The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1907

2,399 different girls’ names were recorded in 1907, covering 318,564 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	17,580
2	Helen	7,579
3	Margaret	6,713
4	Anna	5,575
5	Ruth	5,573
6	Dorothy	4,967
7	Elizabeth	4,624
8	Mildred	4,277
9	Alice	4,107
10	Marie	3,880
11	Florence	3,750
12	Ethel	3,698
13	Lillian	3,542
14	Gladys	3,303
15	Edna	3,301
16	Frances	3,299
17	Rose	3,116
18	Evelyn	3,035
19	Annie	2,891
20	Grace	2,747
21	Louise	2,619
22	Irene	2,617
23	Hazel	2,530
24	Gertrude	2,499
25	Catherine	2,457
26	Bertha	2,363
27	Emma	2,356
28	Thelma	2,339
29	Clara	2,319
30	Bessie	2,311
31	Martha	2,274
32	Edith	2,177
33	Josephine	2,156
34	Ruby	2,113
35	Pearl	2,108
36	Mabel	2,069
37	Esther	2,062
38	Ida	1,980
39	Myrtle	1,929
40	Minnie	1,907
41	Virginia	1,893
42	Eva	1,884
43	Elsie	1,872
44	Beatrice	1,858
45	Lucille	1,853
46	Agnes	1,829
47	Viola	1,805
48	Sarah	1,799
49	Julia	1,680
50	Nellie	1,671
51	Laura	1,621
52	Pauline	1,591
53	Lillie	1,536
54	Ella	1,450
55	Katherine	1,413
56	Willie	1,394
57	Mae	1,375
58	Alma	1,347
59	Mattie	1,319
60	Jessie	1,314
61	Carrie	1,283
62	Ann	1,264
63	Marion	1,251
64	Lena	1,238
65	Bernice	1,185
66	Blanche	1,156
67	Eleanor	1,155
68	Lucy	1,152
68	Vera	1,152
70	Stella	1,150
71	Hattie	1,142
72	Leona	1,106
73	Beulah	1,092
74	Fannie	1,089
75	Mamie	1,059
76	Doris	1,023
77	Betty	1,018
78	Jennie	998
79	Anne	980
80	Cora	969
81	Violet	956
82	Rosa	924
83	Ada	906
84	Lula	905
85	Lois	899
86	Opal	889
87	Marguerite	888
88	Kathryn	864
89	Ellen	855
90	Velma	854
91	Maggie	846
92	Georgia	787
92	Marjorie	787
94	Dora	786
95	Sadie	771
96	Jean	770
97	Susie	756
98	Daisy	739
99	Theresa	734
100	Emily	714
101	Hilda	702
102	Inez	680
103	Genevieve	678
104	Nora	676
105	Charlotte	667
106	Lola	639
107	Alberta	627
108	Flora	617
109	Sylvia	611
110	Estelle	609
111	Eunice	608
112	Maude	585
113	Nancy	582
113	Della	582
115	Effie	578
116	Vivian	572
117	Mable	569
118	Olive	568
119	Marian	556
120	May	544
121	Nettie	542
122	Katie	539
123	Verna	538
124	Jane	526
125	Wilma	525
126	Loretta	520
126	Goldie	520
128	Eula	517
129	Barbara	515
130	Lydia	512
130	Lottie	512
132	Rosie	511
133	Lucile	508
134	Sara	494
135	Sallie	492
136	Maria	490
137	Essie	486
138	Harriet	477
139	Addie	471
140	Henrietta	470
141	Geneva	464
142	Lizzie	462
142	Ollie	462
144	Lela	453
145	Christine	452
146	Sophie	451
147	Madeline	449
148	Juanita	443
149	Kathleen	440
150	Erma	439
151	Caroline	437
152	Nina	433
153	Ora	424
154	Rachel	420
155	Naomi	410
156	Irma	409
157	Etta	407
158	Iva	401
159	Rebecca	400
159	Victoria	400
161	Flossie	391
162	Sally	387
163	Amelia	380
164	Norma	375
165	Mollie	356
166	Susan	355
166	Luella	355
168	Ola	350
169	Geraldine	344
170	Isabel	326
171	Cleo	325
172	Audrey	324
173	Matilda	322
174	Cecelia	321
175	Nannie	320
176	Alta	319
177	Adeline	315
178	Celia	314
178	Olga	314
180	Leola	310
181	Estella	309
182	Freda	306
183	Miriam	301
184	Elva	297
185	Janie	295
186	Jeanette	294
187	Isabelle	291
187	Roberta	291
189	Ina	289
190	Amanda	285
191	Jewell	284
192	Bonnie	279
193	Fern	276
194	Faye	268
195	Frieda	267
196	Rita	266
197	Sophia	265
197	Allie	265
199	Winifred	264
200	Phyllis	262

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1907 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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