top 100 girl names in the usa 100 years ago

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i thought it would be interesting to go back exactly 100 years in the usa and see what were the top 100 girl names in 1900-1909. most of them do sound old/dated to me, others are nice. some i had never heard, some sound almost "feminist" to me now for some reason, hah.

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1. Mary  
2. Helen 
3. Margaret 
4. Anna 
5. Ruth 
6. Elizabeth 
7. Dorothy  
8. Marie 
9. Florence 
10. Mildred 
11. Alice  
12. Ethel 
13. Lillian  
14. Gladys  
15. Edna 
16. Frances 
17. Rose  
18. Annie 
19. Grace 
20. Bertha 
21. Emma 
22. Bessie 
23. Clara  
24. Hazel 
25. Irene 
26. Gertrude  
27. Louise 
28. Catherine  
29. Martha  
30. Mabel 
31. Pearl  
32. Edith 
33. Esther 
34. Minnie 
35. Myrtle 
36. Ida 
37. Josephine 
38. Evelyn  
39. Elsie  
40. Eva 
41. Thelma  
42. Ruby  
43. Agnes 
44. Sarah 
45. Viola 
46. Nellie 
47. Beatrice
48. Julia 
49. Laura  
50. Lillie 

 

51. Lucille 
52. Ella 
53. Virginia 
54. Mattie 
55. Pauline  
56. Carrie  
57. Alma 
58. Jessie 
59. Mae 
60. Lena  
61. Willie  
62. Katherine 
63. Blanche  
64. Hattie  
65. Marion 
66. Lucy 
67. Stella  
68. Mamie 
69. Vera  
70. Cora 
71. Fannie 
72. Eleanor 
73. Bernice 
74. Jennie  
75. Ann  
76. Leona  
77. Beulah  
78. Lula  
79. Rosa  
80. Ada 
81. Ellen  
82. Kathryn 
83. Maggie  
84. Doris  
85. Dora 
86. Betty 
87. Marguerite 
88. Violet  
89. Lois  
90. Daisy 
91. Anne 
92. Sadie  
93. Susie 
94. Nora  
95. Georgia 
96. Maude 
97. Marjorie 
98. Opal 
99. Hilda 
100. Velma

Comments

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

My niece's name is Leona. :)

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

I love almost all of them, seriously. Swoon swoon swoon :)

[lava-sharks.livejournal.com]

i frickin hate ava/eva.

i do like mabel, and lucille, and opal.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love so many of these!

Mary
Margaret
Anna
Ruth
Elizabeth
Florence
Alice
Frances
Rose
Grace
Emma
Clara
Gertrude
Louise
Catherine
Martha
Pearl
Edith
Josephine
Evelyn
Agnes
Sarah
Viola
Beatrice
Virginia
Mae
Katherine
Hattie
Lucy
Cora
Eleanor
Lula
Ada
Ellen
Maggie
Marguerite
Violet
Anne
Nora
Georgia
Marjorie
Opal

[anodetonoone.livejournal.com]

Mary
Elizabeth
Alice
Emma
Clara
Catherine
Evelyn
Beatrice
Julia (me!)
Lucy
Stella
Cora
Eleanor
Nora

[anodetonoone.livejournal.com]

But, really, I love most of them. I love old fashioned names =)

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I did a family tree going back to great great grandparents and I see all their names in the top 50 - lol. Ida, Minnie, Josephine, Clara...

[malsywals.livejournal.com]

my daughter's name is esther. she's 4 weeks old!!

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Emma
Catherine
Esther
Evelyn
Eva
Ruby
Lucy
Cora
Eleanor
Ellen
Anne
Nora

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like:

Mary
Frances
Hazel
Esther
Ruby
Agnes
Virginia
Blanche
Lucy
Eleanor
Violet
Lois
Daisy

And out of the ones that I like, ten of them are actually on my list.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I love a lot of these:

Lillian
Rose
Emma
Clara
Hazel
Irene
Louise
Catherine
Mabel
Pearl
Ida
Josephine
Evelyn
Ruby
Viola
Lucille
Ella
Mae
Lena
Marion
Lucy
Stella
Vera
Cora
Eleanor
Leona
Violet
Nora
Opal

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I like:
Helen
Anna*
Florence*
Alice*
Lillian
Frances
Rose*
Clara
Hazel
Martha
Edith
Josephine
Julia
Ella
Mae*
Lena
Lucy
Eleanor
Rosa
Doris
Lois
Sadie*
Georgia

My top favorites have an asterisk. I LOVE the name Florence. Have loved it ever since I was 13 and heard it for the first time (it's uncommon here).

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Mary
Anna
Elizabeth
Dorothy
Florence
Alice
Ethel
Lillian
Frances
Grace
Clara
Hazel
Louise
Catherine
Martha
Pearl
Josephine
Evelyn
Ruby
Sarah
Julia
Laura
Lillie
Lucille
Virginia
Mae
Marion
Lucy
Eleanor
Ellen
Maggie
Violet
Nora
Georgia
Opal

Even the ones I don't like, I like. This list is so much more freaking classy than the Top 100 of today.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like:
Mary
Annie
Catherine
Sarah
Carrie
Katherine
Lucy
Jennie
Kathryn
Susie

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I LIKE:
11. Alice
13. Lillian
19. Grace
37. Josephine
38. Evelyn
39. Elsie
40. Eva
42. Ruby
45. Viola
48. Julia
51. Lucille
52. Ella
66. Lucy
70. Cora
72. Eleanor
79. Rosa
80. Ada
88. Violet
95. Georgia