Most Popular Baby Names Of The 1900s
The top 100 girls’ and boys’ names across 1900–1909. Explore their meanings, histories, and popularity today.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncertain; possibly little rock or noble, through Alan | 507#578 | Down 115 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Possibly star in Persian or a derivative of Ishtar | 2,277#119 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Wealth or fortune + battle | 595#499 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Possibly country; alternatively a Welsh form of Claudia | 49#3,224 | Down 931 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Man, through Caroline | 63#2,726 | Down 551 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Peaceful ruler | 728#435 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Lion | 8,173#19 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Famous friend (Old English); Welsh Merfyn meaning uncertain | 385#699 | Down 92 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Northman | 169#1,200 | Down 72 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Wealth or fortune + friend | 798#398 | Down 54 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Bad settlement, through Melville | 243#959 | Down 207 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Elf + counsel | 293#840 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Light | 6,176#25 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Clearing, meadow; also a familiar form of Leo or Leroy | 366#727 | Up 42 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Light, through Lucilla | 1,314#239 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Army + bright | 49#2,656 | Down 353 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Small, through Paul | 56#2,986 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Meaning uncertain; popularized by Corelli’s novel | 29#4,744 | Up 121 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Possibly deer friend or god spear | 1,620#223 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Wealth and guard through Edward; wealth and protection through Edmund | 280#861 | Down 131 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Bright | 30#4,568 | Up 91 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Star in Latin; also pillar through Styliani | 4,136#52 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Counsel and protection, through Raymond; also beam of light | 319#792 | Down 67 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
The king | 269#888 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Brave bear | 137#1,362 | Down 112 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Probably traveler; associated with blessed and happy | 583#508 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Honor or Arabic light; also a short form of Eleanor | 6,380#20 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My God is an oath, through Elizabeth | 2,236#123 | Up 110 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Possibly beloved, through Mary; also a surname transfer | 93#2,044 | Down 197 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Ford by a cliff | 139#1,352 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
Possibly work in Germanic; Sanskrit refreshment and sacred speech | 209#1,120 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Violet flower | 7,546#13 | Up 24 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Man; possibly army, through Charles | 2,460#145 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
Lion | 2,583#138 | Up 58 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Bringing victory, through Berenice | 35#4,081 | Down 528 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Rose | 441#653 | Down 22 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
Spear of strength | 17#6,631 | Down 2,340 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
My God is an oath, through Elizabeth | 16#6,887 | Up 83 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
God is gracious (Jean); possibly to behold (Jessica), gift or existence (Jesse) | 330#824 | Down 105 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Farmer or worker of the earth, through George | 2,619#99 | Up 78 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Probably nourishing; soul; young woman in Hebrew | 689#449 | Up 111 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Elf friend; noble friend; old friend | 294#838 | Down 156 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Grey | 111#1,549 | Up 180 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Pure or chaste | 246#1,016 | Up 231 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Will and protection, through Wilhelmina | 54#3,060 | Down 597 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Pearl, the gemstone | 350#777 | Steady | 1918 | ||
Lily; also an Elizabeth familiar form | 420#676 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
Daisy flower; older word means day eye | 3,206#75 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Wealth or fortune + spear | 617#486 | Down 95 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Maiden; little heart when shortened from Cordula | 2,428#113 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 2019 |
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Year by year in the 1900s
This list includes the top 100 girls’ and boys’ names by total use across 1900–1909. Table birth counts and ranks show 2025, and rank movement covers the latest five years. Search, filters, and sorting stay within this decade’s name list.
Counts are based on U.S. births and are tracked separately for girls and boys. Names used fewer than 5 times in a year aren’t published for that year, so totals here are a floor — the shortfall is largest in the sparse early years.