The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1900

2,223 different girls’ names were recorded in 1900, covering 299,784 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	16,705
2	Helen	6,342
3	Anna	6,114
4	Margaret	5,304
5	Ruth	4,765
6	Elizabeth	4,096
7	Florence	3,920
8	Ethel	3,896
9	Marie	3,856
10	Lillian	3,414
11	Annie	3,324
12	Edna	3,102
13	Emma	3,095
14	Alice	3,059
15	Bessie	3,044
16	Bertha	3,019
17	Grace	2,942
18	Rose	2,844
19	Clara	2,826
20	Mildred	2,800
21	Gladys	2,733
22	Minnie	2,673
23	Gertrude	2,580
24	Pearl	2,512
25	Mabel	2,509
26	Frances	2,495
27	Dorothy	2,491
28	Martha	2,437
29	Hazel	2,425
30	Ida	2,285
31	Irene	2,264
32	Myrtle	2,252
33	Eva	2,089
34	Catherine	2,081
35	Louise	2,070
36	Edith	2,068
37	Sarah	2,054
38	Elsie	2,045
39	Esther	2,017
40	Lillie	2,004
41	Agnes	1,914
42	Ella	1,911
43	Nellie	1,850
44	Mattie	1,834
45	Laura	1,824
46	Julia	1,766
47	Josephine	1,743
48	Carrie	1,711
49	Viola	1,674
50	Hattie	1,553
51	Ruby	1,540
52	Lena	1,506
53	Jessie	1,422
54	Mae	1,406
55	Cora	1,389
56	Beatrice	1,382
57	Alma	1,372
58	Willie	1,351
59	Mamie	1,337
60	Blanche	1,332
61	Lucy	1,246
62	Lula	1,237
62	Fannie	1,237
64	Jennie	1,204
65	Katherine	1,201
66	Marion	1,197
67	Lucille	1,182
68	Stella	1,177
69	Rosa	1,118
70	Evelyn	1,116
71	Pauline	1,104
72	Ada	1,101
73	Thelma	1,094
74	Virginia	1,068
75	Maggie	1,045
76	Vera	1,024
77	Maude	1,013
78	Beulah	974
79	Dora	958
80	Susie	947
81	Daisy	931
82	Ellen	922
83	Nora	919
84	Sadie	895
85	Leona	825
86	Marguerite	786
87	Georgia	765
88	Eleanor	753
89	Effie	752
90	Della	748
91	May	744
92	Ann	736
93	Kathryn	721
94	Nettie	711
95	Olive	705
96	Bernice	702
97	Lottie	690
98	Sallie	676
99	Nancy	673
100	Betty	665
101	Hilda	663
102	Theresa	659
103	Lizzie	657
104	Lydia	644
105	Emily	626
106	Flora	623
107	Katie	618
108	Anne	614
108	Violet	614
110	Charlotte	602
111	Marjorie	601
112	Inez	588
113	Ollie	585
114	Lola	584
115	Lois	577
116	Rosie	576
117	Doris	557
118	Estelle	556
119	Addie	541
119	Alberta	541
121	Loretta	535
122	Lela	530
123	Etta	508
124	Mable	506
125	Rebecca	503
125	Eunice	503
127	Goldie	502
128	Jane	495
129	Essie	492
130	Henrietta	491
131	Iva	483
132	Jean	473
133	Ora	463
134	Harriet	461
135	Caroline	455
136	Nannie	446
136	Sylvia	446
138	Mollie	437
138	Eula	437
140	Opal	432
141	Velma	426
142	Genevieve	420
143	Verna	412
144	Susan	410
145	Marian	408
146	Amelia	398
147	Lucile	395
148	Victoria	391
149	Maria	389
149	Madeline	389
151	Christine	383
151	Vivian	383
153	Rachel	379
154	Amanda	377
155	Nina	376
155	Olga	376
157	Sara	375
158	Flossie	368
159	Estella	365
160	Ola	352
161	Matilda	348
162	Barbara	338
162	Sophie	338
164	Alta	337
165	Eliza	335
165	Amy	335
167	Janie	330
168	Irma	326
169	Hannah	325
170	Freda	321
170	Kathleen	321
172	Geneva	319
173	Celia	316
173	Norma	316
175	Callie	310
176	Naomi	307
177	Winifred	302
178	Elva	301
179	Frieda	300
180	Kate	297
181	Belle	291
182	Ina	288
183	Sally	287
184	Maud	286
184	Allie	286
184	Isabel	286
187	Wilma	285
188	Erma	275
189	Juanita	273
190	Winnie	271
191	Luella	268
191	Lila	268
193	Josie	266
193	Fern	266
195	Cecelia	264
196	Virgie	260
197	Sophia	259
198	Nell	256
199	Cecilia	249
200	Augusta	245

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

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