United States · 345,812 recorded births
Top baby names of 1901
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Frieda (up 25), Cecelia (up 19), Clifton (up 36), Jay (up 32).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1900 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 13,136 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 5,247 | · |
| 3 | Anna | 4,923 | · |
| 4 | Margaret | 4,424 | · |
| 5 | Ruth | 3,974 | · |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 3,216 | · |
| 7 | Marie | 3,157 | ▲ 2 |
| 8 | Florence | 3,131 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Ethel | 3,067 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Lillian | 2,681 | · |
| 11 | Gladys | 2,676 | ▲ 10 |
| 12 | Alice | 2,562 | ▲ 2 |
| 13 | Edna | 2,488 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Mildred | 2,424 | ▲ 6 |
| 15 | Grace | 2,398 | ▲ 2 |
| 16 | Annie | 2,396 | ▼ 5 |
| 17 | Emma | 2,374 | ▼ 4 |
| 18 | Clara | 2,319 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Bertha | 2,257 | ▼ 3 |
| 20 | Rose | 2,212 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Bessie | 2,183 | ▼ 6 |
| 22 | Dorothy | 2,173 | ▲ 5 |
| 23 | Hazel | 2,097 | ▲ 6 |
| 24 | Mabel | 2,097 | ▲ 1 |
| 25 | Frances | 2,071 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Minnie | 2,026 | ▼ 4 |
| 27 | Gertrude | 1,964 | ▼ 4 |
| 28 | Myrtle | 1,892 | ▲ 4 |
| 29 | Martha | 1,886 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Irene | 1,879 | ▲ 1 |
| 31 | Pearl | 1,866 | ▼ 7 |
| 32 | Edith | 1,863 | ▲ 4 |
| 33 | Esther | 1,844 | ▲ 6 |
| 34 | Ida | 1,835 | ▼ 4 |
| 35 | Elsie | 1,747 | ▲ 3 |
| 36 | Louise | 1,640 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Eva | 1,617 | ▼ 4 |
| 38 | Catherine | 1,599 | ▼ 4 |
| 39 | Agnes | 1,525 | ▲ 2 |
| 40 | Sarah | 1,514 | ▼ 3 |
| 41 | Nellie | 1,454 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Ella | 1,435 | · |
| 43 | Josephine | 1,434 | ▲ 4 |
| 44 | Laura | 1,402 | ▲ 1 |
| 45 | Lillie | 1,382 | ▼ 5 |
| 46 | Julia | 1,362 | · |
| 47 | Viola | 1,331 | ▲ 2 |
| 48 | Carrie | 1,247 | · |
| 49 | Ruby | 1,225 | ▲ 2 |
| 50 | Mattie | 1,224 | ▼ 6 |
| 51 | Lena | 1,216 | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Alma | 1,195 | ▲ 5 |
| 53 | Beatrice | 1,183 | ▲ 3 |
| 54 | Mae | 1,140 | · |
| 55 | Jessie | 1,116 | ▼ 2 |
| 56 | Hattie | 1,106 | ▼ 6 |
| 57 | Thelma | 1,090 | ▲ 16 |
| 58 | Cora | 1,027 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Blanche | 1,025 | ▲ 1 |
| 60 | Mamie | 992 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Lucy | 979 | · |
| 62 | Evelyn | 966 | ▲ 8 |
| 63 | Marion | 963 | ▲ 3 |
| 64 | Pauline | 938 | ▲ 7 |
| 65 | Stella | 928 | ▲ 3 |
| 66 | Ada | 913 | ▲ 6 |
| 67 | Lula | 905 | ▼ 4 |
| 68 | Willie | 901 | ▼ 10 |
| 69 | Jennie | 898 | ▼ 5 |
| 70 | Lucille | 894 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Katherine | 890 | ▼ 6 |
| 72 | Fannie | 873 | ▼ 10 |
| 73 | Vera | 860 | ▲ 3 |
| 74 | Beulah | 859 | ▲ 4 |
| 75 | Rosa | 845 | ▼ 6 |
| 76 | Virginia | 825 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Maude | 819 | · |
| 78 | Leona | 779 | ▲ 7 |
| 79 | Dora | 768 | · |
| 80 | Maggie | 746 | ▼ 5 |
| 81 | Nora | 727 | ▲ 2 |
| 82 | Ellen | 711 | · |
| 83 | Marguerite | 699 | ▲ 3 |
| 84 | Eleanor | 686 | ▲ 4 |
| 85 | Sadie | 676 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Bernice | 660 | ▲ 10 |
| 87 | Daisy | 653 | ▼ 6 |
| 88 | Susie | 650 | ▼ 8 |
| 89 | Ann | 634 | ▲ 3 |
| 90 | Kathryn | 620 | ▲ 3 |
| 91 | Violet | 611 | ▲ 18 |
| 92 | Hilda | 574 | ▲ 9 |
| 93 | Nettie | 562 | ▲ 1 |
| 94 | Theresa | 554 | ▲ 8 |
| 95 | May | 550 | ▼ 4 |
| 96 | Georgia | 549 | ▼ 9 |
| 97 | Effie | 545 | ▼ 8 |
| 98 | Olive | 539 | ▼ 3 |
