Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1908

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1907.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1907
1	Mary	18,744	0
2	John	9,401	0
3	Helen	8,469	0
4	William	7,574	0
5	James	7,044	0
6	Margaret	7,000	0
7	Ruth	6,200	+1
8	Anna	5,870	-1
9	Dorothy	5,722	0
10	Elizabeth	4,915	0
11	Mildred	4,644	+1
12	George	4,625	-1
13	Alice	4,281	0
14	Robert	4,245	0
15	Joseph	4,183	+2
16	Marie	4,096	0
17	Charles	3,959	-2
18	Florence	3,902	0
19	Ethel	3,808	0
20	Lillian	3,643	0
21	Frances	3,614	+1
22	Gladys	3,596	+1
23	Rose	3,405	+2
24	Edna	3,382	0
25	Willie	3,335	-4
26	Frank	3,168	+1
27	Louise	2,951	+4
28	Grace	2,918	+1
29	Evelyn	2,866	-3
30	Annie	2,832	-2
31	Catherine	2,760	+4
32	Irene	2,740	-2
33	Hazel	2,727	0
34	Edward	2,714	-2
35	Gertrude	2,575	-1
36	Thelma	2,534	+2
37	Edith	2,418	+6
38	Josephine	2,397	+7
39	Bertha	2,391	-3
40	Clara	2,364	-1
41	Emma	2,357	-4
42	Martha	2,332	-1
43	Thomas	2,323	0
44	Henry	2,310	-2
45	Ruby	2,238	+2
46	Bessie	2,206	-6
47	Walter	2,198	+1
48	Esther	2,195	+2
48	Virginia	2,195	+6
50	Pearl	2,111	-4
51	Mabel	2,108	-2
52	Lucille	2,089	+5
53	Beatrice	2,007	+5
54	Elsie	1,990	+2
55	Viola	1,973	+6
56	Ida	1,959	-5
56	Myrtle	1,959	-4
58	Agnes	1,941	+1
58	Eva	1,941	-3
58	Harry	1,941	+2
61	Minnie	1,825	-8
62	Sarah	1,814	0
63	Nellie	1,764	+2
64	Julia	1,759	0
65	Jessie	1,737	-2
66	Pauline	1,707	+2
67	Albert	1,650	-1
68	Arthur	1,612	+1
69	Marion	1,582	+2
70	Laura	1,565	-3
71	Harold	1,551	+1
72	Alma	1,488	+7
73	Paul	1,487	+5
74	Lillie	1,476	-4
75	Clarence	1,435	0
76	Ella	1,434	-3
77	Katherine	1,430	-3
78	Mae	1,392	-1
79	Fred	1,390	-3
80	Raymond	1,389	+1
81	Bernice	1,378	+5
82	Mattie	1,375	-2
83	Ann	1,359	0
84	Lena	1,336	+1
85	Louis	1,332	+10
86	Eleanor	1,311	+6
87	Richard	1,250	-3
88	Carrie	1,249	-6
89	Joe	1,241	-3
90	Stella	1,222	0
91	Vera	1,211	-2
92	Blanche	1,171	-2
93	Doris	1,168	+7
94	Ralph	1,144	+12
95	Hattie	1,143	-2
96	Betty	1,135	+7
97	Leona	1,126	-1
97	Lucy	1,126	-9
99	Roy	1,104	-5
100	Anne	1,094	+8