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Baby Names from 1908

488,649 registered births | 154,337 boys | 334,312 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1908

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
9,343 births
2 William
7,529 births
3 James
7,012 births
4 George
4,584 births
5 Robert
4,219 births
6 Joseph
4,162 births
7 Charles
3,929 births
8 Frank
3,146 births
9 Edward
2,707 births
10 Thomas
2,301 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
18,665 births
2 Helen
8,439 births
3 Margaret
6,976 births
4 Ruth
6,180 births
5 Anna
5,860 births
6 Dorothy
5,703 births
7 Elizabeth
4,904 births
8 Mildred
4,624 births
9 Alice
4,270 births
10 Marie
4,076 births

Top Unisex Names of 1908

Willie
1,964 boys 1,371 girls
Jessie
355 boys 1,382 girls
Marion
233 boys 1,349 girls
Francis
853 boys 166 girls
Lee
553 boys 197 girls

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

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1908

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

Biggest Risers

B Sherman
#241 → #183 (+58)
G Carolyn
#254 → #200 (+54)

Biggest Fallers

B Mark
#200 → #259 (-59)

New to the Top 200 in 1908

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

Shirley #198
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