Most Popular Baby Names of 1905
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1905 in the US: 16,067 girls were named Mary and 8,059 boys were named John, about 1 in 18 girls and 1 in 16 boys born that year. It was Mary's 26th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 26th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 291,617 girls and 132,306 boys born in 1905, with 2,233 different girl names and 1,420 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1904
- Alice joined the girls' top 10; Thomas joined the boys' top 10.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Eleanor (#80 to #73), Velma (#101 to #94) and Virginia (#59 to #53).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Stephen (#117 to #93), Otis (#115 to #99) and Milton (#93 to #80).
- 2 girl names and 3 boy names left the top 100, among them Hilda (#98 to #101) and Patrick (#97 to #110).
- 116 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1905
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1904, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1905
| # | Name | Babies | In 1904 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 16,067 | #1 |
| 2 | Helen | 6,811 | #2 |
| 3 | Margaret | 5,690 | #4 |
| 4 | Anna | 5,424 | #3 |
| 5 | Ruth | 5,068 | #5 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 4,121 | #6 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 3,937 | #10 |
| 8 | Mildred | 3,758 | #9 |
| 9 | Marie | 3,643 | #7 |
| 10 | Alice | 3,610 | #13 |
| 11 | Florence | 3,478 | #8 |
| 12 | Ethel | 3,401 | #11 |
| 13 | Lillian | 3,185 | #12 |
| 14 | Gladys | 2,996 | #14 |
| 15 | Edna | 2,953 | #15 |
| 16 | Frances | 2,887 | #16 |
| 17 | Annie | 2,793 | #17 |
| 18 | Rose | 2,724 | #17 |
| 19 | Grace | 2,630 | #19 |
| 20 | Bessie | 2,446 | #21 |
| 21 | Bertha | 2,434 | #20 |
| 22 | Clara | 2,397 | #24 |
| 23 | Louise | 2,367 | #28 |
| 24 | Irene | 2,357 | #26 |
| 25 | Hazel | 2,351 | #23 |
| 26 | Emma | 2,298 | #22 |
| 27 | Gertrude | 2,276 | #25 |
| 28 | Catherine | 2,198 | #31 |
| 29 | Mabel | 2,178 | #27 |
| 30 | Edith | 2,137 | #33 |
| 31 | Pearl | 2,108 | #30 |
| 32 | Martha | 2,091 | #29 |
| 33 | Myrtle | 2,026 | #34 |
| 34 | Esther | 1,993 | #32 |
| 35 | Minnie | 1,950 | #35 |
| 36 | Thelma | 1,945 | #37 |
| 37 | Josephine | 1,894 | #40 |
| 38 | Ruby | 1,885 | #40 |
| 39 | Eva | 1,815 | #36 |
| 40 | Elsie | 1,811 | #39 |
| 41 | Sarah | 1,762 | #43 |
| 42 | Ida | 1,757 | #38 |
| 43 | Agnes | 1,718 | #42 |
| 44 | Viola | 1,697 | #46 |
| 45 | Beatrice | 1,661 | #45 |
| 45 | Evelyn | 1,661 | #50 |
| 47 | Julia | 1,642 | #49 |
| 48 | Nellie | 1,626 | #44 |
| 49 | Laura | 1,566 | #47 |
| 50 | Lucille | 1,533 | #53 |
| 51 | Lillie | 1,481 | #51 |
| 52 | Ella | 1,438 | #48 |
| 53 | Virginia | 1,394 | #59 |
| 54 | Pauline | 1,381 | #56 |
| 55 | Mattie | 1,371 | #52 |
| 56 | Alma | 1,333 | #55 |
| 57 | Jessie | 1,315 | #60 |
| 58 | Carrie | 1,288 | #54 |
| 59 | Willie | 1,285 | #61 |
| 60 | Mae | 1,284 | #58 |
| 61 | Lena | 1,258 | #57 |
| 62 | Hattie | 1,197 | #64 |
| 63 | Blanche | 1,190 | #62 |
| 63 | Katherine | 1,190 | #63 |
| 65 | Marion | 1,141 | #65 |
| 66 | Lucy | 1,132 | #66 |
| 67 | Stella | 1,097 | #68 |
| 68 | Fannie | 1,085 | #73 |
| 69 | Leona | 1,082 | #69 |
| 70 | Mamie | 1,068 | #67 |
| 71 | Vera | 1,053 | #70 |
| 72 | Cora | 1,044 | #70 |
| 73 | Eleanor | 1,041 | #80 |
| 74 | Bernice | 1,032 | #75 |
| 75 | Ann | 996 | #78 |
| 76 | Jennie | 981 | #73 |
| 77 | Beulah | 968 | #72 |
| 78 | Lula | 963 | #77 |
| 79 | Rosa | 922 | #76 |
| 80 | Ada | 873 | #79 |
| 81 | Ellen | 845 | #84 |
| 82 | Violet | 831 | #87 |
| 83 | Doris | 812 | #88 |
| 84 | Maggie | 809 | #81 |
| 85 | Betty | 807 | #91 |
| 86 | Kathryn | 788 | #83 |
| 87 | Daisy | 776 | #85 |
| 88 | Lois | 763 | #90 |
