Most Popular Baby Names of 1907
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1907 in the US: 17,580 girls were named Mary and 8,983 boys were named John, about 1 in 18 girls and 1 in 16 boys born that year. It was Mary's 28th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 28th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 318,564 girls and 146,826 boys born in 1907, with 2,398 different girl names and 1,548 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1906
- Marie joined the girls' top 10; Henry joined the boys' top 10.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Evelyn (#32 to #18), Virginia (#51 to #41) and Opal (#95 to #86).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Alexander (#105 to #92), Leroy (#61 to #50) and Philip (#85 to #76).
- 1 girl name and 3 boy names left the top 100, among them Hilda (#97 to #101) and Glenn (#98 to #104).
- 164 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1907
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1906, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1907
| # | Name | Babies | In 1906 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 17,580 | #1 |
| 2 | Helen | 7,579 | #2 |
| 3 | Margaret | 6,713 | #3 |
| 4 | Anna | 5,575 | #4 |
| 5 | Ruth | 5,573 | #5 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 4,967 | #6 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 4,624 | #7 |
| 8 | Mildred | 4,277 | #9 |
| 9 | Alice | 4,107 | #8 |
| 10 | Marie | 3,880 | #11 |
| 11 | Florence | 3,750 | #10 |
| 12 | Ethel | 3,698 | #12 |
| 13 | Lillian | 3,542 | #13 |
| 14 | Gladys | 3,303 | #16 |
| 15 | Edna | 3,301 | #15 |
| 16 | Frances | 3,299 | #14 |
| 17 | Rose | 3,116 | #17 |
| 18 | Evelyn | 3,035 | #32 |
| 19 | Annie | 2,891 | #18 |
| 20 | Grace | 2,747 | #19 |
| 21 | Louise | 2,619 | #24 |
| 22 | Irene | 2,617 | #20 |
| 23 | Hazel | 2,530 | #23 |
| 24 | Gertrude | 2,499 | #22 |
| 25 | Catherine | 2,457 | #26 |
| 26 | Bertha | 2,363 | #25 |
| 27 | Emma | 2,356 | #28 |
| 28 | Thelma | 2,339 | #31 |
| 29 | Clara | 2,319 | #27 |
| 30 | Bessie | 2,311 | #21 |
| 31 | Martha | 2,274 | #29 |
| 32 | Edith | 2,177 | #30 |
| 33 | Josephine | 2,156 | #38 |
| 34 | Ruby | 2,113 | #36 |
| 35 | Pearl | 2,108 | #35 |
| 36 | Mabel | 2,069 | #34 |
| 37 | Esther | 2,062 | #33 |
| 38 | Ida | 1,980 | #43 |
| 39 | Myrtle | 1,929 | #37 |
| 40 | Minnie | 1,907 | #39 |
| 41 | Virginia | 1,893 | #51 |
| 42 | Eva | 1,884 | #41 |
| 43 | Elsie | 1,872 | #40 |
| 44 | Beatrice | 1,858 | #45 |
| 45 | Lucille | 1,853 | #46 |
| 46 | Agnes | 1,829 | #41 |
| 47 | Viola | 1,805 | #47 |
| 48 | Sarah | 1,799 | #44 |
| 49 | Julia | 1,680 | #48 |
| 50 | Nellie | 1,671 | #49 |
| 51 | Laura | 1,621 | #52 |
| 52 | Pauline | 1,591 | #53 |
| 53 | Lillie | 1,536 | #50 |
| 54 | Ella | 1,450 | #54 |
| 55 | Katherine | 1,413 | #56 |
| 56 | Willie | 1,394 | #59 |
| 57 | Mae | 1,375 | #60 |
| 58 | Alma | 1,347 | #57 |
| 59 | Mattie | 1,319 | #55 |
| 60 | Jessie | 1,314 | #58 |
| 61 | Carrie | 1,283 | #62 |
| 62 | Ann | 1,264 | #70 |
| 63 | Marion | 1,251 | #63 |
| 64 | Lena | 1,238 | #61 |
| 65 | Bernice | 1,185 | #66 |
| 66 | Blanche | 1,156 | #64 |
| 67 | Eleanor | 1,155 | #67 |
| 68 | Lucy | 1,152 | #69 |
| 68 | Vera | 1,152 | #68 |
| 70 | Stella | 1,150 | #65 |
| 71 | Hattie | 1,142 | #71 |
| 72 | Leona | 1,106 | #72 |
| 73 | Beulah | 1,092 | #75 |
| 74 | Fannie | 1,089 | #76 |
| 75 | Mamie | 1,059 | #73 |
| 76 | Doris | 1,023 | #83 |
| 77 | Betty | 1,018 | #81 |
| 78 | Jennie | 998 | #74 |
| 79 | Anne | 980 | #85 |
| 80 | Cora | 969 | #77 |
| 81 | Violet | 956 | #86 |
| 82 | Rosa | 924 | #81 |
| 83 | Ada | 906 | #87 |
| 84 | Lula | 905 | #78 |
| 85 | Lois | 899 | #88 |
