The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1905

2,234 different girls’ names were recorded in 1905, covering 291,617 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	16,067
2	Helen	6,811
3	Margaret	5,690
4	Anna	5,424
5	Ruth	5,068
6	Elizabeth	4,121
7	Dorothy	3,937
8	Mildred	3,758
9	Marie	3,643
10	Alice	3,610
11	Florence	3,478
12	Ethel	3,401
13	Lillian	3,185
14	Gladys	2,996
15	Edna	2,953
16	Frances	2,887
17	Annie	2,793
18	Rose	2,724
19	Grace	2,630
20	Bessie	2,446
21	Bertha	2,434
22	Clara	2,397
23	Louise	2,367
24	Irene	2,357
25	Hazel	2,351
26	Emma	2,298
27	Gertrude	2,276
28	Catherine	2,198
29	Mabel	2,178
30	Edith	2,137
31	Pearl	2,108
32	Martha	2,091
33	Myrtle	2,026
34	Esther	1,993
35	Minnie	1,950
36	Thelma	1,945
37	Josephine	1,894
38	Ruby	1,885
39	Eva	1,815
40	Elsie	1,811
41	Sarah	1,762
42	Ida	1,757
43	Agnes	1,718
44	Viola	1,697
45	Evelyn	1,661
45	Beatrice	1,661
47	Julia	1,642
48	Nellie	1,626
49	Laura	1,566
50	Lucille	1,533
51	Lillie	1,481
52	Ella	1,438
53	Virginia	1,394
54	Pauline	1,381
55	Mattie	1,371
56	Alma	1,333
57	Jessie	1,315
58	Carrie	1,288
59	Willie	1,285
60	Mae	1,284
61	Lena	1,258
62	Hattie	1,197
63	Katherine	1,190
63	Blanche	1,190
65	Marion	1,141
66	Lucy	1,132
67	Stella	1,097
68	Fannie	1,085
69	Leona	1,082
70	Mamie	1,068
71	Vera	1,053
72	Cora	1,044
73	Eleanor	1,041
74	Bernice	1,032
75	Ann	996
76	Jennie	981
77	Beulah	968
78	Lula	963
79	Rosa	922
80	Ada	873
81	Ellen	845
82	Violet	831
83	Doris	812
84	Maggie	809
85	Betty	807
86	Kathryn	788
87	Daisy	776
88	Lois	763
89	Dora	757
90	Marguerite	753
91	Sadie	750
92	Nora	742
93	Susie	739
94	Georgia	722
94	Velma	722
96	Marjorie	712
97	Maude	709
98	Anne	708
99	Opal	702
100	Emily	683
101	Hilda	655
102	Flora	628
103	Lola	624
104	Charlotte	614
105	Sallie	607
106	Inez	601
107	Olive	598
107	Theresa	598
109	Della	593
110	Alberta	577
111	Nettie	573
112	Mable	562
113	Katie	553
114	Jean	548
114	Goldie	548
116	Lottie	547
117	Effie	542
118	Nancy	535
119	May	530
120	Sylvia	528
121	Loretta	527
122	Eunice	525
123	Lydia	518
124	Estelle	510
125	Genevieve	508
126	Eula	502
127	Rosie	500
128	Vivian	492
129	Verna	488
130	Ollie	486
131	Lucile	479
132	Lizzie	476
132	Essie	476
134	Addie	465
134	Lela	465
136	Marian	455
137	Sara	437
138	Ora	431
139	Maria	430
140	Henrietta	428
140	Irma	428
142	Iva	422
143	Rachel	421
144	Harriet	413
145	Madeline	412
146	Caroline	407
147	Flossie	406
148	Rebecca	402
149	Geneva	398
150	Etta	397
151	Jane	393
152	Kathleen	386
153	Sophie	374
154	Barbara	366
155	Amelia	365
156	Naomi	361
157	Juanita	360
158	Wilma	357
159	Nina	354
160	Mollie	344
160	Christine	344
160	Ola	344
163	Victoria	343
164	Erma	330
165	Susan	320
166	Leola	319
167	Alta	316
168	Amanda	311
168	Norma	311
170	Freda	310
171	Janie	306
172	Nannie	303
172	Sally	303
174	Allie	298
175	Cecelia	293
176	Isabel	292
177	Olga	288
178	Luella	287
179	Ina	283
180	Winifred	276
181	Estella	275
181	Frieda	275
183	Fern	273
184	Audrey	272
185	Celia	270
186	Amy	269
187	Matilda	268
188	Bonnie	264
189	Elva	261
190	Geraldine	259
191	Isabelle	253
191	Jewell	253
193	Cleo	248
194	Virgie	244
195	Jeanette	243
195	Roberta	243
197	Sophia	237
197	Cecilia	237
199	Adeline	236
200	Miriam	234

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1905 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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