100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1900

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 9,834
2 William 0 8,580
3 James 0 7,246
4 George 0 5,405
5 Charles 0 4,102
6 Robert +1 3,827
7 Joseph -1 3,714
8 Frank 0 3,477
9 Edward 0 2,723
10 Henry 0 2,606
11 Thomas 0 2,557
12 Walter 0 2,298
13 Harry 0 2,272
14 Willie +4 2,113
15 Arthur -1 1,853
16 Albert -1 1,742
17 Fred -1 1,646
18 Clarence -1 1,483
19 Paul +2 1,288
20 Harold -1 1,246
21 Roy -1 1,215
22 Joe +2 1,180
23 Raymond -1 1,150
24 Richard +4 1,143
25 Charlie +6 1,124
26 Louis 0 1,099
27 Jack +8 1,053
28 Earl -5 1,037
29 Carl -4 1,016
30 Ernest -3 1,012
31 Ralph -2 896
32 David 0 889
33 Samuel -3 877
34 Sam +10 821
35 Howard -1 781
36 Herbert -3 751
37 Andrew -1 718
38 Elmer -1 699
39 Lee +11 675
40 Lawrence 0 659
41 Francis -3 652
42 Alfred -1 640
43 Will +5 603
44 Daniel -2 601
45 Eugene 0 587
46 Leo -3 570
47 Oscar -1 563
48 Floyd +4 555
49 Herman 0 550
50 Jesse -3 536
51 Michael 0 499
52 Tom +15 470
53 Lewis +1 469
54 Leonard +6 465
55 Ray +6 457
56 Benjamin +1 451
57 Clyde +1 451
58 Peter -5 443
59 Claude +4 433
60 Lester +5 432
61 Theodore +17 429
62 Russell -6 427
63 Eddie +12 426
64 Frederick -9 420
65 Leroy +4 419
66 Clifford -4 409
67 Anthony -3 406
68 Jim +3 399
69 Jessie +1 397
70 Martin +2 383
71 Edgar +9 374
72 Chester -6 364
73 Ben 0 355
74 Edwin -15 350
75 Dewey -36 345
76 Cecil +1 344
77 Stanley -1 342
78 Lloyd -10 337
79 Donald -5 328
80 Homer +2 326
81 Harvey -2 322
82 Luther -1 316
83 Norman 0 316
84 Johnnie +29 313
85 Leon +8 310
86 Bernard -1 308
87 Ed +14 297
88 Hugh 0 290
89 Patrick -3 285
90 Kenneth -3 279
91 Leslie +5 275
92 Victor +8 269
93 Alexander +4 261
94 Philip -10 259
95 Oliver +14 256
96 Mack +14 250
97 Horace +8 244
98 Milton -9 242
99 Guy -9 240
100 Everett -5 237
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 16,710
2 Helen +1 6,343
3 Anna -1 6,115
4 Margaret 0 5,305
5 Ruth 0 4,765
6 Elizabeth +1 4,097
7 Florence -1 3,920
8 Ethel +1 3,896
9 Marie -1 3,856
10 Lillian 0 3,414
11 Annie +7 3,324
12 Edna -1 3,102
13 Emma 0 3,095
14 Alice -2 3,059
15 Bessie +4 3,044
16 Bertha 0 3,019
17 Grace -2 2,943
18 Rose +3 2,845
19 Clara -5 2,826
20 Mildred -3 2,800
21 Gladys -1 2,733
22 Minnie +3 2,673
23 Gertrude 0 2,580
24 Pearl +3 2,512
25 Mabel -3 2,508
26 Frances -2 2,496
27 Dorothy +8 2,492
28 Martha 0 2,437
29 Hazel -3 2,425
30 Ida +1 2,285
31 Irene +3 2,264
32 Myrtle -2 2,252
33 Eva +6 2,089
34 Catherine +2 2,081
35 Louise +5 2,071
36 Edith -4 2,068
37 Sarah +1 2,055
38 Elsie -5 2,045
39 Esther -10 2,017
40 Lillie +5 2,004
41 Agnes -4 1,914
42 Ella 0 1,911
43 Nellie -2 1,850
44 Mattie +4 1,834
45 Laura -2 1,825
46 Julia +1 1,766
47 Josephine -3 1,743
48 Carrie -2 1,711
49 Viola +1 1,674
50 Hattie +3 1,553
51 Ruby +1 1,541
52 Lena -3 1,506
53 Jessie +1 1,422
54 Mae +5 1,406
55 Cora +3 1,389
56 Beatrice 0 1,382
57 Alma -6 1,372
58 Willie +15 1,351
59 Mamie +5 1,337
60 Blanche -5 1,332
61 Lucy -1 1,246
62 Lula +5 1,237
63 Fannie +5 1,236
64 Jennie -7 1,204
65 Katherine 0 1,201
66 Marion -3 1,197
67 Lucille +4 1,182
68 Stella -6 1,177
69 Rosa +8 1,118
70 Evelyn +4 1,116
71 Pauline +1 1,104
72 Ada -11 1,101
73 Thelma +5 1,094
74 Virginia +1 1,069
75 Maggie -5 1,045
76 Vera -7 1,024
77 Maude -11 1,013
78 Beulah -2 974
79 Dora 0 958
80 Susie +6 946
81 Daisy +4 931
82 Ellen -1 922
83 Nora -3 919
84 Sadie -2 895
85 Leona -1 825
86 Marguerite -3 786
87 Georgia +12 765
88 Eleanor +6 753
89 Effie +1 752
90 Della +1 748
91 May +4 744
92 Ann 0 736
93 Kathryn -5 722
94 Nettie -5 711
95 Olive +3 705
96 Bernice +7 702
97 Lottie -4 690
98 Sallie +2 676
99 Nancy +8 674
100 Betty +19 665