1900s Baby Names
1,838 names were given to children in the United States between 1900 and 1909, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#1,941Dexter Dexter is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "right-handed" or "skilful."98 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
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#1,948Antoine Antoine is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, the French form of Anthony.97 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
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#2,007Pierre Pierre is a boy's name, the French form of Peter, from the Greek for rock.92 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
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#2,036Sebastian Sebastian is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "from Sebaste," a city whose name derives from sebastos, meaning venerable or august.89 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
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#2,058Sonny Sonny is a boy's name of English origin meaning exactly what it looks like — son.87 in the 1900s
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#2,059Myles Myles is a boy's name and a variant spelling of Miles, whose origin is disputed.87 in the 1900s
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#2,063Bobby Bobby is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."87 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
What made a 1900s name
Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1900 and 1909, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1900s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.