Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1909

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	19,259
2	Helen	9,250
3	Margaret	7,358
4	Ruth	6,509
5	Dorothy	6,253
6	Anna	5,804
7	Elizabeth	5,176
8	Mildred	5,054
9	Marie	4,301
10	Alice	4,170
11	Florence	3,789
12	Frances	3,780
13	Ethel	3,661
14	Lillian	3,596
15	Gladys	3,538
16	Edna	3,429
17	Rose	3,374
18	Evelyn	3,157
19	Louise	3,019
20	Irene	2,961
21	Grace	2,912
22	Annie	2,904
23	Catherine	2,897
24	Hazel	2,708
25	Gertrude	2,622
26	Thelma	2,612
27	Ruby	2,524
28	Martha	2,510
29	Bertha	2,444
30	Virginia	2,420
31	Josephine	2,416
32	Clara	2,403
33	Edith	2,371
34	Emma	2,338
35	Bessie	2,276
36	Lucille	2,192
37	Esther	2,185
38	Beatrice	2,105
39	Elsie	2,064
40	Pearl	2,048
41	Mabel	2,007
42	Agnes	1,974
43	Myrtle	1,950
44	Ida	1,943
45	Julia	1,931
46	Viola	1,926
47	Eva	1,896
47	Pauline	1,896
49	Sarah	1,845
50	Minnie	1,779
51	Nellie	1,768
52	Lillie	1,635
53	Katherine	1,557
54	Willie	1,549
55	Laura	1,524
56	Ann	1,477
57	Eleanor	1,460
58	Marion	1,445
59	Mattie	1,407
60	Ella	1,382
61	Alma	1,375
62	Bernice	1,337
63	Jessie	1,321
64	Doris	1,298
65	Lena	1,295
66	Carrie	1,276
67	Vera	1,242
68	Mae	1,230
69	Blanche	1,217
70	Stella	1,188
71	Lucy	1,175
72	Leona	1,167
73	Lois	1,157
74	Kathryn	1,138
75	Hattie	1,134
76	Anne	1,110
77	Betty	1,082
77	Marjorie	1,082
79	Fannie	1,071
80	Beulah	1,052
81	Marguerite	1,036
82	Opal	1,028
83	Jennie	998
84	Mamie	974
85	Cora	969
86	Ellen	960
87	Rosa	959
88	Ada	945
88	Violet	945
90	Jean	940
91	Lula	922
92	Velma	857
93	Sylvia	847
94	Charlotte	841
95	Dora	829
96	Inez	826
97	Georgia	813
98	Maggie	794
99	Genevieve	785
100	Hilda	773

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	9,590
2	William	7,913
3	James	7,595
4	George	4,688
5	Robert	4,563
6	Joseph	4,348
7	Charles	4,029
8	Frank	3,244
9	Edward	2,935
10	Thomas	2,468
11	Henry	2,411
12	Walter	2,287
13	Willie	2,175
14	Harry	1,924
15	Albert	1,816
16	Harold	1,725
17	Paul	1,676
18	Arthur	1,665
19	Clarence	1,518
20	Raymond	1,441
21	Richard	1,427
22	Fred	1,355
23	Joe	1,292
24	Louis	1,231
25	Carl	1,215
26	Howard	1,166
27	Jack	1,150
28	Roy	1,135
29	David	1,094
30	Ralph	1,091
31	Earl	1,007
32	Samuel	983
33	Francis	886
34	Ernest	885
35	Lawrence	854
36	Charlie	833
37	Herbert	831
38	Andrew	766
39	Alfred	763
40	Anthony	758
41	Kenneth	746
42	Donald	725
43	Eugene	724
44	Sam	700
45	Elmer	687
46	Leonard	665
47	Michael	635
48	Herman	618
49	Leo	609
50	Stanley	607
51	Theodore	595
52	Lee	584
53	Floyd	570
54	Daniel	569
55	Leroy	568
56	Peter	539
57	Clifford	536
58	Russell	528
59	Jesse	517
60	Clyde	516
61	Lester	501
62	Edwin	492
63	Benjamin	489
64	Frederick	477
64	Lewis	477
66	Chester	475
66	Ray	475
68	Bernard	463
69	Eddie	462
70	Oscar	459
71	Melvin	448
72	Cecil	432
72	Jessie	432
74	Claude	419
75	Norman	415
76	Lloyd	412
77	Johnnie	401
78	Philip	395
79	Martin	391
80	Leon	377
81	Milton	369
82	Alvin	363
83	Harvey	361
84	Ben	358
85	Marvin	354
86	Edgar	347
86	Luther	347
88	Tom	340
89	Victor	320
90	Everett	314
90	Stephen	314
92	Homer	313
93	Allen	312
94	Morris	305
95	Gerald	301
96	Leslie	292
97	Vernon	284
98	Julius	269
99	Otis	267
99	Will	267