The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1904

2,165 different girls’ names were recorded in 1904, covering 275,362 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	14,961
2	Helen	6,488
3	Anna	5,330
4	Margaret	5,302
5	Ruth	4,900
6	Elizabeth	3,833
7	Marie	3,595
8	Florence	3,572
9	Mildred	3,525
10	Dorothy	3,477
11	Ethel	3,296
12	Lillian	3,139
13	Alice	3,131
14	Gladys	2,976
15	Edna	2,762
16	Frances	2,657
17	Annie	2,631
17	Rose	2,631
19	Grace	2,513
20	Bertha	2,363
21	Bessie	2,340
22	Emma	2,312
23	Hazel	2,301
24	Clara	2,281
25	Gertrude	2,269
26	Irene	2,212
27	Mabel	2,172
28	Louise	2,136
29	Martha	2,019
30	Pearl	2,015
31	Catherine	1,982
32	Esther	1,957
33	Edith	1,944
34	Myrtle	1,905
35	Minnie	1,885
36	Eva	1,858
37	Thelma	1,757
38	Ida	1,751
39	Elsie	1,719
40	Josephine	1,701
40	Ruby	1,701
42	Agnes	1,672
43	Sarah	1,594
44	Nellie	1,560
45	Beatrice	1,549
46	Viola	1,545
47	Laura	1,508
48	Ella	1,432
49	Julia	1,426
50	Evelyn	1,372
51	Lillie	1,364
52	Mattie	1,362
53	Lucille	1,351
54	Carrie	1,280
55	Alma	1,257
56	Pauline	1,243
57	Lena	1,228
58	Mae	1,214
59	Virginia	1,213
60	Jessie	1,197
61	Willie	1,188
62	Blanche	1,142
63	Katherine	1,128
64	Hattie	1,123
65	Marion	1,109
66	Lucy	1,086
67	Mamie	1,041
68	Stella	1,026
69	Leona	998
70	Cora	993
70	Vera	993
72	Beulah	983
73	Jennie	964
73	Fannie	964
75	Bernice	962
76	Rosa	903
77	Lula	894
78	Ann	880
79	Ada	878
80	Eleanor	868
81	Maggie	805
82	Dora	788
83	Kathryn	787
84	Ellen	774
85	Daisy	772
86	Maude	757
87	Violet	755
88	Georgia	736
88	Doris	736
90	Lois	727
91	Betty	707
92	Sadie	703
93	Nora	698
94	Marguerite	684
95	Susie	662
96	Marjorie	639
97	Anne	631
98	Hilda	629
99	Lola	624
100	Opal	621
101	Velma	615
102	Della	607
103	Emily	599
104	Inez	596
105	Effie	578
106	Olive	573
107	Flora	569
108	Theresa	561
109	May	555
110	Charlotte	554
111	Nettie	547
112	Lydia	545
113	Alberta	517
114	Goldie	513
115	Nancy	508
116	Loretta	506
117	Eunice	502
118	Lottie	497
118	Sylvia	497
120	Katie	494
121	Mable	485
122	Sallie	483
122	Jean	483
124	Genevieve	481
125	Eula	480
126	Vivian	470
127	Rosie	468
128	Estelle	464
129	Essie	457
130	Ollie	456
131	Henrietta	449
132	Harriet	448
133	Lucile	433
134	Addie	432
135	Lela	431
136	Caroline	429
136	Verna	429
138	Iva	424
139	Lizzie	420
140	Ora	412
141	Marian	406
142	Jane	395
143	Maria	393
143	Madeline	393
145	Geneva	374
146	Rebecca	371
147	Kathleen	362
148	Irma	360
149	Sara	359
149	Sophie	359
151	Barbara	357
152	Rachel	356
153	Amelia	353
154	Wilma	352
155	Naomi	350
156	Nina	348
157	Erma	345
158	Estella	344
158	Juanita	344
160	Etta	343
161	Flossie	338
162	Mollie	336
163	Ola	335
164	Alta	327
165	Christine	325
166	Susan	324
167	Victoria	320
168	Olga	298
169	Amanda	294
170	Celia	293
171	Nannie	289
172	Matilda	285
173	Norma	281
173	Fern	281
175	Frieda	280
176	Sally	278
177	Audrey	276
178	Janie	272
178	Cecelia	272
180	Isabel	271
181	Bonnie	268
182	Hannah	261
182	Allie	261
182	Virgie	261
185	Adeline	259
185	Lila	259
187	Freda	256
188	Amy	255
189	Winifred	252
190	Cecilia	250
191	Luella	246
192	Leola	244
193	Elva	234
194	Selma	231
195	Sophia	230
195	Ina	230
195	Cleo	230
198	Jewel	229
199	Miriam	227
200	Nell	226

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1904 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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