The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1908

2,434 different girls’ names were recorded in 1908, covering 334,312 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	18,665
2	Helen	8,439
3	Margaret	6,976
4	Ruth	6,180
5	Anna	5,860
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
15	Gladys	3,580
16	Rose	3,382
17	Edna	3,365
18	Louise	2,937
19	Grace	2,901
20	Evelyn	2,857
21	Annie	2,820
22	Catherine	2,750
23	Irene	2,732
24	Hazel	2,698
25	Gertrude	2,562
26	Thelma	2,526
27	Edith	2,410
28	Josephine	2,389
29	Bertha	2,384
30	Emma	2,357
31	Clara	2,352
32	Martha	2,324
33	Ruby	2,229
34	Bessie	2,201
35	Virginia	2,195
36	Esther	2,187
37	Mabel	2,096
38	Lucille	2,080
39	Pearl	2,075
40	Beatrice	1,997
41	Elsie	1,983
42	Viola	1,964
43	Ida	1,952
43	Myrtle	1,952
45	Agnes	1,934
46	Eva	1,930
47	Minnie	1,817
48	Sarah	1,814
49	Nellie	1,757
50	Julia	1,749
51	Pauline	1,702
52	Laura	1,558
53	Alma	1,474
54	Lillie	1,471
55	Katherine	1,430
56	Ella	1,428
57	Mae	1,384
58	Jessie	1,382
59	Willie	1,371
60	Mattie	1,364
61	Bernice	1,363
62	Ann	1,354
63	Marion	1,349
64	Lena	1,331
65	Eleanor	1,302
66	Carrie	1,239
67	Stella	1,216
68	Vera	1,204
69	Blanche	1,162
70	Doris	1,155
71	Hattie	1,137
72	Betty	1,128
73	Lucy	1,118
73	Leona	1,118
75	Anne	1,088
76	Fannie	1,085
77	Kathryn	1,058
78	Jennie	1,038
79	Mamie	1,028
80	Lois	1,023
81	Violet	1,017
82	Beulah	1,015
83	Cora	962
84	Opal	955
85	Marjorie	942
86	Rosa	941
87	Ada	922
88	Marguerite	913
89	Lula	892
90	Velma	860
91	Jean	852
92	Ellen	848
93	Dora	806
94	Theresa	795
95	Maggie	772
96	Sadie	770
97	Georgia	768
98	Charlotte	766
99	Daisy	765
100	Inez	757
101	Sylvia	748
102	Hilda	735
103	Emily	732
104	Susie	698
105	Flora	677
106	Eunice	676
107	Estelle	675
108	Genevieve	654
109	Nancy	651
110	Nora	648
110	Olive	648
112	Alberta	641
113	Wilma	630
114	Lola	623
115	Lucile	592
116	Lottie	580
117	Marian	578
118	Juanita	572
119	Mable	566
119	Loretta	566
121	Vivian	561
122	Eula	558
123	Effie	549
123	Della	549
123	Verna	549
126	Harriet	548
127	Sara	546
128	Nettie	543
129	Goldie	538
130	Katie	531
130	Jane	531
132	Kathleen	527
133	Sophie	523
134	May	515
135	Barbara	514
136	Geneva	511
137	Maude	510
138	Christine	504
139	Rosie	502
140	Lydia	499
141	Sallie	489
142	Maria	480
143	Irma	478
144	Erma	477
145	Henrietta	468
146	Naomi	458
147	Madeline	457
148	Rebecca	451
148	Essie	451
150	Caroline	449
150	Nina	449
152	Ollie	447
153	Addie	445
154	Sally	443
155	Lizzie	436
156	Victoria	435
157	Norma	430
158	Ora	426
159	Rachel	425
160	Iva	418
161	Lela	411
162	Etta	400
163	Amelia	370
163	Audrey	370
165	Ola	368
166	Fern	364
167	Geraldine	362
168	Celia	351
168	Isabel	351
170	Susan	350
171	Freda	349
172	Adeline	346
173	Olga	345
174	Miriam	342
175	Mollie	341
176	Flossie	340
177	Luella	336
178	Cecelia	325
179	Leola	321
180	Estella	317
180	Frieda	317
182	Nannie	313
182	Alta	313
184	Faye	311
185	Isabelle	308
186	Jeanette	304
187	Virgie	302
188	Ina	299
188	Bonnie	299
190	Roberta	296
191	Cleo	290
192	Nell	288
192	Jewell	288
192	Phyllis	288
195	Veronica	286
196	Matilda	284
196	Janie	284
196	Shirley	284
199	Winifred	281
200	Carolyn	280

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1908 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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