Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1901

John and Mary topped the list in 1901. The 10 most popular names went to 34% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,209 boy names and 1,942 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1901

  1. 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
  41. 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
  51. Herman 393
  52. Michael 384
  53. Will 364
  54. Leonard 362
  55. Clyde 356
  56. Benjamin 343
  57. Peter 343
  58. Claude 341
  59. Ray 338
  60. Frederick 336
  61. Lester 332
  62. Anthony 323
  63. Lewis 309
  64. Martin 304
  65. Edwin 299
  66. Eddie 296
  67. Tom 291
  68. Lloyd 285
  69. Clifford 282
  70. Cecil 278
  71. Edgar 271
  72. Leroy 268
  73. Ben 259
  74. Homer 257
  75. Chester 253
  76. Harvey 253
  77. Donald 250
  78. Kenneth 246
  79. Luther 244
  80. Bernard 242
  81. Jim 239
  82. Stanley 239
  83. Norman 238
  84. Philip 232
  85. Jessie 231
  86. Everett 218
  87. Leon 208
  88. Allen 199
  89. Leslie 198
  90. Milton 197
  91. Hugh 192
  92. Oliver 187
  93. Patrick 181
  94. Glenn 180
  95. Alvin 179
  96. Horace 178
  97. Melvin 176
  98. Jacob 172
  99. Guy 170
  100. Victor 169

Top girl names of 1901

  1. 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. Hazel 2,097
  24. Mabel 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
  51. Lena 1,216
  52. Alma 1,195
  53. Beatrice 1,183
  54. Mae 1,140
  55. Jessie 1,116
  56. Hattie 1,106
  57. Thelma 1,090
  58. Cora 1,027
  59. Blanche 1,025
  60. Mamie 992
  61. Lucy 979
  62. Evelyn 966
  63. Marion 963
  64. Pauline 938
  65. Stella 928
  66. Ada 913
  67. Lula 905
  68. Willie 901
  69. Jennie 898
  70. Lucille 894
  71. Katherine 890
  72. Fannie 873
  73. Vera 860
  74. Beulah 859
  75. Rosa 845
  76. Virginia 825
  77. Maude 819
  78. Leona 779
  79. Dora 768
  80. Maggie 746
  81. Nora 727
  82. Ellen 711
  83. Marguerite 699
  84. Eleanor 686
  85. Sadie 676
  86. Bernice 660
  87. Daisy 653
  88. Susie 650
  89. Ann 634
  90. Kathryn 620
  91. Violet 611
  92. Hilda 574
  93. Nettie 562
  94. Theresa 554
  95. May 550
  96. Georgia 549
  97. Effie 545
  98. Olive 539
  99. Emily 537
  100. Della 534

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1901?
John was the #1 boy name in 1901 (6,900 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (13,136 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1901?
Social Security records list 345,812 babies born in 1901 with names given to at least 5 babies: 106,467 boys and 239,345 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.