US baby names · 1902

Most popular baby names of 1902

In 1902, Social Security card applications recorded 264,073 girls and 122,660 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 2,042 distinct girls’ names and 1,320 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (14,486 girls) and John (7,907 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 20% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 34% of boys. Compared with 1901, 40,921 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1901, 3 girls’ names and 3 boys’ names in 1902 are newcomers (girls: Doris, Lois, Flora; boys: Johnnie, Alexander, Stephen). Of these names, 21 of the 100 girls’ names and 22 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1902 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1902

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	14,486
#2	Helen	5,967
#3	Anna	5,288
#4	Margaret	5,011
#5	Ruth	4,384
#6	Elizabeth	3,694
#7	Florence	3,509
#8	Marie	3,424
#9	Ethel	3,295
#10	Alice	3,135
#11	Lillian	3,063
#12	Gladys	2,809
#13	Edna	2,754
#14	Mildred	2,750
#15	Dorothy	2,707
#16	Annie	2,664
#17	Grace	2,642
#18	Emma	2,514
#19	Bessie	2,448
#20	Rose	2,444
#21	Clara	2,432
#22	Bertha	2,372
#23	Frances	2,326
#24	Mabel	2,280
#25	Hazel	2,238
#26	Irene	2,210
#27	Gertrude	2,207
#28	Pearl	2,100
#29	Minnie	2,055
#30	Martha	2,030
#31	Catherine	1,896
#32	Myrtle	1,884
#33	Edith	1,853
#34	Ida	1,836
#35	Esther	1,833
#36	Louise	1,832
#37	Eva	1,727
#38	Elsie	1,720
#39	Sarah	1,710
#40	Agnes	1,676
#41	Nellie	1,566
#42	Josephine	1,565
#43	Laura	1,559
#44	Lillie	1,533
#45	Ella	1,525
#46	Julia	1,501
#47	Ruby	1,458
#48	Viola	1,447
#49	Beatrice	1,429
#50	Carrie	1,376
#51	Mattie	1,353
#52	Thelma	1,309
#53	Mae	1,261
#54	Jessie	1,240
#55	Alma	1,229
#56	Lena	1,225
#57	Hattie	1,163
#58	Blanche	1,159
#59	Evelyn	1,151
#60	Mamie	1,127
#61	Lucille	1,087
#62	Cora	1,081
#63	Stella	1,075
#64	Willie	1,071
#65	Lucy	1,065
#66	Marion	1,033
#67	Virginia	1,008
#68	Katherine	1,004
#69	Jennie	985
#70	Pauline	985
#71	Lula	976
#72	Fannie	971
#73	Vera	947
#74	Ada	921
#75	Rosa	909
#76	Leona	875
#77	Beulah	873
#78	Maggie	853
#79	Eleanor	837
#80	Maude	834
#81	Bernice	794
#82	Dora	780
#83	Ann	753
#84	Ellen	753
#85	Daisy	748
#86	Nora	724
#87	Kathryn	717
#88	Susie	717
#89	Sadie	716
#90	Marguerite	695
#91	Georgia	664
#92	Effie	658
#93	Doris	656
#94	Hilda	649
#95	Violet	649
#96	Della	609
#97	Emily	606
#98	Lois	594
#99	Olive	593
#100	Flora	587

Top 100 boys’ names, 1902

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	John	7,907
#2	William	6,617
#3	James	5,592
#4	George	4,223
#5	Charles	3,361
#6	Robert	3,180
#7	Joseph	3,098
#8	Frank	2,756
#9	Edward	2,294
#10	Henry	2,154
#11	Thomas	2,134
#12	Walter	1,858
#13	Harry	1,750
#14	Willie	1,565
#15	Arthur	1,487
#16	Albert	1,375
#17	Clarence	1,292
#18	Fred	1,286
#19	Harold	1,077
#20	Paul	1,067
#21	Raymond	1,064
#22	Roy	1,002
#23	Joe	955
#24	Carl	952
#25	Louis	912
#26	Richard	908
#27	Earl	877
#28	Ralph	866
#29	Ernest	790
#30	Charlie	761
#31	David	761
#32	Jack	743
#33	Samuel	702
#34	Theodore	642
#35	Howard	632
#36	Herbert	615
#37	Lawrence	598
#38	Francis	597
#39	Alfred	590
#40	Elmer	574
#41	Sam	559
#42	Andrew	558
#43	Leo	551
#44	Eugene	524
#45	Daniel	501
#46	Lee	475
#47	Floyd	471
#48	Michael	460
#49	Herman	457
#50	Jesse	437
#51	Peter	433
#52	Leonard	426
#53	Russell	422
#54	Anthony	420
#55	Oscar	397
#56	Edwin	393
#57	Ray	391
#58	Lester	385
#59	Lewis	385
#60	Clyde	382
#61	Benjamin	374
#62	Leroy	370
#63	Donald	366
#64	Will	359
#65	Cecil	354
#66	Eddie	353
#67	Lloyd	344
#68	Claude	336
#69	Stanley	334
#70	Frederick	330
#71	Clifford	326
#72	Martin	325
#73	Jessie	323
#74	Chester	321
#75	Tom	312
#76	Edgar	307
#77	Jim	300
#78	Kenneth	275
#79	Ben	273
#80	Homer	269
#81	Luther	266
#82	Harvey	264
#83	Bernard	259
#84	Norman	256
#85	Leslie	251
#86	Leon	248
#87	Melvin	248
#88	Everett	238
#89	Allen	227
#90	Philip	226
#91	Johnnie	221
#92	Hugh	217
#93	Alexander	216
#94	Stephen	210
#95	Jacob	207
#96	Milton	207
#97	Victor	205
#98	Patrick	203
#99	Alvin	201
#100	Horace	199