Most popular baby names of 1900

Top 100 boys & girls in 1900 (decade snapshot). Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

In 1900, the most popular US baby name for girls was Mary (16,705 babies) and for boys was John (9,828 babies), according to the Social Security Administration. The top five girl names were Mary, Helen, Anna, Margaret, Ruth; the top five boy names were John, William, James, George, Charles. The full top 100 for each sex, with birth counts, is below.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names. Data as of SSA national data through 2025, state data through 2025, retrieved June 2026.

Top 100 girl names, 1900

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	16,705
2	Helen	6,342
3	Anna	6,114
4	Margaret	5,304
5	Ruth	4,765
6	Elizabeth	4,096
7	Florence	3,920
8	Ethel	3,896
9	Marie	3,856
10	Lillian	3,414
11	Annie	3,324
12	Edna	3,102
13	Emma	3,095
14	Alice	3,059
15	Bessie	3,044
16	Bertha	3,019
17	Grace	2,942
18	Rose	2,844
19	Clara	2,826
20	Mildred	2,800
21	Gladys	2,733
22	Minnie	2,673
23	Gertrude	2,580
24	Pearl	2,512
25	Mabel	2,509
26	Frances	2,495
27	Dorothy	2,491
28	Martha	2,437
29	Hazel	2,425
30	Ida	2,285
31	Irene	2,264
32	Myrtle	2,252
33	Eva	2,089
34	Catherine	2,081
35	Louise	2,070
36	Edith	2,068
37	Sarah	2,054
38	Elsie	2,045
39	Esther	2,017
40	Lillie	2,004
41	Agnes	1,914
42	Ella	1,911
43	Nellie	1,850
44	Mattie	1,834
45	Laura	1,824
46	Julia	1,766
47	Josephine	1,743
48	Carrie	1,711
49	Viola	1,674
50	Hattie	1,553
51	Ruby	1,540
52	Lena	1,506
53	Jessie	1,422
54	Mae	1,406
55	Cora	1,389
56	Beatrice	1,382
57	Alma	1,372
58	Willie	1,351
59	Mamie	1,337
60	Blanche	1,332
61	Lucy	1,246
62	Fannie	1,237
63	Lula	1,237
64	Jennie	1,204
65	Katherine	1,201
66	Marion	1,197
67	Lucille	1,182
68	Stella	1,177
69	Rosa	1,118
70	Evelyn	1,116
71	Pauline	1,104
72	Ada	1,101
73	Thelma	1,094
74	Virginia	1,068
75	Maggie	1,045
76	Vera	1,024
77	Maude	1,013
78	Beulah	974
79	Dora	958
80	Susie	947
81	Daisy	931
82	Ellen	922
83	Nora	919
84	Sadie	895
85	Leona	825
86	Marguerite	786
87	Georgia	765
88	Eleanor	753
89	Effie	752
90	Della	748
91	May	744
92	Ann	736
93	Kathryn	721
94	Nettie	711
95	Olive	705
96	Bernice	702
97	Lottie	690
98	Sallie	676
99	Nancy	673
100	Betty	665

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names. Data as of SSA national data through 2025, state data through 2025, retrieved June 2026.

Top 100 boy names, 1900

#	Name	Babies
1	John	9,828
2	William	8,579
3	James	7,245
4	George	5,403
5	Charles	4,098
6	Robert	3,821
7	Joseph	3,714
8	Frank	3,477
9	Edward	2,720
10	Henry	2,606
11	Thomas	2,556
12	Walter	2,298
13	Harry	2,272
14	Willie	2,113
15	Arthur	1,853
16	Albert	1,741
17	Fred	1,646
18	Clarence	1,483
19	Paul	1,288
20	Harold	1,245
21	Roy	1,215
22	Joe	1,179
23	Raymond	1,150
24	Richard	1,141
25	Charlie	1,124
26	Louis	1,097
27	Jack	1,053
28	Earl	1,037
29	Carl	1,016
30	Ernest	1,012
31	Ralph	896
32	David	883
33	Samuel	877
34	Sam	821
35	Howard	779
36	Herbert	751
37	Andrew	718
38	Elmer	699
39	Lee	675
40	Lawrence	659
41	Francis	652
42	Alfred	640
43	Will	603
44	Daniel	598
45	Eugene	587
46	Leo	570
47	Oscar	563
48	Floyd	555
49	Herman	550
50	Jesse	536
51	Michael	495
52	Lewis	469
53	Tom	469
54	Leonard	465
55	Ray	457
56	Clyde	451
57	Benjamin	450
58	Peter	443
59	Claude	433
60	Lester	431
61	Theodore	429
62	Russell	427
63	Eddie	425
64	Frederick	420
65	Leroy	419
66	Clifford	409
67	Anthony	406
68	Jim	399
69	Jessie	398
70	Martin	383
71	Edgar	374
72	Chester	364
73	Ben	355
74	Edwin	350
75	Dewey	345
76	Cecil	344
77	Stanley	342
78	Lloyd	337
79	Donald	328
80	Homer	326
81	Harvey	322
82	Luther	316
83	Norman	316
84	Johnnie	313
85	Leon	310
86	Bernard	308
87	Ed	297
88	Hugh	290
89	Patrick	285
90	Kenneth	279
91	Leslie	275
92	Victor	269
93	Alexander	260
94	Philip	259
95	Oliver	256
96	Mack	250
97	Horace	244
98	Milton	242
99	Guy	240
100	Everett	237

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names. Data as of SSA national data through 2025, state data through 2025, retrieved June 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

What were the most popular baby names in 1900?

In 1900, the most popular US girl name was Mary (16,705 babies) and the most popular boy name was John (9,828 babies), per the Social Security Administration. The top five girls were Mary, Helen, Anna, Margaret, Ruth; the top five boys were John, William, James, George, Charles.

How many babies got the #1 name in 1900?

In 1900, Mary was given to 16,705 baby girls and John to 9,828 baby boys, the highest counts that year in SSA national data.

Source

U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data for 1900. SSA national data through 2025, state data through 2025, retrieved June 2026. Public domain (U.S. Government). See our methodology.

Last updated: 2026-06-22