Popular Names of 1905

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1905, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Cline peaked among human males this year, at 1,019th.

Table 1. Female names, 1905
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	16,067	125
2	Helen	6,811	462
3	Margaret	5,690	112
4	Anna	5,424	107
5	Ruth	5,068	173
6	Elizabeth	4,121	17
7	Dorothy	3,937	421
8	Mildred	3,758	1,973
9	Marie	3,643	618
10	Alice	3,610	65
11	Florence	3,478	391
12	Ethel	3,401	4,211
13	Lillian	3,185	57
14	Gladys	2,996	3,224
15	Edna	2,953	2,463
16	Frances	2,887	318
17	Annie	2,793	182
18	Rose	2,724	114
19	Grace	2,630	38
20	Bessie	2,446	6,889

Table 2. Male names, 1905
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	8,059	23
2	William	6,495	9
3	James	6,042	6
4	George	4,256	126
5	Charles	3,608	48
6	Robert	3,410	92
7	Joseph	3,302	29
8	Frank	2,837	514
9	Edward	2,366	224
10	Thomas	2,135	34
11	Henry	2,126	5
12	Walter	1,902	252
13	Willie	1,782	1,322
14	Harry	1,619	775
15	Albert	1,532	614
16	Arthur	1,505	87
17	Clarence	1,377	1,500
18	Fred	1,284	1,936
19	Paul	1,262	262
20	Harold	1,258	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.