United States · 386,733 recorded births
Top baby names of 1902
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Sally (up 21), Geneva (up 18), Roosevelt (up 50), Ellis (up 37).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1901 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 14,486 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 5,967 | · |
| 3 | Anna | 5,288 | · |
| 4 | Margaret | 5,011 | · |
| 5 | Ruth | 4,384 | · |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 3,694 | · |
| 7 | Florence | 3,509 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Marie | 3,424 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Ethel | 3,295 | · |
| 10 | Alice | 3,135 | ▲ 2 |
| 11 | Lillian | 3,063 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Gladys | 2,809 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Edna | 2,754 | · |
| 14 | Mildred | 2,750 | · |
| 15 | Dorothy | 2,707 | ▲ 7 |
| 16 | Annie | 2,664 | · |
| 17 | Grace | 2,642 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Emma | 2,514 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Bessie | 2,448 | ▲ 2 |
| 20 | Rose | 2,444 | · |
| 21 | Clara | 2,432 | ▼ 3 |
| 22 | Bertha | 2,372 | ▼ 3 |
| 23 | Frances | 2,326 | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | Mabel | 2,280 | · |
| 25 | Hazel | 2,238 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Irene | 2,210 | ▲ 4 |
| 27 | Gertrude | 2,207 | · |
| 28 | Pearl | 2,100 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Minnie | 2,055 | ▼ 3 |
| 30 | Martha | 2,030 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Catherine | 1,896 | ▲ 7 |
| 32 | Myrtle | 1,884 | ▼ 4 |
| 33 | Edith | 1,853 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Ida | 1,836 | · |
| 35 | Esther | 1,833 | ▼ 2 |
| 36 | Louise | 1,832 | · |
| 37 | Eva | 1,727 | · |
| 38 | Elsie | 1,720 | ▼ 3 |
| 39 | Sarah | 1,710 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Agnes | 1,676 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Nellie | 1,566 | · |
| 42 | Josephine | 1,565 | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Laura | 1,559 | ▲ 1 |
| 44 | Lillie | 1,533 | ▲ 1 |
| 45 | Ella | 1,525 | ▼ 3 |
| 46 | Julia | 1,501 | · |
| 47 | Ruby | 1,458 | ▲ 2 |
| 48 | Viola | 1,447 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Beatrice | 1,429 | ▲ 4 |
| 50 | Carrie | 1,376 | ▼ 2 |
| 51 | Mattie | 1,353 | ▼ 1 |
| 52 | Thelma | 1,309 | ▲ 5 |
| 53 | Mae | 1,261 | ▲ 1 |
| 54 | Jessie | 1,240 | ▲ 1 |
| 55 | Alma | 1,229 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Lena | 1,225 | ▼ 5 |
| 57 | Hattie | 1,163 | ▼ 1 |
| 58 | Blanche | 1,159 | ▲ 1 |
| 59 | Evelyn | 1,151 | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Mamie | 1,127 | · |
| 61 | Lucille | 1,087 | ▲ 9 |
| 62 | Cora | 1,081 | ▼ 4 |
| 63 | Stella | 1,075 | ▲ 2 |
| 64 | Willie | 1,071 | ▲ 4 |
| 65 | Lucy | 1,065 | ▼ 4 |
| 66 | Marion | 1,033 | ▼ 3 |
| 67 | Virginia | 1,008 | ▲ 9 |
| 68 | Katherine | 1,004 | ▲ 3 |
| 69 | Jennie | 985 | · |
| 70 | Pauline | 985 | ▼ 6 |
| 71 | Lula | 976 | ▼ 4 |
| 72 | Fannie | 971 | · |
| 73 | Vera | 947 | · |
| 74 | Ada | 921 | ▼ 8 |
| 75 | Rosa | 909 | · |
| 76 | Leona | 875 | ▲ 2 |
| 77 | Beulah | 873 | ▼ 3 |
| 78 | Maggie | 853 | ▲ 2 |
| 79 | Eleanor | 837 | ▲ 5 |
| 80 | Maude | 834 | ▼ 3 |
| 81 | Bernice | 794 | ▲ 5 |
| 82 | Dora | 780 | ▼ 3 |
| 83 | Ann | 753 | ▲ 6 |
| 84 | Ellen | 753 | ▼ 2 |
| 85 | Daisy | 748 | ▲ 2 |
| 86 | Nora | 724 | ▼ 5 |
| 87 | Kathryn | 717 | ▲ 3 |
| 88 | Susie | 717 | · |
| 89 | Sadie | 716 | ▼ 4 |
| 90 | Marguerite | 695 | ▼ 7 |
| 91 | Georgia | 664 | ▲ 5 |
| 92 | Effie | 658 | ▲ 5 |
| 93 | Doris | 656 | ▲ 8 |
| 94 | Hilda | 649 | ▼ 2 |
| 95 | Violet | 649 | ▼ 4 |
| 96 | Della | 609 | ▲ 4 |
