Birth year roster

Top names in 1909

The 100 most common names on 1909 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1909 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 Endangered19,259
#2Helen Endangered9,250
#3Margaret Endangered7,358
#4Ruth Endangered6,509
#5Dorothy Endangered6,253
#6Anna Declining5,804
#7Elizabeth Stable5,176
#8Mildred Endangered5,054
#9Marie Endangered4,301
#10Alice Stable4,170
#11Florence Endangered3,789
#12Frances Endangered3,780
#13Ethel Endangered3,661
#14Lillian Declining3,596
#15Gladys Endangered3,538
#16Edna Endangered3,429
#17Rose Stable3,374
#18Evelyn Stable3,157
#19Louise Endangered3,019
#20Irene Endangered2,961
#21Grace Declining2,912
#22Annie Rising2,904
#23Catherine Endangered2,897
#24Hazel Rising2,708
#25Gertrude Endangered2,622
#26Thelma Endangered2,612
#27Ruby Stable2,524
#28Martha Endangered2,510
#29Bertha Endangered2,444
#30Virginia Endangered2,420
#31Josephine Rising2,416
#32Clara Stable2,403
#33Edith Endangered2,371
#34Emma Declining2,338
#35Bessie Endangered2,276
#36Lucille Stable2,192
#37Esther Stable2,185
#38Beatrice Endangered2,105
#39Elsie Rising2,064
#40Pearl Endangered2,048
#41Mabel Rising2,007
#42Agnes Endangered1,974
#43Myrtle Endangered1,950
#44Ida Endangered1,943
#45Julia Stable1,931
#46Viola Endangered1,926
#47Eva Declining1,896
#48Pauline Endangered1,896
#49Sarah Endangered1,845
#50Minnie Endangered1,779
#51Nellie Rising1,768
#52Lillie Stable1,635
#53Katherine Declining1,557
#54Willie Endangered1,549
#55Laura Endangered1,524
#56Ann Endangered1,477
#57Eleanor Rising1,460
#58Marion Endangered1,445
#59Mattie Endangered1,407
#60Ella Declining1,382
#61Alma Rising1,375
#62Bernice Endangered1,337
#63Jessie Endangered1,321
#64Doris Endangered1,298
#65Lena Stable1,295
#66Carrie Endangered1,276
#67Vera Stable1,242
#68Mae Stable1,230
#69Blanche Endangered1,217
#70Stella Stable1,188
#71Lucy Stable1,175
#72Leona Stable1,167
#73Lois Endangered1,157
#74Kathryn Endangered1,138
#75Hattie Rising1,134
#76Anne Endangered1,110
#77Betty Endangered1,082
#78Marjorie Endangered1,082
#79Fannie Endangered1,071
#80Beulah Endangered1,052
#81Marguerite Endangered1,036
#82Opal Rising1,028
#83Jennie Endangered998
#84Mamie Endangered974
#85Cora Stable969
#86Ellen Endangered960
#87Rosa Stable959
#88Ada Rising945
#89Violet Rising945
#90Jean Endangered940
#91Lula Endangered922
#92Velma Endangered857
#93Sylvia Rising847
#94Charlotte Stable841
#95Dora Endangered829
#96Inez Endangered826
#97Georgia Rising813
#98Maggie Stable794
#99Genevieve Stable785
#100Hilda Endangered773

Boys

#1John Past peak9,590
#2William Declining7,913
#3James Stable7,595
#4George Stable4,688
#5Robert Endangered4,563
#6Joseph Declining4,348
#7Charles Stable4,029
#8Frank Endangered3,244
#9Edward Endangered2,935
#10Thomas Stable2,468
#11Henry Stable2,411
#12Walter Stable2,287
#13Willie Endangered2,175
#14Harry Endangered1,924
#15Albert Endangered1,816
#16Harold Endangered1,725
#17Paul Endangered1,676
#18Arthur Rising1,665
#19Clarence Endangered1,518
#20Raymond Endangered1,441
#21Richard Endangered1,427
#22Fred Endangered1,355
#23Joe Endangered1,292
#24Louis Stable1,231
#25Carl Endangered1,215
#26Howard Endangered1,166
#27Jack Stable1,150
#28Roy Endangered1,135
#29David Past peak1,094
#30Ralph Endangered1,091
#31Earl Endangered1,007
#32Samuel Stable983
#33Francis Stable886
#34Ernest Endangered885
#35Lawrence Endangered854
#36Charlie Rising833
#37Herbert Endangered831
#38Andrew Declining766
#39Alfred Endangered763
#40Anthony Declining758
#41Kenneth Endangered746
#42Donald Endangered725
#43Eugene Endangered724
#44Sam Stable700
#45Elmer Endangered687
#46Leonard Endangered665
#47Michael Past peak635
#48Herman Endangered618
#49Leo Rising609
#50Stanley Endangered607
#51Theodore Rising595
#52Lee Endangered584
#53Floyd Endangered570
#54Daniel Declining569
#55Leroy Endangered568
#56Peter Stable539
#57Clifford Endangered536
#58Russell Stable528
#59Jesse Stable517
#60Clyde Stable516
#61Lester Endangered501
#62Edwin Stable492
#63Benjamin Declining489
#64Frederick Stable477
#65Lewis Rising477
#66Chester Endangered475
#67Ray Endangered475
#68Bernard Endangered463
#69Eddie Endangered462
#70Oscar Stable459
#71Melvin Endangered448
#72Cecil Endangered432
#73Jessie Endangered432
#74Claude Endangered419
#75Norman Endangered415
#76Lloyd Endangered412
#77Johnnie Endangered401
#78Philip Endangered395
#79Martin Stable391
#80Leon Rising377
#81Milton Endangered369
#82Alvin Declining363
#83Harvey Rising361
#84Ben Stable358
#85Marvin Endangered354
#86Edgar Declining347
#87Luther Endangered347
#88Tom Endangered340
#89Victor Declining320
#90Everett Stable314
#91Stephen Endangered314
#92Homer Endangered313
#93Allen Endangered312
#94Morris Endangered305
#95Gerald Endangered301
#96Leslie Endangered292
#97Vernon Endangered284
#98Julius Stable269
#99Otis Rising267
#100Will Declining267