-1	32
25	Gertrude	2,562	0.723	-1	63	25	Ralph	1,138	0.684	4	140
26	Thelma	2,526	0.712	2	187	26	Roy	1,097	0.659	-2	-31
27	Edith	2,410	0.680	5	233	27	Jack	1,086	0.653	-1	67
28	Josephine	2,389	0.674	5	233	28	Howard	1,078	0.648	5	203
29	Bertha	2,384	0.672	-3	21	29	Carl	1,074	0.646	-2	56
30	Emma	2,357	0.665	-3	1	30	David	1,016	0.611	1	71
31	Clara	2,352	0.663	-2	33	31	Ernest	1,000	0.601	-1	22
32	Martha	2,324	0.656	-1	50	32	Earl	999	0.600	-4	-7
33	Ruby	2,229	0.629	1	116	33	Samuel	960	0.577	-1	68
34	Bessie	2,201	0.621	-4	-110	34	Francis	853	0.513	3	136
35	Virginia	2,195	0.619	6	302	35	Lawrence	815	0.490	-1	14
36	Esther	2,187	0.617	1	125	36	Herbert	759	0.456	3	48
37	Mabel	2,096	0.591	-1	27	37	Charlie	740	0.445	-2	-53
38	Lucille	2,080	0.587	7	227	38	Alfred	739	0.444	-2	1
39	Pearl	2,075	0.585	-4	-33	39	Andrew	722	0.434	1	14
40	Beatrice	1,997	0.563	4	139	40	Kenneth	692	0.416	7	103
41	Elsie	1,983	0.559	2	111	41	Anthony	690	0.415	5	97
42	Viola	1,964	0.554	5	159	42	Elmer	689	0.414	3	73
43	Ida	1,952	0.551	-5	-28	43	Eugene	689	0.414	-2	-2
44	Myrtle	1,952	0.551	-5	23	44	Michael	688	0.414	4	102
45	Agnes	1,934	0.546	1	105	45	Donald	664	0.399	-1	48
46	Eva	1,930	0.544	-4	46	46	Sam	644	0.387	-3	13
47	Minnie	1,817	0.513	-7	-90	47	Theodore	643	0.387	-9	-69
48	Sarah	1,814	0.512	0	15	48	Leonard	614	0.369	3	67
49	Nellie	1,757	0.496	1	86	49	Leo	584	0.351	-7	-67
50	Julia	1,749	0.493	-1	69	50	Herman	562	0.338	-1	1

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.