Popular Names of 1907

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1907, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1907
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	17,580	125
2	Helen	7,579	462
3	Margaret	6,713	112
4	Anna	5,575	107
5	Ruth	5,573	173
6	Dorothy	4,967	421
7	Elizabeth	4,624	17
8	Mildred	4,277	1,973
9	Alice	4,107	65
10	Marie	3,880	618
11	Florence	3,750	391
12	Ethel	3,698	4,211
13	Lillian	3,542	57
14	Gladys	3,303	3,224
15	Edna	3,301	2,463
16	Frances	3,299	318
17	Rose	3,116	114
18	Evelyn	3,035	8
19	Annie	2,891	182
20	Grace	2,747	38

Table 2. Male names, 1907
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	8,983	23
2	William	6,904	9
3	James	6,707	6
4	George	4,445	126
5	Robert	4,020	92
6	Charles	3,884	48
7	Joseph	3,844	29
8	Frank	2,943	514
9	Edward	2,576	224
10	Henry	2,203	5
11	Thomas	2,174	34
12	Walter	2,095	252
13	Willie	1,968	1,322
14	Harry	1,813	775
15	Albert	1,636	614
16	Arthur	1,553	87
17	Harold	1,452	993
18	Clarence	1,389	1,500
19	Fred	1,371	1,936
20	Paul	1,358	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.