The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1900

1,506 different boys’ names were recorded in 1900, covering 150,474 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	9,828
2	William	8,579
3	James	7,245
4	George	5,403
5	Charles	4,098
6	Robert	3,821
7	Joseph	3,714
8	Frank	3,477
9	Edward	2,720
10	Henry	2,606
11	Thomas	2,556
12	Walter	2,298
13	Harry	2,272
14	Willie	2,113
15	Arthur	1,853
16	Albert	1,741
17	Fred	1,646
18	Clarence	1,483
19	Paul	1,288
20	Harold	1,245
21	Roy	1,215
22	Joe	1,179
23	Raymond	1,150
24	Richard	1,141
25	Charlie	1,124
26	Louis	1,097
27	Jack	1,053
28	Earl	1,037
29	Carl	1,016
30	Ernest	1,012
31	Ralph	896
32	David	883
33	Samuel	877
34	Sam	821
35	Howard	779
36	Herbert	751
37	Andrew	718
38	Elmer	699
39	Lee	675
40	Lawrence	659
41	Francis	652
42	Alfred	640
43	Will	603
44	Daniel	598
45	Eugene	587
46	Leo	570
47	Oscar	563
48	Floyd	555
49	Herman	550
50	Jesse	536
51	Michael	495
52	Lewis	469
52	Tom	469
54	Leonard	465
55	Ray	457
56	Clyde	451
57	Benjamin	450
58	Peter	443
59	Claude	433
60	Lester	431
61	Theodore	429
62	Russell	427
63	Eddie	425
64	Frederick	420
65	Leroy	419
66	Clifford	409
67	Anthony	406
68	Jim	399
69	Jessie	398
70	Martin	383
71	Edgar	374
72	Chester	364
73	Ben	355
74	Edwin	350
75	Dewey	345
76	Cecil	344
77	Stanley	342
78	Lloyd	337
79	Donald	328
80	Homer	326
81	Harvey	322
82	Luther	316
82	Norman	316
84	Johnnie	313
85	Leon	310
86	Bernard	308
87	Ed	297
88	Hugh	290
89	Patrick	285
90	Kenneth	279
91	Leslie	275
92	Victor	269
93	Alexander	260
94	Philip	259
95	Oliver	256
96	Mack	250
97	Horace	244
98	Milton	242
99	Guy	240
100	Everett	237
101	Jacob	233
102	Melvin	231
103	Charley	224
104	Allen	223
104	Alvin	223
104	Earnest	223
107	Ira	218
107	Sidney	218
109	Archie	216
110	Otis	212
110	Virgil	212
112	Julius	206
113	Jerry	205
114	Percy	201
115	Otto	199
116	Isaac	198
117	Bill	196
118	Glenn	194
119	Maurice	193
120	Alex	192
120	Dan	192
122	Warren	191
123	Marion	189
123	Hubert	189
125	Lonnie	186
125	Nathan	186
127	Stephen	181
127	Wesley	181
129	Vincent	177
130	Marvin	176
131	Manuel	174
132	Willard	172
133	Vernon	170
134	Willis	169
135	Dave	166
136	Morris	162
137	Wallace	161
137	Jose	161
137	Wilbur	161
140	Rufus	157
140	Gerald	157
142	Bennie	153
142	Bert	153
144	August	148
145	Rudolph	147
146	Gilbert	145
147	Curtis	144
148	Perry	142
149	Max	141
150	Steve	139
151	Franklin	137
151	Mark	137
151	Gordon	137
154	Nelson	135
155	Glen	134
156	Roland	133
156	Mckinley	133
158	Dennis	132
158	Mike	132
160	Sylvester	131
161	Matthew	130
161	Johnie	130
163	Calvin	128
163	Jess	128
165	Emil	127
165	Phillip	127
167	Marshall	126
168	Amos	125
168	Elbert	125
170	Felix	123
171	Arnold	122
172	Jake	121
173	Gus	120
173	Ellis	120
175	Emmett	119
176	Jimmie	118
176	Irvin	118
176	Clayton	118
176	Nathaniel	118
180	Moses	117
180	Adolph	117
182	Alonzo	116
182	Cornelius	116
182	Pete	116
185	Irving	115
186	Orville	112
187	Adam	111
188	Ollie	109
189	Jay	107
189	Claud	107
189	Clifton	107
189	Douglas	107
193	Aaron	104
194	Tony	101
195	Abraham	100
196	Bob	98
197	Jasper	97
198	Roscoe	96
199	Levi	95
199	Nicholas	95

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1900 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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