Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1905

John and Mary topped the list in 1905. The 10 most popular names went to 32% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,420 boy names and 2,233 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1905

  1. John 8,059
  2. William 6,495
  3. James 6,042
  4. George 4,256
  5. Charles 3,608
  6. Robert 3,410
  7. Joseph 3,302
  8. Frank 2,837
  9. Edward 2,366
  10. Thomas 2,135
  11. Henry 2,126
  12. Walter 1,902
  13. Willie 1,782
  14. Harry 1,619
  15. Albert 1,532
  16. Arthur 1,505
  17. Clarence 1,377
  18. Fred 1,284
  19. Paul 1,262
  20. Harold 1,258
  21. Raymond 1,159
  22. Richard 1,033
  23. Joe 1,024
  24. Roy 1,016
  25. Louis 981
  26. Carl 959
  27. Ralph 938
  28. Jack 907
  29. Earl 904
  30. Samuel 856
  31. Ernest 845
  32. David 838
  33. Theodore 834
  34. Charlie 801
  35. Howard 735
  36. Francis 685
  37. Herbert 681
  38. Lawrence 669
  39. Sam 620
  40. Andrew 619
  41. Elmer 602
  42. Eugene 593
  43. Alfred 591
  44. Floyd 523
  45. Michael 513
  46. Leo 512
  47. Leonard 495
  48. Anthony 490
  49. Lee 486
  50. Daniel 484
  51. Herman 475
  52. Clyde 474
  53. Kenneth 474
  54. Jesse 443
  55. Leroy 441
  56. Oscar 436
  57. Lester 432
  58. Russell 432
  59. Donald 425
  60. Ray 424
  61. Clifford 420
  62. Peter 409
  63. Claude 399
  64. Chester 388
  65. Lewis 384
  66. Stanley 384
  67. Frederick 381
  68. Benjamin 379
  69. Lloyd 369
  70. Edwin 357
  71. Norman 350
  72. Cecil 347
  73. Eddie 346
  74. Jessie 338
  75. Martin 332
  76. Homer 318
  77. Tom 317
  78. Edgar 315
  79. Luther 308
  80. Milton 299
  81. Johnnie 297
  82. Bernard 292
  83. Melvin 291
  84. Ben 290
  85. Harvey 286
  86. Will 286
  87. Leon 274
  88. Allen 272
  89. Everett 270
  90. Victor 268
  91. Roosevelt 264
  92. Alvin 258
  93. Stephen 246
  94. Leslie 237
  95. Jim 236
  96. Philip 234
  97. Virgil 226
  98. Jacob 220
  99. Otis 216
  100. Marvin 215

Top girl names of 1905

  1. Mary 16,067
  2. Helen 6,811
  3. Margaret 5,690
  4. Anna 5,424
  5. Ruth 5,068
  6. Elizabeth 4,121
  7. Dorothy 3,937
  8. Mildred 3,758
  9. Marie 3,643
  10. Alice 3,610
  11. Florence 3,478
  12. Ethel 3,401
  13. Lillian 3,185
  14. Gladys 2,996
  15. Edna 2,953
  16. Frances 2,887
  17. Annie 2,793
  18. Rose 2,724
  19. Grace 2,630
  20. Bessie 2,446
  21. Bertha 2,434
  22. Clara 2,397
  23. Louise 2,367
  24. Irene 2,357
  25. Hazel 2,351
  26. Emma 2,298
  27. Gertrude 2,276
  28. Catherine 2,198
  29. Mabel 2,178
  30. Edith 2,137
  31. Pearl 2,108
  32. Martha 2,091
  33. Myrtle 2,026
  34. Esther 1,993
  35. Minnie 1,950
  36. Thelma 1,945
  37. Josephine 1,894
  38. Ruby 1,885
  39. Eva 1,815
  40. Elsie 1,811
  41. Sarah 1,762
  42. Ida 1,757
  43. Agnes 1,718
  44. Viola 1,697
  45. Beatrice 1,661
  46. Evelyn 1,661
  47. Julia 1,642
  48. Nellie 1,626
  49. Laura 1,566
  50. Lucille 1,533
  51. Lillie 1,481
  52. Ella 1,438
  53. Virginia 1,394
  54. Pauline 1,381
  55. Mattie 1,371
  56. Alma 1,333
  57. Jessie 1,315
  58. Carrie 1,288
  59. Willie 1,285
  60. Mae 1,284
  61. Lena 1,258
  62. Hattie 1,197
  63. Blanche 1,190
  64. Katherine 1,190
  65. Marion 1,141
  66. Lucy 1,132
  67. Stella 1,097
  68. Fannie 1,085
  69. Leona 1,082
  70. Mamie 1,068
  71. Vera 1,053
  72. Cora 1,044
  73. Eleanor 1,041
  74. Bernice 1,032
  75. Ann 996
  76. Jennie 981
  77. Beulah 968
  78. Lula 963
  79. Rosa 922
  80. Ada 873
  81. Ellen 845
  82. Violet 831
  83. Doris 812
  84. Maggie 809
  85. Betty 807
  86. Kathryn 788
  87. Daisy 776
  88. Lois 763
  89. Dora 757
  90. Marguerite 753
  91. Sadie 750
  92. Nora 742
  93. Susie 739
  94. Georgia 722
  95. Velma 722
  96. Marjorie 712
  97. Maude 709
  98. Anne 708
  99. Opal 702
  100. Emily 683

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1905?
John was the #1 boy name in 1905 (8,059 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (16,067 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1905?
Social Security records list 423,923 babies born in 1905 with names given to at least 5 babies: 132,306 boys and 291,617 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.