Birth year roster

Top names in 1900

The 100 most common names on 1900 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1900 baby-name charts, the top names among late-19th-century births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 110 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1900s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered16,705
#2Helen Endangered6,342
#3Anna Declining6,114
#4Margaret Endangered5,304
#5Ruth Endangered4,765
#6Elizabeth Stable4,096
#7Florence Endangered3,920
#8Ethel Endangered3,896
#9Marie Endangered3,856
#10Lillian Declining3,414
#11Annie Rising3,324
#12Edna Endangered3,102
#13Emma Declining3,095
#14Alice Stable3,059
#15Bessie Endangered3,044
#16Bertha Endangered3,019
#17Grace Declining2,942
#18Rose Stable2,844
#19Clara Stable2,826
#20Mildred Endangered2,800
#21Gladys Endangered2,733
#22Minnie Endangered2,673
#23Gertrude Endangered2,580
#24Pearl Endangered2,512
#25Mabel Rising2,509
#26Frances Endangered2,495
#27Dorothy Endangered2,491
#28Martha Endangered2,437
#29Hazel Rising2,425
#30Ida Endangered2,285
#31Irene Endangered2,264
#32Myrtle Endangered2,252
#33Eva Declining2,089
#34Catherine Endangered2,081
#35Louise Endangered2,070
#36Edith Endangered2,068
#37Sarah Endangered2,054
#38Elsie Rising2,045
#39Esther Stable2,017
#40Lillie Stable2,004
#41Agnes Endangered1,914
#42Ella Declining1,911
#43Nellie Rising1,850
#44Mattie Endangered1,834
#45Laura Endangered1,824
#46Julia Stable1,766
#47Josephine Rising1,743
#48Carrie Endangered1,711
#49Viola Endangered1,674
#50Hattie Rising1,553
#51Ruby Stable1,540
#52Lena Stable1,506
#53Jessie Endangered1,422
#54Mae Stable1,406
#55Cora Stable1,389
#56Beatrice Endangered1,382
#57Alma Rising1,372
#58Willie Endangered1,351
#59Mamie Endangered1,337
#60Blanche Endangered1,332
#61Lucy Stable1,246
#62Fannie Endangered1,237
#63Lula Endangered1,237
#64Jennie Endangered1,204
#65Katherine Declining1,201
#66Marion Endangered1,197
#67Lucille Stable1,182
#68Stella Stable1,177
#69Rosa Stable1,118
#70Evelyn Stable1,116
#71Pauline Endangered1,104
#72Ada Rising1,101
#73Thelma Endangered1,094
#74Virginia Endangered1,068
#75Maggie Stable1,045
#76Vera Stable1,024
#77Maude Endangered1,013
#78Beulah Endangered974
#79Dora Endangered958
#80Susie Endangered947
#81Daisy Rising931
#82Ellen Endangered922
#83Nora Stable919
#84Sadie Stable895
#85Leona Stable825
#86Marguerite Endangered786
#87Georgia Rising765
#88Eleanor Rising753
#89Effie Endangered752
#90Della Rising748
#91May Rising744
#92Ann Endangered736
#93Kathryn Endangered721
#94Nettie Endangered711
#95Olive Rising705
#96Bernice Endangered702
#97Lottie Rising690
#98Sallie Endangered676
#99Nancy Endangered673
#100Betty Endangered665

Boys

#1John Past peak9,828
#2William Declining8,579
#3James Stable7,245
#4George Stable5,403
#5Charles Stable4,098
#6Robert Endangered3,821
#7Joseph Declining3,714
#8Frank Endangered3,477
#9Edward Endangered2,720
#10Henry Stable2,606
#11Thomas Stable2,556
#12Walter Stable2,298
#13Harry Endangered2,272
#14Willie Endangered2,113
#15Arthur Rising1,853
#16Albert Endangered1,741
#17Fred Endangered1,646
#18Clarence Endangered1,483
#19Paul Endangered1,288
#20Harold Endangered1,245
#21Roy Endangered1,215
#22Joe Endangered1,179
#23Raymond Endangered1,150
#24Richard Endangered1,141
#25Charlie Rising1,124
#26Louis Stable1,097
#27Jack Stable1,053
#28Earl Endangered1,037
#29Carl Endangered1,016
#30Ernest Endangered1,012
#31Ralph Endangered896
#32David Past peak883
#33Samuel Stable877
#34Sam Stable821
#35Howard Endangered779
#36Herbert Endangered751
#37Andrew Declining718
#38Elmer Endangered699
#39Lee Endangered675
#40Lawrence Endangered659
#41Francis Stable652
#42Alfred Endangered640
#43Will Declining603
#44Daniel Declining598
#45Eugene Endangered587
#46Leo Rising570
#47Oscar Stable563
#48Floyd Endangered555
#49Herman Endangered550
#50Jesse Stable536
#51Michael Past peak495
#52Lewis Rising469
#53Tom Endangered469
#54Leonard Endangered465
#55Ray Endangered457
#56Clyde Stable451
#57Benjamin Declining450
#58Peter Stable443
#59Claude Endangered433
#60Lester Endangered431
#61Theodore Rising429
#62Russell Stable427
#63Eddie Endangered425
#64Frederick Stable420
#65Leroy Endangered419
#66Clifford Endangered409
#67Anthony Declining406
#68Jim Endangered399
#69Jessie Endangered398
#70Martin Stable383
#71Edgar Declining374
#72Chester Endangered364
#73Ben Stable355
#74Edwin Stable350
#75Dewey Endangered345
#76Cecil Endangered344
#77Stanley Endangered342
#78Lloyd Endangered337
#79Donald Endangered328
#80Homer Endangered326
#81Harvey Rising322
#82Luther Endangered316
#83Norman Endangered316
#84Johnnie Endangered313
#85Leon Rising310
#86Bernard Endangered308
#87Ed Declining297
#88Hugh Stable290
#89Patrick Declining285
#90Kenneth Endangered279
#91Leslie Endangered275
#92Victor Declining269
#93Alexander Declining260
#94Philip Endangered259
#95Oliver Stable256
#96Mack Rising250
#97Horace Endangered244
#98Milton Endangered242
#99Guy Endangered240
#100Everett Stable237