100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1908

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 9,342
2 William 0 7,528
3 James 0 7,012
4 George 0 4,584
5 Robert 0 4,219
6 Joseph +1 4,162
7 Charles -1 3,929
8 Frank 0 3,146
9 Edward 0 2,707
10 Thomas +1 2,301
11 Henry -1 2,283
12 Walter 0 2,192
13 Willie 0 1,964
14 Harry 0 1,934
15 Albert 0 1,642
16 Arthur 0 1,601
17 Harold 0 1,542
18 Paul +2 1,478
19 Clarence -1 1,428
20 Fred -1 1,381
21 Raymond 0 1,381
22 Louis +3 1,317
23 Richard -1 1,244
24 Joe -1 1,209
25 Ralph +4 1,138
26 Roy -2 1,097
27 Jack -1 1,086
28 Howard +5 1,078
29 Carl -2 1,074
30 David +1 1,016
31 Ernest -1 1,000
32 Earl -4 999
33 Samuel -1 960
34 Francis +3 853
35 Lawrence -1 815
36 Herbert +3 759
37 Charlie -2 740
38 Alfred -2 739
39 Andrew +1 722
40 Kenneth +7 692
41 Anthony +5 690
42 Elmer +3 689
43 Eugene -2 689
44 Michael +4 689
45 Donald -1 664
46 Sam -3 644
47 Theodore -9 643
48 Leonard +3 614
49 Leo -7 584
50 Herman -1 562
51 Lee +3 553
52 Stanley +3 547
53 Peter +8 542
54 Daniel -2 530
55 Floyd -2 529
56 Leroy -6 523
57 Russell 0 523
58 Clifford +7 515
59 Clyde -3 511
60 Lester -2 509
61 Lewis +5 489
62 Jesse +1 482
63 Benjamin +1 480
64 Edwin -2 477
65 Oscar -6 476
66 Chester +1 461
67 Ray -7 447
68 Frederick 0 438
69 Claude +5 428
70 Bernard +3 414
71 Eddie -1 413
72 Cecil -3 397
73 Lloyd -1 394
74 Norman +1 374
75 Melvin +3 366
76 Edgar +5 360
77 Jessie -6 355
78 Ben +4 353
79 Milton +10 346
80 Homer +4 340
81 Tom +2 340
82 Harvey -5 339
83 Martin -4 331
84 Leon -4 327
85 Johnnie +1 321
86 Philip -10 319
87 Marvin 0 311
88 Victor +12 308
89 Alvin +10 307
90 Everett -2 294
91 Luther 0 292
92 Allen -7 287
93 Vernon +16 285
94 Stephen +1 280
95 Leslie -1 279
96 Will +1 274
97 Gerald +5 270
98 Morris -2 269
99 Julius +6 263
100 Virgil -7 258
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 18,665
2 Helen 0 8,439
3 Margaret 0 6,976
4 Ruth +1 6,180
5 Anna -1 5,860
6 Dorothy 0 5,703
7 Elizabeth 0 4,904
8 Mildred 0 4,624
9 Alice 0 4,270
10 Marie 0 4,076
11 Florence 0 3,883
12 Ethel 0 3,786
13 Lillian 0 3,634
14 Frances +2 3,593
15 Gladys -1 3,580
16 Rose +1 3,382
17 Edna -2 3,365
18 Louise +3 2,937
19 Grace +1 2,901
20 Evelyn -2 2,857
21 Annie -2 2,820
22 Catherine +3 2,750
23 Irene -1 2,732
24 Hazel -1 2,698
25 Gertrude -1 2,562
26 Thelma +2 2,526
27 Edith +5 2,410
28 Josephine +5 2,389
29 Bertha -3 2,384
30 Emma -3 2,357
31 Clara -2 2,352
32 Martha -1 2,324
33 Ruby +1 2,229
34 Bessie -4 2,201
35 Virginia +6 2,195
36 Esther +1 2,187
37 Mabel -1 2,096
38 Lucille +7 2,080
39 Pearl -4 2,075
40 Beatrice +4 1,997
41 Elsie +2 1,983
42 Viola +5 1,964
43 Ida -5 1,952
44 Myrtle -5 1,952
45 Agnes +1 1,934
46 Eva -4 1,930
47 Minnie -7 1,817
48 Sarah 0 1,814
49 Nellie +1 1,757
50 Julia -1 1,749
51 Pauline +1 1,702
52 Laura -1 1,558
53 Alma +5 1,474
54 Lillie -1 1,471
55 Katherine 0 1,430
56 Ella -2 1,428
57 Mae 0 1,384
58 Jessie +2 1,382
59 Willie -3 1,371
60 Mattie -1 1,364
61 Bernice +4 1,363
62 Ann 0 1,354
63 Marion 0 1,349
64 Lena 0 1,331
65 Eleanor +2 1,302
66 Carrie -5 1,239
67 Stella +3 1,216
68 Vera +1 1,204
69 Blanche -3 1,162
70 Doris +6 1,155
71 Hattie 0 1,137
72 Betty +5 1,128
73 Leona -1 1,118
74 Lucy -6 1,118
75 Anne +4 1,088
76 Fannie -2 1,085
77 Kathryn +11 1,058
78 Jennie 0 1,038
79 Mamie -4 1,028
80 Lois +5 1,023
81 Violet 0 1,017
82 Beulah -9 1,015
83 Cora -3 962
84 Opal +2 955
85 Marjorie +8 942
86 Rosa -4 941
87 Ada -4 922
88 Marguerite -1 913
89 Lula -5 892
90 Velma 0 860
91 Jean +5 852
92 Ellen -3 848
93 Dora +1 806
94 Theresa +5 795
95 Maggie -4 772
96 Sadie -1 770
97 Georgia -5 768
98 Charlotte +7 766
99 Daisy -1 765
100 Inez +2 757