Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1905

See the most popular baby girl names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1904.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1904
1	Mary	16,067	0
2	Helen	6,811	0
3	Margaret	5,690	+1
4	Anna	5,424	-1
5	Ruth	5,068	0
6	Elizabeth	4,121	0
7	Dorothy	3,937	+3
8	Mildred	3,758	+1
9	Marie	3,643	-2
10	Alice	3,610	+3
11	Florence	3,478	-3
12	Ethel	3,401	-1
13	Lillian	3,185	-1
14	Gladys	2,996	0
15	Edna	2,953	0
16	Frances	2,887	0
17	Annie	2,793	0
18	Rose	2,724	-1
19	Grace	2,630	0
20	Bessie	2,446	+1
21	Bertha	2,434	-1
22	Clara	2,397	+2
23	Louise	2,367	+5
24	Irene	2,357	+2
25	Hazel	2,351	-2
26	Emma	2,298	-4
27	Gertrude	2,276	-2
28	Catherine	2,198	+3
29	Mabel	2,178	-2
30	Edith	2,137	+3
31	Pearl	2,108	-1
32	Martha	2,091	-3
33	Myrtle	2,026	+1
34	Esther	1,993	-2
35	Minnie	1,950	0
36	Thelma	1,945	+1
37	Josephine	1,894	+3
38	Ruby	1,885	+2
39	Eva	1,815	-3
40	Elsie	1,811	-1
41	Sarah	1,762	+2
42	Ida	1,757	-4
43	Agnes	1,718	-1
44	Viola	1,697	+2
45	Beatrice	1,661	0
45	Evelyn	1,661	+5
47	Julia	1,642	+2
48	Nellie	1,626	-4
49	Laura	1,566	-2
50	Lucille	1,533	+3
51	Lillie	1,481	0
52	Ella	1,438	-4
53	Virginia	1,394	+6
54	Pauline	1,381	+2
55	Mattie	1,371	-3
56	Alma	1,333	-1
57	Jessie	1,315	+3
58	Carrie	1,288	-4
59	Willie	1,285	+2
60	Mae	1,284	-2
61	Lena	1,258	-4
62	Hattie	1,197	+2
63	Blanche	1,190	-1
63	Katherine	1,190	0
65	Marion	1,141	0
66	Lucy	1,132	0
67	Stella	1,097	+1
68	Fannie	1,085	+5
69	Leona	1,082	0
70	Mamie	1,068	-3
71	Vera	1,053	-1
72	Cora	1,044	-2
73	Eleanor	1,041	+7
74	Bernice	1,032	+1
75	Ann	996	+3
76	Jennie	981	-3
77	Beulah	968	-5
78	Lula	963	-1
79	Rosa	922	-3
80	Ada	873	-1
81	Ellen	845	+3
82	Violet	831	+5
83	Doris	812	+5
84	Maggie	809	-3
85	Betty	807	+6
86	Kathryn	788	-3
87	Daisy	776	-2
88	Lois	763	+2
89	Dora	757	-7
90	Marguerite	753	+4
91	Sadie	750	+1
92	Nora	742	+1
93	Susie	739	+2
94	Georgia	722	-6
94	Velma	722	+7
96	Marjorie	712	0
97	Maude	709	-11
98	Anne	708	-1
99	Opal	702	+1
100	Emily	683	+3