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Most Popular Baby Names Of 1898

The 100 most-used girls’ and boys’ names among U.S. births in 1898 — 381,432 recorded births in total that year.

18971899 The 1890s as a wholeNames that peaked in 1898

Girls’ names

  1. 1Mary14,4065.6%
  2. 2Anna5,7732.2%
  3. 3Helen5,2302.0%
  4. 4Margaret4,6961.8%
  5. 5Ruth4,2491.6%
  6. 6Florence3,7901.5%
  7. 7Elizabeth3,6591.4%
  8. 8Ethel3,5311.4%
  9. 9Marie3,4351.3%
  10. 10Lillian3,0611.2%
  11. 11Alice2,8461.1%
  12. 12Edna2,8131.1%
  13. 13Emma2,7881.1%
  14. 14Clara2,7311.1%
  15. 15Grace2,7261.1%
  16. 16Bessie2,6471.0%
  17. 17Bertha2,6421.0%
  18. 18Annie2,4701.0%
  19. 19Hazel2,4390.9%
  20. 20Rose2,4360.9%
  21. 21Minnie2,4090.9%
  22. 22Frances2,3790.9%
  23. 23Mabel2,3310.9%
  24. 24Gertrude2,3020.9%
  25. 25Martha2,1840.8%
  26. 26Pearl2,1580.8%
  27. 27Gladys2,1360.8%
  28. 28Mildred2,1010.8%
  29. 29Ida2,0900.8%
  30. 30Myrtle2,0900.8%
  31. 31Esther2,0470.8%
  32. 32Edith1,9810.8%
  33. 33Elsie1,9190.7%
  34. 34Irene1,9020.7%
  35. 35Eva1,8230.7%
  36. 36Nellie1,8100.7%
  37. 37Sarah1,8000.7%
  38. 38Laura1,7680.7%
  39. 39Ella1,7150.7%
  40. 40Agnes1,7080.7%
  41. 41Catherine1,7050.7%
  42. 42Louise1,6930.7%
  43. 43Dorothy1,6710.6%
  44. 44Lillie1,5220.6%
  45. 45Julia1,4620.6%
  46. 46Josephine1,4250.6%
  47. 47Carrie1,3710.5%
  48. 48Hattie1,3280.5%
  49. 49Lena1,3200.5%
  50. 50Mattie1,3140.5%
  51. 51Cora1,3040.5%
  52. 52Alma1,2990.5%
  53. 53Viola1,2720.5%
  54. 54Blanche1,2690.5%
  55. 55Jessie1,2440.5%
  56. 56Mae1,2390.5%
  57. 57Jennie1,1940.5%
  58. 58Ruby1,1910.5%
  59. 59Lucy1,1440.4%
  60. 60Beatrice1,1220.4%
  61. 61Fannie1,0850.4%
  62. 62Marion1,0850.4%
  63. 63Mamie1,0840.4%
  64. 64Lula1,0690.4%
  65. 65Stella1,0620.4%
  66. 66Ada1,0220.4%
  67. 67Maude1,0090.4%
  68. 68Dora9290.4%
  69. 69Katherine9140.4%
  70. 70Pauline9000.3%
  71. 71Willie8780.3%
  72. 72Maggie8760.3%
  73. 73Vera8760.3%
  74. 74Nora8680.3%
  75. 75Rosa8410.3%
  76. 76Evelyn8360.3%
  77. 77Sadie8080.3%
  78. 78Virginia8010.3%
  79. 79Marguerite8000.3%
  80. 80Lucille7950.3%
  81. 81Ellen7860.3%
  82. 82Beulah7830.3%
  83. 83Effie7140.3%
  84. 84Daisy7120.3%
  85. 85Susie7020.3%
  86. 86May6960.3%
  87. 87Nettie6780.3%
  88. 88Lydia6770.3%
  89. 89Kathryn6710.3%
  90. 90Leona6650.3%
  91. 91Della6560.3%
  92. 92Georgia6540.3%
  93. 93Olive6440.2%
  94. 94Emily6280.2%
  95. 95Eleanor6200.2%
  96. 96Bernice6190.2%
  97. 97Hilda6100.2%
  98. 98Flora6070.2%
  99. 99Thelma6050.2%
  100. 100Sallie5980.2%

