United States · 488,648 recorded births
Top baby names of 1908
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Juanita (up 30), Fern (up 27), Marshall (up 36), Nicholas (up 30).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1907 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 18,665 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 8,439 | · |
| 3 | Margaret | 6,976 | · |
| 4 | Ruth | 6,180 | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Anna | 5,860 | ▼ 1 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 5,703 | · |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 4,904 | · |
| 8 | Mildred | 4,624 | · |
| 9 | Alice | 4,270 | · |
| 10 | Marie | 4,076 | · |
| 11 | Florence | 3,883 | · |
| 12 | Ethel | 3,786 | · |
| 13 | Lillian | 3,634 | · |
| 14 | Frances | 3,593 | ▲ 2 |
| 15 | Gladys | 3,580 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Rose | 3,382 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Edna | 3,365 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Louise | 2,937 | ▲ 3 |
| 19 | Grace | 2,901 | ▲ 1 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 2,857 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Annie | 2,820 | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | Catherine | 2,750 | ▲ 3 |
| 23 | Irene | 2,732 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Hazel | 2,698 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Gertrude | 2,562 | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Thelma | 2,526 | ▲ 2 |
| 27 | Edith | 2,410 | ▲ 5 |
| 28 | Josephine | 2,389 | ▲ 5 |
| 29 | Bertha | 2,384 | ▼ 3 |
| 30 | Emma | 2,357 | ▼ 3 |
| 31 | Clara | 2,352 | ▼ 2 |
| 32 | Martha | 2,324 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Ruby | 2,229 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Bessie | 2,201 | ▼ 4 |
| 35 | Virginia | 2,195 | ▲ 6 |
| 36 | Esther | 2,187 | ▲ 1 |
| 37 | Mabel | 2,096 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Lucille | 2,080 | ▲ 7 |
| 39 | Pearl | 2,075 | ▼ 4 |
| 40 | Beatrice | 1,997 | ▲ 4 |
| 41 | Elsie | 1,983 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Viola | 1,964 | ▲ 5 |
| 43 | Ida | 1,952 | ▼ 5 |
| 44 | Myrtle | 1,952 | ▼ 5 |
| 45 | Agnes | 1,934 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Eva | 1,930 | ▼ 4 |
| 47 | Minnie | 1,817 | ▼ 7 |
| 48 | Sarah | 1,814 | · |
| 49 | Nellie | 1,757 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Julia | 1,749 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Pauline | 1,702 | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Laura | 1,558 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Alma | 1,474 | ▲ 5 |
| 54 | Lillie | 1,471 | ▼ 1 |
| 55 | Katherine | 1,430 | · |
| 56 | Ella | 1,428 | ▼ 2 |
| 57 | Mae | 1,384 | · |
| 58 | Jessie | 1,382 | ▲ 2 |
| 59 | Willie | 1,371 | ▼ 3 |
| 60 | Mattie | 1,364 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Bernice | 1,363 | ▲ 4 |
| 62 | Ann | 1,354 | · |
| 63 | Marion | 1,349 | · |
| 64 | Lena | 1,331 | · |
| 65 | Eleanor | 1,302 | ▲ 2 |
| 66 | Carrie | 1,239 | ▼ 5 |
| 67 | Stella | 1,216 | ▲ 3 |
| 68 | Vera | 1,204 | ▲ 1 |
| 69 | Blanche | 1,162 | ▼ 3 |
| 70 | Doris | 1,155 | ▲ 6 |
| 71 | Hattie | 1,137 | · |
| 72 | Betty | 1,128 | ▲ 5 |
| 73 | Leona | 1,118 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Lucy | 1,118 | ▼ 6 |
| 75 | Anne | 1,088 | ▲ 4 |
| 76 | Fannie | 1,085 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Kathryn | 1,058 | ▲ 11 |
| 78 | Jennie | 1,038 | · |
| 79 | Mamie | 1,028 | ▼ 4 |
| 80 | Lois | 1,023 | ▲ 5 |
| 81 | Violet | 1,017 | · |
| 82 | Beulah | 1,015 | ▼ 9 |
| 83 | Cora | 962 | ▼ 3 |
| 84 | Opal | 955 | ▲ 2 |
| 85 | Marjorie | 942 | ▲ 8 |
| 86 | Rosa | 941 | ▼ 4 |
| 87 | Ada | 922 | ▼ 4 |
| 88 | Marguerite | 913 | ▼ 1 |
| 89 | Lula | 892 | ▼ 5 |
| 90 | Velma | 860 | · |
| 91 | Jean | 852 | ▲ 5 |
| 92 | Ellen | 848 | ▼ 3 |
| 93 | Dora | 806 | ▲ 1 |
| 94 | Theresa | 795 | ▲ 5 |
