Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1901

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	13,136
2	Helen	5,247
3	Anna	4,923
4	Margaret	4,424
5	Ruth	3,974
6	Elizabeth	3,216
7	Marie	3,157
8	Florence	3,131
9	Ethel	3,067
10	Lillian	2,681
11	Gladys	2,676
12	Alice	2,562
13	Edna	2,488
14	Mildred	2,424
15	Grace	2,398
16	Annie	2,396
17	Emma	2,374
18	Clara	2,319
19	Bertha	2,257
20	Rose	2,212
21	Bessie	2,183
22	Dorothy	2,173
23	Hazel	2,097
23	Mabel	2,097
25	Frances	2,071
26	Minnie	2,026
27	Gertrude	1,964
28	Myrtle	1,892
29	Martha	1,886
30	Irene	1,879
31	Pearl	1,866
32	Edith	1,863
33	Esther	1,844
34	Ida	1,835
35	Elsie	1,747
36	Louise	1,640
37	Eva	1,617
38	Catherine	1,599
39	Agnes	1,525
40	Sarah	1,514
41	Nellie	1,454
42	Ella	1,435
43	Josephine	1,434
44	Laura	1,402
45	Lillie	1,382
46	Julia	1,362
47	Viola	1,331
48	Carrie	1,247
49	Ruby	1,225
50	Mattie	1,224
51	Lena	1,216
52	Alma	1,195
53	Beatrice	1,183
54	Mae	1,140
55	Jessie	1,116
56	Hattie	1,106
57	Thelma	1,090
58	Cora	1,027
59	Blanche	1,025
60	Mamie	992
61	Lucy	979
62	Evelyn	966
63	Marion	963
64	Pauline	938
65	Stella	928
66	Ada	913
67	Lula	905
68	Willie	901
69	Jennie	898
70	Lucille	894
71	Katherine	890
72	Fannie	873
73	Vera	860
74	Beulah	859
75	Rosa	845
76	Virginia	825
77	Maude	819
78	Leona	779
79	Dora	768
80	Maggie	746
81	Nora	727
82	Ellen	711
83	Marguerite	699
84	Eleanor	686
85	Sadie	676
86	Bernice	660
87	Daisy	653
88	Susie	650
89	Ann	634
90	Kathryn	620
91	Violet	611
92	Hilda	574
93	Nettie	562
94	Theresa	554
95	May	550
96	Georgia	549
97	Effie	545
98	Olive	539
99	Emily	537
100	Della	534

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	6,900
2	William	5,990
3	James	4,735
4	George	3,609
5	Charles	3,049
6	Joseph	2,766
7	Robert	2,543
8	Frank	2,402
9	Edward	1,917
10	Henry	1,870
11	Thomas	1,820
12	Walter	1,718
13	Harry	1,594
14	Arthur	1,329
15	Albert	1,317
16	Willie	1,294
17	Clarence	1,196
18	Fred	1,133
19	Paul	924
20	Roy	917
21	Harold	915
22	Raymond	888
23	Earl	818
24	Carl	817
25	Louis	797
26	Richard	784
27	Joe	756
28	Ernest	691
29	Ralph	682
30	David	672
31	Charlie	654
32	Jack	645
33	Samuel	628
34	Howard	584
35	Herbert	573
36	Francis	543
37	Lawrence	535
38	Elmer	520
39	Alfred	506
40	Andrew	479
40	Sam	479
42	Leo	456
43	Theodore	450
44	Eugene	445
45	Lee	424
46	Floyd	423
47	Oscar	422
48	Daniel	416
49	Jesse	411
50	Russell	395
51	Herman	393
52	Michael	384
53	Will	364
54	Leonard	362
55	Clyde	356
56	Benjamin	343
56	Peter	343
58	Claude	341
59	Ray	338
60	Frederick	336
61	Lester	332
62	Anthony	323
63	Lewis	309
64	Martin	304
65	Edwin	299
66	Eddie	296
67	Tom	291
68	Lloyd	285
69	Clifford	282
70	Cecil	278
71	Edgar	271
72	Leroy	268
73	Ben	259
74	Homer	257
75	Chester	253
75	Harvey	253
77	Donald	250
78	Kenneth	246
79	Luther	244
80	Bernard	242
81	Jim	239
81	Stanley	239
83	Norman	238
84	Philip	232
85	Jessie	231
86	Everett	218
87	Leon	208
88	Allen	199
89	Leslie	198
90	Milton	197
91	Hugh	192
92	Oliver	187
93	Patrick	181
94	Glenn	180
95	Alvin	179
96	Horace	178
97	Melvin	176
98	Jacob	172
99	Guy	170
100	Victor	169