Top baby names of 1908

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

Girls

  1. Mary18,665
  2. Helen8,439
  3. Margaret6,976
  4. Ruth6,180
  5. Anna5,860
  6. Dorothy5,703
  7. Elizabeth4,904
  8. Mildred4,624
  9. Alice4,270
  10. Marie4,076
  11. Florence3,883
  12. Ethel3,786
  13. Lillian3,634
  14. Frances3,593
  15. Gladys3,580
  16. Rose3,382
  17. Edna3,365
  18. Louise2,937
  19. Grace2,901
  20. Evelyn2,857
  21. Annie2,820
  22. Catherine2,750
  23. Irene2,732
  24. Hazel2,698
  25. Gertrude2,562
  26. Thelma2,526
  27. Edith2,410
  28. Josephine2,389
  29. Bertha2,384
  30. Emma2,357
  31. Clara2,352
  32. Martha2,324
  33. Ruby2,229
  34. Bessie2,201
  35. Virginia2,195
  36. Esther2,187
  37. Mabel2,096
  38. Lucille2,080
  39. Pearl2,075
  40. Beatrice1,997
  41. Elsie1,983
  42. Viola1,964
  43. Myrtle1,952
  44. Ida1,952
  45. Agnes1,934
  46. Eva1,930
  47. Minnie1,817
  48. Sarah1,814
  49. Nellie1,757
  50. Julia1,749

Boys

  1. John9,343
  2. William7,529
  3. James7,012
  4. George4,584
  5. Robert4,219
  6. Joseph4,162
  7. Charles3,929
  8. Frank3,146
  9. Edward2,707
  10. Thomas2,301
  11. Henry2,283
  12. Walter2,192
  13. Willie1,964
  14. Harry1,934
  15. Albert1,642
  16. Arthur1,601
  17. Harold1,542
  18. Paul1,478
  19. Clarence1,428
  20. Raymond1,381
  21. Fred1,381
  22. Louis1,317
  23. Richard1,244
  24. Joe1,209
  25. Ralph1,138
  26. Roy1,097
  27. Jack1,086
  28. Howard1,078
  29. Carl1,074
  30. David1,015
  31. Ernest1,000
  32. Earl999
  33. Samuel960
  34. Francis853
  35. Lawrence815
  36. Herbert759
  37. Charlie740
  38. Alfred739
  39. Andrew722
  40. Kenneth692
  41. Anthony690
  42. Eugene689
  43. Elmer689
  44. Michael688
  45. Donald664
  46. Sam644
  47. Theodore643
  48. Leonard614
  49. Leo584
  50. Herman562