Top names of 1908

Girls

1Mary18,665– 2Helen8,439– 3Margaret6,976– 4Ruth6,180▲ 1 5Anna5,860▼ 1 6Dorothy5,703– 7Elizabeth4,904– 8Mildred4,624– 9Alice4,270– 10Marie4,076– 11Florence3,883– 12Ethel3,786– 13Lillian3,634– 14Frances3,593▲ 2 15Gladys3,580▼ 1 16Rose3,382▲ 1 17Edna3,365▼ 2 18Louise2,937▲ 3 19Grace2,901▲ 1 20Evelyn2,857▼ 2 21Annie2,820▼ 2 22Catherine2,750▲ 3 23Irene2,732▼ 1 24Hazel2,698▼ 1 25Gertrude2,562▼ 1 26Thelma2,526▲ 2 27Edith2,410▲ 5 28Josephine2,389▲ 5 29Bertha2,384▼ 3 30Emma2,357▼ 3 31Clara2,352▼ 2 32Martha2,324▼ 1 33Ruby2,229▲ 1 34Bessie2,201▼ 4 35Virginia2,195▲ 6 36Esther2,187▲ 1 37Mabel2,096▼ 1 38Lucille2,080▲ 7 39Pearl2,075▼ 4 40Beatrice1,997▲ 4 41Elsie1,983▲ 2 42Viola1,964▲ 5 43Ida1,952▼ 5 44Myrtle1,952▼ 5 45Agnes1,934▲ 1 46Eva1,930▼ 4 47Minnie1,817▼ 7 48Sarah1,814– 49Nellie1,757▲ 1 50Julia1,749▼ 1 51Pauline1,702▲ 1 52Laura1,558▼ 1 53Alma1,474▲ 5 54Lillie1,471▼ 1 55Katherine1,430– 56Ella1,428▼ 2 57Mae1,384– 58Jessie1,382▲ 2 59Willie1,371▼ 3 60Mattie1,364▼ 1 61Bernice1,363▲ 4 62Ann1,354– 63Marion1,349– 64Lena1,331– 65Eleanor1,302▲ 2 66Carrie1,239▼ 5 67Stella1,216▲ 3 68Vera1,204– 69Blanche1,162▼ 3 70Doris1,155▲ 6 71Hattie1,137– 72Betty1,128▲ 5 73Leona1,118▼ 1 74Lucy1,118▼ 6 75Anne1,088▲ 4 76Fannie1,085▼ 2 77Kathryn1,058▲ 11 78Jennie1,038– 79Mamie1,028▼ 4 80Lois1,023▲ 5 81Violet1,017– 82Beulah1,015▼ 9 83Cora962▼ 3 84Opal955▲ 2 85Marjorie942▲ 7 86Rosa941▼ 4 87Ada922▼ 4 88Marguerite913▼ 1 89Lula892▼ 5 90Velma860– 91Jean852▲ 5 92Ellen848▼ 3 93Dora806▲ 1 94Theresa795▲ 5 95Maggie772▼ 4 96Sadie770▼ 1 97Georgia768▼ 5 98Charlotte766▲ 7 99Daisy765▼ 1 100Inez757▲ 2

Boys

1John9,343– 2William7,529– 3James7,012– 4George4,584– 5Robert4,219– 6Joseph4,162▲ 1 7Charles3,929▼ 1 8Frank3,146– 9Edward2,707– 10Thomas2,301▲ 1 11Henry2,283▼ 1 12Walter2,192– 13Willie1,964– 14Harry1,934– 15Albert1,642– 16Arthur1,601– 17Harold1,542– 18Paul1,478▲ 2 19Clarence1,428▼ 1 20Fred1,381▼ 1 21Raymond1,381– 22Louis1,317▲ 3 23Richard1,244▼ 1 24Joe1,209▼ 1 25Ralph1,138▲ 4 26Roy1,097▼ 2 27Jack1,086▼ 1 28Howard1,078▲ 5 29Carl1,074▼ 2 30David1,015▲ 1 31Ernest1,000▼ 1 32Earl999▼ 4 33Samuel960▼ 1 34Francis853▲ 3 35Lawrence815▼ 1 36Herbert759▲ 3 37Charlie740▼ 2 38Alfred739▼ 2 39Andrew722▲ 1 40Kenneth692▲ 7 41Anthony690▲ 5 42Elmer689▲ 2 43Eugene689▼ 2 44Michael688▲ 4 45Donald664▼ 1 46Sam644▼ 3 47Theodore643▼ 9 48Leonard614▲ 3 49Leo584▼ 7 50Herman562▼ 1 51Lee553▲ 3 52Stanley547▲ 2 53Peter541▲ 8 54Daniel530▼ 2 55Floyd529▼ 2 56Leroy523▼ 6 57Russell523– 58Clifford515▲ 7 59Clyde511▼ 3 60Lester509▼ 2 61Lewis489▲ 5 62Jesse482▲ 1 63Benjamin480▲ 1 64Edwin477▼ 2 65Oscar476▼ 6 66Chester461▲ 1 67Ray446▼ 7 68Frederick438– 69Claude428▲ 5 70Bernard414▲ 3 71Eddie413▼ 1 72Cecil397▼ 3 73Lloyd394▼ 2 74Norman374▲ 1 75Melvin366▲ 3 76Edgar360▲ 5 77Jessie355▼ 6 78Ben353▲ 4 79Milton346▲ 10 80Homer340▲ 4 81Tom340▲ 2 82Harvey339▼ 5 83Martin331▼ 4 84Leon327▼ 4 85Johnnie321▲ 1 86Philip319▼ 10 87Marvin311– 88Victor308▲ 11 89Alvin307▲ 10 90Everett294▼ 2 91Luther292– 92Allen287▼ 7 93Vernon285▲ 16 94Stephen280– 95Leslie279▼ 1 96Will274– 97Gerald270▲ 5 98Morris269▼ 2 99Julius263▲ 6 100Virgil258▼ 7