Most Popular Names in 1900s
| Popularity | Boys' Names | Girls' Names |
| 1 | John | Mary |
| 2 | William | Helen |
| 3 | James | Margaret |
| 4 | George | Anna |
| 5 | Joseph | Ruth |
| 6 | Charles | Elizabeth |
| 7 | Robert | Dorothy |
| 8 | Frank | Marie |
| 9 | Edward | Mildred |
| 10 | Henry | Alice |
| 11 | Walter | Florence |
| 12 | Thomas | Ethel |
| 13 | Harry | Lillian |
| 14 | Arthur | Rose |
| 15 | Harold | Gladys |
| 16 | Albert | Frances |
| 17 | Paul | Edna |
| 18 | Clarence | Grace |
| 19 | Fred | Catherine |
| 20 | Carl | Hazel |
| 21 | Louis | Irene |
| 22 | Raymond | Gertrude |
| 23 | Ralph | Clara |
| 24 | Roy | Louise |
| 25 | Richard | Edith |
| 26 | Ernest | Bertha |
| 27 | Earl | Mabel |
| 28 | Willie | Annie |
| 29 | David | Emma |
| 30 | Howard | Esther |
| 31 | Samuel | Martha |
| 32 | Herbert | Bessie |
| 33 | Alfred | Josephine |
| 34 | Lawrence | Evelyn |
| 35 | J | Elsie |
| 36 | Elmer | Pearl |
| 37 | Francis | Agnes |
| 38 | Joe | Thelma |
| 39 | Michael | Eva |
| 40 | Andrew | Myrtle |
| 41 | Jack | Ida |
| 42 | Theodore | Ruby |
| 43 | Anthony | Minnie |
| 44 | Leo | Beatrice |
| 45 | Herman | Julia |
| 46 | Peter | Sarah |
| 47 | Kenneth | Viola |
| 48 | Leonard | Nellie |
| 49 | Eugene | Lucille |
| 50 | Floyd | Laura |
| 51 | Donald | Virginia |
| 52 | Stanley | Pauline |
| 53 | Russell | Katherine |
| 54 | Lester | Marion |
| 55 | Edwin | Ella |
| 56 | Daniel | Lillie |
| 57 | Oscar | Alma |
| 58 | Sam | Blanche |
| 59 | Clyde | Maria |
| 60 | Charlie | Lena |
| 61 | W | Jessie |
| 62 | Frederick | Mae |
| 63 | Clifford | Ann |
| 64 | Benjamin | Vera |
| 65 | Chester | Eleanor |
| 66 | Martin | Stella |
| 67 | Ray | Bernice |
| 68 | Jesse | Mattie |
| 69 | Lloyd | Jennie |
| 70 | Cecil | Carrie |
| 71 | Bernard | Lucy |
| 72 | Lewis | Doris |
| 73 | Claude | Leona |
| 74 | Lee | Hattie |
| 75 | C | Willie |
| 76 | Norman | Kathryn |
| 77 | Philip | Beulah |
| 78 | Edgar | Ellen |
| 79 | Victor | Anne |
| 80 | Jose | Cora |
| 81 | Harvey | Fannie |
| 82 | Leroy | Marguerite |
| 83 | A | Mamie |
| 84 | Milton | Violet |
| 85 | Melvin | Ada |
| 86 | Everett | Lois |
| 87 | Max | Dora |
| 88 | Ben | Rosa |
| 89 | Leon | Marjorie |
| 90 | Morris | Lula |
| 91 | Homer | Hilda |
| 92 | R | Betty |
| 93 | Leslie | Sadie |
| 94 | E | Theresa |
| 95 | Stephen | Nora |
| 96 | Jacob | Charlotte |
| 97 | H | Jean |
| 98 | Alvin | Emily |
| 99 | Otto | Opal |
| 100 | Manuel | Georgia |
| 101 | Alexander | Sylvia |
| 102 | Glenn | Daisy |
| 103 | Vincent | Maude |
| 104 | Marvin | Maggie |
| 105 | Julius | Velma |
| 106 | Arnold | Harriet |