| 95 | Maggie | 772 | ▼ 4 |
| 96 | Sadie | 770 | ▼ 1 |
| 97 | Georgia | 768 | ▼ 5 |
| 98 | Charlotte | 766 | ▲ 7 |
| 99 | Daisy | 765 | ▼ 1 |
| 100 | Inez | 757 | ▲ 2 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1907 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,343 | · |
| 2 | William | 7,529 | · |
| 3 | James | 7,012 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,584 | · |
| 5 | Robert | 4,219 | · |
| 6 | Joseph | 4,162 | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | Charles | 3,929 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Frank | 3,146 | · |
| 9 | Edward | 2,707 | · |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,301 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,283 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Walter | 2,192 | · |
| 13 | Willie | 1,964 | · |
| 14 | Harry | 1,934 | · |
| 15 | Albert | 1,642 | · |
| 16 | Arthur | 1,601 | · |
| 17 | Harold | 1,542 | · |
| 18 | Paul | 1,478 | ▲ 2 |
| 19 | Clarence | 1,428 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Fred | 1,381 | ▼ 1 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,381 | · |
| 22 | Louis | 1,317 | ▲ 3 |
| 23 | Richard | 1,244 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Joe | 1,209 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Ralph | 1,138 | ▲ 4 |
| 26 | Roy | 1,097 | ▼ 2 |
| 27 | Jack | 1,086 | ▼ 1 |
| 28 | Howard | 1,078 | ▲ 5 |
| 29 | Carl | 1,074 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | David | 1,015 | ▲ 1 |
| 31 | Ernest | 1,000 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Earl | 999 | ▼ 4 |
| 33 | Samuel | 960 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Francis | 853 | ▲ 3 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 815 | ▼ 1 |
| 36 | Herbert | 759 | ▲ 3 |
| 37 | Charlie | 740 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Alfred | 739 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Andrew | 722 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 692 | ▲ 7 |
| 41 | Anthony | 690 | ▲ 5 |
| 42 | Elmer | 689 | ▲ 3 |
| 43 | Eugene | 689 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Michael | 688 | ▲ 4 |
| 45 | Donald | 664 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Sam | 644 | ▼ 3 |
| 47 | Theodore | 643 | ▼ 9 |
| 48 | Leonard | 614 | ▲ 3 |
| 49 | Leo | 584 | ▼ 7 |
| 50 | Herman | 562 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Lee | 553 | ▲ 3 |
| 52 | Stanley | 547 | ▲ 3 |
| 53 | Peter | 541 | ▲ 8 |
| 54 | Daniel | 530 | ▼ 2 |
| 55 | Floyd | 529 | ▼ 2 |
| 56 | Leroy | 523 | ▼ 6 |
| 57 | Russell | 523 | · |
| 58 | Clifford | 515 | ▲ 7 |
| 59 | Clyde | 511 | ▼ 3 |
| 60 | Lester | 509 | ▼ 2 |
| 61 | Lewis | 489 | ▲ 5 |
| 62 | Jesse | 482 | ▲ 1 |
| 63 | Benjamin | 480 | ▲ 1 |
| 64 | Edwin | 477 | ▼ 2 |
| 65 | Oscar | 476 | ▼ 6 |
| 66 | Chester | 461 | ▲ 1 |
| 67 | Ray | 446 | ▼ 7 |
| 68 | Frederick | 438 | · |
| 69 | Claude | 428 | ▲ 5 |
| 70 | Bernard | 414 | ▲ 3 |
| 71 | Eddie | 413 | ▼ 1 |
| 72 | Cecil | 397 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Lloyd | 394 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Norman | 374 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Melvin | 366 | ▲ 3 |
| 76 | Edgar | 360 | ▲ 5 |
| 77 | Jessie | 355 | ▼ 6 |
| 78 | Ben | 353 | ▲ 4 |
| 79 | Milton | 346 | ▲ 10 |
| 80 | Homer | 340 | ▲ 4 |
| 81 | Tom | 340 | ▲ 2 |
| 82 | Harvey | 339 | ▼ 5 |
| 83 | Martin | 331 | ▼ 4 |
| 84 | Leon | 327 | ▼ 4 |
| 85 | Johnnie | 321 | ▲ 1 |
| 86 | Philip | 319 | ▼ 10 |
| 87 | Marvin | 311 | · |
| 88 | Victor | 308 | ▲ 12 |
| 89 | Alvin | 307 | ▲ 10 |
| 90 | Everett | 294 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Luther | 292 | · |
| 92 | Allen | 287 | ▼ 7 |
| 93 | Vernon | 285 | ▲ 16 |
| 94 | Stephen | 280 | ▲ 1 |
| 95 | Leslie | 279 | ▼ 1 |
| 96 | Will | 274 | ▲ 1 |
| 97 | Gerald | 270 | ▲ 5 |
| 98 | Morris | 269 | ▼ 2 |
| 99 | Julius | 263 | ▲ 6 |
| 100 | Virgil | 258 | ▼ 7 |