| 99 | Emily | 537 | ▲ 6 |
| 100 | Della | 534 | ▼ 10 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1900 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 6,900 | · |
| 2 | William | 5,990 | · |
| 3 | James | 4,735 | · |
| 4 | George | 3,609 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 3,049 | · |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,766 | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,543 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,402 | · |
| 9 | Edward | 1,917 | · |
| 10 | Henry | 1,870 | · |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,820 | · |
| 12 | Walter | 1,718 | · |
| 13 | Harry | 1,594 | · |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,329 | ▲ 1 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,317 | ▲ 1 |
| 16 | Willie | 1,294 | ▼ 2 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,196 | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Fred | 1,133 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Paul | 924 | · |
| 20 | Roy | 917 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Harold | 915 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 888 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Earl | 818 | ▲ 5 |
| 24 | Carl | 817 | ▲ 5 |
| 25 | Louis | 797 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Richard | 784 | ▼ 2 |
| 27 | Joe | 756 | ▼ 5 |
| 28 | Ernest | 691 | ▲ 2 |
| 29 | Ralph | 682 | ▲ 2 |
| 30 | David | 672 | ▲ 2 |
| 31 | Charlie | 654 | ▼ 6 |
| 32 | Jack | 645 | ▼ 5 |
| 33 | Samuel | 628 | · |
| 34 | Howard | 584 | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Herbert | 573 | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Francis | 543 | ▲ 5 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 535 | ▲ 3 |
| 38 | Elmer | 520 | · |
| 39 | Alfred | 506 | ▲ 3 |
| 40 | Andrew | 479 | ▼ 3 |
| 41 | Sam | 479 | ▼ 7 |
| 42 | Leo | 456 | ▲ 4 |
| 43 | Theodore | 450 | ▲ 18 |
| 44 | Eugene | 445 | ▲ 1 |
| 45 | Lee | 424 | ▼ 6 |
| 46 | Floyd | 423 | ▲ 2 |
| 47 | Oscar | 422 | · |
| 48 | Daniel | 416 | ▼ 4 |
| 49 | Jesse | 411 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Russell | 395 | ▲ 12 |
| 51 | Herman | 393 | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Michael | 384 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Will | 364 | ▼ 10 |
| 54 | Leonard | 362 | · |
| 55 | Clyde | 356 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Benjamin | 343 | ▲ 1 |
| 57 | Peter | 343 | ▲ 1 |
| 58 | Claude | 341 | ▲ 1 |
| 59 | Ray | 338 | ▼ 4 |
| 60 | Frederick | 336 | ▲ 4 |
| 61 | Lester | 332 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Anthony | 323 | ▲ 5 |
| 63 | Lewis | 309 | ▼ 11 |
| 64 | Martin | 304 | ▲ 6 |
| 65 | Edwin | 299 | ▲ 9 |
| 66 | Eddie | 296 | ▼ 3 |
| 67 | Tom | 291 | ▼ 14 |
| 68 | Lloyd | 285 | ▲ 10 |
| 69 | Clifford | 282 | ▼ 3 |
| 70 | Cecil | 278 | ▲ 6 |
| 71 | Edgar | 271 | · |
| 72 | Leroy | 268 | ▼ 7 |
| 73 | Ben | 259 | · |
| 74 | Homer | 257 | ▲ 6 |
| 75 | Chester | 253 | ▼ 3 |
| 76 | Harvey | 253 | ▲ 5 |
| 77 | Donald | 250 | ▲ 2 |
| 78 | Kenneth | 246 | ▲ 12 |
| 79 | Luther | 244 | ▲ 3 |
| 80 | Bernard | 242 | ▲ 6 |
| 81 | Jim | 239 | ▼ 13 |
| 82 | Stanley | 239 | ▼ 5 |
| 83 | Norman | 238 | · |
| 84 | Philip | 232 | ▲ 10 |
| 85 | Jessie | 231 | ▼ 16 |
| 86 | Everett | 218 | ▲ 14 |
| 87 | Leon | 208 | ▼ 2 |
| 88 | Allen | 199 | ▲ 16 |
| 89 | Leslie | 198 | ▲ 2 |
| 90 | Milton | 197 | ▲ 8 |
| 91 | Hugh | 192 | ▼ 3 |
| 92 | Oliver | 187 | ▲ 3 |
| 93 | Patrick | 181 | ▼ 4 |
| 94 | Glenn | 180 | ▲ 24 |
| 95 | Alvin | 179 | ▲ 10 |
| 96 | Horace | 178 | ▲ 1 |
| 97 | Melvin | 176 | ▲ 5 |
| 98 | Jacob | 172 | ▲ 3 |
| 99 | Guy | 170 | · |
| 100 | Victor | 169 | ▼ 8 |