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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#2,943Dawson Dawson is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of David."38 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
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#2,946Gina Gina is not one name — it is the ending of several different ones, and which name it shortens changes the meaning entirely.38 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
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#2,949Leonardo Leonardo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a lion," from leo, lion, and hard, brave or hardy.38 in the 1900s 5 of 10 years
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#2,952Titus Titus is a boy's name of Latin origin whose meaning is unknown.37 in the 1900s 5 of 10 years
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#2,953Orion Orion is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the mythological hunter and the constellation named for him.37 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
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#2,959Tobias Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."37 in the 1900s 6 of 10 years
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#2,974Ashton Ashton is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree settlement."36 in the 1900s 5 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.