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Most popular baby names in the US, 1905

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1905, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	16,067
2	Helen	6,811
3	Margaret	5,690
4	Anna	5,424
5	Ruth	5,068
6	Elizabeth	4,121
7	Dorothy	3,937
8	Mildred	3,758
9	Marie	3,643
10	Alice	3,610
11	Florence	3,478
12	Ethel	3,401
13	Lillian	3,185
14	Gladys	2,996
15	Edna	2,953
16	Frances	2,887
17	Annie	2,793
18	Rose	2,724
19	Grace	2,630
20	Bessie	2,446
21	Bertha	2,434
22	Clara	2,397
23	Louise	2,367
24	Irene	2,357
25	Hazel	2,351
26	Emma	2,298
27	Gertrude	2,276
28	Catherine	2,198
29	Mabel	2,178
30	Edith	2,137
31	Pearl	2,108
32	Martha	2,091
33	Myrtle	2,026
34	Esther	1,993
35	Minnie	1,950
36	Thelma	1,945
37	Josephine	1,894
38	Ruby	1,885
39	Eva	1,815
40	Elsie	1,811
41	Sarah	1,762
42	Ida	1,757
43	Agnes	1,718
44	Viola	1,697
45	Beatrice	1,661
46	Evelyn	1,661
47	Julia	1,642
48	Nellie	1,626
49	Laura	1,566
50	Lucille	1,533
51	Lillie	1,481
52	Ella	1,438
53	Virginia	1,394
54	Pauline	1,381
55	Mattie	1,371
56	Alma	1,333
57	Jessie	1,315
58	Carrie	1,288
59	Willie	1,285
60	Mae	1,284
61	Lena	1,258
62	Hattie	1,197
63	Blanche	1,190
64	Katherine	1,190
65	Marion	1,141
66	Lucy	1,132
67	Stella	1,097
68	Fannie	1,085
69	Leona	1,082
70	Mamie	1,068
71	Vera	1,053
72	Cora	1,044
73	Eleanor	1,041
74	Bernice	1,032
75	Ann	996
76	Jennie	981
77	Beulah	968
78	Lula	963
79	Rosa	922
80	Ada	873
81	Ellen	845
82	Violet	831
83	Doris	812
84	Maggie	809
85	Betty	807
86	Kathryn	788
87	Daisy	776
88	Lois	763
89	Dora	757
90	Marguerite	753
91	Sadie	750
92	Nora	742
93	Susie	739
94	Georgia	722
95	Velma	722
96	Marjorie	712
97	Maude	709
98	Anne	708
99	Opal	702
100	Emily	683

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	8,059
2	William	6,495
3	James	6,042
4	George	4,256
5	Charles	3,608
6	Robert	3,410
7	Joseph	3,302
8	Frank	2,837
9	Edward	2,366
10	Thomas	2,135
11	Henry	2,126
12	Walter	1,902
13	Willie	1,782
14	Harry	1,619
15	Albert	1,532
16	Arthur	1,505
17	Clarence	1,377
18	Fred	1,284
19	Paul	1,262
20	Harold	1,258
21	Raymond	1,159
22	Richard	1,033
23	Joe	1,024
24	Roy	1,016
25	Louis	981
26	Carl	959
27	Ralph	938
28	Jack	907
29	Earl	904
30	Samuel	856
31	Ernest	845
32	David	838
33	Theodore	834
34	Charlie	801
35	Howard	735
36	Francis	685
37	Herbert	681
38	Lawrence	669
39	Sam	620
40	Andrew	619
41	Elmer	602
42	Eugene	593
43	Alfred	591
44	Floyd	523
45	Michael	513
46	Leo	512
47	Leonard	495
48	Anthony	490
49	Lee	486
50	Daniel	484
51	Herman	475
52	Clyde	474
53	Kenneth	474
54	Jesse	443
55	Leroy	441
56	Oscar	436
57	Lester	432
58	Russell	432
59	Donald	425
60	Ray	424
61	Clifford	420
62	Peter	409
63	Claude	399
64	Chester	388
65	Lewis	384
66	Stanley	384
67	Frederick	381
68	Benjamin	379
69	Lloyd	369
70	Edwin	357
71	Norman	350
72	Cecil	347
73	Eddie	346
74	Jessie	338
75	Martin	332
76	Homer	318
77	Tom	317
78	Edgar	315
79	Luther	308
80	Milton	299
81	Johnnie	297
82	Bernard	292
83	Melvin	291
84	Ben	290
85	Harvey	286
86	Will	286
87	Leon	274
88	Allen	272
89	Everett	270
90	Victor	268
91	Roosevelt	264
92	Alvin	258
93	Stephen	246
94	Leslie	237
95	Jim	236
96	Philip	234
97	Virgil	226
98	Jacob	220
99	Otis	216
100	Marvin	215

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.