The top baby names of the 1900s include some choices back in style (or even past their most recent peak), such as Lillian and Leo, Josephine and Jack. Others are still moored in that long-ago era, including Ethel and Elmer.
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Along with Josephine and Leo, other 1900s baby names that are currently in the US Top 1000 include Elsie, George, Hazel, Leonard, Nellie, Oscar, Virginia, and Walter. In addition to Ethel, the names with the steepest drops in popularity include Bessie, Myrtle, Thelma, and Bertha.
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While we may not be hearing many babies named Gertrude and Clarence soon, names such as Mabel and Florence, Henry and Arthur are very much back in style. Sourced from the Top 100 of the decade from 1900 to 1910, here is a list of popular baby names which are relatively rare today.

Top 1900s Baby Names 

Agnes

Albert

Alfred

Alice

Anna

Annie

Arthur

Beatrice

Bertha

Bessie

Carl

Catherine

Charles

Charlie

Clara

Clarence

Clyde

Donald

Dorothy

Earl

Edith

Edna

Edward

Ella

Elmer

Elsie

Emma

Ernest

Esther

Ethel

Eugene

Evelyn

Florence

Floyd

Frances

Francis

Frank

Fred

George

Gertrude

Gladys

Grace

Harold

Harry

Hazel

Helen

Henry

Herbert

Herman

Howard

Irene

Jack

James

John

Joseph

Josephine

Lawrence

Leonard

Lester

Lillian

Lillie

Louis

Louise

Lucille

Mabel

Margaret

Marie

Martha

Mary

Mattie

Mildred

Minnie

Myrtle

Nellie

Oscar

Paul

Pearl

Ralph

Raymond

Richard

Robert

Rose

Ruby

Ruth

Samuel

Thelma

Theodore

Thomas

Viola

Virginia

Walter

William

Willie

1900s names

Names from the first decade of the 1900s, including 1900s names such as Elsie and Oscar that are popular now and early 20th century names that haven't revived. (All Names)

1900s Names - All Names