Top Baby Names of 1901
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 13,136 2
Helen 5,247 3
Anna 4,923 4
Margaret 4,424 5
Ruth 3,974 6
Elizabeth 3,216 7
Marie 3,157 8
Florence 3,131 9
Ethel 3,067 10
Lillian 2,681 11
Gladys 2,676 12
Alice 2,562 13
Edna 2,488 14
Mildred 2,424 15
Grace 2,398 16
Annie 2,396 17
Emma 2,374 18
Clara 2,319 19
Bertha 2,257 20
Rose 2,212 21
Bessie 2,183 22
Dorothy 2,173 23
Mabel 2,097 23
Hazel 2,097 25
Frances 2,071 26
Minnie 2,026 27
Gertrude 1,964 28
Myrtle 1,892 29
Martha 1,886 30
Irene 1,879 31
Pearl 1,866 32
Edith 1,863 33
Esther 1,844 34
Ida 1,835 35
Elsie 1,747 36
Louise 1,640 37
Eva 1,617 38
Catherine 1,599 39
Agnes 1,525 40
Sarah 1,514 41
Nellie 1,454 42
Ella 1,435 43
Josephine 1,434 44
Laura 1,402 45
Lillie 1,382 46
Julia 1,362 47
Viola 1,331 48
Carrie 1,247 49
Ruby 1,225 50
Mattie 1,224 👦
Boy Names
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John 6,900 2
William 5,990 3
James 4,735 4
George 3,609 5
Charles 3,049 6
Joseph 2,766 7
Robert 2,543 8
Frank 2,402 9
Edward 1,917 10
Henry 1,870 11
Thomas 1,820 12
Walter 1,718 13
Harry 1,594 14
Arthur 1,329 15
Albert 1,317 16
Willie 1,294 17
Clarence 1,196 18
Fred 1,133 19
Paul 924 20
Roy 917 21
Harold 915 22
Raymond 888 23
Earl 818 24
Carl 817 25
Louis 797 26
Richard 784 27
Joe 756 28
Ernest 691 29
Ralph 682 30
David 672 31
Charlie 654 32
Jack 645 33
Samuel 628 34
Howard 584 35
Herbert 573 36
Francis 543 37
Lawrence 535 38
Elmer 520 39
Alfred 506 40
Andrew 479 40
Sam 479 42
Leo 456 43
Theodore 450 44
Eugene 445 45
Lee 424 46
Floyd 423 47
Oscar 422 48
Daniel 416 49
Jesse 411 50
Russell 395 About 1901 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1901, 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.