Most Popular Baby Names of 1910

In 1910, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 22,848 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 11,450. Mary held on to number one for a 31st year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 31st year in a row.

Social Security counted 396,503 girls and 194,208 boys born in 1910 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 2,790 different girls' names and 1,839 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1910

Top girls' names, 1910
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1909
1	Mary	22,848	same
2	Helen	10,479	same
3	Margaret	8,226	same
4	Dorothy	7,318	up 1
5	Ruth	7,212	down 1
6	Anna	6,436	same
7	Elizabeth	5,800	same
8	Mildred	5,692	same
9	Marie	4,790	same
10	Alice	4,671	same
11	Frances	4,448	up 1
12	Florence	4,282	down 1
13	Ethel	4,146	same
14	Lillian	4,127	same
15	Gladys	3,842	same
16	Rose	3,837	up 1
17	Evelyn	3,777	up 1
18	Edna	3,664	down 2
19	Annie	3,519	up 3
20	Louise	3,457	down 1
21	Irene	3,281	down 1
22	Catherine	3,161	up 1
23	Grace	3,145	down 2
24	Hazel	3,032	same
25	Thelma	2,976	up 1
26	Gertrude	2,932	down 1
27	Ruby	2,893	same
28	Martha	2,858	same
29	Virginia	2,855	up 1
30	Josephine	2,801	up 1
31	Lucille	2,692	up 5
32	Clara	2,665	same
33	Bertha	2,651	down 4
34	Emma	2,607	same
35	Edith	2,592	down 2
36	Beatrice	2,459	up 2
37	Bessie	2,392	down 2
38	Esther	2,378	down 1
39	Pearl	2,177	up 1
40	Sarah	2,173	up 9
41	Agnes	2,163	up 1
42	Pauline	2,153	up 6
43	Myrtle	2,145	same
44	Elsie	2,141	down 5
45	Eva	2,123	up 2
46	Mabel	2,123	down 5
47	Ida	2,107	down 3
48	Viola	2,090	down 2
49	Julia	2,074	down 4
50	Minnie	1,983	same
51	Nellie	1,928	same
52	Ann	1,842	up 4
53	Laura	1,834	up 2
54	Lillie	1,824	down 2
55	Eleanor	1,798	up 2
56	Willie	1,796	down 2
57	Katherine	1,752	down 4
58	Bernice	1,721	up 4
59	Marion	1,703	down 1
60	Mattie	1,687	down 1
61	Alma	1,630	same
62	Ella	1,587	down 2
63	Jessie	1,541	same
64	Doris	1,536	same
65	Mae	1,453	up 3
66	Lena	1,431	down 1
67	Anne	1,413	up 9
68	Marjorie	1,391	up 10
69	Betty	1,389	up 8
70	Carrie	1,381	down 4
71	Vera	1,346	down 4
72	Stella	1,319	down 2
73	Hattie	1,314	up 2
74	Blanche	1,288	down 5
75	Lucy	1,283	down 4
76	Lois	1,271	down 3
77	Jean	1,246	up 13
78	Fannie	1,237	up 1
79	Leona	1,220	down 7
80	Kathryn	1,198	down 6
81	Jennie	1,183	up 2
82	Beulah	1,131	down 2
83	Rosa	1,131	up 4
84	Marguerite	1,086	down 3
85	Cora	1,079	same
86	Mamie	1,079	down 2
87	Opal	1,051	down 5
88	Ellen	1,038	down 2
89	Violet	1,037	same
90	Velma	1,035	up 2
91	Georgia	1,010	up 6
92	Sylvia	1,000	up 1
93	Lula	975	down 2
94	Ada	960	down 6
95	Maggie	940	up 3
96	Theresa	926	up 10
97	Inez	916	down 1
98	Genevieve	908	up 1
99	Charlotte	896	down 5
100	Sadie	886	up 4

