The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1909

2,548 different girls’ names were recorded in 1909, covering 347,228 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	19,259
2	Helen	9,250
3	Margaret	7,358
4	Ruth	6,509
5	Dorothy	6,253
6	Anna	5,804
7	Elizabeth	5,176
8	Mildred	5,054
9	Marie	4,301
10	Alice	4,170
11	Florence	3,789
12	Frances	3,780
13	Ethel	3,661
14	Lillian	3,596
15	Gladys	3,538
16	Edna	3,429
17	Rose	3,374
18	Evelyn	3,157
19	Louise	3,019
20	Irene	2,961
21	Grace	2,912
22	Annie	2,904
23	Catherine	2,897
24	Hazel	2,708
25	Gertrude	2,622
26	Thelma	2,612
27	Ruby	2,524
28	Martha	2,510
29	Bertha	2,444
30	Virginia	2,420
31	Josephine	2,416
32	Clara	2,403
33	Edith	2,371
34	Emma	2,338
35	Bessie	2,276
36	Lucille	2,192
37	Esther	2,185
38	Beatrice	2,105
39	Elsie	2,064
40	Pearl	2,048
41	Mabel	2,007
42	Agnes	1,974
43	Myrtle	1,950
44	Ida	1,943
45	Julia	1,931
46	Viola	1,926
47	Eva	1,896
47	Pauline	1,896
49	Sarah	1,845
50	Minnie	1,779
51	Nellie	1,768
52	Lillie	1,635
53	Katherine	1,557
54	Willie	1,549
55	Laura	1,524
56	Ann	1,477
57	Eleanor	1,460
58	Marion	1,445
59	Mattie	1,407
60	Ella	1,382
61	Alma	1,375
62	Bernice	1,337
63	Jessie	1,321
64	Doris	1,298
65	Lena	1,295
66	Carrie	1,276
67	Vera	1,242
68	Mae	1,230
69	Blanche	1,217
70	Stella	1,188
71	Lucy	1,175
72	Leona	1,167
73	Lois	1,157
74	Kathryn	1,138
75	Hattie	1,134
76	Anne	1,110
77	Betty	1,082
77	Marjorie	1,082
79	Fannie	1,071
80	Beulah	1,052
81	Marguerite	1,036
82	Opal	1,028
83	Jennie	998
84	Mamie	974
85	Cora	969
86	Ellen	960
87	Rosa	959
88	Ada	945
88	Violet	945
90	Jean	940
91	Lula	922
92	Velma	857
93	Sylvia	847
94	Charlotte	841
95	Dora	829
96	Inez	826
97	Georgia	813
98	Maggie	794
99	Genevieve	785
100	Hilda	773
101	Susie	770
102	Daisy	754
103	Sadie	749
103	Emily	749
105	Alberta	738
106	Theresa	724
107	Nora	670
108	Estelle	669
109	Juanita	668
110	Flora	667
111	Vivian	652
112	Olive	645
112	Wilma	645
114	Marian	641
115	Lola	634
116	Jane	626
117	Eunice	625
118	Nancy	610
119	Rosie	604
120	Mable	586
121	Lottie	583
122	Verna	582
123	Loretta	573
124	Lucile	570
125	Della	568
126	Barbara	567
127	Sara	559
128	Nettie	549
129	Eula	548
130	Maria	544
131	Geneva	539
132	Effie	538
133	Katie	534
134	Goldie	530
135	Harriet	527
135	Kathleen	527
137	Christine	524
138	Maude	520
139	Essie	508
140	Lizzie	504
140	Naomi	504
142	Lydia	503
143	Irma	499
144	Sophie	496
145	Erma	487
146	May	483
147	Ollie	481
148	Henrietta	480
149	Ora	473
150	Sallie	472
151	Rebecca	470
151	Sally	470
153	Madeline	466
154	Rachel	462
155	Addie	453
156	Geraldine	444
157	Caroline	443
158	Norma	438
159	Nina	434
160	Victoria	426
161	Lela	414
162	Iva	401
163	Amelia	388
164	Susan	380
165	Audrey	371
166	Etta	367
167	Mollie	361
168	Olga	359
169	Isabel	356
170	Nannie	355
171	Roberta	353
172	Phyllis	352
173	Adeline	345
173	Fern	345
175	Flossie	343
176	Miriam	339
177	Bonnie	337
178	Cleo	333
179	Maxine	332
180	Alta	327
181	Isabelle	326
181	Leola	326
183	Luella	325
183	Ola	325
185	Celia	324
186	Freda	321
187	Estella	318
188	Jeanette	317
189	Frieda	315
190	Jeannette	311
190	Muriel	311
192	Jewell	304
193	Janie	301
194	Carolyn	299
195	Winifred	297
196	Antoinette	296
197	Rita	295
198	Cecelia	294
199	Anita	291
200	Ina	287

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1909 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

Back to 1909