US baby names · 1904

Most popular baby names of 1904

In 1904, Social Security card applications recorded 275,362 girls and 128,122 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 2,165 distinct girls’ names and 1,395 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (14,961 girls) and John (8,108 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 20% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 33% of boys. Compared with 1903, 22,284 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1903, 3 girls’ names and 3 boys’ names in 1904 are newcomers (girls: Marjorie, Lola, Opal; boys: Alton, Jacob, Virgil). Of these names, 20 of the 100 girls’ names and 21 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 1904 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, 1904

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	14,961
#2	Helen	6,488
#3	Anna	5,330
#4	Margaret	5,302
#5	Ruth	4,900
#6	Elizabeth	3,833
#7	Marie	3,595
#8	Florence	3,572
#9	Mildred	3,525
#10	Dorothy	3,477
#11	Ethel	3,296
#12	Lillian	3,139
#13	Alice	3,131
#14	Gladys	2,976
#15	Edna	2,762
#16	Frances	2,657
#17	Annie	2,631
#18	Rose	2,631
#19	Grace	2,513
#20	Bertha	2,363
#21	Bessie	2,340
#22	Emma	2,312
#23	Hazel	2,301
#24	Clara	2,281
#25	Gertrude	2,269
#26	Irene	2,212
#27	Mabel	2,172
#28	Louise	2,136
#29	Martha	2,019
#30	Pearl	2,015
#31	Catherine	1,982
#32	Esther	1,957
#33	Edith	1,944
#34	Myrtle	1,905
#35	Minnie	1,885
#36	Eva	1,858
#37	Thelma	1,757
#38	Ida	1,751
#39	Elsie	1,719
#40	Josephine	1,701
#41	Ruby	1,701
#42	Agnes	1,672
#43	Sarah	1,594
#44	Nellie	1,560
#45	Beatrice	1,549
#46	Viola	1,545
#47	Laura	1,508
#48	Ella	1,432
#49	Julia	1,426
#50	Evelyn	1,372
#51	Lillie	1,364
#52	Mattie	1,362
#53	Lucille	1,351
#54	Carrie	1,280
#55	Alma	1,257
#56	Pauline	1,243
#57	Lena	1,228
#58	Mae	1,214
#59	Virginia	1,213
#60	Jessie	1,197
#61	Willie	1,188
#62	Blanche	1,142
#63	Katherine	1,128
#64	Hattie	1,123
#65	Marion	1,109
#66	Lucy	1,086
#67	Mamie	1,041
#68	Stella	1,026
#69	Leona	998
#70	Cora	993
#71	Vera	993
#72	Beulah	983
#73	Fannie	964
#74	Jennie	964
#75	Bernice	962
#76	Rosa	903
#77	Lula	894
#78	Ann	880
#79	Ada	878
#80	Eleanor	868
#81	Maggie	805
#82	Dora	788
#83	Kathryn	787
#84	Ellen	774
#85	Daisy	772
#86	Maude	757
#87	Violet	755
#88	Doris	736
#89	Georgia	736
#90	Lois	727
#91	Betty	707
#92	Sadie	703
#93	Nora	698
#94	Marguerite	684
#95	Susie	662
#96	Marjorie	639
#97	Anne	631
#98	Hilda	629
#99	Lola	624
#100	Opal	621

Top 100 boys’ names, 1904

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	John	8,108
#2	William	6,416
#3	James	5,855
#4	George	4,219
#5	Robert	3,414
#6	Charles	3,406
#7	Joseph	3,291
#8	Frank	2,799
#9	Edward	2,335
#10	Henry	2,085
#11	Thomas	2,057
#12	Walter	1,873
#13	Harry	1,722
#14	Willie	1,675
#15	Arthur	1,495
#16	Albert	1,453
#17	Clarence	1,310
#18	Fred	1,223
#19	Paul	1,194
#20	Harold	1,186
#21	Roy	1,123
#22	Raymond	1,093
#23	Joe	959
#24	Richard	957
#25	Carl	953
#26	Louis	936
#27	Jack	908
#28	Ralph	899
#29	Earl	854
#30	Theodore	834
#31	David	817
#32	Ernest	749
#33	Charlie	739
#34	Samuel	727
#35	Howard	726
#36	Francis	686
#37	Herbert	680
#38	Lawrence	662
#39	Elmer	620
#40	Sam	603
#41	Alfred	600
#42	Leo	552
#43	Andrew	546
#44	Eugene	541
#45	Lee	532
#46	Leonard	508
#47	Herman	497
#48	Russell	473
#49	Daniel	472
#50	Michael	462
#51	Clyde	457
#52	Floyd	446
#53	Jesse	443
#54	Oscar	442
#55	Ray	432
#56	Anthony	422
#57	Kenneth	414
#58	Donald	413
#59	Lewis	402
#60	Leroy	401
#61	Lester	398
#62	Peter	395
#63	Frederick	390
#64	Edwin	388
#65	Stanley	371
#66	Clifford	361
#67	Cecil	359
#68	Benjamin	358
#69	Chester	355
#70	Claude	337
#71	Martin	334
#72	Bernard	326
#73	Lloyd	324
#74	Tom	318
#75	Eddie	315
#76	Jessie	313
#77	Norman	305
#78	Alton	302
#79	Harvey	300
#80	Edgar	299
#81	Will	287
#82	Luther	286
#83	Ben	282
#84	Johnnie	267
#85	Jim	266
#86	Philip	266
#87	Homer	256
#88	Alvin	247
#89	Jacob	243
#90	Leon	241
#91	Leslie	236
#92	Melvin	234
#93	Milton	230
#94	Roosevelt	230
#95	Everett	229
#96	Allen	228
#97	Patrick	226
#98	Victor	218
#99	Glenn	217
#100	Virgil	211