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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#3,936Jacques Jacques is a boy's name, the French form of Jacob, and it is reviving.14 in the 1900s 2 of 10 years
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#3,945Banks Banks is a boy's name of English origin meaning someone who lived by a slope or a riverbank.14 in the 1900s 2 of 10 years
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#3,992Mathis Mathis is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," a French form of Matthias.13 in the 1900s 2 of 10 years
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#4,013Jeffery Jeffery is a boy's name whose first element is disputed, though the second means peace.13 in the 1900s 2 of 10 years
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#4,063Atlas Atlas is a boy's name from Greek myth, where Atlas is the Titan condemned to hold up the sky.12 in the 1900s 2 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.