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Most Popular Baby Names Of 1902

The 100 most-used girls’ and boys’ names among U.S. births in 1902 — 386,710 recorded births in total that year.

19011903 The 1900s as a wholeNames that peaked in 1902

Girls’ names

  1. 1Mary14,4865.5%
  2. 2Helen5,9672.3%
  3. 3Anna5,2882.0%
  4. 4Margaret5,0111.9%
  5. 5Ruth4,3841.7%
  6. 6Elizabeth3,6941.4%
  7. 7Florence3,5091.3%
  8. 8Marie3,4241.3%
  9. 9Ethel3,2951.2%
  10. 10Alice3,1351.2%
  11. 11Lillian3,0631.2%
  12. 12Gladys2,8091.1%
  13. 13Edna2,7541.0%
  14. 14Mildred2,7501.0%
  15. 15Dorothy2,7071.0%
  16. 16Annie2,6641.0%
  17. 17Grace2,6421.0%
  18. 18Emma2,5141.0%
  19. 19Bessie2,4480.9%
  20. 20Rose2,4440.9%
  21. 21Clara2,4320.9%
  22. 22Bertha2,3720.9%
  23. 23Frances2,3260.9%
  24. 24Mabel2,2800.9%
  25. 25Hazel2,2380.8%
  26. 26Irene2,2100.8%
  27. 27Gertrude2,2070.8%
  28. 28Pearl2,1000.8%
  29. 29Minnie2,0550.8%
  30. 30Martha2,0300.8%
  31. 31Catherine1,8960.7%
  32. 32Myrtle1,8840.7%
  33. 33Edith1,8530.7%
  34. 34Ida1,8360.7%
  35. 35Esther1,8330.7%
  36. 36Louise1,8320.7%
  37. 37Eva1,7270.7%
  38. 38Elsie1,7200.7%
  39. 39Sarah1,7100.6%
  40. 40Agnes1,6760.6%
  41. 41Nellie1,5660.6%
  42. 42Josephine1,5650.6%
  43. 43Laura1,5590.6%
  44. 44Lillie1,5330.6%
  45. 45Ella1,5250.6%
  46. 46Julia1,5010.6%
  47. 47Ruby1,4580.6%
  48. 48Viola1,4470.5%
  49. 49Beatrice1,4290.5%
  50. 50Carrie1,3760.5%
  51. 51Mattie1,3530.5%
  52. 52Thelma1,3090.5%
  53. 53Mae1,2610.5%
  54. 54Jessie1,2400.5%
  55. 55Alma1,2290.5%
  56. 56Lena1,2250.5%
  57. 57Hattie1,1630.4%
  58. 58Blanche1,1590.4%
  59. 59Evelyn1,1510.4%
  60. 60Mamie1,1270.4%
  61. 61Lucille1,0870.4%
  62. 62Cora1,0810.4%
  63. 63Stella1,0750.4%
  64. 64Willie1,0710.4%
  65. 65Lucy1,0650.4%
  66. 66Marion1,0330.4%
  67. 67Virginia1,0080.4%
  68. 68Katherine1,0040.4%
  69. 69Jennie9850.4%
  70. 70Pauline9850.4%
  71. 71Lula9760.4%
  72. 72Fannie9710.4%
  73. 73Vera9470.4%
  74. 74Ada9210.3%
  75. 75Rosa9090.3%
  76. 76Leona8750.3%
  77. 77Beulah8730.3%
  78. 78Maggie8530.3%
  79. 79Eleanor8370.3%
  80. 80Maude8340.3%
  81. 81Bernice7940.3%
  82. 82Dora7800.3%
  83. 83Ann7530.3%
  84. 84Ellen7530.3%
  85. 85Daisy7480.3%
  86. 86Nora7240.3%
  87. 87Kathryn7170.3%
  88. 88Susie7170.3%
  89. 89Sadie7160.3%
  90. 90Marguerite6950.3%
  91. 91Georgia6640.3%
  92. 92Effie6580.2%
  93. 93Doris6560.2%
  94. 94Hilda6490.2%
  95. 95Violet6490.2%
  96. 96Della6090.2%
  97. 97Emily6060.2%
  98. 98Lois5940.2%
  99. 99Olive5930.2%
  100. 100Flora5870.2%