Top boys' names, 1910
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1909
1	John	11,450	same
2	James	9,194	up 1
3	William	8,844	down 1
4	Robert	5,609	up 1
5	George	5,441	down 1
6	Joseph	5,228	same
7	Charles	4,784	same
8	Frank	3,768	same
9	Edward	3,407	same
10	Henry	2,899	up 1
11	Willie	2,897	up 2
12	Thomas	2,851	down 2
13	Walter	2,596	down 1
14	Albert	2,183	up 1
15	Paul	2,005	up 2
16	Harry	1,978	down 2
17	Arthur	1,942	up 1
18	Harold	1,909	down 2
19	Raymond	1,737	up 1
20	Clarence	1,706	down 1
21	Richard	1,654	same
22	Fred	1,587	same
23	Jack	1,576	up 4
24	Louis	1,569	same
25	Joe	1,553	down 2
26	Carl	1,339	down 1
27	Howard	1,309	down 1
28	Ralph	1,278	up 2
29	Roy	1,267	down 1
30	David	1,258	down 1
31	Ernest	1,167	up 3
32	Samuel	1,129	same
33	Earl	1,109	down 2
34	Charlie	1,107	up 2
35	Lawrence	1,009	same
36	Francis	1,000	down 3
37	Anthony	980	up 3
38	Alfred	922	up 1
39	Eugene	888	up 4
40	Sam	888	up 4
41	Herbert	886	down 4
42	Andrew	884	down 4
43	Kenneth	880	down 2
44	Donald	860	down 2
45	Michael	844	up 2
46	Leonard	793	same
47	Stanley	761	up 3
48	Elmer	760	down 3
49	Lee	741	up 3
50	Leroy	733	up 5
51	Leo	707	down 2
52	Herman	696	down 4
53	Daniel	692	up 1
54	Theodore	692	down 3
55	Floyd	687	down 2
56	Peter	631	same
57	Clyde	617	up 3
58	Russell	615	same
59	Eddie	595	up 10
60	Jesse	590	down 1
61	Chester	561	up 5
62	Bernard	560	up 6
63	Norman	557	up 12
64	Lester	556	down 3
65	Lewis	555	same
66	Clifford	551	down 9
67	Lloyd	545	up 9
68	Ray	545	down 1
69	Frederick	543	down 5
70	Benjamin	536	down 7
71	Edwin	536	down 9
72	Jessie	516	up 1
73	Oscar	505	down 3
74	Johnnie	502	up 3
75	Melvin	482	down 4
76	Milton	476	up 5
77	Cecil	472	down 5
78	Claude	463	down 4
79	Ben	454	up 5
80	Edgar	441	up 6
81	Leon	435	down 1
82	Tom	428	up 6
83	Philip	418	down 5
84	Marvin	413	up 1
85	Alvin	401	down 3
86	Martin	396	down 7
87	Luther	383	same
88	Everett	382	up 2
89	Harvey	382	down 6
90	Victor	372	down 1
91	Morris	367	up 3
92	Allen	355	up 1
93	Sidney	353	up 26
94	Vernon	351	up 3
95	Julius	350	up 3
96	Stephen	350	down 5
97	Glenn	349	up 6
98	Homer	347	down 6
99	Vincent	343	up 2
100	Jim	331	up 5

Biggest climbers in 1910

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1909.

Girls

Rachael: up 268 places, from 902nd to 634th
Zada: up 267 places, from 989th to 722nd
Nella: up 253 places, from 987th to 734th
Garnett: up 224 places, from 919th to 695th
Liza: up 223 places, from 883rd to 660th
Bettye: up 222 places, from 993rd to 771st
Hellen: up 207 places, from 752nd to 545th
Adelle: up 195 places, from 990th to 795th
Norene: up 193 places, from 928th to 735th
Cathrine: up 184 places, from 815th to 631st

Boys

Louise: up 463 places, from 992nd to 529th
Gail: up 402 places, from 974th to 572nd
Maxie: up 326 places, from 878th to 552nd
Reese: up 322 places, from 887th to 565th
Benedict: up 320 places, from 845th to 525th
Adelbert: up 317 places, from 951st to 634th
Watson: up 308 places, from 889th to 581st
Bryant: up 302 places, from 848th to 546th
Buddy: up 292 places, from 723rd to 431st
Hoke: up 289 places, from 981st to 692nd

New to the top 1,000 in 1910

Girls

Jerry, 746th (back after dropping out)
Lucie, 748th (back after dropping out)
Palma, 750th (back after dropping out)
Irine, 760th (back after dropping out)
Josefina, 762nd (back after dropping out)
Dell, 782nd (back after dropping out)
Lonie, 788th (back after dropping out)
Inga, 801st (back after dropping out)
Joanne, 822nd (back after dropping out)
Alvera, 831st (back after dropping out)

Boys

Washington, 568th (back after dropping out)
Arturo, 599th (back after dropping out)
Sammy, 617th (back after dropping out)
Raymon, 651st (back after dropping out)
Gaetano, 662nd (back after dropping out)
Issac, 667th (back after dropping out)
Sherwood, 672nd (back after dropping out)
Arvid, 679th (back after dropping out)
Ester, 686th (back after dropping out)
Gregorio, 688th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1910?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 21.1% of the girls counted in 1910, and the top ten boys' names to 31.2% of the boys. In 1890, those shares were 20.7% for girls and 38.4% 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.