Boys’ names

  1. 1John8,1596.7%
  2. 2William7,4006.0%
  3. 3James5,3214.3%
  4. 4George4,8534.0%
  5. 5Charles3,5572.9%
  6. 6Joseph3,1712.6%
  7. 7Robert2,9322.4%
  8. 8Frank2,9252.4%
  9. 9Edward2,3371.9%
  10. 10Thomas2,1611.8%
  11. 11Henry2,1451.7%
  12. 12Harry2,1291.7%
  13. 13Walter2,0021.6%
  14. 14Arthur1,6191.3%
  15. 15Fred1,4471.2%
  16. 16Albert1,4171.2%
  17. 17Clarence1,3261.1%
  18. 18Willie1,1340.9%
  19. 19Dewey1,1150.9%
  20. 20Roy1,0490.9%
  21. 21Paul9910.8%
  22. 22Harold9630.8%
  23. 23Raymond9290.8%
  24. 24Carl9190.7%
  25. 25Earl8830.7%
  26. 26Richard8710.7%
  27. 27Louis8610.7%
  28. 28Ernest8390.7%
  29. 29Joe8270.7%
  30. 30David8150.7%
  31. 31Ralph8030.7%
  32. 32Samuel7490.6%
  33. 33Charlie7280.6%
  34. 34Herbert7160.6%
  35. 35Howard7060.6%
  36. 36Alfred6450.5%
  37. 37Jack6330.5%
  38. 38Andrew6110.5%
  39. 39Leo5880.5%
  40. 40Elmer5830.5%
  41. 41Oscar5460.4%
  42. 42Sam5430.4%
  43. 43Francis5410.4%
  44. 44Lawrence5330.4%
  45. 45Daniel5230.4%
  46. 46Lee4980.4%
  47. 47Jesse4760.4%
  48. 48Will4750.4%
  49. 49Eugene4730.4%
  50. 50Herman4670.4%
  51. 51Floyd4340.4%
  52. 52Michael4340.4%
  53. 53Leonard4210.3%
  54. 54Peter4090.3%
  55. 55Benjamin4050.3%
  56. 56Ray3940.3%
  57. 57Edwin3910.3%
  58. 58Clyde3830.3%
  59. 59Claude3710.3%
  60. 60Frederick3680.3%
  61. 61Russell3590.3%
  62. 62Lewis3520.3%
  63. 63Martin3390.3%
  64. 64Tom3370.3%
  65. 65Anthony3250.3%
  66. 66Chester3210.3%
  67. 67Clifford3170.3%
  68. 68Leroy3150.3%
  69. 69Ben3100.3%
  70. 70Lester2980.2%
  71. 71Stanley2950.2%
  72. 72Edgar2850.2%
  73. 73Bernard2840.2%
  74. 74Harvey2840.2%
  75. 75Theodore2810.2%
  76. 76Luther2750.2%
  77. 77Jim2690.2%
  78. 78Jessie2670.2%
  79. 79Lloyd2650.2%
  80. 80Otto2590.2%
  81. 81Eddie2560.2%
  82. 82Jacob2560.2%
  83. 83Leon2510.2%
  84. 84Hugh2500.2%
  85. 85Homer2460.2%
  86. 86Philip2440.2%
  87. 87Cecil2430.2%
  88. 88Donald2380.2%
  89. 89Ed2280.2%
  90. 90Leslie2280.2%
  91. 91Milton2250.2%
  92. 92Archie2220.2%
  93. 93Patrick2190.2%
  94. 94Guy2150.2%
  95. 95Everett2120.2%
  96. 96Norman2070.2%
  97. 97Victor2050.2%
  98. 98Ira1950.2%
  99. 99Stephen1950.2%
  100. 100Kenneth1910.2%

Percentages are each name’s share of all 1898 applications for that sex — a useful reminder of how much more concentrated naming used to be. In 1880 the top girls’ name alone accounted for several percent of all girls; today the #1 name is well under one percent.

Counts are based on U.S. births and are tracked separately for girls and boys. Names used fewer than 5 times in a year aren’t published for that year, so totals here are a floor — the shortfall is largest in the sparse early years.