Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1901

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1900.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1900
1	Mary	13,194	0
2	John	6,939	0
3	William	6,022	0
4	Helen	5,264	+1
5	Anna	4,941	+1
6	James	4,765	-2
7	Margaret	4,445	+1
8	Ruth	3,989	+1
9	George	3,636	-2
10	Elizabeth	3,225	+1
11	Marie	3,169	+3
12	Florence	3,152	0
13	Ethel	3,083	0
14	Charles	3,072	-4
15	Joseph	2,780	+1
16	Lillian	2,698	+3
17	Gladys	2,686	+13
18	Alice	2,572	+5
19	Robert	2,559	-4
20	Edna	2,497	+2
21	Mildred	2,431	+8
22	Frank	2,423	-5
23	Annie	2,413	-3
24	Grace	2,403	+2
25	Emma	2,382	-4
26	Clara	2,335	+2
27	Bertha	2,263	-2
28	Rose	2,220	-1
29	Willie	2,195	-11
30	Bessie	2,194	-6
31	Dorothy	2,173	+8
32	Hazel	2,116	+9
33	Mabel	2,109	+4
34	Frances	2,096	+4
35	Minnie	2,036	-3
36	Gertrude	1,969	-2
37	Edward	1,917	-6
38	Pearl	1,904	-2
39	Myrtle	1,901	+7
40	Martha	1,894	0
41	Irene	1,893	+4
42	Henry	1,887	-9
43	Edith	1,863	+7
44	Esther	1,854	+9
45	Ida	1,841	-2
46	Thomas	1,832	-11
47	Elsie	1,757	+4
48	Walter	1,735	-6
49	Louise	1,645	0
50	Eva	1,628	-3
51	Catherine	1,604	-3
52	Harry	1,602	-8
53	Agnes	1,534	+3
54	Sarah	1,519	-2
55	Nellie	1,463	+3
56	Ella	1,442	-1
56	Josephine	1,442	+8
58	Laura	1,402	+2
59	Lillie	1,382	-5
60	Julia	1,378	+2
61	Jessie	1,347	0
62	Arthur	1,336	-5
62	Viola	1,336	+4
64	Albert	1,325	-1
65	Carrie	1,252	0
66	Ruby	1,238	+2
67	Mattie	1,231	-8
68	Lena	1,216	+2
69	Alma	1,208	+7
69	Clarence	1,208	+2
71	Beatrice	1,183	+3
72	Fred	1,147	-5
73	Mae	1,140	-1
74	Marion	1,122	+1
75	Hattie	1,111	-6
76	Thelma	1,090	+22
77	Cora	1,027	-4
78	Blanche	1,025	0
79	Mamie	992	-2
80	Lucy	987	+1
81	Evelyn	971	+12
82	Pauline	938	+14
83	Stella	934	+6
84	Paul	930	-5
85	Roy	925	-1
86	Harold	915	-6
87	Ada	913	+10
88	Lula	910	-5
89	Lucille	900	-1
90	Jennie	898	-5
91	Katherine	890	-4
92	Raymond	888	-1
93	Fannie	873	-11
94	Vera	860	+10
95	Beulah	859	+12
96	Rosa	850	-3
97	Earl	832	+5
98	Virginia	831	+1
99	Carl	826	+4
100	Maude	819	+5