Most Popular Baby Names of 1907

In 1907, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 17,580 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 8,983. Mary held on to number one for a 28th year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 28th year in a row.

Social Security counted 318,564 girls and 146,826 boys born in 1907 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 2,399 different girls' names and 1,549 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1907

Top girls' names, 1907
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1906
1	Mary	17,580	same
2	Helen	7,579	same
3	Margaret	6,713	same
4	Anna	5,575	same
5	Ruth	5,573	same
6	Dorothy	4,967	same
7	Elizabeth	4,624	same
8	Mildred	4,277	up 1
9	Alice	4,107	down 1
10	Marie	3,880	up 1
11	Florence	3,750	down 1
12	Ethel	3,698	same
13	Lillian	3,542	same
14	Gladys	3,303	up 2
15	Edna	3,301	same
16	Frances	3,299	down 2
17	Rose	3,116	same
18	Evelyn	3,035	up 14
19	Annie	2,891	down 1
20	Grace	2,747	down 1
21	Louise	2,619	up 3
22	Irene	2,617	down 2
23	Hazel	2,530	same
24	Gertrude	2,499	down 2
25	Catherine	2,457	up 1
26	Bertha	2,363	down 1
27	Emma	2,356	up 1
28	Thelma	2,339	up 3
29	Clara	2,319	down 2
30	Bessie	2,311	down 9
31	Martha	2,274	down 2
32	Edith	2,177	down 2
33	Josephine	2,156	up 5
34	Ruby	2,113	up 2
35	Pearl	2,108	same
36	Mabel	2,069	down 2
37	Esther	2,062	down 4
38	Ida	1,980	up 5
39	Myrtle	1,929	down 2
40	Minnie	1,907	down 1
41	Virginia	1,893	up 10
42	Eva	1,884	same
43	Elsie	1,872	down 3
44	Beatrice	1,858	up 1
45	Lucille	1,853	up 1
46	Agnes	1,829	down 5
47	Viola	1,805	same
48	Sarah	1,799	down 4
49	Julia	1,680	down 1
50	Nellie	1,671	down 1
51	Laura	1,621	up 1
52	Pauline	1,591	up 1
53	Lillie	1,536	down 3
54	Ella	1,450	same
55	Katherine	1,413	up 1
56	Willie	1,394	up 3
57	Mae	1,375	up 3
58	Alma	1,347	down 1
59	Mattie	1,319	down 4
60	Jessie	1,314	down 2
61	Carrie	1,283	up 1
62	Ann	1,264	up 8
63	Marion	1,251	same
64	Lena	1,238	down 3
65	Bernice	1,185	up 1
66	Blanche	1,156	down 2
67	Eleanor	1,155	same
68	Lucy	1,152	up 1
69	Vera	1,152	down 1
70	Stella	1,150	down 5
71	Hattie	1,142	same
72	Leona	1,106	same
73	Beulah	1,092	up 2
74	Fannie	1,089	up 2
75	Mamie	1,059	down 2
76	Doris	1,023	up 7
77	Betty	1,018	up 4
78	Jennie	998	down 4
79	Anne	980	up 6
80	Cora	969	down 3
81	Violet	956	up 5
82	Rosa	924	same
83	Ada	906	up 4
84	Lula	905	down 5
85	Lois	899	up 3
86	Opal	889	up 9
87	Marguerite	888	up 2
88	Kathryn	864	down 10
89	Ellen	855	down 9
90	Velma	854	up 4
91	Maggie	846	down 7
92	Georgia	787	up 4
93	Marjorie	787	same
94	Dora	786	down 3
95	Sadie	771	down 3
96	Jean	770	up 4
97	Susie	756	up 1
98	Daisy	739	down 8
99	Theresa	734	same
100	Emily	714	up 4

