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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#491Peggy Peggy is a girl's name meaning pearl, a pet form of Margaret by way of Meg.1,100 in the 1900s
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#496Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."1,054 in the 1900s
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#498Aaron Aaron is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is not established.1,050 in the 1900s
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#499Lily Lily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily flower," from lilium.1,045 in the 1900s
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#509Adam Adam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "ground," from adamah.1,021 in the 1900s
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#513Connie Connie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "steadfast" or "constant."996 in the 1900s
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#520Yvonne Yvonne is a girl's name from a Germanic word for the yew tree, by way of Breton.980 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.