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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#3,728Giovanni Giovanni is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the Italian form of John.18 in the 1900s 2 of 10 years
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#3,763Leandro Leandro is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "lion-man," borne by a lover who drowned swimming a strait to reach her.17 in the 1900s 3 of 10 years
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#3,780Ethan Ethan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm," "enduring," or "strong."17 in the 1900s 3 of 10 years
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#3,829Cole Cole is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "coal-black" or "swarthy."16 in the 1900s 3 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.