Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1910

John and Mary topped the list in 1910. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,838 boy names and 2,790 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1910

  1. John 11,450
  2. James 9,194
  3. William 8,844
  4. Robert 5,609
  5. George 5,441
  6. Joseph 5,228
  7. Charles 4,784
  8. Frank 3,768
  9. Edward 3,407
  10. Henry 2,899
  11. Willie 2,897
  12. Thomas 2,851
  13. Walter 2,596
  14. Albert 2,183
  15. Paul 2,005
  16. Harry 1,978
  17. Arthur 1,942
  18. Harold 1,909
  19. Raymond 1,737
  20. Clarence 1,706
  21. Richard 1,654
  22. Fred 1,587
  23. Jack 1,576
  24. Louis 1,569
  25. Joe 1,553
  26. Carl 1,339
  27. Howard 1,309
  28. Ralph 1,278
  29. Roy 1,267
  30. David 1,258
  31. Ernest 1,167
  32. Samuel 1,129
  33. Earl 1,109
  34. Charlie 1,107
  35. Lawrence 1,009
  36. Francis 1,000
  37. Anthony 980
  38. Alfred 922
  39. Eugene 888
  40. Sam 888
  41. Herbert 886
  42. Andrew 884
  43. Kenneth 880
  44. Donald 860
  45. Michael 844
  46. Leonard 793
  47. Stanley 761
  48. Elmer 760
  49. Lee 741
  50. Leroy 733
  51. Leo 707
  52. Herman 696
  53. Daniel 692
  54. Theodore 692
  55. Floyd 687
  56. Peter 631
  57. Clyde 617
  58. Russell 615
  59. Eddie 595
  60. Jesse 590
  61. Chester 561
  62. Bernard 560
  63. Norman 557
  64. Lester 556
  65. Lewis 555
  66. Clifford 551
  67. Lloyd 545
  68. Ray 545
  69. Frederick 543
  70. Benjamin 536
  71. Edwin 536
  72. Jessie 516
  73. Oscar 505
  74. Johnnie 502
  75. Melvin 482
  76. Milton 476
  77. Cecil 472
  78. Claude 463
  79. Ben 454
  80. Edgar 441
  81. Leon 435
  82. Tom 428
  83. Philip 418
  84. Marvin 413
  85. Alvin 401
  86. Martin 396
  87. Luther 383
  88. Everett 382
  89. Harvey 382
  90. Victor 372
  91. Morris 367
  92. Allen 355
  93. Sidney 353
  94. Vernon 351
  95. Julius 350
  96. Stephen 350
  97. Glenn 349
  98. Homer 347
  99. Vincent 343
  100. Jim 331

Top girl names of 1910

  1. Mary 22,848
  2. Helen 10,479
  3. Margaret 8,226
  4. Dorothy 7,318
  5. Ruth 7,212
  6. Anna 6,436
  7. Elizabeth 5,800
  8. Mildred 5,692
  9. Marie 4,790
  10. Alice 4,671
  11. Frances 4,448
  12. Florence 4,282
  13. Ethel 4,146
  14. Lillian 4,127
  15. Gladys 3,842
  16. Rose 3,837
  17. Evelyn 3,777
  18. Edna 3,664
  19. Annie 3,519
  20. Louise 3,457
  21. Irene 3,281
  22. Catherine 3,161
  23. Grace 3,145
  24. Hazel 3,032
  25. Thelma 2,976
  26. Gertrude 2,932
  27. Ruby 2,893
  28. Martha 2,858
  29. Virginia 2,855
  30. Josephine 2,801
  31. Lucille 2,692
  32. Clara 2,665
  33. Bertha 2,651
  34. Emma 2,607
  35. Edith 2,592
  36. Beatrice 2,459
  37. Bessie 2,392
  38. Esther 2,378
  39. Pearl 2,177
  40. Sarah 2,173
  41. Agnes 2,163
  42. Pauline 2,153
  43. Myrtle 2,145
  44. Elsie 2,141
  45. Eva 2,123
  46. Mabel 2,123
  47. Ida 2,107
  48. Viola 2,090
  49. Julia 2,074
  50. Minnie 1,983
  51. Nellie 1,928
  52. Ann 1,842
  53. Laura 1,834
  54. Lillie 1,824
  55. Eleanor 1,798
  56. Willie 1,796
  57. Katherine 1,752
  58. Bernice 1,721
  59. Marion 1,703
  60. Mattie 1,687
  61. Alma 1,630
  62. Ella 1,587
  63. Jessie 1,541
  64. Doris 1,536
  65. Mae 1,453
  66. Lena 1,431
  67. Anne 1,413
  68. Marjorie 1,391
  69. Betty 1,389
  70. Carrie 1,381
  71. Vera 1,346
  72. Stella 1,319
  73. Hattie 1,314
  74. Blanche 1,288
  75. Lucy 1,283
  76. Lois 1,271
  77. Jean 1,246
  78. Fannie 1,237
  79. Leona 1,220
  80. Kathryn 1,198
  81. Jennie 1,183
  82. Beulah 1,131
  83. Rosa 1,131
  84. Marguerite 1,086
  85. Cora 1,079
  86. Mamie 1,079
  87. Opal 1,051
  88. Ellen 1,038
  89. Violet 1,037
  90. Velma 1,035
  91. Georgia 1,010
  92. Sylvia 1,000
  93. Lula 975
  94. Ada 960
  95. Maggie 940
  96. Theresa 926
  97. Inez 916
  98. Genevieve 908
  99. Charlotte 896
  100. Sadie 886

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1910?
John was the #1 boy name in 1910 (11,450 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (22,848 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1910?
Social Security records list 590,711 babies born in 1910 with names given to at least 5 babies: 194,208 boys and 396,503 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.