Popular Names of 1902

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1902, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1902
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	14,486	125
2	Helen	5,967	462
3	Anna	5,288	107
4	Margaret	5,011	112
5	Ruth	4,384	173
6	Elizabeth	3,694	17
7	Florence	3,509	391
8	Marie	3,424	618
9	Ethel	3,295	4,211
10	Alice	3,135	65
11	Lillian	3,063	57
12	Gladys	2,809	3,224
13	Edna	2,754	2,463
14	Mildred	2,750	1,973
15	Dorothy	2,707	421
16	Annie	2,664	182
17	Grace	2,642	38
18	Emma	2,514	3
19	Bessie	2,448	6,889
20	Rose	2,444	114

Table 2. Male names, 1902
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	7,907	23
2	William	6,617	9
3	James	5,592	6
4	George	4,223	126
5	Charles	3,361	48
6	Robert	3,180	92
7	Joseph	3,098	29
8	Frank	2,756	514
9	Edward	2,294	224
10	Henry	2,154	5
11	Thomas	2,134	34
12	Walter	1,858	252
13	Harry	1,750	775
14	Willie	1,565	1,322
15	Arthur	1,487	87
16	Albert	1,375	614
17	Clarence	1,292	1,500
18	Fred	1,286	1,936
19	Harold	1,077	993
20	Paul	1,067	262

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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.