Top boys' names, 1907
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1906
1	John	8,983	same
2	William	6,904	same
3	James	6,707	same
4	George	4,445	same
5	Robert	4,020	same
6	Charles	3,884	same
7	Joseph	3,844	same
8	Frank	2,943	same
9	Edward	2,576	same
10	Henry	2,203	up 1
11	Thomas	2,174	down 1
12	Walter	2,095	same
13	Willie	1,968	same
14	Harry	1,813	same
15	Albert	1,636	up 1
16	Arthur	1,553	down 1
17	Harold	1,452	same
18	Clarence	1,389	same
19	Fred	1,371	up 1
20	Paul	1,358	down 1
21	Raymond	1,290	same
22	Richard	1,235	up 1
23	Joe	1,177	up 2
24	Roy	1,128	same
25	Louis	1,111	down 3
26	Jack	1,019	up 4
27	Carl	1,018	same
28	Earl	1,006	up 1
29	Ralph	997	down 3
30	Ernest	978	down 2
31	David	945	same
32	Samuel	892	up 1
33	Howard	875	down 1
34	Lawrence	801	up 2
35	Charlie	793	down 1
36	Alfred	738	up 4
37	Francis	717	down 2
38	Theodore	712	same
39	Herbert	710	down 2
40	Andrew	708	up 1
41	Eugene	691	down 2
42	Leo	651	up 5
43	Sam	631	same
44	Donald	616	up 7
45	Elmer	616	down 3
46	Anthony	593	down 2
47	Kenneth	589	down 2
48	Michael	586	down 2
49	Herman	561	same
50	Leroy	550	up 12
51	Leonard	547	down 1
52	Daniel	528	down 4
53	Floyd	521	up 1
54	Lee	516	up 4
55	Stanley	516	up 1
56	Clyde	507	down 1
57	Russell	503	down 4
58	Lester	491	down 6
59	Oscar	483	up 5
60	Ray	475	same
61	Peter	473	down 2
62	Edwin	468	up 3
63	Jesse	466	down 6
64	Benjamin	460	up 7
65	Clifford	445	down 2
66	Lewis	427	up 3
67	Chester	424	down 6
68	Frederick	410	down 1
69	Cecil	399	down 1
70	Eddie	394	down 4
71	Jessie	386	up 6
72	Lloyd	386	down 2
73	Bernard	378	up 1
74	Claude	364	down 1
75	Norman	362	up 1
76	Philip	356	up 9
77	Harvey	335	down 5
78	Melvin	331	up 5
79	Martin	329	down 4
80	Leon	324	up 7
81	Edgar	321	down 2
82	Ben	314	same
83	Tom	313	down 3
84	Homer	312	up 2
85	Allen	309	down 1
86	Johnnie	307	up 5
87	Marvin	304	up 7
88	Everett	302	down 7
89	Milton	292	down 11
90	Jim	281	same
91	Luther	280	down 2
92	Alexander	279	up 13
93	Virgil	276	up 10
94	Leslie	273	down 6
95	Stephen	273	up 7
96	Morris	260	same
97	Will	260	down 5
98	Archie	250	up 1
99	Alvin	245	down 4
100	Victor	245	down 7

Biggest climbers in 1907

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1906.

Girls

Neoma: up 284 places, from 948th to 664th
Annabel: up 283 places, from 920th to 637th
Meda: up 272 places, from 994th to 722nd
Altha: up 256 places, from 845th to 589th
Pollie: up 226 places, from 997th to 771st
Ottie: up 225 places, from 890th to 665th
Gay: up 224 places, from 977th to 753rd
Versie: up 222 places, from 915th to 693rd
Jacqueline: up 209 places, from 748th to 539th
Ova: up 209 places, from 996th to 787th

Boys

Merton: up 449 places, from 978th to 529th
Berry: up 396 places, from 860th to 464th
Fritz: up 392 places, from 959th to 567th
Delmer: up 390 places, from 867th to 477th
Delmas: up 382 places, from 947th to 565th
Bryan: up 368 places, from 864th to 496th
Randall: up 331 places, from 839th to 508th
Lucious: up 330 places, from 831st to 501st
Theadore: up 330 places, from 993rd to 663rd
Ezekiel: up 312 places, from 956th to 644th

New to the top 1,000 in 1907

Girls

Glennie, 658th (back after dropping out)
Odelia, 706th (back after dropping out)
Astrid, 728th (back after dropping out)
Leanna, 747th (back after dropping out)
Otelia, 757th (back after dropping out)
Sabina, 759th (back after dropping out)
Helga, 778th (back after dropping out)
Noma, 786th (back after dropping out)
Andrea, 793rd (back after dropping out)
Classie, 796th (back after dropping out)

Boys

Denver, 566th (back after dropping out)
Sim, 584th (back after dropping out)
Winfred, 590th (back after dropping out)
Merl, 609th (back after dropping out)
Quincy, 631st (back after dropping out)
Artis, 637th (back after dropping out)
Irene, 647th (back after dropping out)
Loy, 652nd (back after dropping out)
Mitchel, 654th (back after dropping out)
Taft, 662nd (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 1907?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 20.4% of the girls counted in 1907, and the top ten boys' names to 31.7% of the boys. In 1887, those shares were 21.9% for girls and 39.9% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.