Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1908

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	18,665
2	Helen	8,439
3	Margaret	6,976
4	Ruth	6,180
5	Anna	5,860
6	Dorothy	5,703
7	Elizabeth	4,904
8	Mildred	4,624
9	Alice	4,270
10	Marie	4,076
11	Florence	3,883
12	Ethel	3,786
13	Lillian	3,634
14	Frances	3,593
15	Gladys	3,580
16	Rose	3,382
17	Edna	3,365
18	Louise	2,937
19	Grace	2,901
20	Evelyn	2,857
21	Annie	2,820
22	Catherine	2,750
23	Irene	2,732
24	Hazel	2,698
25	Gertrude	2,562
26	Thelma	2,526
27	Edith	2,410
28	Josephine	2,389
29	Bertha	2,384
30	Emma	2,357
31	Clara	2,352
32	Martha	2,324
33	Ruby	2,229
34	Bessie	2,201
35	Virginia	2,195
36	Esther	2,187
37	Mabel	2,096
38	Lucille	2,080
39	Pearl	2,075
40	Beatrice	1,997
41	Elsie	1,983
42	Viola	1,964
43	Ida	1,952
43	Myrtle	1,952
45	Agnes	1,934
46	Eva	1,930
47	Minnie	1,817
48	Sarah	1,814
49	Nellie	1,757
50	Julia	1,749
51	Pauline	1,702
52	Laura	1,558
53	Alma	1,474
54	Lillie	1,471
55	Katherine	1,430
56	Ella	1,428
57	Mae	1,384
58	Jessie	1,382
59	Willie	1,371
60	Mattie	1,364
61	Bernice	1,363
62	Ann	1,354
63	Marion	1,349
64	Lena	1,331
65	Eleanor	1,302
66	Carrie	1,239
67	Stella	1,216
68	Vera	1,204
69	Blanche	1,162
70	Doris	1,155
71	Hattie	1,137
72	Betty	1,128
73	Leona	1,118
73	Lucy	1,118
75	Anne	1,088
76	Fannie	1,085
77	Kathryn	1,058
78	Jennie	1,038
79	Mamie	1,028
80	Lois	1,023
81	Violet	1,017
82	Beulah	1,015
83	Cora	962
84	Opal	955
85	Marjorie	942
86	Rosa	941
87	Ada	922
88	Marguerite	913
89	Lula	892
90	Velma	860
91	Jean	852
92	Ellen	848
93	Dora	806
94	Theresa	795
95	Maggie	772
96	Sadie	770
97	Georgia	768
98	Charlotte	766
99	Daisy	765
100	Inez	757

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	9,343
2	William	7,529
3	James	7,012
4	George	4,584
5	Robert	4,219
6	Joseph	4,162
7	Charles	3,929
8	Frank	3,146
9	Edward	2,707
10	Thomas	2,301
11	Henry	2,283
12	Walter	2,192
13	Willie	1,964
14	Harry	1,934
15	Albert	1,642
16	Arthur	1,601
17	Harold	1,542
18	Paul	1,478
19	Clarence	1,428
20	Fred	1,381
20	Raymond	1,381
22	Louis	1,317
23	Richard	1,244
24	Joe	1,209
25	Ralph	1,138
26	Roy	1,097
27	Jack	1,086
28	Howard	1,078
29	Carl	1,074
30	David	1,015
31	Ernest	1,000
32	Earl	999
33	Samuel	960
34	Francis	853
35	Lawrence	815
36	Herbert	759
37	Charlie	740
38	Alfred	739
39	Andrew	722
40	Kenneth	692
41	Anthony	690
42	Elmer	689
42	Eugene	689
44	Michael	688
45	Donald	664
46	Sam	644
47	Theodore	643
48	Leonard	614
49	Leo	584
50	Herman	562
51	Lee	553
52	Stanley	547
53	Peter	541
54	Daniel	530
55	Floyd	529
56	Leroy	523
56	Russell	523
58	Clifford	515
59	Clyde	511
60	Lester	509
61	Lewis	489
62	Jesse	482
63	Benjamin	480
64	Edwin	477
65	Oscar	476
66	Chester	461
67	Ray	446
68	Frederick	438
69	Claude	428
70	Bernard	414
71	Eddie	413
72	Cecil	397
73	Lloyd	394
74	Norman	374
75	Melvin	366
76	Edgar	360
77	Jessie	355
78	Ben	353
79	Milton	346
80	Homer	340
80	Tom	340
82	Harvey	339
83	Martin	331
84	Leon	327
85	Johnnie	321
86	Philip	319
87	Marvin	311
88	Victor	308
89	Alvin	307
90	Everett	294
91	Luther	292
92	Allen	287
93	Vernon	285
94	Stephen	280
95	Leslie	279
96	Will	274
97	Gerald	270
98	Morris	269
99	Julius	263
100	Virgil	258