Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1909

John and Mary topped the list in 1909. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,678 boy names and 2,548 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1909

  1. John 9,590
  2. William 7,913
  3. James 7,595
  4. George 4,688
  5. Robert 4,563
  6. Joseph 4,348
  7. Charles 4,029
  8. Frank 3,244
  9. Edward 2,935
  10. Thomas 2,468
  11. Henry 2,411
  12. Walter 2,287
  13. Willie 2,175
  14. Harry 1,924
  15. Albert 1,816
  16. Harold 1,725
  17. Paul 1,676
  18. Arthur 1,665
  19. Clarence 1,518
  20. Raymond 1,441
  21. Richard 1,427
  22. Fred 1,355
  23. Joe 1,292
  24. Louis 1,231
  25. Carl 1,215
  26. Howard 1,166
  27. Jack 1,150
  28. Roy 1,135
  29. David 1,094
  30. Ralph 1,091
  31. Earl 1,007
  32. Samuel 983
  33. Francis 886
  34. Ernest 885
  35. Lawrence 854
  36. Charlie 833
  37. Herbert 831
  38. Andrew 766
  39. Alfred 763
  40. Anthony 758
  41. Kenneth 746
  42. Donald 725
  43. Eugene 724
  44. Sam 700
  45. Elmer 687
  46. Leonard 665
  47. Michael 635
  48. Herman 618
  49. Leo 609
  50. Stanley 607
  51. Theodore 595
  52. Lee 584
  53. Floyd 570
  54. Daniel 569
  55. Leroy 568
  56. Peter 539
  57. Clifford 536
  58. Russell 528
  59. Jesse 517
  60. Clyde 516
  61. Lester 501
  62. Edwin 492
  63. Benjamin 489
  64. Frederick 477
  65. Lewis 477
  66. Chester 475
  67. Ray 475
  68. Bernard 463
  69. Eddie 462
  70. Oscar 459
  71. Melvin 448
  72. Cecil 432
  73. Jessie 432
  74. Claude 419
  75. Norman 415
  76. Lloyd 412
  77. Johnnie 401
  78. Philip 395
  79. Martin 391
  80. Leon 377
  81. Milton 369
  82. Alvin 363
  83. Harvey 361
  84. Ben 358
  85. Marvin 354
  86. Edgar 347
  87. Luther 347
  88. Tom 340
  89. Victor 320
  90. Everett 314
  91. Stephen 314
  92. Homer 313
  93. Allen 312
  94. Morris 305
  95. Gerald 301
  96. Leslie 292
  97. Vernon 284
  98. Julius 269
  99. Otis 267
  100. Will 267

Top girl names of 1909

  1. Mary 19,259
  2. Helen 9,250
  3. Margaret 7,358
  4. Ruth 6,509
  5. Dorothy 6,253
  6. Anna 5,804
  7. Elizabeth 5,176
  8. Mildred 5,054
  9. Marie 4,301
  10. Alice 4,170
  11. Florence 3,789
  12. Frances 3,780
  13. Ethel 3,661
  14. Lillian 3,596
  15. Gladys 3,538
  16. Edna 3,429
  17. Rose 3,374
  18. Evelyn 3,157
  19. Louise 3,019
  20. Irene 2,961
  21. Grace 2,912
  22. Annie 2,904
  23. Catherine 2,897
  24. Hazel 2,708
  25. Gertrude 2,622
  26. Thelma 2,612
  27. Ruby 2,524
  28. Martha 2,510
  29. Bertha 2,444
  30. Virginia 2,420
  31. Josephine 2,416
  32. Clara 2,403
  33. Edith 2,371
  34. Emma 2,338
  35. Bessie 2,276
  36. Lucille 2,192
  37. Esther 2,185
  38. Beatrice 2,105
  39. Elsie 2,064
  40. Pearl 2,048
  41. Mabel 2,007
  42. Agnes 1,974
  43. Myrtle 1,950
  44. Ida 1,943
  45. Julia 1,931
  46. Viola 1,926
  47. Eva 1,896
  48. Pauline 1,896
  49. Sarah 1,845
  50. Minnie 1,779
  51. Nellie 1,768
  52. Lillie 1,635
  53. Katherine 1,557
  54. Willie 1,549
  55. Laura 1,524
  56. Ann 1,477
  57. Eleanor 1,460
  58. Marion 1,445
  59. Mattie 1,407
  60. Ella 1,382
  61. Alma 1,375
  62. Bernice 1,337
  63. Jessie 1,321
  64. Doris 1,298
  65. Lena 1,295
  66. Carrie 1,276
  67. Vera 1,242
  68. Mae 1,230
  69. Blanche 1,217
  70. Stella 1,188
  71. Lucy 1,175
  72. Leona 1,167
  73. Lois 1,157
  74. Kathryn 1,138
  75. Hattie 1,134
  76. Anne 1,110
  77. Betty 1,082
  78. Marjorie 1,082
  79. Fannie 1,071
  80. Beulah 1,052
  81. Marguerite 1,036
  82. Opal 1,028
  83. Jennie 998
  84. Mamie 974
  85. Cora 969
  86. Ellen 960
  87. Rosa 959
  88. Ada 945
  89. Violet 945
  90. Jean 940
  91. Lula 922
  92. Velma 857
  93. Sylvia 847
  94. Charlotte 841
  95. Dora 829
  96. Inez 826
  97. Georgia 813
  98. Maggie 794
  99. Genevieve 785
  100. Hilda 773

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1909?
John was the #1 boy name in 1909 (9,590 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (19,259 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1909?
Social Security records list 511,224 babies born in 1909 with names given to at least 5 babies: 163,996 boys and 347,228 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.