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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary11,754 babies
  2. 2Anna4,982 babies
  3. 3Elizabeth3,224 babies
  4. 4Emma3,087 babies
  5. 5Margaret2,904 babies
  6. 6Minnie2,654 babies
  7. 7Bertha2,450 babies
  8. 8Florence2,444 babies
  9. 9Ethel2,374 babies
  10. 10Bessie2,278 babies
  11. 11Clara2,230 babies
  12. 12Ida2,229 babies
  13. 13Alice2,202 babies
  14. 14Annie2,188 babies
  15. 15Grace2,090 babies
  16. 16Helen1,847 babies
  17. 17Mabel1,830 babies
  18. 18Ella1,774 babies
  19. 19Martha1,769 babies
  20. 20Sarah1,755 babies
  21. 21Nellie1,736 babies
  22. 22Edna1,687 babies
  23. 23Lillian1,656 babies
  24. 24Carrie1,647 babies
  25. 25Laura1,624 babies
  26. 26Pearl1,591 babies
  27. 27Rose1,590 babies
  28. 28Gertrude1,468 babies
  29. 29Edith1,453 babies
  30. 30Frances1,452 babies
  31. 31Cora1,433 babies
  32. 32Maude1,396 babies
  33. 33Louise1,334 babies
  34. 34Eva1,329 babies
  35. 35Myrtle1,310 babies
  36. 36Hattie1,298 babies
  37. 36Jennie1,298 babies
  38. 38Julia1,292 babies
  39. 39Mattie1,268 babies
  40. 40Marie1,258 babies
  41. 41Lillie1,249 babies
  42. 42Catherine1,212 babies
  43. 43Jessie1,200 babies
  44. 44Lula1,173 babies
  45. 45Lena1,162 babies
  46. 46Ada1,116 babies
  47. 47Elsie1,112 babies
  48. 48Agnes1,046 babies
  49. 49Josephine1,001 babies
  50. 50Fannie991 babies
  51. 51Lucy964 babies
  52. 52Blanche942 babies
  53. 53Mamie917 babies
  54. 54Dora898 babies
  55. 54Hazel898 babies
  56. 56Katherine893 babies
  57. 57Maggie882 babies
  58. 58Alma853 babies
  59. 59Ruth850 babies
  60. 60Mae836 babies
  61. 61Nora832 babies
  62. 61Rosa832 babies
  63. 63May782 babies
  64. 64Stella775 babies
  65. 65Effie744 babies
  66. 66Irene722 babies
  67. 67Nettie692 babies
  68. 68Ellen691 babies
  69. 68Sadie691 babies
  70. 70Sallie633 babies
  71. 71Della621 babies
  72. 71Susie621 babies
  73. 73Daisy612 babies
  74. 74Viola596 babies
  75. 75Lizzie593 babies
  76. 76Nancy582 babies
  77. 77Esther572 babies
  78. 78Flora541 babies
  79. 79Willie522 babies
  80. 80Katie516 babies
  81. 81Lottie511 babies
  82. 82Etta500 babies
  83. 83Mildred499 babies
  84. 84Georgia477 babies
  85. 85Lydia472 babies
  86. 86Maud469 babies
  87. 87Olive465 babies
  88. 88Charlotte464 babies
  89. 89Caroline458 babies
  90. 90Emily457 babies
  91. 91Addie455 babies
  92. 92Jane446 babies
  93. 92Kathryn446 babies
  94. 94Ruby445 babies
  95. 95Beulah426 babies
  96. 96Ollie411 babies
  97. 97Amanda404 babies
  98. 98Pauline393 babies
  99. 99Harriet389 babies
  100. 100Virginia385 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1John9,247 babies
  2. 2William8,705 babies
  3. 3James5,562 babies
  4. 4George4,912 babies
  5. 5Charles4,591 babies
  6. 6Frank3,459 babies
  7. 7Joseph2,993 babies
  8. 8Robert2,814 babies
  9. 9Harry2,759 babies
  10. 10Henry2,596 babies
  11. 11Edward2,470 babies
  12. 12Thomas2,449 babies
  13. 13Walter2,040 babies
  14. 14Arthur1,710 babies
  15. 15Fred1,665 babies
  16. 16Albert1,569 babies
  17. 17Clarence1,022 babies
  18. 18Samuel931 babies
  19. 19Louis884 babies
  20. 20Roy856 babies
  21. 21David801 babies
  22. 22Charlie796 babies
  23. 23Joe789 babies
  24. 24Willie786 babies
  25. 25Benjamin781 babies
  26. 26Richard772 babies
  27. 27Ernest766 babies
  28. 28Will707 babies
  29. 29Carl675 babies
  30. 29Earl675 babies
  31. 31Oscar647 babies
  32. 32Jesse637 babies
  33. 33Andrew615 babies
  34. 34Sam607 babies
  35. 35Daniel566 babies
  36. 36Ralph547 babies
  37. 37Alfred536 babies
  38. 38Paul529 babies
  39. 39Elmer527 babies
  40. 40Howard513 babies
  41. 41Peter498 babies
  42. 42Frederick496 babies
  43. 43Herbert485 babies
  44. 44Grover474 babies
  45. 45Raymond469 babies
  46. 46Michael466 babies
  47. 47Ben463 babies
  48. 48Lee430 babies
  49. 49Tom416 babies
  50. 50Lewis412 babies
  51. 51Herman403 babies
  52. 52Harrison400 babies
  53. 53Eugene398 babies
  54. 54Martin378 babies
  55. 55Claude374 babies
  56. 56Jim362 babies
  57. 57Francis353 babies
  58. 57Jacob353 babies
  59. 57Leo353 babies
  60. 60Clyde344 babies
  61. 61Lawrence343 babies
  62. 62Harvey334 babies
  63. 63Ray331 babies
  64. 64Jack329 babies
  65. 65Edgar321 babies
  66. 66Otto312 babies
  67. 67Floyd302 babies
  68. 68Ed301 babies
  69. 69Edwin298 babies
  70. 69Harold298 babies
  71. 71Guy297 babies
  72. 72Chester288 babies
  73. 73Bert282 babies
  74. 74Luther275 babies
  75. 75Allen260 babies
  76. 76Homer256 babies
  77. 77Charley254 babies
  78. 77Jessie254 babies
  79. 79Hugh253 babies
  80. 80Theodore249 babies
  81. 81Patrick245 babies
  82. 82Alexander237 babies
  83. 83Leonard225 babies
  84. 84Ira222 babies
  85. 85Isaac221 babies
  86. 86August213 babies
  87. 87Bernard207 babies
  88. 88Oliver206 babies
  89. 89Julius197 babies
  90. 90Leon196 babies
  91. 90Philip196 babies
  92. 92Clifford194 babies
  93. 93Anthony193 babies
  94. 93Eddie193 babies
  95. 95Leroy192 babies
  96. 96Archie191 babies
  97. 97Lester189 babies
  98. 98Stephen187 babies
  99. 99Leslie175 babies
  100. 99Lloyd175 babies
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