Top names of 1900

Girls

1Mary16,705– 2Helen6,342▲ 1 3Anna6,114▼ 1 4Margaret5,304– 5Ruth4,765– 6Elizabeth4,096▲ 1 7Florence3,920▼ 1 8Ethel3,896▲ 1 9Marie3,856▼ 1 10Lillian3,414– 11Annie3,324▲ 7 12Edna3,102▼ 1 13Emma3,095– 14Alice3,059▼ 2 15Bessie3,044▲ 4 16Bertha3,019– 17Grace2,942▼ 2 18Rose2,844▲ 3 19Clara2,826▼ 5 20Mildred2,800▼ 3 21Gladys2,733▼ 1 22Minnie2,673▲ 3 23Gertrude2,580– 24Pearl2,512▲ 3 25Mabel2,509▼ 3 26Frances2,495▼ 2 27Dorothy2,491▲ 8 28Martha2,437– 29Hazel2,425▼ 3 30Ida2,285▲ 1 31Irene2,264▲ 3 32Myrtle2,252▼ 2 33Eva2,089▲ 6 34Catherine2,081▲ 2 35Louise2,070▲ 5 36Edith2,068▼ 4 37Sarah2,054▲ 1 38Elsie2,045▼ 5 39Esther2,017▼ 10 40Lillie2,004▲ 5 41Agnes1,914▼ 4 42Ella1,911– 43Nellie1,850▼ 2 44Mattie1,834▲ 4 45Laura1,824▼ 2 46Julia1,766▲ 1 47Josephine1,743▼ 3 48Carrie1,711▼ 2 49Viola1,674▲ 1 50Hattie1,553▲ 3 51Ruby1,540▲ 1 52Lena1,506▼ 3 53Jessie1,422▲ 1 54Mae1,406▲ 5 55Cora1,389▲ 3 56Beatrice1,382– 57Alma1,372▼ 6 58Willie1,351▲ 15 59Mamie1,337▲ 5 60Blanche1,332▼ 5 61Lucy1,246▼ 1 62Fannie1,237▲ 6 63Lula1,237▲ 4 64Jennie1,204▼ 8 65Katherine1,201– 66Marion1,197▼ 3 67Lucille1,182▲ 4 68Stella1,177▼ 6 69Rosa1,118▲ 8 70Evelyn1,116▲ 4 71Pauline1,104▲ 1 72Ada1,101▼ 11 73Thelma1,094▲ 5 74Virginia1,068▲ 1 75Maggie1,045▼ 5 76Vera1,024▼ 7 77Maude1,013▼ 11 78Beulah974▼ 2 79Dora958– 80Susie947▲ 6 81Daisy931▲ 4 82Ellen922▼ 1 83Nora919▼ 3 84Sadie895▼ 2 85Leona825▼ 1 86Marguerite786▼ 3 87Georgia765▲ 12 88Eleanor753▲ 6 89Effie752▲ 1 90Della748▲ 1 91May744▲ 4 92Ann736– 93Kathryn721▼ 6 94Nettie711▼ 5 95Olive705▲ 3 96Bernice702▲ 7 97Lottie690▼ 4 98Sallie676▲ 2 99Nancy673▲ 8 100Betty665▲ 19

Boys

1John9,828– 2William8,579– 3James7,245– 4George5,403– 5Charles4,098– 6Robert3,821▲ 1 7Joseph3,714▼ 1 8Frank3,477– 9Edward2,720– 10Henry2,606– 11Thomas2,556– 12Walter2,298– 13Harry2,272– 14Willie2,113▲ 4 15Arthur1,853▼ 1 16Albert1,741▼ 1 17Fred1,646▼ 1 18Clarence1,483▼ 1 19Paul1,288▲ 2 20Harold1,245▼ 1 21Roy1,215▼ 1 22Joe1,179▲ 2 23Raymond1,150▼ 1 24Richard1,141▲ 3 25Charlie1,124▲ 6 26Louis1,097– 27Jack1,053▲ 8 28Earl1,037▼ 5 29Carl1,016▼ 4 30Ernest1,012▼ 3 31Ralph896▼ 2 32David883– 33Samuel877▼ 3 34Sam821▲ 10 35Howard779▼ 1 36Herbert751▼ 3 37Andrew718▼ 1 38Elmer699▼ 1 39Lee675▲ 11 40Lawrence659– 41Francis652▼ 3 42Alfred640▼ 1 43Will603▲ 5 44Daniel598▼ 2 45Eugene587– 46Leo570▼ 3 47Oscar563▼ 1 48Floyd555▲ 4 49Herman550– 50Jesse536▼ 3 51Michael495– 52Lewis469▲ 2 53Tom469▲ 13 54Leonard465▲ 6 55Ray457▲ 6 56Clyde451▲ 2 57Benjamin450– 58Peter443▼ 5 59Claude433▲ 4 60Lester431▲ 5 61Theodore429▲ 17 62Russell427▼ 6 63Eddie425▲ 11 64Frederick420▼ 9 65Leroy419▲ 4 66Clifford409▼ 4 67Anthony406▼ 3 68Jim399▲ 2 69Jessie398▲ 1 70Martin383▲ 2 71Edgar374▲ 9 72Chester364▼ 6 73Ben355– 74Edwin350▼ 15 75Dewey345▼ 36 76Cecil344▲ 1 77Stanley342▼ 3 78Lloyd337▼ 10 79Donald328▼ 5 80Homer326▲ 2 81Harvey322▼ 2 82Luther316▼ 1 83Norman316– 84Johnnie313▲ 29 85Leon310▲ 8 86Bernard308▼ 1 87Ed297▲ 14 88Hugh290– 89Patrick285▼ 3 90Kenneth279▼ 3 91Leslie275▲ 4 92Victor269▲ 8 93Alexander260▲ 4 94Philip259▼ 11 95Oliver256▲ 12 96Mack250▲ 14 97Horace244▲ 8 98Milton242▼ 9 99Guy240▼ 9 100Everett237▼ 5