1900s Baby Names
1,819 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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#2,159Kyle Kyle is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "narrow strait," taken from a district of Ayrshire.79 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
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#2,170Craig Craig is a boy's name from the Gaelic word for a rock or crag, and one of the few names that is a plain landscape noun rather than a compound.78 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
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#2,187Royce Royce is a boy's name from an English surname meaning "son of Roy" or "son of Rose."77 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
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#2,221Hudson Hudson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Hudde," a medieval pet form of Hugh.75 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
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#2,272Barry Barry is a boy's name from an Irish surname generally traced to a word for a spear, though a Welsh island gives a competing route.72 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
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#2,283Jonah Jonah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dove," from Yonah.71 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
What Made a 1900s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1900 and 1909. A name's position here is how many of them were.
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.