Most popular baby names of 1910

In 1910, the most popular names for US babies were John for boys (11,450 babies, 5.9% of boys) and Mary for girls (22,848 babies, 5.8% of girls). The rest of the top five were James, William, Robert and George for boys and Helen, Margaret, Dorothy and Ruth for girls. SSA recorded 1,839 different boy names and 2,790 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1910
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	John	11,450	–
2	James	9,194	▲ 1
3	William	8,844	▼ 1
4	Robert	5,609	▲ 1
5	George	5,441	▼ 1
6	Joseph	5,228	–
7	Charles	4,784	–
8	Frank	3,768	–
9	Edward	3,407	–
10	Henry	2,899	▲ 1
11	Willie	2,897	▲ 2
12	Thomas	2,851	▼ 2
13	Walter	2,596	▼ 1
14	Albert	2,183	▲ 1
15	Paul	2,005	▲ 2
16	Harry	1,978	▼ 2
17	Arthur	1,942	▲ 1
18	Harold	1,909	▼ 2
19	Raymond	1,737	▲ 1
20	Clarence	1,706	▼ 1
21	Richard	1,654	–
22	Fred	1,587	–
23	Jack	1,576	▲ 4
24	Louis	1,569	–
25	Joe	1,553	▼ 2
26	Carl	1,339	▼ 1
27	Howard	1,309	▼ 1
28	Ralph	1,278	▲ 2
29	Roy	1,267	▼ 1
30	David	1,258	▼ 1
31	Ernest	1,167	▲ 3
32	Samuel	1,129	–
33	Earl	1,109	▼ 2
34	Charlie	1,107	▲ 2
35	Lawrence	1,009	–
36	Francis	1,000	▼ 3
37	Anthony	980	▲ 3
38	Alfred	922	▲ 1
39	Eugene	888	▲ 4
40	Sam	888	▲ 4
41	Herbert	886	▼ 4
42	Andrew	884	▼ 4
43	Kenneth	880	▼ 2
44	Donald	860	▼ 2
45	Michael	844	▲ 2
46	Leonard	793	–
47	Stanley	761	▲ 3
48	Elmer	760	▼ 3
49	Lee	741	▲ 3
50	Leroy	733	▲ 5
51	Leo	707	▼ 2
52	Herman	696	▼ 4
53	Daniel	692	▲ 1
54	Theodore	692	▼ 3
55	Floyd	687	▼ 2
56	Peter	631	–
57	Clyde	617	▲ 3
58	Russell	615	–
59	Eddie	595	▲ 10
60	Jesse	590	▼ 1
61	Chester	561	▲ 5
62	Bernard	560	▲ 6
63	Norman	557	▲ 12
64	Lester	556	▼ 3
65	Lewis	555	–
66	Clifford	551	▼ 9
67	Lloyd	545	▲ 9
68	Ray	545	▼ 1
69	Frederick	543	▼ 5
70	Benjamin	536	▼ 7
71	Edwin	536	▼ 9
72	Jessie	516	▲ 1
73	Oscar	505	▼ 3
74	Johnnie	502	▲ 3
75	Melvin	482	▼ 4
76	Milton	476	▲ 5
77	Cecil	472	▼ 5
78	Claude	463	▼ 4
79	Ben	454	▲ 5
80	Edgar	441	▲ 6
81	Leon	435	▼ 1
82	Tom	428	▲ 6
83	Philip	418	▼ 5
84	Marvin	413	▲ 1
85	Alvin	401	▼ 3
86	Martin	396	▼ 7
87	Luther	383	–
88	Everett	382	▲ 2
89	Harvey	382	▼ 6
90	Victor	372	▼ 1
91	Morris	367	▲ 3
92	Allen	355	▲ 1
93	Sidney	353	▲ 26
94	Vernon	351	▲ 3
95	Julius	350	▲ 3
96	Stephen	350	▼ 5
97	Glenn	349	▲ 6
98	Homer	347	▼ 6
99	Vincent	343	▲ 2
100	Jim	331	▲ 5

