1900s Baby Names
543 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.
-
#2,537Robin Robin is a name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."56 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
-
#2,603Angel Angel is a name of Greek origin meaning "messenger," from angelos.53 in the 1900s 4 of 10 years
-
#2,620Ariel Ariel means lion of God, and The Little Mermaid moved it hard and briefly.52 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
-
#2,676Cameron Cameron is a name of Scottish origin meaning "crooked nose," from the Gaelic cam, crooked, and sròn, nose.49 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
-
#2,780Blake Blake is a name of Old English origin with two opposite meanings.45 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
-
#2,862Drew Drew shortens Andrew, meaning manly, and there is a second unrelated Drew from a Germanic word for a ghost or phantom.41 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
-
#2,895Michel Michel is a boy's name, the French form of Michael, from a Hebrew question meaning who is like God.40 in the 1900s 6 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.