Popular Names of 1909

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1909, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1909
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	19,259	125
2	Helen	9,250	462
3	Margaret	7,358	112
4	Ruth	6,509	173
5	Dorothy	6,253	421
6	Anna	5,804	107
7	Elizabeth	5,176	17
8	Mildred	5,054	1,973
9	Marie	4,301	618
10	Alice	4,170	65
11	Florence	3,789	391
12	Frances	3,780	318
13	Ethel	3,661	4,211
14	Lillian	3,596	57
15	Gladys	3,538	3,224
16	Edna	3,429	2,463
17	Rose	3,374	114
18	Evelyn	3,157	8
19	Louise	3,019	516
20	Irene	2,961	651

Table 2. Male names, 1909
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	9,590	23
2	William	7,913	9
3	James	7,595	6
4	George	4,688	126
5	Robert	4,563	92
6	Joseph	4,348	29
7	Charles	4,029	48
8	Frank	3,244	514
9	Edward	2,935	224
10	Thomas	2,468	34
11	Henry	2,411	5
12	Walter	2,287	252
13	Willie	2,175	1,322
14	Harry	1,924	775
15	Albert	1,816	614
16	Harold	1,725	993
17	Paul	1,676	262
18	Arthur	1,665	87
19	Clarence	1,518	1,500
20	Raymond	1,441	395

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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.