Birth year roster

Top names in 1904

The 100 most common names on 1904 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1904 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, 113 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1900s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered14,961
#2Helen Endangered6,488
#3Anna Declining5,330
#4Margaret Endangered5,302
#5Ruth Endangered4,900
#6Elizabeth Stable3,833
#7Marie Endangered3,595
#8Florence Endangered3,572
#9Mildred Endangered3,525
#10Dorothy Endangered3,477
#11Ethel Endangered3,296
#12Lillian Declining3,139
#13Alice Stable3,131
#14Gladys Endangered2,976
#15Edna Endangered2,762
#16Frances Endangered2,657
#17Annie Rising2,631
#18Rose Stable2,631
#19Grace Declining2,513
#20Bertha Endangered2,363
#21Bessie Endangered2,340
#22Emma Declining2,312
#23Hazel Rising2,301
#24Clara Stable2,281
#25Gertrude Endangered2,269
#26Irene Endangered2,212
#27Mabel Rising2,172
#28Louise Endangered2,136
#29Martha Endangered2,019
#30Pearl Endangered2,015
#31Catherine Endangered1,982
#32Esther Stable1,957
#33Edith Endangered1,944
#34Myrtle Endangered1,905
#35Minnie Endangered1,885
#36Eva Declining1,858
#37Thelma Endangered1,757
#38Ida Endangered1,751
#39Elsie Rising1,719
#40Josephine Rising1,701
#41Ruby Stable1,701
#42Agnes Endangered1,672
#43Sarah Endangered1,594
#44Nellie Rising1,560
#45Beatrice Endangered1,549
#46Viola Endangered1,545
#47Laura Endangered1,508
#48Ella Declining1,432
#49Julia Stable1,426
#50Evelyn Stable1,372
#51Lillie Stable1,364
#52Mattie Endangered1,362
#53Lucille Stable1,351
#54Carrie Endangered1,280
#55Alma Rising1,257
#56Pauline Endangered1,243
#57Lena Stable1,228
#58Mae Stable1,214
#59Virginia Endangered1,213
#60Jessie Endangered1,197
#61Willie Endangered1,188
#62Blanche Endangered1,142
#63Katherine Declining1,128
#64Hattie Rising1,123
#65Marion Endangered1,109
#66Lucy Stable1,086
#67Mamie Endangered1,041
#68Stella Stable1,026
#69Leona Stable998
#70Cora Stable993
#71Vera Stable993
#72Beulah Endangered983
#73Fannie Endangered964
#74Jennie Endangered964
#75Bernice Endangered962
#76Rosa Stable903
#77Lula Endangered894
#78Ann Endangered880
#79Ada Rising878
#80Eleanor Rising868
#81Maggie Stable805
#82Dora Endangered788
#83Kathryn Endangered787
#84Ellen Endangered774
#85Daisy Rising772
#86Maude Endangered757
#87Violet Rising755
#88Doris Endangered736
#89Georgia Rising736
#90Lois Endangered727
#91Betty Endangered707
#92Sadie Stable703
#93Nora Stable698
#94Marguerite Endangered684
#95Susie Endangered662
#96Marjorie Endangered639
#97Anne Endangered631
#98Hilda Endangered629
#99Lola Stable624
#100Opal Rising621

Boys

#1John Past peak8,108
#2William Declining6,416
#3James Stable5,855
#4George Stable4,219
#5Robert Endangered3,414
#6Charles Stable3,406
#7Joseph Declining3,291
#8Frank Endangered2,799
#9Edward Endangered2,335
#10Henry Stable2,085
#11Thomas Stable2,057
#12Walter Stable1,873
#13Harry Endangered1,722
#14Willie Endangered1,675
#15Arthur Rising1,495
#16Albert Endangered1,453
#17Clarence Endangered1,310
#18Fred Endangered1,223
#19Paul Endangered1,194
#20Harold Endangered1,186
#21Roy Endangered1,123
#22Raymond Endangered1,093
#23Joe Endangered959
#24Richard Endangered957
#25Carl Endangered953
#26Louis Stable936
#27Jack Stable908
#28Ralph Endangered899
#29Earl Endangered854
#30Theodore Rising834
#31David Past peak817
#32Ernest Endangered749
#33Charlie Rising739
#34Samuel Stable727
#35Howard Endangered726
#36Francis Stable686
#37Herbert Endangered680
#38Lawrence Endangered662
#39Elmer Endangered620
#40Sam Stable603
#41Alfred Endangered600
#42Leo Rising552
#43Andrew Declining546
#44Eugene Endangered541
#45Lee Endangered532
#46Leonard Endangered508
#47Herman Endangered497
#48Russell Stable473
#49Daniel Declining472
#50Michael Past peak462
#51Clyde Stable457
#52Floyd Endangered446
#53Jesse Stable443
#54Oscar Stable442
#55Ray Endangered432
#56Anthony Declining422
#57Kenneth Endangered414
#58Donald Endangered413
#59Lewis Rising402
#60Leroy Endangered401
#61Lester Endangered398
#62Peter Stable395
#63Frederick Stable390
#64Edwin Stable388
#65Stanley Endangered371
#66Clifford Endangered361
#67Cecil Endangered359
#68Benjamin Declining358
#69Chester Endangered355
#70Claude Endangered337
#71Martin Stable334
#72Bernard Endangered326
#73Lloyd Endangered324
#74Tom Endangered318
#75Eddie Endangered315
#76Jessie Endangered313
#77Norman Endangered305
#78Alton Stable302
#79Harvey Rising300
#80Edgar Declining299
#81Will Declining287
#82Luther Endangered286
#83Ben Stable282
#84Johnnie Endangered267
#85Jim Endangered266
#86Philip Endangered266
#87Homer Endangered256
#88Alvin Declining247
#89Jacob Declining243
#90Leon Rising241
#91Leslie Endangered236
#92Melvin Endangered234
#93Milton Endangered230
#94Roosevelt Endangered230
#95Everett Stable229
#96Allen Endangered228
#97Patrick Declining226
#98Victor Declining218
#99Glenn Endangered217
#100Virgil Endangered211