Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1908

John and Mary topped the list in 1908. The 10 most popular names went to 32% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,582 boy names and 2,433 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1908

  1. John 9,343
  2. William 7,529
  3. James 7,012
  4. George 4,584
  5. Robert 4,219
  6. Joseph 4,162
  7. Charles 3,929
  8. Frank 3,146
  9. Edward 2,707
  10. Thomas 2,301
  11. Henry 2,283
  12. Walter 2,192
  13. Willie 1,964
  14. Harry 1,934
  15. Albert 1,642
  16. Arthur 1,601
  17. Harold 1,542
  18. Paul 1,478
  19. Clarence 1,428
  20. Fred 1,381
  21. Raymond 1,381
  22. Louis 1,317
  23. Richard 1,244
  24. Joe 1,209
  25. Ralph 1,138
  26. Roy 1,097
  27. Jack 1,086
  28. Howard 1,078
  29. Carl 1,074
  30. David 1,015
  31. Ernest 1,000
  32. Earl 999
  33. Samuel 960
  34. Francis 853
  35. Lawrence 815
  36. Herbert 759
  37. Charlie 740
  38. Alfred 739
  39. Andrew 722
  40. Kenneth 692
  41. Anthony 690
  42. Elmer 689
  43. Eugene 689
  44. Michael 688
  45. Donald 664
  46. Sam 644
  47. Theodore 643
  48. Leonard 614
  49. Leo 584
  50. Herman 562
  51. Lee 553
  52. Stanley 547
  53. Peter 541
  54. Daniel 530
  55. Floyd 529
  56. Leroy 523
  57. Russell 523
  58. Clifford 515
  59. Clyde 511
  60. Lester 509
  61. Lewis 489
  62. Jesse 482
  63. Benjamin 480
  64. Edwin 477
  65. Oscar 476
  66. Chester 461
  67. Ray 446
  68. Frederick 438
  69. Claude 428
  70. Bernard 414
  71. Eddie 413
  72. Cecil 397
  73. Lloyd 394
  74. Norman 374
  75. Melvin 366
  76. Edgar 360
  77. Jessie 355
  78. Ben 353
  79. Milton 346
  80. Homer 340
  81. Tom 340
  82. Harvey 339
  83. Martin 331
  84. Leon 327
  85. Johnnie 321
  86. Philip 319
  87. Marvin 311
  88. Victor 308
  89. Alvin 307
  90. Everett 294
  91. Luther 292
  92. Allen 287
  93. Vernon 285
  94. Stephen 280
  95. Leslie 279
  96. Will 274
  97. Gerald 270
  98. Morris 269
  99. Julius 263
  100. Virgil 258

Top girl names of 1908

  1. Mary 18,665
  2. Helen 8,439
  3. Margaret 6,976
  4. Ruth 6,180
  5. Anna 5,860
  6. Dorothy 5,703
  7. Elizabeth 4,904
  8. Mildred 4,624
  9. Alice 4,270
  10. Marie 4,076
  11. Florence 3,883
  12. Ethel 3,786
  13. Lillian 3,634
  14. Frances 3,593
  15. Gladys 3,580
  16. Rose 3,382
  17. Edna 3,365
  18. Louise 2,937
  19. Grace 2,901
  20. Evelyn 2,857
  21. Annie 2,820
  22. Catherine 2,750
  23. Irene 2,732
  24. Hazel 2,698
  25. Gertrude 2,562
  26. Thelma 2,526
  27. Edith 2,410
  28. Josephine 2,389
  29. Bertha 2,384
  30. Emma 2,357
  31. Clara 2,352
  32. Martha 2,324
  33. Ruby 2,229
  34. Bessie 2,201
  35. Virginia 2,195
  36. Esther 2,187
  37. Mabel 2,096
  38. Lucille 2,080
  39. Pearl 2,075
  40. Beatrice 1,997
  41. Elsie 1,983
  42. Viola 1,964
  43. Ida 1,952
  44. Myrtle 1,952
  45. Agnes 1,934
  46. Eva 1,930
  47. Minnie 1,817
  48. Sarah 1,814
  49. Nellie 1,757
  50. Julia 1,749
  51. Pauline 1,702
  52. Laura 1,558
  53. Alma 1,474
  54. Lillie 1,471
  55. Katherine 1,430
  56. Ella 1,428
  57. Mae 1,384
  58. Jessie 1,382
  59. Willie 1,371
  60. Mattie 1,364
  61. Bernice 1,363
  62. Ann 1,354
  63. Marion 1,349
  64. Lena 1,331
  65. Eleanor 1,302
  66. Carrie 1,239
  67. Stella 1,216
  68. Vera 1,204
  69. Blanche 1,162
  70. Doris 1,155
  71. Hattie 1,137
  72. Betty 1,128
  73. Leona 1,118
  74. Lucy 1,118
  75. Anne 1,088
  76. Fannie 1,085
  77. Kathryn 1,058
  78. Jennie 1,038
  79. Mamie 1,028
  80. Lois 1,023
  81. Violet 1,017
  82. Beulah 1,015
  83. Cora 962
  84. Opal 955
  85. Marjorie 942
  86. Rosa 941
  87. Ada 922
  88. Marguerite 913
  89. Lula 892
  90. Velma 860
  91. Jean 852
  92. Ellen 848
  93. Dora 806
  94. Theresa 795
  95. Maggie 772
  96. Sadie 770
  97. Georgia 768
  98. Charlotte 766
  99. Daisy 765
  100. Inez 757

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1908?
John was the #1 boy name in 1908 (9,343 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (18,665 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1908?
Social Security records list 488,648 babies born in 1908 with names given to at least 5 babies: 154,336 boys and 334,312 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.