| 86 | Opal | 889 | #95 |
| 87 | Marguerite | 888 | #89 |
| 88 | Kathryn | 864 | #78 |
| 89 | Ellen | 855 | #80 |
| 90 | Velma | 854 | #94 |
| 91 | Maggie | 846 | #84 |
| 92 | Georgia | 787 | #96 |
| 92 | Marjorie | 787 | #93 |
| 94 | Dora | 786 | #91 |
| 95 | Sadie | 771 | #92 |
| 96 | Jean | 770 | #100 |
| 97 | Susie | 756 | #98 |
| 98 | Daisy | 739 | #90 |
| 99 | Theresa | 734 | #99 |
| 100 | Emily | 714 | #103 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1907
| # | Name | Babies | In 1906 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,983 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 6,904 | #2 |
| 3 | James | 6,707 | #3 |
| 4 | George | 4,445 | #4 |
| 5 | Robert | 4,020 | #5 |
| 6 | Charles | 3,884 | #6 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,844 | #7 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,943 | #8 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,576 | #9 |
| 10 | Henry | 2,203 | #11 |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,174 | #10 |
| 12 | Walter | 2,095 | #12 |
| 13 | Willie | 1,968 | #13 |
| 14 | Harry | 1,813 | #14 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,636 | #16 |
| 16 | Arthur | 1,553 | #15 |
| 17 | Harold | 1,452 | #17 |
| 18 | Clarence | 1,389 | #18 |
| 19 | Fred | 1,371 | #20 |
| 20 | Paul | 1,358 | #19 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,290 | #21 |
| 22 | Richard | 1,235 | #23 |
| 23 | Joe | 1,177 | #25 |
| 24 | Roy | 1,128 | #24 |
| 25 | Louis | 1,111 | #22 |
| 26 | Jack | 1,019 | #30 |
| 27 | Carl | 1,018 | #27 |
| 28 | Earl | 1,006 | #29 |
| 29 | Ralph | 997 | #26 |
| 30 | Ernest | 978 | #28 |
| 31 | David | 945 | #31 |
| 32 | Samuel | 892 | #33 |
| 33 | Howard | 875 | #32 |
| 34 | Lawrence | 801 | #36 |
| 35 | Charlie | 793 | #34 |
| 36 | Alfred | 738 | #40 |
| 37 | Francis | 717 | #35 |
| 38 | Theodore | 712 | #38 |
| 39 | Herbert | 710 | #37 |
| 40 | Andrew | 708 | #41 |
| 41 | Eugene | 691 | #39 |
| 42 | Leo | 651 | #47 |
| 43 | Sam | 631 | #43 |
| 44 | Donald | 616 | #51 |
| 44 | Elmer | 616 | #42 |
| 46 | Anthony | 593 | #44 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 589 | #45 |
| 48 | Michael | 586 | #46 |
| 49 | Herman | 561 | #49 |
| 50 | Leroy | 550 | #61 |
| 51 | Leonard | 547 | #50 |
| 52 | Daniel | 528 | #48 |
| 53 | Floyd | 521 | #54 |
| 54 | Lee | 516 | #57 |
| 54 | Stanley | 516 | #56 |
| 56 | Clyde | 507 | #55 |
| 57 | Russell | 503 | #53 |
| 58 | Lester | 491 | #52 |
| 59 | Oscar | 483 | #64 |
| 60 | Ray | 475 | #60 |
| 61 | Peter | 473 | #59 |
| 62 | Edwin | 468 | #65 |
| 63 | Jesse | 466 | #57 |
| 64 | Benjamin | 460 | #71 |
| 65 | Clifford | 445 | #63 |
| 66 | Lewis | 427 | #69 |
| 67 | Chester | 424 | #61 |
| 68 | Frederick | 410 | #66 |
| 69 | Cecil | 399 | #68 |
| 70 | Eddie | 394 | #66 |
| 71 | Jessie | 386 | #77 |
| 71 | Lloyd | 386 | #70 |
| 73 | Bernard | 378 | #74 |
| 74 | Claude | 364 | #73 |
| 75 | Norman | 362 | #76 |
| 76 | Philip | 356 | #85 |
| 77 | Harvey | 335 | #72 |
| 78 | Melvin | 331 | #82 |
| 79 | Martin | 329 | #75 |
| 80 | Leon | 324 | #87 |
| 81 | Edgar | 321 | #79 |
| 82 | Ben | 314 | #82 |
| 83 | Tom | 313 | #80 |
| 84 | Homer | 312 | #86 |
| 85 | Allen | 309 | #84 |
| 86 | Johnnie | 307 | #91 |
| 87 | Marvin | 304 | #94 |
| 88 | Everett | 302 | #81 |
| 89 | Milton | 292 | #78 |
| 90 | Jim | 281 | #90 |
| 91 | Luther | 280 | #89 |
| 92 | Alexander | 279 | #105 |
| 93 | Virgil | 276 | #102 |
| 94 | Leslie | 273 | #87 |
| 94 | Stephen | 273 | #102 |
| 96 | Morris | 260 | #96 |
| 96 | Will | 260 | #92 |
| 98 | Archie | 250 | #99 |
| 99 | Alvin | 245 | #95 |
| 99 | Victor | 245 | #93 |
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