Top names by year
Top baby names of 1901
One birth year · Mary · John lead
The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in 1901, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. See also the whole 1900s. Then see which names rose and fell after 1901 and what is climbing now.
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The 1901 lists
Ranked by babies given each name
Girls100
- 1Mary13,136
- 2Helen5,247
- 3Anna4,923
- 4Margaret4,424
- 5Ruth3,974
- 6Elizabeth3,216
- 7Marie3,157
- 8Florence3,131
- 9Ethel3,067
- 10Lillian2,681
- 11Gladys2,676
- 12Alice2,562
- 13Edna2,488
- 14Mildred2,424
- 15Grace2,398
- 16Annie2,396
- 17Emma2,374
- 18Clara2,319
- 19Bertha2,257
- 20Rose2,212
- 21Bessie2,183
- 22Dorothy2,173
- 23Hazel2,097
- 24Mabel2,097
- 25Frances2,071
- 26Minnie2,026
- 27Gertrude1,964
- 28Myrtle1,892
- 29Martha1,886
- 30Irene1,879
- 31Pearl1,866
- 32Edith1,863
- 33Esther1,844
- 34Ida1,835
- 35Elsie1,747
- 36Louise1,640
- 37Eva1,617
- 38Catherine1,599
- 39Agnes1,525
- 40Sarah1,514
- 41Nellie1,454
- 42Ella1,435
- 43Josephine1,434
- 44Laura1,402
- 45Lillie1,382
- 46Julia1,362
- 47Viola1,331
- 48Carrie1,247
- 49Ruby1,225
- 50Mattie1,224
- 51Lena1,216
- 52Alma1,195
- 53Beatrice1,183
- 54Mae1,140
- 55Jessie1,116
- 56Hattie1,106
- 57Thelma1,090
- 58Cora1,027
- 59Blanche1,025
- 60Mamie992
- 61Lucy979
- 62Evelyn966
- 63Marion963
- 64Pauline938
- 65Stella928
- 66Ada913
- 67Lula905
- 68Willie901
- 69Jennie898
- 70Lucille894
- 71Katherine890
- 72Fannie873
- 73Vera860
- 74Beulah859
- 75Rosa845
- 76Virginia825
- 77Maude819
- 78Leona779
- 79Dora768
- 80Maggie746
- 81Nora727
- 82Ellen711
- 83Marguerite699
- 84Eleanor686
- 85Sadie676
- 86Bernice660
- 87Daisy653
- 88Susie650
- 89Ann634
- 90Kathryn620
- 91Violet611
- 92Hilda574
- 93Nettie562
- 94Theresa554
- 95May550
- 96Georgia549
- 97Effie545
- 98Olive539
- 99Emily537
- 100Della534
US babies given each name in 1901.
Boys100
- 1John6,900
- 2William5,990
- 3James4,735
- 4George3,609
- 5Charles3,049
- 6Joseph2,766
- 7Robert2,543
- 8Frank2,402
- 9Edward1,917
- 10Henry1,870
- 11Thomas1,820
- 12Walter1,718
- 13Harry1,594
- 14Arthur1,329
- 15Albert1,317
- 16Willie1,294
- 17Clarence1,196
- 18Fred1,133
- 19Paul924
- 20Roy917
- 21Harold915
- 22Raymond888
- 23Earl818
- 24Carl817
- 25Louis797
- 26Richard784
- 27Joe756
- 28Ernest691
- 29Ralph682
- 30David672
- 31Charlie654
- 32Jack645
- 33Samuel628
- 34Howard584
- 35Herbert573
- 36Francis543
- 37Lawrence535
- 38Elmer520
- 39Alfred506
- 40Andrew479
- 41Sam479
- 42Leo456
- 43Theodore450
- 44Eugene445
- 45Lee424
- 46Floyd423
- 47Oscar422
- 48Daniel416
- 49Jesse411
- 50Russell395
- 51Herman393
- 52Michael384
- 53Will364
- 54Leonard362
- 55Clyde356
- 56Benjamin343
- 57Peter343
- 58Claude341
- 59Ray338
- 60Frederick336
- 61Lester332
- 62Anthony323
- 63Lewis309
- 64Martin304
- 65Edwin299
- 66Eddie296
- 67Tom291
- 68Lloyd285
- 69Clifford282
- 70Cecil278
- 71Edgar271
- 72Leroy268
- 73Ben259
- 74Homer257
- 75Chester253
- 76Harvey253
- 77Donald250
- 78Kenneth246
- 79Luther244
- 80Bernard242
- 81Jim239
- 82Stanley239
- 83Norman238
- 84Philip232
- 85Jessie231
- 86Everett218
- 87Leon208
- 88Allen199
- 89Leslie198
- 90Milton197
- 91Hugh192
- 92Oliver187
- 93Patrick181
- 94Glenn180
- 95Alvin179
- 96Horace178
- 97Melvin176
- 98Jacob172
- 99Guy170
- 100Victor169
US babies given each name in 1901.
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Questions people ask
About the names of 1901
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- What was the most popular girl name in 1901?
- Mary was the #1 girl name in the US in 1901, given to 13,136 babies.
- What was the most popular boy name in 1901?
- John was the #1 boy name in the US in 1901, given to 6,900 babies.
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