Popular Names of 1904

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1904, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1904
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	14,961	125
2	Helen	6,488	462
3	Anna	5,330	107
4	Margaret	5,302	112
5	Ruth	4,900	173
6	Elizabeth	3,833	17
7	Marie	3,595	618
8	Florence	3,572	391
9	Mildred	3,525	1,973
10	Dorothy	3,477	421
11	Ethel	3,296	4,211
12	Lillian	3,139	57
13	Alice	3,131	65
14	Gladys	2,976	3,224
15	Edna	2,762	2,463
16	Frances	2,657	318
17	Annie	2,631	182
18	Rose	2,631	114
19	Grace	2,513	38
20	Bertha	2,363	4,569

Table 2. Male names, 1904
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	8,108	23
2	William	6,416	9
3	James	5,855	6
4	George	4,219	126
5	Robert	3,414	92
6	Charles	3,406	48
7	Joseph	3,291	29
8	Frank	2,799	514
9	Edward	2,335	224
10	Henry	2,085	5
11	Thomas	2,057	34
12	Walter	1,873	252
13	Harry	1,722	775
14	Willie	1,675	1,322
15	Arthur	1,495	87
16	Albert	1,453	614
17	Clarence	1,310	1,500
18	Fred	1,223	1,936
19	Paul	1,194	262
20	Harold	1,186	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.