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Most popular baby names in the US, 1910

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1910, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	22,848
2	Helen	10,479
3	Margaret	8,226
4	Dorothy	7,318
5	Ruth	7,212
6	Anna	6,436
7	Elizabeth	5,800
8	Mildred	5,692
9	Marie	4,790
10	Alice	4,671
11	Frances	4,448
12	Florence	4,282
13	Ethel	4,146
14	Lillian	4,127
15	Gladys	3,842
16	Rose	3,837
17	Evelyn	3,777
18	Edna	3,664
19	Annie	3,519
20	Louise	3,457
21	Irene	3,281
22	Catherine	3,161
23	Grace	3,145
24	Hazel	3,032
25	Thelma	2,976
26	Gertrude	2,932
27	Ruby	2,893
28	Martha	2,858
29	Virginia	2,855
30	Josephine	2,801
31	Lucille	2,692
32	Clara	2,665
33	Bertha	2,651
34	Emma	2,607
35	Edith	2,592
36	Beatrice	2,459
37	Bessie	2,392
38	Esther	2,378
39	Pearl	2,177
40	Sarah	2,173
41	Agnes	2,163
42	Pauline	2,153
43	Myrtle	2,145
44	Elsie	2,141
45	Eva	2,123
46	Mabel	2,123
47	Ida	2,107
48	Viola	2,090
49	Julia	2,074
50	Minnie	1,983
51	Nellie	1,928
52	Ann	1,842
53	Laura	1,834
54	Lillie	1,824
55	Eleanor	1,798
56	Willie	1,796
57	Katherine	1,752
58	Bernice	1,721
59	Marion	1,703
60	Mattie	1,687
61	Alma	1,630
62	Ella	1,587
63	Jessie	1,541
64	Doris	1,536
65	Mae	1,453
66	Lena	1,431
67	Anne	1,413
68	Marjorie	1,391
69	Betty	1,389
70	Carrie	1,381
71	Vera	1,346
72	Stella	1,319
73	Hattie	1,314
74	Blanche	1,288
75	Lucy	1,283
76	Lois	1,271
77	Jean	1,246
78	Fannie	1,237
79	Leona	1,220
80	Kathryn	1,198
81	Jennie	1,183
82	Beulah	1,131
83	Rosa	1,131
84	Marguerite	1,086
85	Cora	1,079
86	Mamie	1,079
87	Opal	1,051
88	Ellen	1,038
89	Violet	1,037
90	Velma	1,035
91	Georgia	1,010
92	Sylvia	1,000
93	Lula	975
94	Ada	960
95	Maggie	940
96	Theresa	926
97	Inez	916
98	Genevieve	908
99	Charlotte	896
100	Sadie	886

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	11,450
2	James	9,194
3	William	8,844
4	Robert	5,609
5	George	5,441
6	Joseph	5,228
7	Charles	4,784
8	Frank	3,768
9	Edward	3,407
10	Henry	2,899
11	Willie	2,897
12	Thomas	2,851
13	Walter	2,596
14	Albert	2,183
15	Paul	2,005
16	Harry	1,978
17	Arthur	1,942
18	Harold	1,909
19	Raymond	1,737
20	Clarence	1,706
21	Richard	1,654
22	Fred	1,587
23	Jack	1,576
24	Louis	1,569
25	Joe	1,553
26	Carl	1,339
27	Howard	1,309
28	Ralph	1,278
29	Roy	1,267
30	David	1,258
31	Ernest	1,167
32	Samuel	1,129
33	Earl	1,109
34	Charlie	1,107
35	Lawrence	1,009
36	Francis	1,000
37	Anthony	980
38	Alfred	922
39	Eugene	888
40	Sam	888
41	Herbert	886
42	Andrew	884
43	Kenneth	880
44	Donald	860
45	Michael	844
46	Leonard	793
47	Stanley	761
48	Elmer	760
49	Lee	741
50	Leroy	733
51	Leo	707
52	Herman	696
53	Daniel	692
54	Theodore	692
55	Floyd	687
56	Peter	631
57	Clyde	617
58	Russell	615
59	Eddie	595
60	Jesse	590
61	Chester	561
62	Bernard	560
63	Norman	557
64	Lester	556
65	Lewis	555
66	Clifford	551
67	Lloyd	545
68	Ray	545
69	Frederick	543
70	Benjamin	536
71	Edwin	536
72	Jessie	516
73	Oscar	505
74	Johnnie	502
75	Melvin	482
76	Milton	476
77	Cecil	472
78	Claude	463
79	Ben	454
80	Edgar	441
81	Leon	435
82	Tom	428
83	Philip	418
84	Marvin	413
85	Alvin	401
86	Martin	396
87	Luther	383
88	Everett	382
89	Harvey	382
90	Victor	372
91	Morris	367
92	Allen	355
93	Sidney	353
94	Vernon	351
95	Julius	350
96	Stephen	350
97	Glenn	349
98	Homer	347
99	Vincent	343
100	Jim	331

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