United States · 423,923 recorded births
Top baby names of 1905
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Leola (up 26), Sallie (up 18), Jose (up 33), Johnie (up 28).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1904 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 16,067 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 6,811 | · |
| 3 | Margaret | 5,690 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | Anna | 5,424 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | Ruth | 5,068 | · |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 4,121 | · |
| 7 | Dorothy | 3,937 | ▲ 3 |
| 8 | Mildred | 3,758 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Marie | 3,643 | ▼ 2 |
| 10 | Alice | 3,610 | ▲ 3 |
| 11 | Florence | 3,478 | ▼ 3 |
| 12 | Ethel | 3,401 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Lillian | 3,185 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Gladys | 2,996 | · |
| 15 | Edna | 2,953 | · |
| 16 | Frances | 2,887 | · |
| 17 | Annie | 2,793 | · |
| 18 | Rose | 2,724 | · |
| 19 | Grace | 2,630 | · |
| 20 | Bessie | 2,446 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Bertha | 2,434 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Clara | 2,397 | ▲ 2 |
| 23 | Louise | 2,367 | ▲ 5 |
| 24 | Irene | 2,357 | ▲ 2 |
| 25 | Hazel | 2,351 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Emma | 2,298 | ▼ 4 |
| 27 | Gertrude | 2,276 | ▼ 2 |
| 28 | Catherine | 2,198 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Mabel | 2,178 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Edith | 2,137 | ▲ 3 |
| 31 | Pearl | 2,108 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Martha | 2,091 | ▼ 3 |
| 33 | Myrtle | 2,026 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Esther | 1,993 | ▼ 2 |
| 35 | Minnie | 1,950 | · |
| 36 | Thelma | 1,945 | ▲ 1 |
| 37 | Josephine | 1,894 | ▲ 3 |
| 38 | Ruby | 1,885 | ▲ 3 |
| 39 | Eva | 1,815 | ▼ 3 |
| 40 | Elsie | 1,811 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Sarah | 1,762 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Ida | 1,757 | ▼ 4 |
| 43 | Agnes | 1,718 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Viola | 1,697 | ▲ 2 |
| 45 | Beatrice | 1,661 | · |
| 46 | Evelyn | 1,661 | ▲ 4 |
| 47 | Julia | 1,642 | ▲ 2 |
| 48 | Nellie | 1,626 | ▼ 4 |
| 49 | Laura | 1,566 | ▼ 2 |
| 50 | Lucille | 1,533 | ▲ 3 |
| 51 | Lillie | 1,481 | · |
| 52 | Ella | 1,438 | ▼ 4 |
| 53 | Virginia | 1,394 | ▲ 6 |
| 54 | Pauline | 1,381 | ▲ 2 |
| 55 | Mattie | 1,371 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Alma | 1,333 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Jessie | 1,315 | ▲ 3 |
| 58 | Carrie | 1,288 | ▼ 4 |
| 59 | Willie | 1,285 | ▲ 2 |
| 60 | Mae | 1,284 | ▼ 2 |
| 61 | Lena | 1,258 | ▼ 4 |
| 62 | Hattie | 1,197 | ▲ 2 |
| 63 | Blanche | 1,190 | ▼ 1 |
| 64 | Katherine | 1,190 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Marion | 1,141 | · |
| 66 | Lucy | 1,132 | · |
| 67 | Stella | 1,097 | ▲ 1 |
| 68 | Fannie | 1,085 | ▲ 5 |
| 69 | Leona | 1,082 | · |
| 70 | Mamie | 1,068 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Vera | 1,053 | · |
| 72 | Cora | 1,044 | ▼ 2 |
| 73 | Eleanor | 1,041 | ▲ 7 |
| 74 | Bernice | 1,032 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Ann | 996 | ▲ 3 |
| 76 | Jennie | 981 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Beulah | 968 | ▼ 5 |
| 78 | Lula | 963 | ▼ 1 |
| 79 | Rosa | 922 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | Ada | 873 | ▼ 1 |
| 81 | Ellen | 845 | ▲ 3 |
| 82 | Violet | 831 | ▲ 5 |
| 83 | Doris | 812 | ▲ 5 |
| 84 | Maggie | 809 | ▼ 3 |
| 85 | Betty | 807 | ▲ 6 |
| 86 | Kathryn | 788 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Daisy | 776 | ▼ 2 |
| 88 | Lois | 763 | ▲ 2 |
| 89 | Dora | 757 | ▼ 7 |
| 90 | Marguerite | 753 | ▲ 4 |
| 91 | Sadie | 750 | ▲ 1 |
| 92 | Nora | 742 | ▲ 1 |
| 93 | Susie | 739 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Georgia | 722 | ▼ 5 |
