United States · 511,224 recorded births
Top baby names of 1909
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Phyllis (up 22), Rosie (up 20), Orville (up 28), Elbert (up 27).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1908 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 19,259 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 9,250 | · |
| 3 | Margaret | 7,358 | · |
| 4 | Ruth | 6,509 | · |
| 5 | Dorothy | 6,253 | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | Anna | 5,804 | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 5,176 | · |
| 8 | Mildred | 5,054 | · |
| 9 | Marie | 4,301 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Alice | 4,170 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Florence | 3,789 | · |
| 12 | Frances | 3,780 | ▲ 2 |
| 13 | Ethel | 3,661 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Lillian | 3,596 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Gladys | 3,538 | · |
| 16 | Edna | 3,429 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Rose | 3,374 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Evelyn | 3,157 | ▲ 2 |
| 19 | Louise | 3,019 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Irene | 2,961 | ▲ 3 |
| 21 | Grace | 2,912 | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | Annie | 2,904 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Catherine | 2,897 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Hazel | 2,708 | · |
| 25 | Gertrude | 2,622 | · |
| 26 | Thelma | 2,612 | · |
| 27 | Ruby | 2,524 | ▲ 6 |
| 28 | Martha | 2,510 | ▲ 4 |
| 29 | Bertha | 2,444 | · |
| 30 | Virginia | 2,420 | ▲ 5 |
| 31 | Josephine | 2,416 | ▼ 3 |
| 32 | Clara | 2,403 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Edith | 2,371 | ▼ 6 |
| 34 | Emma | 2,338 | ▼ 4 |
| 35 | Bessie | 2,276 | ▼ 1 |
| 36 | Lucille | 2,192 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Esther | 2,185 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Beatrice | 2,105 | ▲ 2 |
| 39 | Elsie | 2,064 | ▲ 2 |
| 40 | Pearl | 2,048 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Mabel | 2,007 | ▼ 4 |
| 42 | Agnes | 1,974 | ▲ 3 |
| 43 | Myrtle | 1,950 | ▲ 1 |
| 44 | Ida | 1,943 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Julia | 1,931 | ▲ 5 |
| 46 | Viola | 1,926 | ▼ 4 |
| 47 | Eva | 1,896 | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Pauline | 1,896 | ▲ 3 |
| 49 | Sarah | 1,845 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Minnie | 1,779 | ▼ 3 |
| 51 | Nellie | 1,768 | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Lillie | 1,635 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Katherine | 1,557 | ▲ 2 |
| 54 | Willie | 1,549 | ▲ 5 |
| 55 | Laura | 1,524 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Ann | 1,477 | ▲ 6 |
| 57 | Eleanor | 1,460 | ▲ 8 |
| 58 | Marion | 1,445 | ▲ 5 |
| 59 | Mattie | 1,407 | ▲ 1 |
| 60 | Ella | 1,382 | ▼ 4 |
| 61 | Alma | 1,375 | ▼ 8 |
| 62 | Bernice | 1,337 | ▼ 1 |
| 63 | Jessie | 1,321 | ▼ 5 |
| 64 | Doris | 1,298 | ▲ 6 |
| 65 | Lena | 1,295 | ▼ 1 |
| 66 | Carrie | 1,276 | · |
| 67 | Vera | 1,242 | ▲ 1 |
| 68 | Mae | 1,230 | ▼ 11 |
| 69 | Blanche | 1,217 | · |
| 70 | Stella | 1,188 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Lucy | 1,175 | ▲ 3 |
| 72 | Leona | 1,167 | ▲ 1 |
| 73 | Lois | 1,157 | ▲ 7 |
| 74 | Kathryn | 1,138 | ▲ 3 |
| 75 | Hattie | 1,134 | ▼ 4 |
| 76 | Anne | 1,110 | ▼ 1 |
| 77 | Betty | 1,082 | ▼ 5 |
| 78 | Marjorie | 1,082 | ▲ 7 |
| 79 | Fannie | 1,071 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | Beulah | 1,052 | ▲ 2 |
| 81 | Marguerite | 1,036 | ▲ 7 |
| 82 | Opal | 1,028 | ▲ 2 |
| 83 | Jennie | 998 | ▼ 5 |
| 84 | Mamie | 974 | ▼ 5 |
| 85 | Cora | 969 | ▼ 2 |
| 86 | Ellen | 960 | ▲ 6 |
| 87 | Rosa | 959 | ▼ 1 |
| 88 | Ada | 945 | ▼ 1 |
| 89 | Violet | 945 | ▼ 8 |
| 90 | Jean | 940 | ▲ 1 |
| 91 | Lula | 922 | ▼ 2 |
| 92 | Velma | 857 | ▼ 2 |