| 97 | Emily | 606 | ▲ 2 |
| 98 | Lois | 594 | ▲ 11 |
| 99 | Olive | 593 | ▼ 1 |
| 100 | Flora | 587 | ▲ 7 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1901 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 7,907 | · |
| 2 | William | 6,617 | · |
| 3 | James | 5,592 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,223 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 3,361 | · |
| 6 | Robert | 3,180 | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,098 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,756 | · |
| 9 | Edward | 2,294 | · |
| 10 | Henry | 2,154 | · |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,134 | · |
| 12 | Walter | 1,858 | · |
| 13 | Harry | 1,750 | · |
| 14 | Willie | 1,565 | ▲ 2 |
| 15 | Arthur | 1,487 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,375 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,292 | · |
| 18 | Fred | 1,286 | · |
| 19 | Harold | 1,077 | ▲ 2 |
| 20 | Paul | 1,067 | ▼ 1 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,064 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Roy | 1,002 | ▼ 2 |
| 23 | Joe | 955 | ▲ 4 |
| 24 | Carl | 952 | · |
| 25 | Louis | 912 | · |
| 26 | Richard | 908 | · |
| 27 | Earl | 877 | ▼ 4 |
| 28 | Ralph | 866 | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Ernest | 790 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Charlie | 761 | ▲ 1 |
| 31 | David | 761 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Jack | 743 | · |
| 33 | Samuel | 702 | · |
| 34 | Theodore | 642 | ▲ 9 |
| 35 | Howard | 632 | ▼ 1 |
| 36 | Herbert | 615 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 598 | · |
| 38 | Francis | 597 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Alfred | 590 | · |
| 40 | Elmer | 574 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Sam | 559 | · |
| 42 | Andrew | 558 | ▼ 2 |
| 43 | Leo | 551 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Eugene | 524 | · |
| 45 | Daniel | 501 | ▲ 3 |
| 46 | Lee | 475 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Floyd | 471 | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Michael | 460 | ▲ 4 |
| 49 | Herman | 457 | ▲ 2 |
| 50 | Jesse | 437 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Peter | 433 | ▲ 6 |
| 52 | Leonard | 426 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Russell | 422 | ▼ 3 |
| 54 | Anthony | 420 | ▲ 8 |
| 55 | Oscar | 397 | ▼ 8 |
| 56 | Edwin | 393 | ▲ 9 |
| 57 | Ray | 391 | ▲ 2 |
| 58 | Lester | 385 | ▲ 3 |
| 59 | Lewis | 385 | ▲ 4 |
| 60 | Clyde | 382 | ▼ 5 |
| 61 | Benjamin | 374 | ▼ 5 |
| 62 | Leroy | 370 | ▲ 10 |
| 63 | Donald | 366 | ▲ 14 |
| 64 | Will | 359 | ▼ 11 |
| 65 | Cecil | 354 | ▲ 5 |
| 66 | Eddie | 353 | · |
| 67 | Lloyd | 344 | ▲ 1 |
| 68 | Claude | 336 | ▼ 10 |
| 69 | Stanley | 334 | ▲ 13 |
| 70 | Frederick | 330 | ▼ 10 |
| 71 | Clifford | 326 | ▼ 2 |
| 72 | Martin | 325 | ▼ 8 |
| 73 | Jessie | 323 | ▲ 12 |
| 74 | Chester | 321 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Tom | 312 | ▼ 8 |
| 76 | Edgar | 307 | ▼ 5 |
| 77 | Jim | 300 | ▲ 4 |
| 78 | Kenneth | 275 | · |
| 79 | Ben | 273 | ▼ 6 |
| 80 | Homer | 269 | ▼ 6 |
| 81 | Luther | 266 | ▼ 2 |
| 82 | Harvey | 264 | ▼ 6 |
| 83 | Bernard | 259 | ▼ 3 |
| 84 | Norman | 256 | ▼ 1 |
| 85 | Leslie | 251 | ▲ 4 |
| 86 | Leon | 248 | ▲ 1 |
| 87 | Melvin | 248 | ▲ 10 |
| 88 | Everett | 238 | ▼ 2 |
| 89 | Allen | 227 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Philip | 226 | ▼ 6 |
| 91 | Johnnie | 221 | ▲ 13 |
| 92 | Hugh | 217 | ▼ 1 |
| 93 | Alexander | 216 | ▲ 9 |
| 94 | Stephen | 210 | ▲ 15 |
| 95 | Jacob | 207 | ▲ 3 |
| 96 | Milton | 207 | ▼ 6 |
| 97 | Victor | 205 | ▲ 3 |
| 98 | Patrick | 203 | ▼ 5 |
| 99 | Alvin | 201 | ▼ 4 |
| 100 | Horace | 199 | ▼ 4 |