Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1909

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1909 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	19,259	5.232	-125	-16,932	1	John	9,591	5.423	-26	-472
2	Helen	9,250	2.513	-411	-8,505	2	William	7,914	4.475	-1	6,602
3	Margaret	7,359	1.999	-124	-5,047	3	James	7,594	4.294	-1	5,931
4	Ruth	6,509	1.768	-261	-5,275	4	George	4,688	2.651	-123	-1,629
5	Dorothy	6,253	1.699	-581	-5,736	5	Robert	4,563	2.580	-66	577
6	Anna	5,804	1.577	-48	-1,659	6	Joseph	4,348	2.458	-17	5,207
7	Elizabeth	5,176	1.406	-6	3,337	7	Charles	4,029	2.278	-45	2,575
8	Mildred	5,054	1.373	-2,061	-4,961	8	Frank	3,244	1.834	-384	-2,441
9	Marie	4,301	1.168	-567	-3,771	9	Edward	2,935	1.659	-160	-667
10	Alice	4,170	1.133	-61	-527	10	Thomas	2,468	1.395	-39	4,311
11	Florence	3,789	1.029	-960	-3,520	11	Henry	2,411	1.363	-5	8,238
12	Frances	3,780	1.027	-433	-3,065	12	Walter	2,287	1.293	-259	-984
13	Ethel	3,661	0.995	-4,343	-3,629	13	Willie	2,175	1.230	-921	-1,951
14	Lillian	3,596	0.977	-20	1,938	14	Harry	1,924	1.088	-606	-1,497
15	Gladys	3,538	0.961	-3,424	-3,493	15	Albert	1,816	1.027	-437	-1,159
16	Edna	3,429	0.932	-1,721	-3,312	16	Harold	1,725	0.975	-781	-1,444
17	Rose	3,374	0.917	-106	-942	17	Paul	1,676	0.948	-217	-51
18	Evelyn	3,157	0.858	8	7,219	18	Arthur	1,665	0.941	-212	-23
19	Louise	3,019	0.820	-781	-2,680	19	Clarence	1,518	0.858	-1,097	-1,346
20	Irene	2,961	0.804	-617	-2,497	20	Raymond	1,441	0.815	-279	-292
21	Grace	2,912	0.791	-3	3,812	21	Richard	1,427	0.807	-167	692
22	Annie	2,904	0.789	-286	-1,824	22	Fred	1,355	0.766	-1,628	-1,258
23	Catherine	2,897	0.787	-181	-1,399	23	Joe	1,292	0.730	-672	-947
24	Hazel	2,708	0.736	-18	2,208	24	Louis	1,231	0.696	-239	137
25	Gertrude	2,622	0.712	-5,461	-2,599	25	Carl	1,215	0.687	-675	-873
26	Thelma	2,612	0.710	-4,932	-2,585	26	Howard	1,166	0.659	-942	-953
27	Ruby	2,524	0.686	-47	1,028	27	Jack	1,150	0.650	-1	7,684
28	Martha	2,510	0.682	-769	-2,169	28	Roy	1,135	0.642	-514	-621
29	Bertha	2,444	0.664	-4,730	-2,416	29	David	1,094	0.619	7	8,603
30	Virginia	2,420	0.657	-510	-1,842	30	Ralph	1,091	0.617	-921	-874
31	Josephine	2,416	0.656	-60	607	31	Earl	1,007	0.569	-1,633	-912
32	Clara	2,403	0.653	-71	474	32	Samuel	983	0.556	11	8,751
33	Edith	2,371	0.644	-485	-1,772	33	Francis	886	0.501	-447	-280
34	Emma	2,338	0.635	33	16,350	34	Ernest	885	0.500	-944	-675
35	Bessie	2,276	0.618	-10,590	-2,267	35	Lawrence	854	0.483	-463	-281
36	Lucille	2,192	0.596	-259	-1,077	36	Charlie	833	0.471	-182	883
37	Esther	2,185	0.594	-116	-354	37	Herbert	831	0.470	-1,990	-760
38	Beatrice	2,105	0.572	-535	-1,570	38	Andrew	766	0.433	-5	6,468
39	Elsie	2,064	0.561	-241	-886	39	Alfred	763	0.431	-833	-514
40	Pearl	2,048	0.556	-607	-1,593	40	Anthony	758	0.429	2	7,245
41	Mabel	2,007	0.545	-395	-1,285	41	Kenneth	746	0.422	-185	909
42	Agnes	1,974	0.536	-1,162	-1,779	42	Donald	725	0.410	-484	-192
43	Myrtle	1,950	0.530	OLD	-1,950	43	Eugene	724	0.409	-819	-472
44	Ida	1,943	0.528	-1,177	-1,753	44	Sam	700	0.396	-559	-249
45	Julia	1,931	0.525	-48	1,058	45	Elmer	687	0.388	-1,214	-542
46	Viola	1,926	0.523	-1,088	-1,712	46	Leonard	665	0.376	-587	-250
47	Eva	1,896	0.515	-28	1,646	47	Michael	635	0.359	33	10,985
48	Pauline	1,896	0.515	-2,737	-1,835	48	Herman	618	0.349	-2,184	-557
49	Sarah	1,845	0.501	-18	1,889	49	Leo	609	0.344	-1	6,110
50	Minnie	1,779	0.483	-2,569	-1,713	50	Stanley	607	0.343	-657	-268

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.