1900s Baby Names
5,549 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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#435Lou Lou is a girl's name in France, a short form of Louise and Louis meaning "famous warrior."1,345 in the 1900s
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#441Annette Annette is a girl's name meaning grace, a French diminutive of Anne.1,322 in the 1900s
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#445Lilly Lilly is a girl's name of Latin origin taken from the flower, from lilium.1,314 in the 1900s
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#446Steve Steve is a boy's name, the short form of Steven or Stephen, meaning crown or garland.1,307 in the 1900s
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#456August August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from augustus.1,245 in the 1900s
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#458Ophelia Ophelia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "help" or "benefit."1,236 in the 1900s
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#460Claudia Claudia means lame, and it comes from one of Rome's most powerful families.1,205 in the 1900s
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#466Matthew Matthew is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," from Mattityahu.1,188 in the 1900s
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#473Phillip Phillip is a boy's name meaning lover of horses, the doubled-l spelling of Philip.1,161 in the 1900s
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.