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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#2,942Leonardo Leonardo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a lion," from leo, lion, and hard, brave or hardy.38 in the 1900s 5 of 10 years
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#2,955Orion Orion is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the mythological hunter and the constellation named for him.37 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
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#2,958Titus Titus is a boy's name of Latin origin whose meaning is unknown.37 in the 1900s 5 of 10 years
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#2,968Tobias Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."37 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
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#3,030Colin Colin has two entirely separate origins — a French pet form of Nicolas, and the Scottish Gaelic Cailean.34 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
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#3,041Luciano Luciano is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light".34 in the 1900s 5 of 10 years
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#3,051Benson Benson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Ben", where Ben is a medieval short form of Benedict rather than of Benjamin.34 in the 1900s 5 of 10 years
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#3,071Ace Ace is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "one" or "unity."33 in the 1900s 4 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.