| 95 | Velma | 722 | ▲ 6 |
| 96 | Marjorie | 712 | · |
| 97 | Maude | 709 | ▼ 11 |
| 98 | Anne | 708 | ▼ 1 |
| 99 | Opal | 702 | ▲ 1 |
| 100 | Emily | 683 | ▲ 3 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1904 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,059 | · |
| 2 | William | 6,495 | · |
| 3 | James | 6,042 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,256 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 3,608 | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | Robert | 3,410 | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,302 | · |
| 8 | Frank | 2,837 | · |
| 9 | Edward | 2,366 | · |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,135 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,126 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,902 | · |
| 13 | Willie | 1,782 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Harry | 1,619 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,532 | ▲ 1 |
| 16 | Arthur | 1,505 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,377 | · |
| 18 | Fred | 1,284 | · |
| 19 | Paul | 1,262 | · |
| 20 | Harold | 1,258 | · |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,159 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Richard | 1,033 | ▲ 2 |
| 23 | Joe | 1,024 | · |
| 24 | Roy | 1,016 | ▼ 3 |
| 25 | Louis | 981 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Carl | 959 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Ralph | 938 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Jack | 907 | ▼ 1 |
| 29 | Earl | 904 | · |
| 30 | Samuel | 856 | ▲ 4 |
| 31 | Ernest | 845 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | David | 838 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Theodore | 834 | ▼ 3 |
| 34 | Charlie | 801 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Howard | 735 | · |
| 36 | Francis | 685 | · |
| 37 | Herbert | 681 | · |
| 38 | Lawrence | 669 | · |
| 39 | Sam | 620 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Andrew | 619 | ▲ 3 |
| 41 | Elmer | 602 | ▼ 2 |
| 42 | Eugene | 593 | ▲ 2 |
| 43 | Alfred | 591 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Floyd | 523 | ▲ 8 |
| 45 | Michael | 513 | ▲ 5 |
| 46 | Leo | 512 | ▼ 4 |
| 47 | Leonard | 495 | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Anthony | 490 | ▲ 8 |
| 49 | Lee | 486 | ▼ 4 |
| 50 | Daniel | 484 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Herman | 475 | ▼ 4 |
| 52 | Clyde | 474 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Kenneth | 474 | ▲ 4 |
| 54 | Jesse | 443 | ▼ 1 |
| 55 | Leroy | 441 | ▲ 5 |
| 56 | Oscar | 436 | ▼ 2 |
| 57 | Lester | 432 | ▲ 4 |
| 58 | Russell | 432 | ▼ 10 |
| 59 | Donald | 425 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Ray | 424 | ▼ 5 |
| 61 | Clifford | 420 | ▲ 5 |
| 62 | Peter | 409 | · |
| 63 | Claude | 399 | ▲ 7 |
| 64 | Chester | 388 | ▲ 5 |
| 65 | Lewis | 384 | ▼ 6 |
| 66 | Stanley | 384 | ▼ 1 |
| 67 | Frederick | 381 | ▼ 4 |
| 68 | Benjamin | 379 | · |
| 69 | Lloyd | 369 | ▲ 4 |
| 70 | Edwin | 357 | ▼ 6 |
| 71 | Norman | 350 | ▲ 6 |
| 72 | Cecil | 347 | ▼ 5 |
| 73 | Eddie | 346 | ▲ 2 |
| 74 | Jessie | 338 | ▲ 2 |
| 75 | Martin | 332 | ▼ 4 |
| 76 | Homer | 318 | ▲ 11 |
| 77 | Tom | 317 | ▼ 3 |
| 78 | Edgar | 315 | ▲ 2 |
| 79 | Luther | 308 | ▲ 3 |
| 80 | Milton | 299 | ▲ 13 |
| 81 | Johnnie | 297 | ▲ 3 |
| 82 | Bernard | 292 | ▼ 10 |
| 83 | Melvin | 291 | ▲ 9 |
| 84 | Ben | 290 | ▼ 1 |
| 85 | Harvey | 286 | ▼ 6 |
| 86 | Will | 286 | ▼ 5 |
| 87 | Leon | 274 | ▲ 3 |
| 88 | Allen | 272 | ▲ 8 |
| 89 | Everett | 270 | ▲ 6 |
| 90 | Victor | 268 | ▲ 8 |
| 91 | Roosevelt | 264 | ▲ 3 |
| 92 | Alvin | 258 | ▼ 4 |
| 93 | Stephen | 246 | ▲ 24 |
| 94 | Leslie | 237 | ▼ 3 |
| 95 | Jim | 236 | ▼ 10 |
| 96 | Philip | 234 | ▼ 10 |
| 97 | Virgil | 226 | ▲ 3 |
| 98 | Jacob | 220 | ▼ 9 |
| 99 | Otis | 216 | ▲ 16 |
| 100 | Marvin | 215 | ▲ 4 |