Top names of 1909

Girls

1Mary19,259– 2Helen9,250– 3Margaret7,358– 4Ruth6,509– 5Dorothy6,253▲ 1 6Anna5,804▼ 1 7Elizabeth5,176– 8Mildred5,054– 9Marie4,301▲ 1 10Alice4,170▼ 1 11Florence3,789– 12Frances3,780▲ 2 13Ethel3,661▼ 1 14Lillian3,596▼ 1 15Gladys3,538– 16Edna3,429▲ 1 17Rose3,374▼ 1 18Evelyn3,157▲ 2 19Louise3,019▼ 1 20Irene2,961▲ 3 21Grace2,912▼ 2 22Annie2,904▼ 1 23Catherine2,897▼ 1 24Hazel2,708– 25Gertrude2,622– 26Thelma2,612– 27Ruby2,524▲ 6 28Martha2,510▲ 4 29Bertha2,444– 30Virginia2,420▲ 5 31Josephine2,416▼ 3 32Clara2,403▼ 1 33Edith2,371▼ 6 34Emma2,338▼ 4 35Bessie2,276▼ 1 36Lucille2,192▲ 2 37Esther2,185▼ 1 38Beatrice2,105▲ 2 39Elsie2,064▲ 2 40Pearl2,048▼ 1 41Mabel2,007▼ 4 42Agnes1,974▲ 3 43Myrtle1,950– 44Ida1,943▼ 1 45Julia1,931▲ 5 46Viola1,926▼ 4 47Eva1,896▼ 1 48Pauline1,896▲ 3 49Sarah1,845▼ 1 50Minnie1,779▼ 3 51Nellie1,768▼ 2 52Lillie1,635▲ 2 53Katherine1,557▲ 2 54Willie1,549▲ 5 55Laura1,524▼ 3 56Ann1,477▲ 6 57Eleanor1,460▲ 8 58Marion1,445▲ 5 59Mattie1,407▲ 1 60Ella1,382▼ 4 61Alma1,375▼ 8 62Bernice1,337▼ 1 63Jessie1,321▼ 5 64Doris1,298▲ 6 65Lena1,295▼ 1 66Carrie1,276– 67Vera1,242▲ 1 68Mae1,230▼ 11 69Blanche1,217– 70Stella1,188▼ 3 71Lucy1,175▲ 2 72Leona1,167▲ 1 73Lois1,157▲ 7 74Kathryn1,138▲ 3 75Hattie1,134▼ 4 76Anne1,110▼ 1 77Betty1,082▼ 5 78Marjorie1,082▲ 7 79Fannie1,071▼ 3 80Beulah1,052▲ 2 81Marguerite1,036▲ 7 82Opal1,028▲ 2 83Jennie998▼ 5 84Mamie974▼ 5 85Cora969▼ 2 86Ellen960▲ 6 87Rosa959▼ 1 88Ada945▼ 1 89Violet945▼ 8 90Jean940▲ 1 91Lula922▼ 2 92Velma857▼ 2 93Sylvia847▲ 8 94Charlotte841▲ 4 95Dora829▼ 2 96Inez826▲ 4 97Georgia813– 98Maggie794▼ 3 99Genevieve785▲ 9 100Hilda773▲ 2

Boys

1John9,590– 2William7,913– 3James7,595– 4George4,688– 5Robert4,563– 6Joseph4,348– 7Charles4,029– 8Frank3,244– 9Edward2,935– 10Thomas2,468– 11Henry2,411– 12Walter2,287– 13Willie2,175– 14Harry1,924– 15Albert1,816– 16Harold1,725▲ 1 17Paul1,676▲ 1 18Arthur1,665▼ 2 19Clarence1,518– 20Raymond1,441– 21Richard1,427▲ 2 22Fred1,355▼ 2 23Joe1,292▲ 1 24Louis1,231▼ 2 25Carl1,215▲ 4 26Howard1,166▲ 2 27Jack1,150– 28Roy1,135▼ 2 29David1,094▲ 1 30Ralph1,091▼ 5 31Earl1,007▲ 1 32Samuel983▲ 1 33Francis886▲ 1 34Ernest885▼ 3 35Lawrence854– 36Charlie833▲ 1 37Herbert831▼ 1 38Andrew766▲ 1 39Alfred763▼ 1 40Anthony758▲ 1 41Kenneth746▼ 1 42Donald725▲ 3 43Eugene724▼ 1 44Sam700▲ 2 45Elmer687▼ 3 46Leonard665▲ 2 47Michael635▼ 3 48Herman618▲ 2 49Leo609– 50Stanley607▲ 2 51Theodore595▼ 4 52Lee584▼ 1 53Floyd570▲ 2 54Daniel569– 55Leroy568▲ 1 56Peter539▼ 3 57Clifford536▲ 1 58Russell528▼ 2 59Jesse517▲ 3 60Clyde516▼ 1 61Lester501▼ 1 62Edwin492▲ 2 63Benjamin489– 64Frederick477▲ 4 65Lewis477▼ 4 66Chester475– 67Ray475– 68Bernard463▲ 2 69Eddie462▲ 2 70Oscar459▼ 5 71Melvin448▲ 4 72Cecil432– 73Jessie432▲ 4 74Claude419▼ 5 75Norman415▼ 1 76Lloyd412▼ 3 77Johnnie401▲ 8 78Philip395▲ 8 79Martin391▲ 4 80Leon377▲ 4 81Milton369▼ 2 82Alvin363▲ 7 83Harvey361▼ 1 84Ben358▼ 6 85Marvin354▲ 2 86Edgar347▼ 10 87Luther347▲ 4 88Tom340▼ 8 89Victor320▼ 1 90Everett314– 91Stephen314▲ 3 92Homer313▼ 12 93Allen312▼ 1 94Morris305▲ 4 95Gerald301▲ 2 96Leslie292▼ 1 97Vernon284▼ 4 98Julius269▲ 1 99Otis267▲ 6 100Will267▼ 4