Birth year roster

Top names in 1907

The 100 most common names on 1907 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1907 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, 115 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1900s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered17,580
#2Helen Endangered7,579
#3Margaret Endangered6,713
#4Anna Declining5,575
#5Ruth Endangered5,573
#6Dorothy Endangered4,967
#7Elizabeth Stable4,624
#8Mildred Endangered4,277
#9Alice Stable4,107
#10Marie Endangered3,880
#11Florence Endangered3,750
#12Ethel Endangered3,698
#13Lillian Declining3,542
#14Gladys Endangered3,303
#15Edna Endangered3,301
#16Frances Endangered3,299
#17Rose Stable3,116
#18Evelyn Stable3,035
#19Annie Rising2,891
#20Grace Declining2,747
#21Louise Endangered2,619
#22Irene Endangered2,617
#23Hazel Rising2,530
#24Gertrude Endangered2,499
#25Catherine Endangered2,457
#26Bertha Endangered2,363
#27Emma Declining2,356
#28Thelma Endangered2,339
#29Clara Stable2,319
#30Bessie Endangered2,311
#31Martha Endangered2,274
#32Edith Endangered2,177
#33Josephine Rising2,156
#34Ruby Stable2,113
#35Pearl Endangered2,108
#36Mabel Rising2,069
#37Esther Stable2,062
#38Ida Endangered1,980
#39Myrtle Endangered1,929
#40Minnie Endangered1,907
#41Virginia Endangered1,893
#42Eva Declining1,884
#43Elsie Rising1,872
#44Beatrice Endangered1,858
#45Lucille Stable1,853
#46Agnes Endangered1,829
#47Viola Endangered1,805
#48Sarah Endangered1,799
#49Julia Stable1,680
#50Nellie Rising1,671
#51Laura Endangered1,621
#52Pauline Endangered1,591
#53Lillie Stable1,536
#54Ella Declining1,450
#55Katherine Declining1,413
#56Willie Endangered1,394
#57Mae Stable1,375
#58Alma Rising1,347
#59Mattie Endangered1,319
#60Jessie Endangered1,314
#61Carrie Endangered1,283
#62Ann Endangered1,264
#63Marion Endangered1,251
#64Lena Stable1,238
#65Bernice Endangered1,185
#66Blanche Endangered1,156
#67Eleanor Rising1,155
#68Lucy Stable1,152
#69Vera Stable1,152
#70Stella Stable1,150
#71Hattie Rising1,142
#72Leona Stable1,106
#73Beulah Endangered1,092
#74Fannie Endangered1,089
#75Mamie Endangered1,059
#76Doris Endangered1,023
#77Betty Endangered1,018
#78Jennie Endangered998
#79Anne Endangered980
#80Cora Stable969
#81Violet Rising956
#82Rosa Stable924
#83Ada Rising906
#84Lula Endangered905
#85Lois Endangered899
#86Opal Rising889
#87Marguerite Endangered888
#88Kathryn Endangered864
#89Ellen Endangered855
#90Velma Endangered854
#91Maggie Stable846
#92Georgia Rising787
#93Marjorie Endangered787
#94Dora Endangered786
#95Sadie Stable771
#96Jean Endangered770
#97Susie Endangered756
#98Daisy Rising739
#99Theresa Endangered734
#100Emily Declining714

Boys

#1John Past peak8,983
#2William Declining6,904
#3James Stable6,707
#4George Stable4,445
#5Robert Endangered4,020
#6Charles Stable3,884
#7Joseph Declining3,844
#8Frank Endangered2,943
#9Edward Endangered2,576
#10Henry Stable2,203
#11Thomas Stable2,174
#12Walter Stable2,095
#13Willie Endangered1,968
#14Harry Endangered1,813
#15Albert Endangered1,636
#16Arthur Rising1,553
#17Harold Endangered1,452
#18Clarence Endangered1,389
#19Fred Endangered1,371
#20Paul Endangered1,358
#21Raymond Endangered1,290
#22Richard Endangered1,235
#23Joe Endangered1,177
#24Roy Endangered1,128
#25Louis Stable1,111
#26Jack Stable1,019
#27Carl Endangered1,018
#28Earl Endangered1,006
#29Ralph Endangered997
#30Ernest Endangered978
#31David Past peak945
#32Samuel Stable892
#33Howard Endangered875
#34Lawrence Endangered801
#35Charlie Rising793
#36Alfred Endangered738
#37Francis Stable717
#38Theodore Rising712
#39Herbert Endangered710
#40Andrew Declining708
#41Eugene Endangered691
#42Leo Rising651
#43Sam Stable631
#44Donald Endangered616
#45Elmer Endangered616
#46Anthony Declining593
#47Kenneth Endangered589
#48Michael Past peak586
#49Herman Endangered561
#50Leroy Endangered550
#51Leonard Endangered547
#52Daniel Declining528
#53Floyd Endangered521
#54Lee Endangered516
#55Stanley Endangered516
#56Clyde Stable507
#57Russell Stable503
#58Lester Endangered491
#59Oscar Stable483
#60Ray Endangered475
#61Peter Stable473
#62Edwin Stable468
#63Jesse Stable466
#64Benjamin Declining460
#65Clifford Endangered445
#66Lewis Rising427
#67Chester Endangered424
#68Frederick Stable410
#69Cecil Endangered399
#70Eddie Endangered394
#71Jessie Endangered386
#72Lloyd Endangered386
#73Bernard Endangered378
#74Claude Endangered364
#75Norman Endangered362
#76Philip Endangered356
#77Harvey Rising335
#78Melvin Endangered331
#79Martin Stable329
#80Leon Rising324
#81Edgar Declining321
#82Ben Stable314
#83Tom Endangered313
#84Homer Endangered312
#85Allen Endangered309
#86Johnnie Endangered307
#87Marvin Endangered304
#88Everett Stable302
#89Milton Endangered292
#90Jim Endangered281
#91Luther Endangered280
#92Alexander Declining279
#93Virgil Endangered276
#94Leslie Endangered273
#95Stephen Endangered273
#96Morris Endangered260
#97Will Declining260
#98Archie Rising250
#99Alvin Declining245
#100Victor Declining245