US baby names · 1910

Most popular baby names of 1910

In 1910, Social Security card applications recorded 396,503 girls and 194,208 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 2,790 distinct girls’ names and 1,839 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (22,848 girls) and John (11,450 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 21% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 31% of boys. Compared with 1909, 79,487 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1909, 2 girls’ names and 4 boys’ names in 1910 are newcomers (girls: Theresa, Sadie; boys: Sidney, Glenn, Vincent). Of these names, 19 of the 100 girls’ names and 20 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 1910 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, 1910

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	22,848
#2	Helen	10,479
#3	Margaret	8,226
#4	Dorothy	7,318
#5	Ruth	7,212
#6	Anna	6,436
#7	Elizabeth	5,800
#8	Mildred	5,692
#9	Marie	4,790
#10	Alice	4,671
#11	Frances	4,448
#12	Florence	4,282
#13	Ethel	4,146
#14	Lillian	4,127
#15	Gladys	3,842
#16	Rose	3,837
#17	Evelyn	3,777
#18	Edna	3,664
#19	Annie	3,519
#20	Louise	3,457
#21	Irene	3,281
#22	Catherine	3,161
#23	Grace	3,145
#24	Hazel	3,032
#25	Thelma	2,976
#26	Gertrude	2,932
#27	Ruby	2,893
#28	Martha	2,858
#29	Virginia	2,855
#30	Josephine	2,801
#31	Lucille	2,692
#32	Clara	2,665
#33	Bertha	2,651
#34	Emma	2,607
#35	Edith	2,592
#36	Beatrice	2,459
#37	Bessie	2,392
#38	Esther	2,378
#39	Pearl	2,177
#40	Sarah	2,173
#41	Agnes	2,163
#42	Pauline	2,153
#43	Myrtle	2,145
#44	Elsie	2,141
#45	Eva	2,123
#46	Mabel	2,123
#47	Ida	2,107
#48	Viola	2,090
#49	Julia	2,074
#50	Minnie	1,983
#51	Nellie	1,928
#52	Ann	1,842
#53	Laura	1,834
#54	Lillie	1,824
#55	Eleanor	1,798
#56	Willie	1,796
#57	Katherine	1,752
#58	Bernice	1,721
#59	Marion	1,703
#60	Mattie	1,687
#61	Alma	1,630
#62	Ella	1,587
#63	Jessie	1,541
#64	Doris	1,536
#65	Mae	1,453
#66	Lena	1,431
#67	Anne	1,413
#68	Marjorie	1,391
#69	Betty	1,389
#70	Carrie	1,381
#71	Vera	1,346
#72	Stella	1,319
#73	Hattie	1,314
#74	Blanche	1,288
#75	Lucy	1,283
#76	Lois	1,271
#77	Jean	1,246
#78	Fannie	1,237
#79	Leona	1,220
#80	Kathryn	1,198
#81	Jennie	1,183
#82	Beulah	1,131
#83	Rosa	1,131
#84	Marguerite	1,086
#85	Cora	1,079
#86	Mamie	1,079
#87	Opal	1,051
#88	Ellen	1,038
#89	Violet	1,037
#90	Velma	1,035
#91	Georgia	1,010
#92	Sylvia	1,000
#93	Lula	975
#94	Ada	960
#95	Maggie	940
#96	Theresa	926
#97	Inez	916
#98	Genevieve	908
#99	Charlotte	896
#100	Sadie	886

Top 100 boys’ names, 1910

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	John	11,450
#2	James	9,194
#3	William	8,844
#4	Robert	5,609
#5	George	5,441
#6	Joseph	5,228
#7	Charles	4,784
#8	Frank	3,768
#9	Edward	3,407
#10	Henry	2,899
#11	Willie	2,897
#12	Thomas	2,851
#13	Walter	2,596
#14	Albert	2,183
#15	Paul	2,005
#16	Harry	1,978
#17	Arthur	1,942
#18	Harold	1,909
#19	Raymond	1,737
#20	Clarence	1,706
#21	Richard	1,654
#22	Fred	1,587
#23	Jack	1,576
#24	Louis	1,569
#25	Joe	1,553
#26	Carl	1,339
#27	Howard	1,309
#28	Ralph	1,278
#29	Roy	1,267
#30	David	1,258
#31	Ernest	1,167
#32	Samuel	1,129
#33	Earl	1,109
#34	Charlie	1,107
#35	Lawrence	1,009
#36	Francis	1,000
#37	Anthony	980
#38	Alfred	922
#39	Eugene	888
#40	Sam	888
#41	Herbert	886
#42	Andrew	884
#43	Kenneth	880
#44	Donald	860
#45	Michael	844
#46	Leonard	793
#47	Stanley	761
#48	Elmer	760
#49	Lee	741
#50	Leroy	733
#51	Leo	707
#52	Herman	696
#53	Daniel	692
#54	Theodore	692
#55	Floyd	687
#56	Peter	631
#57	Clyde	617
#58	Russell	615
#59	Eddie	595
#60	Jesse	590
#61	Chester	561
#62	Bernard	560
#63	Norman	557
#64	Lester	556
#65	Lewis	555
#66	Clifford	551
#67	Lloyd	545
#68	Ray	545
#69	Frederick	543
#70	Benjamin	536
#71	Edwin	536
#72	Jessie	516
#73	Oscar	505
#74	Johnnie	502
#75	Melvin	482
#76	Milton	476
#77	Cecil	472
#78	Claude	463
#79	Ben	454
#80	Edgar	441
#81	Leon	435
#82	Tom	428
#83	Philip	418
#84	Marvin	413
#85	Alvin	401
#86	Martin	396
#87	Luther	383
#88	Everett	382
#89	Harvey	382
#90	Victor	372
#91	Morris	367
#92	Allen	355
#93	Sidney	353
#94	Vernon	351
#95	Julius	350
#96	Stephen	350
#97	Glenn	349
#98	Homer	347
#99	Vincent	343
#100	Jim	331