Top Baby Names of 1900
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1900, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1900)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,828 |
| 2 | William | 8,579 |
| 3 | James | 7,245 |
| 4 | George | 5,403 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,098 |
| 6 | Robert | 3,821 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,714 |
| 8 | Frank | 3,477 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,720 |
| 10 | Henry | 2,606 |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,556 |
| 12 | Walter | 2,298 |
| 13 | Harry | 2,272 |
| 14 | Willie | 2,113 |
| 15 | Arthur | 1,853 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,741 |
| 17 | Fred | 1,646 |
| 18 | Clarence | 1,483 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,288 |
| 20 | Harold | 1,245 |
| 21 | Roy | 1,215 |
| 22 | Joe | 1,179 |
| 23 | Raymond | 1,150 |
| 24 | Richard | 1,141 |
| 25 | Charlie | 1,124 |
| 26 | Louis | 1,097 |
| 27 | Jack | 1,053 |
| 28 | Earl | 1,037 |
| 29 | Carl | 1,016 |
| 30 | Ernest | 1,012 |
| 31 | Ralph | 896 |
| 32 | David | 883 |
| 33 | Samuel | 877 |
| 34 | Sam | 821 |
| 35 | Howard | 779 |
| 36 | Herbert | 751 |
| 37 | Andrew | 718 |
| 38 | Elmer | 699 |
| 39 | Lee | 675 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 659 |
| 41 | Francis | 652 |
| 42 | Alfred | 640 |
| 43 | Will | 603 |
| 44 | Daniel | 598 |
| 45 | Eugene | 587 |
| 46 | Leo | 570 |
| 47 | Oscar | 563 |
| 48 | Floyd | 555 |
| 49 | Herman | 550 |
| 50 | Jesse | 536 |
| 51 | Michael | 495 |
| 52 | Lewis | 469 |
| 53 | Tom | 469 |
| 54 | Leonard | 465 |
| 55 | Ray | 457 |
| 56 | Clyde | 451 |
| 57 | Benjamin | 450 |
| 58 | Peter | 443 |
| 59 | Claude | 433 |
| 60 | Lester | 431 |
| 61 | Theodore | 429 |
| 62 | Russell | 427 |
| 63 | Eddie | 425 |
| 64 | Frederick | 420 |
| 65 | Leroy | 419 |
| 66 | Clifford | 409 |
| 67 | Anthony | 406 |
| 68 | Jim | 399 |
| 69 | Jessie | 398 |
| 70 | Martin | 383 |
| 71 | Edgar | 374 |
| 72 | Chester | 364 |
| 73 | Ben | 355 |
| 74 | Edwin | 350 |
| 75 | Dewey | 345 |
| 76 | Cecil | 344 |
| 77 | Stanley | 342 |
| 78 | Lloyd | 337 |
| 79 | Donald | 328 |
| 80 | Homer | 326 |
| 81 | Harvey | 322 |
| 82 | Luther | 316 |
| 83 | Norman | 316 |
| 84 | Johnnie | 313 |
| 85 | Leon | 310 |
| 86 | Bernard | 308 |
| 87 | Ed | 297 |
| 88 | Hugh | 290 |
| 89 | Patrick | 285 |
| 90 | Kenneth | 279 |
| 91 | Leslie | 275 |
| 92 | Victor | 269 |
| 93 | Alexander | 260 |
| 94 | Philip | 259 |
| 95 | Oliver | 256 |
| 96 | Mack | 250 |
| 97 | Horace | 244 |
| 98 | Milton | 242 |
| 99 | Guy | 240 |
| 100 | Everett | 237 |