The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1902

2,042 different girls’ names were recorded in 1902, covering 264,073 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	14,486
2	Helen	5,967
3	Anna	5,288
4	Margaret	5,011
5	Ruth	4,384
6	Elizabeth	3,694
7	Florence	3,509
8	Marie	3,424
9	Ethel	3,295
10	Alice	3,135
11	Lillian	3,063
12	Gladys	2,809
13	Edna	2,754
14	Mildred	2,750
15	Dorothy	2,707
16	Annie	2,664
17	Grace	2,642
18	Emma	2,514
19	Bessie	2,448
20	Rose	2,444
21	Clara	2,432
22	Bertha	2,372
23	Frances	2,326
24	Mabel	2,280
25	Hazel	2,238
26	Irene	2,210
27	Gertrude	2,207
28	Pearl	2,100
29	Minnie	2,055
30	Martha	2,030
31	Catherine	1,896
32	Myrtle	1,884
33	Edith	1,853
34	Ida	1,836
35	Esther	1,833
36	Louise	1,832
37	Eva	1,727
38	Elsie	1,720
39	Sarah	1,710
40	Agnes	1,676
41	Nellie	1,566
42	Josephine	1,565
43	Laura	1,559
44	Lillie	1,533
45	Ella	1,525
46	Julia	1,501
47	Ruby	1,458
48	Viola	1,447
49	Beatrice	1,429
50	Carrie	1,376
51	Mattie	1,353
52	Thelma	1,309
53	Mae	1,261
54	Jessie	1,240
55	Alma	1,229
56	Lena	1,225
57	Hattie	1,163
58	Blanche	1,159
59	Evelyn	1,151
60	Mamie	1,127
61	Lucille	1,087
62	Cora	1,081
63	Stella	1,075
64	Willie	1,071
65	Lucy	1,065
66	Marion	1,033
67	Virginia	1,008
68	Katherine	1,004
69	Jennie	985
69	Pauline	985
71	Lula	976
72	Fannie	971
73	Vera	947
74	Ada	921
75	Rosa	909
76	Leona	875
77	Beulah	873
78	Maggie	853
79	Eleanor	837
80	Maude	834
81	Bernice	794
82	Dora	780
83	Ellen	753
83	Ann	753
85	Daisy	748
86	Nora	724
87	Susie	717
87	Kathryn	717
89	Sadie	716
90	Marguerite	695
91	Georgia	664
92	Effie	658
93	Doris	656
94	Hilda	649
94	Violet	649
96	Della	609
97	Emily	606
98	Lois	594
99	Olive	593
100	Flora	587
101	Betty	580
102	Katie	572
103	Nancy	571
104	Nettie	569
105	Lola	565
106	Anne	564
107	May	560
108	Sallie	556
109	Theresa	549
110	Marjorie	543
111	Lottie	537
112	Lydia	535
113	Velma	526
114	Charlotte	524
115	Lizzie	504
116	Inez	503
117	Opal	498
118	Eunice	490
119	Mable	478
120	Goldie	473
121	Estelle	472
122	Addie	469
123	Eula	465
124	Loretta	461
125	Lela	459
126	Caroline	452
127	Iva	438
128	Henrietta	437
129	Verna	436
130	Ollie	428
131	Ora	427
132	Vivian	425
133	Essie	424
134	Rosie	417
134	Alberta	417
136	Sylvia	411
137	Genevieve	410
138	Jean	408
139	Etta	400
140	Harriet	399
141	Rachel	393
142	Jane	388
142	Lucile	388
144	Rebecca	382
145	Nina	369
146	Irma	368
147	Ola	362
148	Nannie	359
149	Amelia	355
149	Madeline	355
151	Victoria	339
152	Marian	338
153	Mollie	337
154	Susan	335
154	Sara	335
156	Maria	331
157	Flossie	330
158	Naomi	327
159	Kathleen	325
160	Christine	323
161	Olga	321
162	Geneva	308
163	Barbara	306
164	Amanda	301
165	Matilda	290
166	Erma	288
167	Celia	285
168	Estella	283
169	Frieda	282
170	Alta	279
170	Sophie	279
172	Norma	277
173	Wilma	272
174	Hannah	271
175	Sally	266
176	Luella	262
176	Janie	262
178	Allie	261
179	Sophia	256
179	Isabel	256
181	Amy	255
182	Elva	253
183	Selma	252
184	Eliza	249
185	Nell	247
185	Freda	247
187	Cecelia	243
188	Adeline	240
189	Lila	239
190	Fern	238
191	Juanita	234
192	Rena	230
193	Winifred	226
194	Ina	224
195	Josie	221
195	Callie	221
195	Winnie	221
198	Maud	218
199	Veronica	217
200	Kate	213

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1902 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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