You can see the popular names of each decade at Baby Name Explorer, but I thought it would be more convenient if I provided a Top 100 for the decades before 1960. This is the 1900s, and I will gradually add more and include links on the Name Data page. Numbers in brackets signify the overall number of babies with that name.

GIRLS Mary (1150) Dorothy (573) Doris (533) Alice (459) Florence (446) Margaret (435) Elsie (432) Gladys (408) Eileen (369) Kathleen (367) Annie (364) Edna (330) Elizabeth (316) Ethel (315) Vera (310) Edith (304) Ivy (303) Thelma (283) Irene (277) Ellen (274) Ruby (240) Violet (235) Marjorie (224) Alma (218) Catherine (217) Olive (203) Hilda (182) Agnes (174) Grace (173) Mabel (169) Nellie (169) Amy (162) Muriel (162) Phyllis (161) Lillian (161) Emily (160) Eva (156) Rita (145) Winifred (142) Ada (137) May (133) Ida (131) Sarah (125) Lilian (116) Hazel (115) Evelyn (110) Myrtle (108) Stella (108) Dulcie (108) Beatrice (101) Lily (101) Frances (99) Linda (95) Gertrude (88) Rose (86) Minnie (84) Clara (84) Daisy (83) Sylvia (83) Lucy (82) Beryl (76) Iris (76) Veronica (75) Enid (74) Mona (72) Ruth (71) Ella (70) Gwendoline (70) Bertha (70) Clarice (68) Marie (68) Mildred (67) Esther (65) Isabel (64) Myra (63) Isabella (63) Helen (62) Louisa (61) Bessie (61) Emma (61) Jane (59) Daphne (59) Constance (57) Doreen (57) Mavis (56) Josephine (55) Pearl (55) Olga (54) Marion (52) Lorna (52) Laura (52) Martha (51) Maud (51) Una (51) Amelia (48) Charlotte (48) Christina (47) Eleanor (46) Leila (43) Ena (43)

BOYS William (1761) John (1652) James (787) George (787) Thomas (693) Arthur (685) Charles (593) Frederick (550) Robert (486) Edward (477) Henry (466) Albert (440) Harold (426) Alfred (372) Walter (358) Ernest (347) Joseph (332) Cecil (327) Norman (300) Reginald (274) Eric (273) Stanley (272) Herbert (263) Jack (224) Roy (197) Richard (195) Frank (185) David (173) Alexander (172) Clarence (167) Victor (167) Harry (158) Raymond (155) Ronald (148) Allan (148) Patrick (140) Gordon (137) Kenneth (136) Leonard (131) Donald (126) Percy (122) Cyril (108) Keith (108) Michael (102) Horace (98) Samuel (97) Vincent (92) Sidney (89) Claude (81) Leo (76) Colin (75) Edwin (75) Hector (70) Wilfred (65) Alan (64) Andrew (64) Archibald (60) Daniel (58) Douglas (58) Aubrey (58) Clifford (56) Bernard (55) Edgar (55) Peter (50) Hugh (49) Mervyn (47) Lawrence (47) Lionel (46) Philip (45) Allen (44) Maurice (44) Stephen (40) Geoffrey (38) Wallace (37) Oswald (36) Noel (36) Percival (35) Benjamin (34) Bertie (34) Clive (33) Malcolm (31) Hilton (30) Oliver (29) Edmund (28) Bruce (28) Athol (28) Laurence (27) Clement (27) Matthew (26) Dudley (26) Ralph (26) Carl (24) Martin (24) Russell (24) Phillip (24) Rupert (23) Christopher (23) Milton (22) Neville (22) Arnold (22)

UNISEX NAMES

1. Leslie (403)
2. Francis (400)
3. Jessie (228)
4. Sydney (157)
5. Jean (132)
6. Lindsay (26)
7. Merle (7)