Top Baby Names of 1900
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 About 1900 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1900, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.