Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1908

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

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1907
1	Mary	18,665	0
2	Helen	8,439	0
3	Margaret	6,976	0
4	Ruth	6,180	+1
5	Anna	5,860	-1
6	Dorothy	5,703	0
7	Elizabeth	4,904	0
8	Mildred	4,624	0
9	Alice	4,270	0
10	Marie	4,076	0
11	Florence	3,883	0
12	Ethel	3,786	0
13	Lillian	3,634	0
14	Frances	3,593	+2
15	Gladys	3,580	-1
16	Rose	3,382	+1
17	Edna	3,365	-2
18	Louise	2,937	+3
19	Grace	2,901	+1
20	Evelyn	2,857	-2
21	Annie	2,820	-2
22	Catherine	2,750	+3
23	Irene	2,732	-1
24	Hazel	2,698	-1
25	Gertrude	2,562	-1
26	Thelma	2,526	+2
27	Edith	2,410	+5
28	Josephine	2,389	+5
29	Bertha	2,384	-3
30	Emma	2,357	-3
31	Clara	2,352	-2
32	Martha	2,324	-1
33	Ruby	2,229	+1
34	Bessie	2,201	-4
35	Virginia	2,195	+6
36	Esther	2,187	+1
37	Mabel	2,096	-1
38	Lucille	2,080	+7
39	Pearl	2,075	-4
40	Beatrice	1,997	+4
41	Elsie	1,983	+2
42	Viola	1,964	+5
43	Ida	1,952	-5
43	Myrtle	1,952	-4
45	Agnes	1,934	+1
46	Eva	1,930	-4
47	Minnie	1,817	-7
48	Sarah	1,814	0
49	Nellie	1,757	+1
50	Julia	1,749	-1
51	Pauline	1,702	+1
52	Laura	1,558	-1
53	Alma	1,474	+5
54	Lillie	1,471	-1
55	Katherine	1,430	0
56	Ella	1,428	-2
57	Mae	1,384	0
58	Jessie	1,382	+2
59	Willie	1,371	-3
60	Mattie	1,364	-1
61	Bernice	1,363	+4
62	Ann	1,354	0
63	Marion	1,349	0
64	Lena	1,331	0
65	Eleanor	1,302	+2
66	Carrie	1,239	-5
67	Stella	1,216	+3
68	Vera	1,204	0
69	Blanche	1,162	-3
70	Doris	1,155	+6
71	Hattie	1,137	0
72	Betty	1,128	+5
73	Leona	1,118	-1
73	Lucy	1,118	-5
75	Anne	1,088	+4
76	Fannie	1,085	-2
77	Kathryn	1,058	+11
78	Jennie	1,038	0
79	Mamie	1,028	-4
80	Lois	1,023	+5
81	Violet	1,017	0
82	Beulah	1,015	-9
83	Cora	962	-3
84	Opal	955	+2
85	Marjorie	942	+7
86	Rosa	941	-4
87	Ada	922	-4
88	Marguerite	913	-1
89	Lula	892	-5
90	Velma	860	0
91	Jean	852	+5
92	Ellen	848	-3
93	Dora	806	+1
94	Theresa	795	+5
95	Maggie	772	-4
96	Sadie	770	-1
97	Georgia	768	-5
98	Charlotte	766	+7
99	Daisy	765	-1
100	Inez	757	+2