United States · 403,484 recorded births
Top baby names of 1904
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Marjorie (up 16), Geneva (up 16), Alton (up 112), Jerry (up 38).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1903 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 14,961 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 6,488 | · |
| 3 | Anna | 5,330 | · |
| 4 | Margaret | 5,302 | · |
| 5 | Ruth | 4,900 | · |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 3,833 | · |
| 7 | Marie | 3,595 | · |
| 8 | Florence | 3,572 | · |
| 9 | Mildred | 3,525 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Dorothy | 3,477 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Ethel | 3,296 | ▼ 2 |
| 12 | Lillian | 3,139 | ▲ 1 |
| 13 | Alice | 3,131 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Gladys | 2,976 | · |
| 15 | Edna | 2,762 | · |
| 16 | Frances | 2,657 | ▲ 3 |
| 17 | Annie | 2,631 | · |
| 18 | Rose | 2,631 | · |
| 19 | Grace | 2,513 | ▼ 3 |
| 20 | Bertha | 2,363 | ▲ 2 |
| 21 | Bessie | 2,340 | · |
| 22 | Emma | 2,312 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Hazel | 2,301 | ▲ 3 |
| 24 | Clara | 2,281 | ▼ 4 |
| 25 | Gertrude | 2,269 | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Irene | 2,212 | ▲ 2 |
| 27 | Mabel | 2,172 | ▼ 2 |
| 28 | Louise | 2,136 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Martha | 2,019 | · |
| 30 | Pearl | 2,015 | ▼ 3 |
| 31 | Catherine | 1,982 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Esther | 1,957 | ▲ 2 |
| 33 | Edith | 1,944 | · |
| 34 | Myrtle | 1,905 | ▼ 4 |
| 35 | Minnie | 1,885 | · |
| 36 | Eva | 1,858 | · |
| 37 | Thelma | 1,757 | ▲ 10 |
| 38 | Ida | 1,751 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Elsie | 1,719 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Josephine | 1,701 | · |
| 41 | Ruby | 1,701 | ▲ 1 |
| 42 | Agnes | 1,672 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Sarah | 1,594 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Nellie | 1,560 | ▲ 1 |
| 45 | Beatrice | 1,549 | ▲ 4 |
| 46 | Viola | 1,545 | ▼ 2 |
| 47 | Laura | 1,508 | ▼ 4 |
| 48 | Ella | 1,432 | ▲ 2 |
| 49 | Julia | 1,426 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Evelyn | 1,372 | ▲ 4 |
| 51 | Lillie | 1,364 | ▼ 5 |
| 52 | Mattie | 1,362 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Lucille | 1,351 | ▲ 4 |
| 54 | Carrie | 1,280 | ▼ 2 |
| 55 | Alma | 1,257 | ▼ 2 |
| 56 | Pauline | 1,243 | ▲ 6 |
| 57 | Lena | 1,228 | ▼ 1 |
| 58 | Mae | 1,214 | · |
| 59 | Virginia | 1,213 | ▲ 4 |
| 60 | Jessie | 1,197 | ▼ 5 |
| 61 | Willie | 1,188 | ▲ 6 |
| 62 | Blanche | 1,142 | ▼ 3 |
| 63 | Katherine | 1,128 | ▲ 3 |
| 64 | Hattie | 1,123 | ▼ 4 |
| 65 | Marion | 1,109 | ▼ 4 |
| 66 | Lucy | 1,086 | ▲ 2 |
| 67 | Mamie | 1,041 | ▲ 2 |
| 68 | Stella | 1,026 | ▼ 3 |
| 69 | Leona | 998 | ▲ 7 |
| 70 | Cora | 993 | · |
| 71 | Vera | 993 | ▲ 4 |
| 72 | Beulah | 983 | · |
| 73 | Fannie | 964 | ▼ 9 |
| 74 | Jennie | 964 | ▼ 3 |
| 75 | Bernice | 962 | ▲ 2 |
| 76 | Rosa | 903 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Lula | 894 | ▼ 4 |
| 78 | Ann | 880 | ▲ 6 |
| 79 | Ada | 878 | ▼ 1 |
| 80 | Eleanor | 868 | ▼ 1 |
| 81 | Maggie | 805 | ▼ 1 |
| 82 | Dora | 788 | ▼ 1 |
| 83 | Kathryn | 787 | ▲ 3 |
| 84 | Ellen | 774 | ▲ 1 |
| 85 | Daisy | 772 | ▼ 3 |
| 86 | Maude | 757 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Violet | 755 | ▲ 6 |
| 88 | Doris | 736 | ▲ 7 |
| 89 | Georgia | 736 | ▲ 5 |
| 90 | Lois | 727 | ▲ 2 |
| 91 | Betty | 707 | ▲ 7 |
| 92 | Sadie | 703 | ▼ 3 |
| 93 | Nora | 698 | ▼ 6 |
| 94 | Marguerite | 684 | ▼ 3 |
| 95 | Susie | 662 | ▼ 5 |
| 96 | Marjorie | 639 | ▲ 16 |
| 97 | Anne | 631 | ▲ 3 |
| 98 | Hilda | 629 | ▼ 10 |
| 99 | Lola | 624 | ▲ 5 |
