Traditional Baby Names for Boys and Girls

Traditional baby names for the 20th century.
(based on our subjective mathematical analysis)

Baby Name	1900s Rank	1910s Rank	1920s Rank	1930s Rank	1940s Rank	1950s Rank	1960s Rank	1970s Rank	1980s Rank	1990s Rank
Mary	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	15	34	41
John	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	6	9	14
Elizabeth	6	8	10	17	23	20	17	11	9	8
James	3	3	3	2	1	2	4	5	7	13
Margaret	3	4	5	8	14	23	54	101	95	107
Robert	7	4	1	1	2	3	5	7	8	20
Anna	4	7	12	33	72	103	101	86	53	40
William	2	2	4	4	4	6	7	9	15	19
Catherine	19	21	28	43	46	34	58	72	63	86
Joseph	5	5	7	10	13	13	12	12	10	10
Maria	59	69	61	38	39	36	32	26	41	42
Thomas	12	11	11	9	8	8	9	21	25	27
Sarah	46	52	59	62	75	109	91	18	5	4
Charles	6	7	5	6	7	10	17	23	34	43
Laura	50	61	75	99	89	39	15	19	23	45
David	29	30	22	11	6	5	2	4	5	11
Katherine	53	49	63	102	73	68	78	53	32	26
Richard	25	17	8	5	5	7	8	16	27	41
Nancy	125	100	66	9	7	9	26	74	116	153
Paul	17	14	13	14	17	17	19	27	40	64
Ruth	5	5	6	14	33	69	109	188	228	306
Michael	39	43	49	35	9	1	1	1	1	1
Kathryn	76	63	89	111	71	59	88	93	50	70
Edward	9	8	9	12	18	23	29	40	57	80
Virginia	51	12	7	15	28	62	116	160	186	274
George	4	6	6	8	15	25	33	49	72	105
Julia	45	40	62	97	105	128	113	129	88	59
Kenneth	47	27	20	15	16	16	21	31	47	61
Marie	8	10	15	32	51	89	119	153	163	294
Daniel	56	55	44	40	22	19	18	11	6	7
Kathleen	128	104	81	72	18	15	33	68	71	124
Anthony	43	35	42	46	44	30	22	22	20	18
Martha	31	25	24	26	30	46	93	163	209	289
Donald	51	20	10	7	12	14	25	44	67	125
Evelyn	34	11	13	31	61	98	142	209	224	205
Raymond	22	15	16	17	23	37	46	66	77	109
Barbara	143	85	18	3	3	6	22	73	153	296
Frank	8	9	12	16	21	34	44	65	91	152
Helen	2	2	3	10	32	74	138	241	324	317
Andrew	40	46	57	71	86	67	38	28	13	6
Ann	63	45	50	34	38	45	60	102	180	325
Samuel	31	41	46	60	61	71	83	61	52	35
Patricia	287	170	30	5	4	3	6	32	61	126
Henry	10	12	18	25	35	58	97	118	133	143
Rose	14	15	23	37	58	65	126	234	252	309
Peter	46	48	59	59	42	39	42	55	63	87

Below we show how the traditional baby names above have ranked over the past few years.
Note: The table above is by decade, and the table below is by year.

Baby Name	1990 Rank	1991 Rank	1992 Rank	1993 Rank	1994 Rank	1995 Rank	1996 Rank	1997 Rank	1998 Rank	1999 Rank	2000 Rank	2001 Rank	2002 Rank	2003 Rank
Mary	37	39	39	39	38	42	43	44	46	45	47	49	52	61
John	11	10	14	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	17	17
Elizabeth	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	11	9
James	8	8	9	14	14	17	17	17	19	19	18	19	18	18
Margaret	104	108	104	107	109	106	106	112	116	112	112	120	129	130
Robert	13	13	17	17	21	23	23	23	24	26	29	32	33	35
Anna	45	43	45	46	37	31	32	33	32	28	22	19	20	21
William	17	20	20	18	19	20	18	18	13	14	11	10	11	11
Catherine	69	71	79	75	83	91	94	96	104	98	81	80	100	106
Joseph	10	9	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	6	6
Maria	30	30	31	32	34	32	34	34	43	39	38	40	39	40
Thomas	26	28	28	28	28	29	29	32	33	33	34	34	36	36
Sarah	5	6	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	7	8	12
Charles	39	39	43	44	44	44	46	51	50	52	52	58	59	59
Laura	27	33	37	42	45	53	62	64	71	79	83	83	104	122
David	6	7	8	9	12	13	13	13	16	16	16	12	13	14
Katherine	25	23	27	28	29	30	30	31	33	35	34	36	36	36
Richard	36	35	39	40	41	42	45	53	56	61	68	72	77	86
Nancy	124	121	140	148	141	157	171	197	218	230	236	226	231	269
Paul	51	55	58	59	65	71	78	81	90	95	99	111	120	124
Ruth	274	256	298	294	291	313	333	320	344	342	341	332	337	350
Michael	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Kathryn	57	58	61	68	79	83	87	86	90	91	90	97	113	117
Edward	68	69	71	77	86	90	95	101	106	102	107	113	118	128
Virginia	218	235	257	273	295	308	297	360	363	358	368	391	376	411
George	82	88	98	106	112	115	117	119	126	121	129	130	131	137
Julia	81	65	67	72	68	59	49	38	31	30	30	27	31	33
Kenneth	54	56	60	61	69	73	74	80	84	89	92	94	103	109
Marie	209	219	230	254	283	305	332	346	356	361	370	403	426	496
Daniel	5	5	6	5	8	8	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	8
Kathleen	95	104	110	123	136	142	155	175	171	196	208	239	261	286
Anthony	15	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	11	12	10
Martha	204	227	223	239	268	291	324	336	374	388	382	400	431	487
Donald	94	105	115	123	140	159	161	175	190	195	218	236	255	257
Evelyn	215	222	199	212	198	195	184	192	182	164	154	128	98	89
Raymond	93	97	104	110	116	127	131	137	143	144	160	163	176	188
Barbara	207	224	235	279	299	340	380	380	463	478	511	551	560	628
Frank	115	123	129	142	148	158	160	171	178	186	209	214	218	228
Helen	318	337	324	305	320	325	313	340	352	355	345	344	340	389
Andrew	7	6	5	10	10	10	11	7	9	7	7	7	7	5
Ann	259	272	295	315	341	347	399	408	467	457	495	540	519	557
Samuel	43	38	38	37	35	33	30	27	28	27	28	26	25	23
Patricia	91	98	109	118	131	141	159	167	172	197	221	250	270	289
Henry	145	144	146	141	149	138	139	141	138	130	125	123	114	116
Rose	293	292	305	337	329	328	366	375	298	276	294	303	327	358
Peter	74	78	82	84	89	91	94	102	110	106	124	136	136	148

Traditional Baby Names for Boys and Girls - See List Below

Selected Resources

Featured Name Lists

Traditional baby names for the 20th century.
(based on our subjective mathematical analysis)

Below we show how the traditional baby names above have ranked over the past few years.
Note: The table above is by decade, and the table below is by year.

Traditional Baby Names for Boys and Girls - See List Below

Selected Resources

Featured Name Lists

Traditional baby names for the 20th century. (based on our subjective mathematical analysis)

Below we show how the traditional baby names above have ranked over the past few years.Note: The table above is by decade, and the table below is by year.

Traditional baby names for the 20th century.
(based on our subjective mathematical analysis)

Below we show how the traditional baby names above have ranked over the past few years.
Note: The table above is by decade, and the table below is by year.