Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1900

See the most popular baby girl names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1899.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1899
1	Mary	16,705	0
2	Helen	6,342	+1
3	Anna	6,114	-1
4	Margaret	5,304	0
5	Ruth	4,765	0
6	Elizabeth	4,096	+1
7	Florence	3,920	-1
8	Ethel	3,896	+1
9	Marie	3,856	-1
10	Lillian	3,414	0
11	Annie	3,324	+7
12	Edna	3,102	-1
13	Emma	3,095	0
14	Alice	3,059	-2
15	Bessie	3,044	+4
16	Bertha	3,019	0
17	Grace	2,942	-2
18	Rose	2,844	+3
19	Clara	2,826	-5
20	Mildred	2,800	-3
21	Gladys	2,733	-1
22	Minnie	2,673	+3
23	Gertrude	2,580	0
24	Pearl	2,512	+3
25	Mabel	2,509	-3
26	Frances	2,495	-2
27	Dorothy	2,491	+8
28	Martha	2,437	0
29	Hazel	2,425	-3
30	Ida	2,285	+1
31	Irene	2,264	+3
32	Myrtle	2,252	-2
33	Eva	2,089	+6
34	Catherine	2,081	+2
35	Louise	2,070	+5
36	Edith	2,068	-4
37	Sarah	2,054	+1
38	Elsie	2,045	-5
39	Esther	2,017	-10
40	Lillie	2,004	+5
41	Agnes	1,914	-4
42	Ella	1,911	0
43	Nellie	1,850	-2
44	Mattie	1,834	+4
45	Laura	1,824	-2
46	Julia	1,766	+1
47	Josephine	1,743	-3
48	Carrie	1,711	-2
49	Viola	1,674	+1
50	Hattie	1,553	+3
51	Ruby	1,540	+1
52	Lena	1,506	-3
53	Jessie	1,422	+1
54	Mae	1,406	+5
55	Cora	1,389	+3
56	Beatrice	1,382	0
57	Alma	1,372	-6
58	Willie	1,351	+15
59	Mamie	1,337	+5
60	Blanche	1,332	-5
61	Lucy	1,246	-1
62	Fannie	1,237	+6
62	Lula	1,237	+5
64	Jennie	1,204	-8
65	Katherine	1,201	0
66	Marion	1,197	-3
67	Lucille	1,182	+4
68	Stella	1,177	-6
69	Rosa	1,118	+8
70	Evelyn	1,116	+4
71	Pauline	1,104	+1
72	Ada	1,101	-11
73	Thelma	1,094	+5
74	Virginia	1,068	+1
75	Maggie	1,045	-5
76	Vera	1,024	-7
77	Maude	1,013	-11
78	Beulah	974	-2
79	Dora	958	0
80	Susie	947	+6
81	Daisy	931	+4
82	Ellen	922	-1
83	Nora	919	-3
84	Sadie	895	-2
85	Leona	825	-1
86	Marguerite	786	-3
87	Georgia	765	+12
88	Eleanor	753	+6
89	Effie	752	+1
90	Della	748	+1
91	May	744	+4
92	Ann	736	0
93	Kathryn	721	-6
94	Nettie	711	-5
95	Olive	705	+3
96	Bernice	702	+7
97	Lottie	690	-4
98	Sallie	676	+2
99	Nancy	673	+8
100	Betty	665	+19