Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1903

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1902.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1902
1	Mary	14,338	0
2	John	7,649	0
3	William	6,346	0
4	Helen	6,158	0
5	James	5,507	0
6	Anna	5,116	0
7	Margaret	5,068	0
8	Ruth	4,530	0
9	George	3,988	0
10	Elizabeth	3,735	0
11	Florence	3,483	0
12	Marie	3,479	0
13	Ethel	3,277	+1
14	Charles	3,232	-1
15	Joseph	3,134	+2
16	Mildred	3,109	+6
17	Dorothy	3,085	+6
18	Robert	3,057	-3
19	Alice	3,005	-3
20	Lillian	2,984	-2
21	Gladys	2,686	-2
22	Edna	2,675	-1
23	Frank	2,662	-3
24	Grace	2,625	+1
25	Annie	2,564	-1
26	Rose	2,493	+3
27	Willie	2,468	-1
28	Frances	2,382	+4
29	Bessie	2,354	-1
30	Clara	2,352	0
31	Bertha	2,319	0
32	Emma	2,318	-5
33	Edward	2,278	0
34	Gertrude	2,258	+3
35	Mabel	2,171	-1
36	Hazel	2,155	-1
37	Pearl	2,082	+3
38	Irene	2,009	-2
39	Myrtle	1,994	+5
40	Martha	1,980	+2
41	Thomas	1,971	-2
42	Louise	1,945	+5
43	Henry	1,940	-5
44	Catherine	1,916	-1
45	Edith	1,901	+1
46	Esther	1,889	+3
47	Minnie	1,859	-6
48	Walter	1,853	-3
49	Eva	1,789	+2
50	Ida	1,780	-2
51	Elsie	1,732	+1
52	Harry	1,656	-2
53	Agnes	1,622	+1
54	Josephine	1,599	+1
55	Sarah	1,558	-2
56	Ruby	1,557	+7
57	Laura	1,503	0
58	Viola	1,501	+6
59	Lillie	1,492	0
60	Nellie	1,491	-5
61	Thelma	1,488	+8
62	Jessie	1,482	-4
63	Julia	1,447	-2
64	Beatrice	1,445	+1
65	Arthur	1,440	-3
66	Ella	1,426	-6
67	Albert	1,343	-1
68	Mattie	1,288	0
69	Clarence	1,267	+2
70	Carrie	1,261	-3
71	Alma	1,252	+2
72	Marion	1,230	+3
73	Evelyn	1,219	+5
74	Fred	1,211	-4
75	Lena	1,207	-1
76	Lucille	1,193	+4
77	Mae	1,192	-5
78	Blanche	1,174	-1
79	Hattie	1,113	-3
80	Paul	1,089	+3
81	Harold	1,065	0
82	Raymond	1,051	+3
83	Pauline	1,042	+8
84	Virginia	1,032	+5
85	Fannie	1,022	+8
86	Stella	1,021	-2
87	Katherine	1,020	+1
88	Mamie	996	-9
89	Cora	995	-7
90	Lucy	990	-4
91	Roy	975	-4
92	Jennie	936	-2
93	Lula	921	0
94	Beulah	920	+8
94	Joe	920	-3
96	Rosa	917	+4
97	Carl	916	-2
98	Louis	906	0
99	Vera	899	-3
100	Leona	886	+3