Top 100 girl names, 1910
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Mary	22,848	–
2	Helen	10,479	–
3	Margaret	8,226	–
4	Dorothy	7,318	▲ 1
5	Ruth	7,212	▼ 1
6	Anna	6,436	–
7	Elizabeth	5,800	–
8	Mildred	5,692	–
9	Marie	4,790	–
10	Alice	4,671	–
11	Frances	4,448	▲ 1
12	Florence	4,282	▼ 1
13	Ethel	4,146	–
14	Lillian	4,127	–
15	Gladys	3,842	–
16	Rose	3,837	▲ 1
17	Evelyn	3,777	▲ 1
18	Edna	3,664	▼ 2
19	Annie	3,519	▲ 3
20	Louise	3,457	▼ 1
21	Irene	3,281	▼ 1
22	Catherine	3,161	▲ 1
23	Grace	3,145	▼ 2
24	Hazel	3,032	–
25	Thelma	2,976	▲ 1
26	Gertrude	2,932	▼ 1
27	Ruby	2,893	–
28	Martha	2,858	–
29	Virginia	2,855	▲ 1
30	Josephine	2,801	▲ 1
31	Lucille	2,692	▲ 5
32	Clara	2,665	–
33	Bertha	2,651	▼ 4
34	Emma	2,607	–
35	Edith	2,592	▼ 2
36	Beatrice	2,459	▲ 2
37	Bessie	2,392	▼ 2
38	Esther	2,378	▼ 1
39	Pearl	2,177	▲ 1
40	Sarah	2,173	▲ 9
41	Agnes	2,163	▲ 1
42	Pauline	2,153	▲ 6
43	Myrtle	2,145	–
44	Elsie	2,141	▼ 5
45	Eva	2,123	▲ 2
46	Mabel	2,123	▼ 5
47	Ida	2,107	▼ 3
48	Viola	2,090	▼ 2
49	Julia	2,074	▼ 4
50	Minnie	1,983	–
51	Nellie	1,928	–
52	Ann	1,842	▲ 4
53	Laura	1,834	▲ 2
54	Lillie	1,824	▼ 2
55	Eleanor	1,798	▲ 2
56	Willie	1,796	▼ 2
57	Katherine	1,752	▼ 4
58	Bernice	1,721	▲ 4
59	Marion	1,703	▼ 1
60	Mattie	1,687	▼ 1
61	Alma	1,630	–
62	Ella	1,587	▼ 2
63	Jessie	1,541	–
64	Doris	1,536	–
65	Mae	1,453	▲ 3
66	Lena	1,431	▼ 1
67	Anne	1,413	▲ 9
68	Marjorie	1,391	▲ 10
69	Betty	1,389	▲ 8
70	Carrie	1,381	▼ 4
71	Vera	1,346	▼ 4
72	Stella	1,319	▼ 2
73	Hattie	1,314	▲ 2
74	Blanche	1,288	▼ 5
75	Lucy	1,283	▼ 4
76	Lois	1,271	▼ 3
77	Jean	1,246	▲ 13
78	Fannie	1,237	▲ 1
79	Leona	1,220	▼ 7
80	Kathryn	1,198	▼ 6
81	Jennie	1,183	▲ 2
82	Beulah	1,131	▼ 2
83	Rosa	1,131	▲ 4
84	Marguerite	1,086	▼ 3
85	Cora	1,079	–
86	Mamie	1,079	▼ 2
87	Opal	1,051	▼ 5
88	Ellen	1,038	▼ 2
89	Violet	1,037	–
90	Velma	1,035	▲ 2
91	Georgia	1,010	▲ 6
92	Sylvia	1,000	▲ 1
93	Lula	975	▼ 2
94	Ada	960	▼ 6
95	Maggie	940	▲ 3
96	Theresa	926	▲ 10
97	Inez	916	▼ 1
98	Genevieve	908	▲ 1
99	Charlotte	896	▼ 5
100	Sadie	886	▲ 4

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1910. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.