Top baby names of 1905

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Mary16,067
  2. Helen6,811
  3. Margaret5,690
  4. Anna5,424
  5. Ruth5,068
  6. Elizabeth4,121
  7. Dorothy3,937
  8. Mildred3,758
  9. Marie3,643
  10. Alice3,610
  11. Florence3,478
  12. Ethel3,401
  13. Lillian3,185
  14. Gladys2,996
  15. Edna2,953
  16. Frances2,887
  17. Annie2,793
  18. Rose2,724
  19. Grace2,630
  20. Bessie2,446
  21. Bertha2,434
  22. Clara2,397
  23. Louise2,367
  24. Irene2,357
  25. Hazel2,351
  26. Emma2,298
  27. Gertrude2,276
  28. Catherine2,198
  29. Mabel2,178
  30. Edith2,137
  31. Pearl2,108
  32. Martha2,091
  33. Myrtle2,026
  34. Esther1,993
  35. Minnie1,950
  36. Thelma1,945
  37. Josephine1,894
  38. Ruby1,885
  39. Eva1,815
  40. Elsie1,811
  41. Sarah1,762
  42. Ida1,757
  43. Agnes1,718
  44. Viola1,697
  45. Evelyn1,661
  46. Beatrice1,661
  47. Julia1,642
  48. Nellie1,626
  49. Laura1,566
  50. Lucille1,533

Boys

  1. John8,059
  2. William6,495
  3. James6,042
  4. George4,256
  5. Charles3,608
  6. Robert3,410
  7. Joseph3,302
  8. Frank2,837
  9. Edward2,366
  10. Thomas2,135
  11. Henry2,126
  12. Walter1,902
  13. Willie1,782
  14. Harry1,619
  15. Albert1,532
  16. Arthur1,505
  17. Clarence1,377
  18. Fred1,284
  19. Paul1,262
  20. Harold1,258
  21. Raymond1,159
  22. Richard1,033
  23. Joe1,024
  24. Roy1,016
  25. Louis981
  26. Carl959
  27. Ralph938
  28. Jack907
  29. Earl904
  30. Samuel856
  31. Ernest845
  32. David838
  33. Theodore834
  34. Charlie801
  35. Howard735
  36. Francis685
  37. Herbert681
  38. Lawrence669
  39. Sam620
  40. Andrew619
  41. Elmer602
  42. Eugene593
  43. Alfred591
  44. Floyd523
  45. Michael513
  46. Leo512
  47. Leonard495
  48. Anthony490
  49. Lee486
  50. Daniel484