| 89 | Dora | 757 | #82 |
| 90 | Marguerite | 753 | #94 |
| 91 | Sadie | 750 | #92 |
| 92 | Nora | 742 | #93 |
| 93 | Susie | 739 | #95 |
| 94 | Georgia | 722 | #88 |
| 94 | Velma | 722 | #101 |
| 96 | Marjorie | 712 | #96 |
| 97 | Maude | 709 | #86 |
| 98 | Anne | 708 | #97 |
| 99 | Opal | 702 | #100 |
| 100 | Emily | 683 | #103 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1905
| # | Name | Babies | In 1904 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,059 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 6,495 | #2 |
| 3 | James | 6,042 | #3 |
| 4 | George | 4,256 | #4 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,608 | #6 |
| 6 | Robert | 3,410 | #5 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,302 | #7 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,837 | #8 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,366 | #9 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,135 | #11 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,126 | #10 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,902 | #12 |
| 13 | Willie | 1,782 | #14 |
| 14 | Harry | 1,619 | #13 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,532 | #16 |
| 16 | Arthur | 1,505 | #15 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,377 | #17 |
| 18 | Fred | 1,284 | #18 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,262 | #19 |
| 20 | Harold | 1,258 | #20 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,159 | #22 |
| 22 | Richard | 1,033 | #24 |
| 23 | Joe | 1,024 | #23 |
| 24 | Roy | 1,016 | #21 |
| 25 | Louis | 981 | #26 |
| 26 | Carl | 959 | #25 |
| 27 | Ralph | 938 | #28 |
| 28 | Jack | 907 | #27 |
| 29 | Earl | 904 | #29 |
| 30 | Samuel | 856 | #34 |
| 31 | Ernest | 845 | #32 |
| 32 | David | 838 | #31 |
| 33 | Theodore | 834 | #30 |
| 34 | Charlie | 801 | #33 |
| 35 | Howard | 735 | #35 |
| 36 | Francis | 685 | #36 |
| 37 | Herbert | 681 | #37 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 669 | #38 |
| 39 | Sam | 620 | #40 |
| 40 | Andrew | 619 | #43 |
| 41 | Elmer | 602 | #39 |
| 42 | Eugene | 593 | #44 |
| 43 | Alfred | 591 | #41 |
| 44 | Floyd | 523 | #52 |
| 45 | Michael | 513 | #50 |
| 46 | Leo | 512 | #42 |
| 47 | Leonard | 495 | #46 |
| 48 | Anthony | 490 | #56 |
| 49 | Lee | 486 | #45 |
| 50 | Daniel | 484 | #49 |
| 51 | Herman | 475 | #47 |
| 52 | Clyde | 474 | #51 |
| 52 | Kenneth | 474 | #57 |
| 54 | Jesse | 443 | #53 |
| 55 | Leroy | 441 | #60 |
| 56 | Oscar | 436 | #54 |
| 57 | Lester | 432 | #61 |
| 57 | Russell | 432 | #48 |
| 59 | Donald | 425 | #58 |
| 60 | Ray | 424 | #55 |
| 61 | Clifford | 420 | #66 |
| 62 | Peter | 409 | #62 |
| 63 | Claude | 399 | #70 |
| 64 | Chester | 388 | #69 |
| 65 | Lewis | 384 | #59 |
| 65 | Stanley | 384 | #65 |
| 67 | Frederick | 381 | #63 |
| 68 | Benjamin | 379 | #68 |
| 69 | Lloyd | 369 | #73 |
| 70 | Edwin | 357 | #64 |
| 71 | Norman | 350 | #77 |
| 72 | Cecil | 347 | #67 |
| 73 | Eddie | 346 | #75 |
| 74 | Jessie | 338 | #76 |
| 75 | Martin | 332 | #71 |
| 76 | Homer | 318 | #87 |
| 77 | Tom | 317 | #74 |
| 78 | Edgar | 315 | #80 |
| 79 | Luther | 308 | #82 |
| 80 | Milton | 299 | #93 |
| 81 | Johnnie | 297 | #84 |
| 82 | Bernard | 292 | #72 |
| 83 | Melvin | 291 | #92 |
| 84 | Ben | 290 | #83 |
| 85 | Harvey | 286 | #79 |
| 85 | Will | 286 | #81 |
| 87 | Leon | 274 | #90 |
| 88 | Allen | 272 | #96 |
| 89 | Everett | 270 | #95 |
| 90 | Victor | 268 | #98 |
| 91 | Roosevelt | 264 | #93 |
| 92 | Alvin | 258 | #88 |
| 93 | Stephen | 246 | #117 |
| 94 | Leslie | 237 | #91 |
| 95 | Jim | 236 | #85 |
| 96 | Philip | 234 | #85 |
| 97 | Virgil | 226 | #100 |
| 98 | Jacob | 220 | #89 |
| 99 | Otis | 216 | #115 |
| 100 | Marvin | 215 | #103 |
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