Birth year roster

Top names in 1903

The 100 most common names on 1903 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1903 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation 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, 113 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1900s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered14,275
#2Helen Endangered6,129
#3Anna Declining5,098
#4Margaret Endangered5,045
#5Ruth Endangered4,517
#6Elizabeth Stable3,724
#7Marie Endangered3,469
#8Florence Endangered3,468
#9Ethel Endangered3,257
#10Mildred Endangered3,088
#11Dorothy Endangered3,078
#12Alice Stable2,996
#13Lillian Declining2,972
#14Gladys Endangered2,674
#15Edna Endangered2,667
#16Grace Declining2,616
#17Annie Rising2,551
#18Rose Stable2,478
#19Frances Endangered2,365
#20Clara Stable2,342
#21Bessie Endangered2,339
#22Bertha Endangered2,309
#23Emma Declining2,308
#24Gertrude Endangered2,253
#25Mabel Rising2,163
#26Hazel Rising2,139
#27Pearl Endangered2,046
#28Irene Endangered2,001
#29Martha Endangered1,980
#30Myrtle Endangered1,980
#31Louise Endangered1,935
#32Catherine Endangered1,916
#33Edith Endangered1,901
#34Esther Stable1,883
#35Minnie Endangered1,846
#36Eva Declining1,783
#37Ida Endangered1,774
#38Elsie Rising1,720
#39Agnes Endangered1,616
#40Josephine Rising1,587
#41Sarah Endangered1,553
#42Ruby Stable1,538
#43Laura Endangered1,503
#44Viola Endangered1,495
#45Nellie Rising1,491
#46Lillie Stable1,485
#47Thelma Endangered1,479
#48Julia Stable1,447
#49Beatrice Endangered1,439
#50Ella Declining1,419
#51Mattie Endangered1,278
#52Carrie Endangered1,252
#53Alma Rising1,244
#54Evelyn Stable1,211
#55Jessie Endangered1,202
#56Lena Stable1,200
#57Lucille Stable1,193
#58Mae Stable1,192
#59Blanche Endangered1,174
#60Hattie Rising1,106
#61Marion Endangered1,042
#62Pauline Endangered1,042
#63Virginia Endangered1,032
#64Fannie Endangered1,016
#65Stella Stable1,016
#66Katherine Declining1,015
#67Willie Endangered1,014
#68Lucy Stable990
#69Mamie Endangered990
#70Cora Stable986
#71Jennie Endangered936
#72Beulah Endangered920
#73Lula Endangered913
#74Rosa Stable911
#75Vera Stable899
#76Leona Stable881
#77Bernice Endangered868
#78Ada Rising843
#79Eleanor Rising840
#80Maggie Stable780
#81Dora Endangered778
#82Daisy Rising776
#83Maude Endangered776
#84Ann Endangered774
#85Ellen Endangered773
#86Kathryn Endangered729
#87Nora Stable724
#88Hilda Endangered698
#89Sadie Stable683
#90Susie Endangered680
#91Marguerite Endangered667
#92Lois Endangered664
#93Violet Rising636
#94Georgia Rising632
#95Doris Endangered629
#96Della Rising611
#97Olive Rising597
#98Betty Endangered596
#99Velma Endangered589
#100Anne Endangered581

Boys

#1John Past peak7,608
#2William Declining6,311
#3James Stable5,479
#4George Stable3,961
#5Charles Stable3,213
#6Joseph Declining3,121
#7Robert Endangered3,044
#8Frank Endangered2,644
#9Edward Endangered2,268
#10Thomas Stable1,962
#11Henry Stable1,922
#12Walter Stable1,840
#13Harry Endangered1,647
#14Willie Endangered1,454
#15Arthur Rising1,435
#16Albert Endangered1,337
#17Clarence Endangered1,261
#18Fred Endangered1,204
#19Paul Endangered1,081
#20Harold Endangered1,065
#21Raymond Endangered1,051
#22Roy Endangered975
#23Carl Endangered910
#24Joe Endangered895
#25Louis Stable889
#26Richard Endangered862
#27Earl Endangered837
#28Jack Stable831
#29Ralph Endangered807
#30Ernest Endangered764
#31Samuel Stable741
#32Charlie Rising739
#33David Past peak716
#34Herbert Endangered668
#35Francis Stable665
#36Theodore Rising663
#37Howard Endangered636
#38Leo Rising636
#39Alfred Endangered557
#40Elmer Endangered556
#41Sam Stable552
#42Andrew Declining550
#43Lawrence Endangered536
#44Eugene Endangered478
#45Lee Endangered477
#46Floyd Endangered472
#47Michael Past peak466
#48Herman Endangered449
#49Leonard Endangered448
#50Daniel Declining432
#51Oscar Stable427
#52Clyde Stable413
#53Lester Endangered400
#54Anthony Declining399
#55Ray Endangered397
#56Russell Stable390
#57Jesse Stable388
#58Peter Stable372
#59Stanley Endangered361
#60Donald Endangered359
#61Clifford Endangered348
#62Edwin Stable347
#63Frederick Stable341
#64Leroy Endangered340
#65Lewis Rising335
#66Cecil Endangered332
#67Kenneth Endangered330
#68Chester Endangered327
#69Benjamin Declining324
#70Eddie Endangered314
#71Claude Endangered301
#72Lloyd Endangered299
#73Tom Endangered295
#74Harvey Rising293
#75Will Declining293
#76Leon Rising287
#77Martin Stable283
#78Jessie Endangered280
#79Bernard Endangered271
#80Luther Endangered265
#81Ben Stable259
#82Edgar Declining259
#83Homer Endangered257
#84Jim Endangered257
#85Philip Endangered250
#86Norman Endangered238
#87Johnnie Endangered237
#88Melvin Endangered230
#89Leslie Endangered227
#90Alvin Declining222
#91Allen Endangered219
#92Milton Endangered210
#93Oliver Stable210
#94Patrick Declining210
#95Everett Stable204
#96Stephen Endangered200
#97Glenn Endangered198
#98Roosevelt Endangered196
#99Victor Declining196
#100Alexander Declining195