| 107 | Luther | Susie |
| 108 | Hugh | Inez |
| 109 | Virgil | Genevieve |
| 110 | L | Flora |
| 111 | Juan | Lydia |
| 112 | Vernon | Lola |
| 113 | Irving | Nettie |
| 114 | Patrick | Eunice |
| 115 | Sidney | Loretta |
| 116 | Arnold | Harriet |
| 117 | Emil | Effie |
| 118 | Antonio | Lottie |
| 119 | Allen | Marian |
| 120 | Gerald | May |
| 121 | Gilbert | Sophie |
| 122 | Gordon | Della |
| 123 | Tom | Verna |
| 124 | Wilbur | Estelle |
| 125 | Guy | Nancy |
| 126 | Eddie | Goldie |
| 127 | Archie | Vivian |
| 128 | Willard | Kathleen |
| 129 | Rudolph | Sara |
| 130 | Marion | Caroline |
| 131 | Hubert | Eula |
| 132 | Nicholas | Katie |
| 133 | Horace | Henrietta |
| 134 | Ira | Jane |
| 135 | Oliver | Alberta |
| 136 | Warren | Madeline |
| 137 | Alex | Christine |
| 138 | August | M |
| 139 | Jesse | Wilma |
| 140 | Nathan | Irma |
| 141 | Wallace | Isabel |
| 142 | Karl | Rachel |
| 143 | G | Barbara |
| 144 | Abraham | Victoria |
| 145 | Orville | Olga |
| 146 | Glen | Mable |
| 147 | Otis | Juanita |
| 148 | Curtis | Ollie |
| 149 | Felix | Lucile |
| 150 | Wayne | Frieda |
| 151 | Roland | Iva |
| 152 | Wesley | Amelia |
| 153 | Edmund | Sallie |
| 154 | M | Nina |
| 155 | Johnnie | Norma |
| 156 | Adolph | Susan |
| 157 | Jim | Erma |
| 158 | Percy | Lela |
| 159 | Pedro | Ora |
| 160 | Bert | Essie |
| 161 | Steve | Rebecca |
| 162 | Will | Mollie |
| 163 | Willis | Naomi |
| 164 | Francisco | Etta |
| 165 | Emmett | Addie |
| 166 | T | Winifred |
| 167 | Franklin | Celia |
| 168 | Matthew | Freda |
| 169 | F | Sally |
| 170 | D | Geneva |
| 171 | Isaac | Carmen |
| 172 | Rufus | Lizzie |
| 173 | Lonnie | Miriam |
| 174 | Clayton | Alta |
| 175 | Alton | Rosie |
| 176 | S | Audrey |
| 177 | Sylvester | Fern |
| 178 | Adam | Matilda |
| 179 | Forrest | Geraldine |
| 180 | Jerry | Nannie |
| 181 | Irvin | Flossie |
| 182 | Mike | Regina |
| 183 | Marshall | Luella |
| 184 | Dan | Estella |
| 185 | Roosevelt | Cecilia |
| 186 | Wilfred | Veronica |
| 187 | Anton | Cecelia |
| 188 | Ed | Hannah |
| 189 | O | Phyllis |
| 190 | Ramon | Ola |
| 191 | Ellis | Elva |
| 192 | Dewey | Ina |
| 193 | Aaron | Isabelle |
| 194 | Mark | Adeline |
| 195 | Julian | Teresa |
| 196 | Ivan | Amy |
| 197 | Clifton | Jeanette |
| 198 | Phillip | Muriel |
| 199 | Calvin | Selma |
| 200 | Douglas | Adele |
The names in red are found on this site. Click on the name to read its meaning and Biblical context.
Source - http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
Source - http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
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