Popular Names of 1901

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1901, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1901
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	13,136	125
2	Helen	5,247	462
3	Anna	4,923	107
4	Margaret	4,424	112
5	Ruth	3,974	173
6	Elizabeth	3,216	17
7	Marie	3,157	618
8	Florence	3,131	391
9	Ethel	3,067	4,211
10	Lillian	2,681	57
11	Gladys	2,676	3,224
12	Alice	2,562	65
13	Edna	2,488	2,463
14	Mildred	2,424	1,973
15	Grace	2,398	38
16	Annie	2,396	182
17	Emma	2,374	3
18	Clara	2,319	63
19	Bertha	2,257	4,569
20	Rose	2,212	114

Table 2. Male names, 1901
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	6,900	23
2	William	5,990	9
3	James	4,735	6
4	George	3,609	126
5	Charles	3,049	48
6	Joseph	2,766	29
7	Robert	2,543	92
8	Frank	2,402	514
9	Edward	1,917	224
10	Henry	1,870	5
11	Thomas	1,820	34
12	Walter	1,718	252
13	Harry	1,594	775
14	Arthur	1,329	87
15	Albert	1,317	614
16	Willie	1,294	1,322
17	Clarence	1,196	1,500
18	Fred	1,133	1,936
19	Paul	924	262
20	Roy	917	525

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.