Boys’ names

  1. 1John7,9076.4%
  2. 2William6,6175.4%
  3. 3James5,5924.6%
  4. 4George4,2233.4%
  5. 5Charles3,3612.7%
  6. 6Robert3,1802.6%
  7. 7Joseph3,0982.5%
  8. 8Frank2,7562.2%
  9. 9Edward2,2941.9%
  10. 10Henry2,1541.8%
  11. 11Thomas2,1341.7%
  12. 12Walter1,8581.5%
  13. 13Harry1,7501.4%
  14. 14Willie1,5651.3%
  15. 15Arthur1,4871.2%
  16. 16Albert1,3751.1%
  17. 17Clarence1,2921.1%
  18. 18Fred1,2861.0%
  19. 19Harold1,0770.9%
  20. 20Paul1,0670.9%
  21. 21Raymond1,0640.9%
  22. 22Roy1,0020.8%
  23. 23Joe9550.8%
  24. 24Carl9520.8%
  25. 25Louis9120.7%
  26. 26Richard9080.7%
  27. 27Earl8770.7%
  28. 28Ralph8660.7%
  29. 29Ernest7900.6%
  30. 30Charlie7610.6%
  31. 31David7610.6%
  32. 32Jack7430.6%
  33. 33Samuel7020.6%
  34. 34Theodore6420.5%
  35. 35Howard6320.5%
  36. 36Herbert6150.5%
  37. 37Lawrence5980.5%
  38. 38Francis5970.5%
  39. 39Alfred5900.5%
  40. 40Elmer5740.5%
  41. 41Sam5590.5%
  42. 42Andrew5580.5%
  43. 43Leo5510.4%
  44. 44Eugene5240.4%
  45. 45Daniel5010.4%
  46. 46Lee4750.4%
  47. 47Floyd4710.4%
  48. 48Michael4600.4%
  49. 49Herman4570.4%
  50. 50Jesse4370.4%
  51. 51Peter4330.4%
  52. 52Leonard4260.3%
  53. 53Russell4220.3%
  54. 54Anthony4200.3%
  55. 55Oscar3970.3%
  56. 56Edwin3930.3%
  57. 57Ray3910.3%
  58. 58Lester3850.3%
  59. 59Lewis3850.3%
  60. 60Clyde3820.3%
  61. 61Benjamin3740.3%
  62. 62Leroy3700.3%
  63. 63Donald3660.3%
  64. 64Will3590.3%
  65. 65Cecil3540.3%
  66. 66Eddie3530.3%
  67. 67Lloyd3440.3%
  68. 68Claude3360.3%
  69. 69Stanley3340.3%
  70. 70Frederick3300.3%
  71. 71Clifford3260.3%
  72. 72Martin3250.3%
  73. 73Jessie3230.3%
  74. 74Chester3210.3%
  75. 75Tom3120.3%
  76. 76Edgar3070.3%
  77. 77Jim3000.2%
  78. 78Kenneth2750.2%
  79. 79Ben2730.2%
  80. 80Homer2690.2%
  81. 81Luther2660.2%
  82. 82Harvey2640.2%
  83. 83Bernard2590.2%
  84. 84Norman2560.2%
  85. 85Leslie2510.2%
  86. 86Leon2480.2%
  87. 87Melvin2480.2%
  88. 88Everett2380.2%
  89. 89Allen2270.2%
  90. 90Philip2260.2%
  91. 91Johnnie2210.2%
  92. 92Hugh2170.2%
  93. 93Alexander2160.2%
  94. 94Stephen2100.2%
  95. 95Jacob2070.2%
  96. 96Milton2070.2%
  97. 97Victor2050.2%
  98. 98Patrick2030.2%
  99. 99Alvin2010.2%
  100. 100Horace1990.2%

Percentages are each name’s share of all 1902 applications for that sex — a useful reminder of how much more concentrated naming used to be. In 1880 the top girls’ name alone accounted for several percent of all girls; today the #1 name is well under one percent.

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.