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Baby Names from 1900

450,258 registered births | 150,474 boys | 299,784 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1900

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
9,828 births
2 William
8,579 births
3 James
7,245 births
4 George
5,403 births
5 Charles
4,098 births
6 Robert
3,821 births
7 Joseph
3,714 births
8 Frank
3,477 births
9 Edward
2,720 births
10 Henry
2,606 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
16,705 births
2 Helen
6,342 births
3 Anna
6,114 births
4 Margaret
5,304 births
5 Ruth
4,765 births
6 Elizabeth
4,096 births
7 Florence
3,920 births
8 Ethel
3,896 births
9 Marie
3,856 births
10 Lillian
3,414 births

Top Unisex Names of 1900

Willie
2,113 boys 1,351 girls
Jessie
398 boys 1,422 girls
Marion
189 boys 1,197 girls
Lee
675 boys 138 girls
Francis
652 boys 159 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1900

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

B Tony
#265 → #194 (+71)
B Bill
#174 → #117 (+57)

Biggest Fallers

B Forrest
#175 → #252 (-77)
B Ross
#159 → #217 (-58)

New to the Top 200 in 1900

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Jimmie #178 Tony #194
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