The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1903

2,083 different girls’ names were recorded in 1903, covering 261,970 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	14,275
2	Helen	6,129
3	Anna	5,098
4	Margaret	5,045
5	Ruth	4,517
6	Elizabeth	3,724
7	Marie	3,469
8	Florence	3,468
9	Ethel	3,257
10	Mildred	3,088
11	Dorothy	3,078
12	Alice	2,996
13	Lillian	2,972
14	Gladys	2,674
15	Edna	2,667
16	Grace	2,616
17	Annie	2,551
18	Rose	2,478
19	Frances	2,365
20	Clara	2,342
21	Bessie	2,339
22	Bertha	2,309
23	Emma	2,308
24	Gertrude	2,253
25	Mabel	2,163
26	Hazel	2,139
27	Pearl	2,046
28	Irene	2,001
29	Martha	1,980
29	Myrtle	1,980
31	Louise	1,935
32	Catherine	1,916
33	Edith	1,901
34	Esther	1,883
35	Minnie	1,846
36	Eva	1,783
37	Ida	1,774
38	Elsie	1,720
39	Agnes	1,616
40	Josephine	1,587
41	Sarah	1,553
42	Ruby	1,538
43	Laura	1,503
44	Viola	1,495
45	Nellie	1,491
46	Lillie	1,485
47	Thelma	1,479
48	Julia	1,447
49	Beatrice	1,439
50	Ella	1,419
51	Mattie	1,278
52	Carrie	1,252
53	Alma	1,244
54	Evelyn	1,211
55	Jessie	1,202
56	Lena	1,200
57	Lucille	1,193
58	Mae	1,192
59	Blanche	1,174
60	Hattie	1,106
61	Pauline	1,042
61	Marion	1,042
63	Virginia	1,032
64	Fannie	1,016
64	Stella	1,016
66	Katherine	1,015
67	Willie	1,014
68	Lucy	990
68	Mamie	990
70	Cora	986
71	Jennie	936
72	Beulah	920
73	Lula	913
74	Rosa	911
75	Vera	899
76	Leona	881
77	Bernice	868
78	Ada	843
79	Eleanor	840
80	Maggie	780
81	Dora	778
82	Maude	776
82	Daisy	776
84	Ann	774
85	Ellen	773
86	Kathryn	729
87	Nora	724
88	Hilda	698
89	Sadie	683
90	Susie	680
91	Marguerite	667
92	Lois	664
93	Violet	636
94	Georgia	632
95	Doris	629
96	Della	611
97	Olive	597
98	Betty	596
99	Velma	589
100	Anne	581
101	Emily	558
102	Theresa	553
103	Effie	552
104	Nettie	547
104	Lola	547
106	Opal	542
107	May	541
108	Flora	536
109	Nancy	527
110	Sallie	523
111	Katie	512
112	Marjorie	511
113	Lottie	509
114	Loretta	505
115	Charlotte	504
116	Lydia	502
117	Inez	485
118	Alberta	483
119	Eunice	469
120	Sylvia	464
121	Jean	462
122	Mable	461
123	Ollie	460
124	Lizzie	458
125	Eula	449
126	Addie	441
127	Henrietta	433
128	Vivian	432
129	Goldie	430
130	Genevieve	427
131	Verna	424
132	Rosie	423
133	Lela	420
134	Etta	416
134	Harriet	416
136	Estelle	402
137	Madeline	400
138	Ora	399
139	Iva	398
140	Essie	396
141	Caroline	389
142	Rachel	383
143	Jane	381
144	Maria	379
145	Lucile	370
146	Christine	363
147	Marian	355
147	Naomi	355
149	Kathleen	352
150	Amelia	347
151	Barbara	346
151	Irma	346
153	Nina	345
154	Rebecca	334
155	Sara	333
156	Victoria	330
157	Nannie	325
158	Sophie	311
158	Norma	311
160	Ola	309
161	Geneva	308
162	Susan	305
162	Estella	305
164	Juanita	304
165	Erma	302
166	Flossie	297
167	Frieda	294
168	Wilma	293
169	Sally	288
170	Luella	286
171	Mollie	284
172	Alta	282
173	Olga	281
174	Freda	280
175	Celia	278
176	Fern	276
176	Audrey	276
178	Winifred	272
179	Janie	260
180	Isabel	257
181	Ina	256
182	Elva	255
183	Hannah	250
184	Eliza	247
184	Amanda	247
184	Allie	247
187	Matilda	245
188	Amy	242
188	Cecelia	242
190	Cleo	221
191	Muriel	220
192	Cecilia	218
192	Selma	218
192	Miriam	218
195	Rena	217
196	Virgie	214
197	Sophia	213
197	Isabelle	213
197	Regina	213
200	Adeline	212

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1903 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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