| 93 | Sylvia | 847 | ▲ 8 |
| 94 | Charlotte | 841 | ▲ 4 |
| 95 | Dora | 829 | ▼ 2 |
| 96 | Inez | 826 | ▲ 4 |
| 97 | Georgia | 813 | · |
| 98 | Maggie | 794 | ▼ 3 |
| 99 | Genevieve | 785 | ▲ 9 |
| 100 | Hilda | 773 | ▲ 2 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1908 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,590 | · |
| 2 | William | 7,913 | · |
| 3 | James | 7,595 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,688 | · |
| 5 | Robert | 4,563 | · |
| 6 | Joseph | 4,348 | · |
| 7 | Charles | 4,029 | · |
| 8 | Frank | 3,244 | · |
| 9 | Edward | 2,935 | · |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,468 | · |
| 11 | Henry | 2,411 | · |
| 12 | Walter | 2,287 | · |
| 13 | Willie | 2,175 | · |
| 14 | Harry | 1,924 | · |
| 15 | Albert | 1,816 | · |
| 16 | Harold | 1,725 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Paul | 1,676 | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Arthur | 1,665 | ▼ 2 |
| 19 | Clarence | 1,518 | · |
| 20 | Raymond | 1,441 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Richard | 1,427 | ▲ 2 |
| 22 | Fred | 1,355 | ▼ 2 |
| 23 | Joe | 1,292 | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Louis | 1,231 | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Carl | 1,215 | ▲ 4 |
| 26 | Howard | 1,166 | ▲ 2 |
| 27 | Jack | 1,150 | · |
| 28 | Roy | 1,135 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | David | 1,094 | ▲ 1 |
| 30 | Ralph | 1,091 | ▼ 5 |
| 31 | Earl | 1,007 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Samuel | 983 | ▲ 1 |
| 33 | Francis | 886 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Ernest | 885 | ▼ 3 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 854 | · |
| 36 | Charlie | 833 | ▲ 1 |
| 37 | Herbert | 831 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Andrew | 766 | ▲ 1 |
| 39 | Alfred | 763 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Anthony | 758 | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 746 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Donald | 725 | ▲ 3 |
| 43 | Eugene | 724 | · |
| 44 | Sam | 700 | ▲ 2 |
| 45 | Elmer | 687 | ▼ 3 |
| 46 | Leonard | 665 | ▲ 2 |
| 47 | Michael | 635 | ▼ 3 |
| 48 | Herman | 618 | ▲ 2 |
| 49 | Leo | 609 | · |
| 50 | Stanley | 607 | ▲ 2 |
| 51 | Theodore | 595 | ▼ 4 |
| 52 | Lee | 584 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Floyd | 570 | ▲ 2 |
| 54 | Daniel | 569 | · |
| 55 | Leroy | 568 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Peter | 539 | ▼ 3 |
| 57 | Clifford | 536 | ▲ 1 |
| 58 | Russell | 528 | ▼ 1 |
| 59 | Jesse | 517 | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Clyde | 516 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Lester | 501 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Edwin | 492 | ▲ 2 |
| 63 | Benjamin | 489 | · |
| 64 | Frederick | 477 | ▲ 4 |
| 65 | Lewis | 477 | ▼ 4 |
| 66 | Chester | 475 | · |
| 67 | Ray | 475 | · |
| 68 | Bernard | 463 | ▲ 2 |
| 69 | Eddie | 462 | ▲ 2 |
| 70 | Oscar | 459 | ▼ 5 |
| 71 | Melvin | 448 | ▲ 4 |
| 72 | Cecil | 432 | · |
| 73 | Jessie | 432 | ▲ 4 |
| 74 | Claude | 419 | ▼ 5 |
| 75 | Norman | 415 | ▼ 1 |
| 76 | Lloyd | 412 | ▼ 3 |
| 77 | Johnnie | 401 | ▲ 8 |
| 78 | Philip | 395 | ▲ 8 |
| 79 | Martin | 391 | ▲ 4 |
| 80 | Leon | 377 | ▲ 4 |
| 81 | Milton | 369 | ▼ 2 |
| 82 | Alvin | 363 | ▲ 7 |
| 83 | Harvey | 361 | ▼ 1 |
| 84 | Ben | 358 | ▼ 6 |
| 85 | Marvin | 354 | ▲ 2 |
| 86 | Edgar | 347 | ▼ 10 |
| 87 | Luther | 347 | ▲ 4 |
| 88 | Tom | 340 | ▼ 7 |
| 89 | Victor | 320 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Everett | 314 | · |
| 91 | Stephen | 314 | ▲ 3 |
| 92 | Homer | 313 | ▼ 12 |
| 93 | Allen | 312 | ▼ 1 |
| 94 | Morris | 305 | ▲ 4 |
| 95 | Gerald | 301 | ▲ 2 |
| 96 | Leslie | 292 | ▼ 1 |
| 97 | Vernon | 284 | ▼ 4 |
| 98 | Julius | 269 | ▲ 1 |
| 99 | Otis | 267 | ▲ 6 |
| 100 | Will | 267 | ▼ 4 |