Birth year roster

Top names in 1902

The 100 most common names on 1902 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1902 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 Endangered14,486
#2Helen Endangered5,967
#3Anna Declining5,288
#4Margaret Endangered5,011
#5Ruth Endangered4,384
#6Elizabeth Stable3,694
#7Florence Endangered3,509
#8Marie Endangered3,424
#9Ethel Endangered3,295
#10Alice Stable3,135
#11Lillian Declining3,063
#12Gladys Endangered2,809
#13Edna Endangered2,754
#14Mildred Endangered2,750
#15Dorothy Endangered2,707
#16Annie Rising2,664
#17Grace Declining2,642
#18Emma Declining2,514
#19Bessie Endangered2,448
#20Rose Stable2,444
#21Clara Stable2,432
#22Bertha Endangered2,372
#23Frances Endangered2,326
#24Mabel Rising2,280
#25Hazel Rising2,238
#26Irene Endangered2,210
#27Gertrude Endangered2,207
#28Pearl Endangered2,100
#29Minnie Endangered2,055
#30Martha Endangered2,030
#31Catherine Endangered1,896
#32Myrtle Endangered1,884
#33Edith Endangered1,853
#34Ida Endangered1,836
#35Esther Stable1,833
#36Louise Endangered1,832
#37Eva Declining1,727
#38Elsie Rising1,720
#39Sarah Endangered1,710
#40Agnes Endangered1,676
#41Nellie Rising1,566
#42Josephine Rising1,565
#43Laura Endangered1,559
#44Lillie Stable1,533
#45Ella Declining1,525
#46Julia Stable1,501
#47Ruby Stable1,458
#48Viola Endangered1,447
#49Beatrice Endangered1,429
#50Carrie Endangered1,376
#51Mattie Endangered1,353
#52Thelma Endangered1,309
#53Mae Stable1,261
#54Jessie Endangered1,240
#55Alma Rising1,229
#56Lena Stable1,225
#57Hattie Rising1,163
#58Blanche Endangered1,159
#59Evelyn Stable1,151
#60Mamie Endangered1,127
#61Lucille Stable1,087
#62Cora Stable1,081
#63Stella Stable1,075
#64Willie Endangered1,071
#65Lucy Stable1,065
#66Marion Endangered1,033
#67Virginia Endangered1,008
#68Katherine Declining1,004
#69Jennie Endangered985
#70Pauline Endangered985
#71Lula Endangered976
#72Fannie Endangered971
#73Vera Stable947
#74Ada Rising921
#75Rosa Stable909
#76Leona Stable875
#77Beulah Endangered873
#78Maggie Stable853
#79Eleanor Rising837
#80Maude Endangered834
#81Bernice Endangered794
#82Dora Endangered780
#83Ann Endangered753
#84Ellen Endangered753
#85Daisy Rising748
#86Nora Stable724
#87Kathryn Endangered717
#88Susie Endangered717
#89Sadie Stable716
#90Marguerite Endangered695
#91Georgia Rising664
#92Effie Endangered658
#93Doris Endangered656
#94Hilda Endangered649
#95Violet Rising649
#96Della Rising609
#97Emily Declining606
#98Lois Endangered594
#99Olive Rising593
#100Flora Rising587

Boys

#1John Past peak7,907
#2William Declining6,617
#3James Stable5,592
#4George Stable4,223
#5Charles Stable3,361
#6Robert Endangered3,180
#7Joseph Declining3,098
#8Frank Endangered2,756
#9Edward Endangered2,294
#10Henry Stable2,154
#11Thomas Stable2,134
#12Walter Stable1,858
#13Harry Endangered1,750
#14Willie Endangered1,565
#15Arthur Rising1,487
#16Albert Endangered1,375
#17Clarence Endangered1,292
#18Fred Endangered1,286
#19Harold Endangered1,077
#20Paul Endangered1,067
#21Raymond Endangered1,064
#22Roy Endangered1,002
#23Joe Endangered955
#24Carl Endangered952
#25Louis Stable912
#26Richard Endangered908
#27Earl Endangered877
#28Ralph Endangered866
#29Ernest Endangered790
#30Charlie Rising761
#31David Past peak761
#32Jack Stable743
#33Samuel Stable702
#34Theodore Rising642
#35Howard Endangered632
#36Herbert Endangered615
#37Lawrence Endangered598
#38Francis Stable597
#39Alfred Endangered590
#40Elmer Endangered574
#41Sam Stable559
#42Andrew Declining558
#43Leo Rising551
#44Eugene Endangered524
#45Daniel Declining501
#46Lee Endangered475
#47Floyd Endangered471
#48Michael Past peak460
#49Herman Endangered457
#50Jesse Stable437
#51Peter Stable433
#52Leonard Endangered426
#53Russell Stable422
#54Anthony Declining420
#55Oscar Stable397
#56Edwin Stable393
#57Ray Endangered391
#58Lester Endangered385
#59Lewis Rising385
#60Clyde Stable382
#61Benjamin Declining374
#62Leroy Endangered370
#63Donald Endangered366
#64Will Declining359
#65Cecil Endangered354
#66Eddie Endangered353
#67Lloyd Endangered344
#68Claude Endangered336
#69Stanley Endangered334
#70Frederick Stable330
#71Clifford Endangered326
#72Martin Stable325
#73Jessie Endangered323
#74Chester Endangered321
#75Tom Endangered312
#76Edgar Declining307
#77Jim Endangered300
#78Kenneth Endangered275
#79Ben Stable273
#80Homer Endangered269
#81Luther Endangered266
#82Harvey Rising264
#83Bernard Endangered259
#84Norman Endangered256
#85Leslie Endangered251
#86Leon Rising248
#87Melvin Endangered248
#88Everett Stable238
#89Allen Endangered227
#90Philip Endangered226
#91Johnnie Endangered221
#92Hugh Stable217
#93Alexander Declining216
#94Stephen Endangered210
#95Jacob Declining207
#96Milton Endangered207
#97Victor Declining205
#98Patrick Declining203
#99Alvin Declining201
#100Horace Endangered199