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Top Baby Names 1908

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 334,312 · Total Boys: 154,337

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	18,665	5.583%
2	Helen	8,439	2.524%
3	Margaret	6,976	2.087%
4	Ruth	6,180	1.849%
5	Anna	5,860	1.753%
6	Dorothy	5,703	1.706%
7	Elizabeth	4,904	1.467%
8	Mildred	4,624	1.383%
9	Alice	4,270	1.277%
10	Marie	4,076	1.219%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Florence	3,883	1.161%
12	Ethel	3,786	1.132%
13	Lillian	3,634	1.087%
14	Frances	3,593	1.075%
15	Gladys	3,580	1.071%
16	Rose	3,382	1.012%
17	Edna	3,365	1.007%
18	Louise	2,937	0.879%
19	Grace	2,901	0.868%
20	Evelyn	2,857	0.855%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Annie	2,820	0.844%
22	Catherine	2,750	0.823%
23	Irene	2,732	0.817%
24	Hazel	2,698	0.807%
25	Gertrude	2,562	0.766%
26	Thelma	2,526	0.756%
27	Edith	2,410	0.721%
28	Josephine	2,389	0.715%
29	Bertha	2,384	0.713%
30	Emma	2,357	0.705%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Clara	2,352	0.704%
32	Martha	2,324	0.695%
33	Ruby	2,229	0.667%
34	Bessie	2,201	0.658%
35	Virginia	2,195	0.657%
36	Esther	2,187	0.654%
37	Mabel	2,096	0.627%
38	Lucille	2,080	0.622%
39	Pearl	2,075	0.621%
40	Beatrice	1,997	0.597%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Elsie	1,983	0.593%
42	Viola	1,964	0.587%
43	Ida	1,952	0.584%
44	Myrtle	1,952	0.584%
45	Agnes	1,934	0.579%
46	Eva	1,930	0.577%
47	Minnie	1,817	0.544%
48	Sarah	1,814	0.543%
49	Nellie	1,757	0.526%
50	Julia	1,749	0.523%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Pauline	1,702	0.509%
52	Laura	1,558	0.466%
53	Alma	1,474	0.441%
54	Lillie	1,471	0.440%
55	Katherine	1,430	0.428%
56	Ella	1,428	0.427%
57	Mae	1,384	0.414%
58	Jessie	1,382	0.413%
59	Willie	1,371	0.410%
60	Mattie	1,364	0.408%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Bernice	1,363	0.408%
62	Ann	1,354	0.405%
63	Marion	1,349	0.404%
64	Lena	1,331	0.398%
65	Eleanor	1,302	0.389%
66	Carrie	1,239	0.371%
67	Stella	1,216	0.364%
68	Vera	1,204	0.360%
69	Blanche	1,162	0.348%
70	Doris	1,155	0.345%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Hattie	1,137	0.340%
72	Betty	1,128	0.337%
73	Leona	1,118	0.334%
74	Lucy	1,118	0.334%
75	Anne	1,088	0.325%
76	Fannie	1,085	0.325%
77	Kathryn	1,058	0.316%
78	Jennie	1,038	0.310%
79	Mamie	1,028	0.308%
80	Lois	1,023	0.306%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Violet	1,017	0.304%
82	Beulah	1,015	0.304%
83	Cora	962	0.288%
84	Opal	955	0.286%
85	Marjorie	942	0.282%
86	Rosa	941	0.281%
87	Ada	922	0.276%
88	Marguerite	913	0.273%
89	Lula	892	0.267%
90	Velma	860	0.257%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jean	852	0.255%
92	Ellen	848	0.254%
93	Dora	806	0.241%
94	Theresa	795	0.238%
95	Maggie	772	0.231%
96	Sadie	770	0.230%
97	Georgia	768	0.230%
98	Charlotte	766	0.229%
99	Daisy	765	0.229%
100	Inez	757	0.226%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	9,343	6.054%
2	William	7,529	4.878%
3	James	7,012	4.543%
4	George	4,584	2.970%
5	Robert	4,219	2.734%
6	Joseph	4,162	2.697%
7	Charles	3,929	2.546%
8	Frank	3,146	2.038%
9	Edward	2,707	1.754%
10	Thomas	2,301	1.491%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Henry	2,283	1.479%
12	Walter	2,192	1.420%
13	Willie	1,964	1.273%
14	Harry	1,934	1.253%
15	Albert	1,642	1.064%
16	Arthur	1,601	1.037%
17	Harold	1,542	0.999%
18	Paul	1,478	0.958%
19	Clarence	1,428	0.925%
20	Fred	1,381	0.895%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Raymond	1,381	0.895%
22	Louis	1,317	0.853%
23	Richard	1,244	0.806%
24	Joe	1,209	0.783%
25	Ralph	1,138	0.737%
26	Roy	1,097	0.711%
27	Jack	1,086	0.704%
28	Howard	1,078	0.698%
29	Carl	1,074	0.696%
30	David	1,015	0.658%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Ernest	1,000	0.648%
32	Earl	999	0.647%
33	Samuel	960	0.622%
34	Francis	853	0.553%
35	Lawrence	815	0.528%
36	Herbert	759	0.492%
37	Charlie	740	0.479%
38	Alfred	739	0.479%
39	Andrew	722	0.468%
40	Kenneth	692	0.448%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Anthony	690	0.447%
42	Elmer	689	0.446%
43	Eugene	689	0.446%
44	Michael	688	0.446%
45	Donald	664	0.430%
46	Sam	644	0.417%
47	Theodore	643	0.417%
48	Leonard	614	0.398%
49	Leo	584	0.378%
50	Herman	562	0.364%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Lee	553	0.358%
52	Stanley	547	0.354%
53	Peter	542	0.351%
54	Daniel	530	0.343%
55	Floyd	529	0.343%
56	Leroy	523	0.339%
57	Russell	523	0.339%
58	Clifford	515	0.334%
59	Clyde	511	0.331%
60	Lester	509	0.330%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Lewis	489	0.317%
62	Jesse	482	0.312%
63	Benjamin	480	0.311%
64	Edwin	477	0.309%
65	Oscar	476	0.308%
66	Chester	461	0.299%
67	Ray	446	0.289%
68	Frederick	438	0.284%
69	Claude	428	0.277%
70	Bernard	414	0.268%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Eddie	413	0.268%
72	Cecil	397	0.257%
73	Lloyd	394	0.255%
74	Norman	374	0.242%
75	Melvin	366	0.237%
76	Edgar	360	0.233%
77	Jessie	355	0.230%
78	Ben	353	0.229%
79	Milton	346	0.224%
80	Homer	340	0.220%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Tom	340	0.220%
82	Harvey	339	0.220%
83	Martin	331	0.214%
84	Leon	327	0.212%
85	Johnnie	321	0.208%
86	Philip	319	0.207%
87	Marvin	311	0.202%
88	Victor	308	0.200%
89	Alvin	307	0.199%
90	Everett	294	0.190%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Luther	292	0.189%
92	Allen	287	0.186%
93	Vernon	285	0.185%
94	Stephen	280	0.181%
95	Leslie	279	0.181%
96	Will	274	0.178%
97	Gerald	270	0.175%
98	Morris	269	0.174%
99	Julius	263	0.170%
100	Virgil	258	0.167%

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