Popular Names of 1903

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1903, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1903
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	14,275	125
2	Helen	6,129	462
3	Anna	5,098	107
4	Margaret	5,045	112
5	Ruth	4,517	173
6	Elizabeth	3,724	17
7	Marie	3,469	618
8	Florence	3,468	391
9	Ethel	3,257	4,211
10	Mildred	3,088	1,973
11	Dorothy	3,078	421
12	Alice	2,996	65
13	Lillian	2,972	57
14	Gladys	2,674	3,224
15	Edna	2,667	2,463
16	Grace	2,616	38
17	Annie	2,551	182
18	Rose	2,478	114
19	Frances	2,365	318
20	Clara	2,342	63

Table 2. Male names, 1903
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	7,608	23
2	William	6,311	9
3	James	5,479	6
4	George	3,961	126
5	Charles	3,213	48
6	Joseph	3,121	29
7	Robert	3,044	92
8	Frank	2,644	514
9	Edward	2,268	224
10	Thomas	1,962	34
11	Henry	1,922	5
12	Walter	1,840	252
13	Harry	1,647	775
14	Willie	1,454	1,322
15	Arthur	1,435	87
16	Albert	1,337	614
17	Clarence	1,261	1,500
18	Fred	1,204	1,936
19	Paul	1,081	262
20	Harold	1,065	993

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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.