Baby Names Through the Years

According to a recent Babynames.com survey, 25 percent of respondents dislike their given name, and 17 percent have changed it.

Check out a list of top names from the past 100+ years.

1900

• John
• William
• James
• George
• Charles
• Joseph
• Frank
• Henry
• Robert
• Harry

1950

• John
• James
• Robert
• William
• Michael
• David
• Richard
• Thomas
• Charles
• Gary

2002

• Jacob
• Michael
• Joshua
• Matthew
• Ethan
• Joseph
• Andrew
• Christopher
• Daniel
• Nicholas

1900

• Mary
• Helen
• Anna
• Margaret
• Ruth
• Elizabeth
• Marie
• Rose

Florence

Bertha

1950

• Linda
• Mary
• Patricia
• Barbara
• Susan
• Maria
• Sandra
• Nancy
• Deborah
• Kathleen

2002

• Emily
• Madison
• Hannah
• Emma
• Alexis
• Ashley
• Abigail
• Sarah
• Samantha
• Olivia

Copyright©: 2004. Reprinted with permission of Parents Expecting Spring 2004 issue.