| 100 | Opal | 621 | ▲ 6 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1903 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,108 | · |
| 2 | William | 6,416 | · |
| 3 | James | 5,855 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,219 | · |
| 5 | Robert | 3,414 | ▲ 2 |
| 6 | Charles | 3,406 | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,291 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,799 | · |
| 9 | Edward | 2,335 | · |
| 10 | Henry | 2,085 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,057 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,873 | · |
| 13 | Harry | 1,722 | · |
| 14 | Willie | 1,675 | · |
| 15 | Arthur | 1,495 | · |
| 16 | Albert | 1,453 | · |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,310 | · |
| 18 | Fred | 1,223 | · |
| 19 | Paul | 1,194 | · |
| 20 | Harold | 1,186 | · |
| 21 | Roy | 1,123 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 1,093 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Joe | 959 | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Richard | 957 | ▲ 2 |
| 25 | Carl | 953 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Louis | 936 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Jack | 908 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Ralph | 899 | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Earl | 854 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Theodore | 834 | ▲ 6 |
| 31 | David | 817 | ▲ 2 |
| 32 | Ernest | 749 | ▼ 2 |
| 33 | Charlie | 739 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Samuel | 727 | ▼ 3 |
| 35 | Howard | 726 | ▲ 2 |
| 36 | Francis | 686 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Herbert | 680 | ▼ 3 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 662 | ▲ 5 |
| 39 | Elmer | 620 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Sam | 603 | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Alfred | 600 | ▼ 2 |
| 42 | Leo | 552 | ▼ 4 |
| 43 | Andrew | 546 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Eugene | 541 | · |
| 45 | Lee | 532 | · |
| 46 | Leonard | 508 | ▲ 3 |
| 47 | Herman | 497 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Russell | 473 | ▲ 8 |
| 49 | Daniel | 472 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Michael | 462 | ▼ 3 |
| 51 | Clyde | 457 | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Floyd | 446 | ▼ 6 |
| 53 | Jesse | 443 | ▲ 4 |
| 54 | Oscar | 442 | ▼ 3 |
| 55 | Ray | 432 | · |
| 56 | Anthony | 422 | ▼ 2 |
| 57 | Kenneth | 414 | ▲ 10 |
| 58 | Donald | 413 | ▲ 2 |
| 59 | Lewis | 402 | ▲ 6 |
| 60 | Leroy | 401 | ▲ 4 |
| 61 | Lester | 398 | ▼ 8 |
| 62 | Peter | 395 | ▼ 4 |
| 63 | Frederick | 390 | · |
| 64 | Edwin | 388 | ▼ 2 |
| 65 | Stanley | 371 | ▼ 6 |
| 66 | Clifford | 361 | ▼ 5 |
| 67 | Cecil | 359 | ▼ 1 |
| 68 | Benjamin | 358 | ▲ 1 |
| 69 | Chester | 355 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Claude | 337 | ▲ 1 |
| 71 | Martin | 334 | ▲ 6 |
| 72 | Bernard | 326 | ▲ 7 |
| 73 | Lloyd | 324 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Tom | 318 | ▼ 1 |
| 75 | Eddie | 315 | ▼ 5 |
| 76 | Jessie | 313 | ▲ 2 |
| 77 | Norman | 305 | ▲ 9 |
| 78 | Alton | 302 | ▲ 112 |
| 79 | Harvey | 300 | ▼ 5 |
| 80 | Edgar | 299 | ▲ 2 |
| 81 | Will | 287 | ▼ 6 |
| 82 | Luther | 286 | ▼ 2 |
| 83 | Ben | 282 | ▼ 2 |
| 84 | Johnnie | 267 | ▲ 3 |
| 85 | Jim | 266 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Philip | 266 | ▼ 1 |
| 87 | Homer | 256 | ▼ 4 |
| 88 | Alvin | 247 | ▲ 2 |
| 89 | Jacob | 243 | ▲ 14 |
| 90 | Leon | 241 | ▼ 14 |
| 91 | Leslie | 236 | ▼ 2 |
| 92 | Melvin | 234 | ▼ 4 |
| 93 | Milton | 230 | ▼ 1 |
| 94 | Roosevelt | 230 | ▲ 4 |
| 95 | Everett | 229 | · |
| 96 | Allen | 228 | ▼ 5 |
| 97 | Patrick | 226 | ▼ 3 |
| 98 | Victor | 218 | ▲ 1 |
| 99 | Glenn | 217 | ▼ 2 |
| 100 | Virgil | 211 | ▲ 13 |