Birth year roster

Top names in 1901

The 100 most common names on 1901 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1901 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 110 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1900s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered13,136
#2Helen Endangered5,247
#3Anna Declining4,923
#4Margaret Endangered4,424
#5Ruth Endangered3,974
#6Elizabeth Stable3,216
#7Marie Endangered3,157
#8Florence Endangered3,131
#9Ethel Endangered3,067
#10Lillian Declining2,681
#11Gladys Endangered2,676
#12Alice Stable2,562
#13Edna Endangered2,488
#14Mildred Endangered2,424
#15Grace Declining2,398
#16Annie Rising2,396
#17Emma Declining2,374
#18Clara Stable2,319
#19Bertha Endangered2,257
#20Rose Stable2,212
#21Bessie Endangered2,183
#22Dorothy Endangered2,173
#23Hazel Rising2,097
#24Mabel Rising2,097
#25Frances Endangered2,071
#26Minnie Endangered2,026
#27Gertrude Endangered1,964
#28Myrtle Endangered1,892
#29Martha Endangered1,886
#30Irene Endangered1,879
#31Pearl Endangered1,866
#32Edith Endangered1,863
#33Esther Stable1,844
#34Ida Endangered1,835
#35Elsie Rising1,747
#36Louise Endangered1,640
#37Eva Declining1,617
#38Catherine Endangered1,599
#39Agnes Endangered1,525
#40Sarah Endangered1,514
#41Nellie Rising1,454
#42Ella Declining1,435
#43Josephine Rising1,434
#44Laura Endangered1,402
#45Lillie Stable1,382
#46Julia Stable1,362
#47Viola Endangered1,331
#48Carrie Endangered1,247
#49Ruby Stable1,225
#50Mattie Endangered1,224
#51Lena Stable1,216
#52Alma Rising1,195
#53Beatrice Endangered1,183
#54Mae Stable1,140
#55Jessie Endangered1,116
#56Hattie Rising1,106
#57Thelma Endangered1,090
#58Cora Stable1,027
#59Blanche Endangered1,025
#60Mamie Endangered992
#61Lucy Stable979
#62Evelyn Stable966
#63Marion Endangered963
#64Pauline Endangered938
#65Stella Stable928
#66Ada Rising913
#67Lula Endangered905
#68Willie Endangered901
#69Jennie Endangered898
#70Lucille Stable894
#71Katherine Declining890
#72Fannie Endangered873
#73Vera Stable860
#74Beulah Endangered859
#75Rosa Stable845
#76Virginia Endangered825
#77Maude Endangered819
#78Leona Stable779
#79Dora Endangered768
#80Maggie Stable746
#81Nora Stable727
#82Ellen Endangered711
#83Marguerite Endangered699
#84Eleanor Rising686
#85Sadie Stable676
#86Bernice Endangered660
#87Daisy Rising653
#88Susie Endangered650
#89Ann Endangered634
#90Kathryn Endangered620
#91Violet Rising611
#92Hilda Endangered574
#93Nettie Endangered562
#94Theresa Endangered554
#95May Rising550
#96Georgia Rising549
#97Effie Endangered545
#98Olive Rising539
#99Emily Declining537
#100Della Rising534

Boys

#1John Past peak6,900
#2William Declining5,990
#3James Stable4,735
#4George Stable3,609
#5Charles Stable3,049
#6Joseph Declining2,766
#7Robert Endangered2,543
#8Frank Endangered2,402
#9Edward Endangered1,917
#10Henry Stable1,870
#11Thomas Stable1,820
#12Walter Stable1,718
#13Harry Endangered1,594
#14Arthur Rising1,329
#15Albert Endangered1,317
#16Willie Endangered1,294
#17Clarence Endangered1,196
#18Fred Endangered1,133
#19Paul Endangered924
#20Roy Endangered917
#21Harold Endangered915
#22Raymond Endangered888
#23Earl Endangered818
#24Carl Endangered817
#25Louis Stable797
#26Richard Endangered784
#27Joe Endangered756
#28Ernest Endangered691
#29Ralph Endangered682
#30David Past peak672
#31Charlie Rising654
#32Jack Stable645
#33Samuel Stable628
#34Howard Endangered584
#35Herbert Endangered573
#36Francis Stable543
#37Lawrence Endangered535
#38Elmer Endangered520
#39Alfred Endangered506
#40Andrew Declining479
#41Sam Stable479
#42Leo Rising456
#43Theodore Rising450
#44Eugene Endangered445
#45Lee Endangered424
#46Floyd Endangered423
#47Oscar Stable422
#48Daniel Declining416
#49Jesse Stable411
#50Russell Stable395
#51Herman Endangered393
#52Michael Past peak384
#53Will Declining364
#54Leonard Endangered362
#55Clyde Stable356
#56Benjamin Declining343
#57Peter Stable343
#58Claude Endangered341
#59Ray Endangered338
#60Frederick Stable336
#61Lester Endangered332
#62Anthony Declining323
#63Lewis Rising309
#64Martin Stable304
#65Edwin Stable299
#66Eddie Endangered296
#67Tom Endangered291
#68Lloyd Endangered285
#69Clifford Endangered282
#70Cecil Endangered278
#71Edgar Declining271
#72Leroy Endangered268
#73Ben Stable259
#74Homer Endangered257
#75Chester Endangered253
#76Harvey Rising253
#77Donald Endangered250
#78Kenneth Endangered246
#79Luther Endangered244
#80Bernard Endangered242
#81Jim Endangered239
#82Stanley Endangered239
#83Norman Endangered238
#84Philip Endangered232
#85Jessie Endangered231
#86Everett Stable218
#87Leon Rising208
#88Allen Endangered199
#89Leslie Endangered198
#90Milton Endangered197
#91Hugh Stable192
#92Oliver Stable187
#93Patrick Declining181
#94Glenn Endangered180
#95Alvin Declining179
#96Horace Endangered178
#97Melvin Endangered176
#98Jacob Declining172
#99Guy Endangered170
#100Victor Declining169