Popular Names of 1910

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1910, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Beatrice peaked among human females this year, at 36th.

Table 1. Female names, 1910
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	22,848	125
2	Helen	10,479	462
3	Margaret	8,226	112
4	Dorothy	7,318	421
5	Ruth	7,212	173
6	Anna	6,436	107
7	Elizabeth	5,800	17
8	Mildred	5,692	1,973
9	Marie	4,790	618
10	Alice	4,671	65
11	Frances	4,448	318
12	Florence	4,282	391
13	Ethel	4,146	4,211
14	Lillian	4,127	57
15	Gladys	3,842	3,224
16	Rose	3,837	114
17	Evelyn	3,777	8
18	Edna	3,664	2,463
19	Annie	3,519	182
20	Louise	3,457	516

Table 2. Male names, 1910
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	11,450	23
2	James	9,194	6
3	William	8,844	9
4	Robert	5,609	92
5	George	5,441	126
6	Joseph	5,228	29
7	Charles	4,784	48
8	Frank	3,768	514
9	Edward	3,407	224
10	Henry	2,899	5
11	Willie	2,897	1,322
12	Thomas	2,851	34
13	Walter	2,596	252
14	Albert	2,183	614
15	Paul	2,005	262
16	Harry	1,978	775
17	Arthur	1,942	87
18	Harold	1,909	993
19	Raymond	1,737	395
20	Clarence	1,706	1,500

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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.