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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Rankings for

#2,497
Ernesto Ernesto means serious in the deadly sense — the Germanic eornost named vigor in a fight, and the modern in earnest still keeps that force, meaning for real rather than in play.
59 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,498
Cal
59 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,499
Orlena
59 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,500
Conley
58 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,501
Corina
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,502
Dosha
58 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
#2,503
Perley
58 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,504
Tobe
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,505
Shelley Shelley means a clearing on a ledge, and it has nothing to do with shells — the poet's surname records a patch of high ground in Suffolk or Sussex, not anything from a beach.
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,506
Alexandra Alexandra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," and it appears as a title of the goddess Hera before it was ever a personal name.
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,507
Dennie
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,508
Fredericka
58 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,509
Cinda
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,510
Caesar
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,511
Auther
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,512
Indiana
58 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,513
Oneal
58 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,514
Denise Denise is a girl's name, the French feminine of Denis, and like it traces to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.
58 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
#2,515
Jinnie
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,516
Allyne
58 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
#2,517
Argie
58 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,518
Zell
58 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,519
Girlie
58 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,520
Estefana
58 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
#2,521
Phillis
57 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,522
Malissia
57 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,523
Jeannetta
57 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,524
Ardie
57 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
#2,525
Weston Weston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western settlement," from the Old English west and tun, meaning an enclosure, farmstead, or village.
57 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,526
Corena
57 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,527
Florian Florian means flowering, from the Latin word for a flower, and England and Wales ranks it 875th — within six places of France at 869th, which is the closest cross-market pairing anywhere in this group.
57 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,528
Fleda
57 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,529
Lotta
57 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,530
Chalmer
57 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
#2,531
Rea
57 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,532
Erminia
57 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,533
Garnette
57 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,534
Manford
56 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,535
Carra
56 in the 1900s 9 of 10 years
#2,536
Elgin
56 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,537
Robin Robin is a name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."
56 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,538
Gracia
56 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,539
Lesta
56 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,540
Rosco
56 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,541
Ailene
56 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,542
Young
56 in the 1900s 8 of 10 years
#2,543
Orma
56 in the 1900s 7 of 10 years
#2,544
Elwyn
56 in the 1900s 7 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.