Popular Baby Names

Based on US Social Security Administration data

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Top Names of the 1900s

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Babies
1	John	84,590
2	William	69,320
3	James	62,170
4	George	43,589
5	Charles	36,184
6	Robert	35,849
7	Joseph	35,173
8	Frank	29,046
9	Edward	24,516
10	Thomas	21,783
11	Henry	21,772
12	Walter	19,997
13	Harry	17,906
14	Willie	17,746
15	Arthur	15,409
16	Albert	15,318
17	Clarence	13,573
18	Fred	13,076
19	Harold	12,795
20	Paul	12,636

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	161,504
2	Helen	69,428
3	Margaret	57,919
4	Anna	54,918
5	Ruth	51,010
6	Elizabeth	41,708
7	Dorothy	39,112
8	Marie	37,091
9	Florence	36,191
10	Mildred	36,173
11	Alice	35,232
12	Ethel	34,868
13	Lillian	32,519
14	Gladys	30,285
15	Edna	29,832
16	Frances	28,499
17	Rose	28,106
18	Annie	27,748
19	Grace	26,927
20	Bertha	24,247

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