United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1898

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 8,159 babies =
  2. 2 William 7,400 babies =
  3. 3 James 5,321 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,853 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 3,557 babies =
  6. 6 Joseph 3,171 babies =
  7. 7 Robert 2,932 babies 1
  8. 8 Frank 2,925 babies 1
  9. 9 Edward 2,337 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 2,161 babies 1
  11. 11 Henry 2,145 babies 1
  12. 12 Harry 2,129 babies 1
  13. 13 Walter 2,002 babies 1
  14. 14 Arthur 1,619 babies =
  15. 15 Fred 1,447 babies 1
  16. 16 Albert 1,417 babies 1
  17. 17 Clarence 1,326 babies =
  18. 18 Willie 1,134 babies =
  19. 19 Dewey 1,115 babies 92
  20. 20 Roy 1,049 babies 1
  21. 21 Paul 991 babies 1
  22. 22 Harold 963 babies 1
  23. 23 Raymond 929 babies 1
  24. 24 Carl 919 babies 1
  25. 25 Earl 883 babies 1
  26. 26 Richard 871 babies 5
  27. 27 Louis 861 babies 4
  28. 28 Ernest 839 babies 1
  29. 29 Joe 827 babies 3
  30. 30 David 815 babies 1
  31. 31 Ralph 803 babies 1
  32. 32 Samuel 749 babies 4
  33. 33 Charlie 728 babies 3
  34. 34 Herbert 716 babies 1
  35. 35 Howard 706 babies 2
  36. 36 Alfred 645 babies 4
  37. 37 Jack 633 babies 5
  38. 38 Andrew 611 babies 2
  39. 39 Leo 588 babies 7
  40. 40 Elmer 583 babies 6
  41. 41 Oscar 546 babies 4
  42. 42 Sam 543 babies 3
  43. 43 Francis 541 babies =
  44. 44 Lawrence 533 babies 3
  45. 45 Daniel 523 babies 6
  46. 46 Lee 498 babies 1
  47. 47 Jesse 476 babies 9
  48. 48 Will 475 babies 4
  49. 49 Eugene 473 babies =
  50. 50 Herman 467 babies =
  51. 51 Floyd 434 babies 3
  52. 52 Michael 434 babies 5
  53. 53 Leonard 421 babies 8
  54. 54 Peter 409 babies 3
  55. 55 Benjamin 405 babies 1
  56. 56 Ray 394 babies 4
  57. 57 Edwin 391 babies 4
  58. 58 Clyde 383 babies =
  59. 59 Claude 371 babies =
  60. 60 Frederick 368 babies 4
  61. 61 Russell 359 babies 3
  62. 62 Lewis 352 babies 7
  63. 63 Martin 339 babies 3
  64. 64 Tom 337 babies 1
  65. 65 Anthony 325 babies 11
  66. 66 Chester 321 babies 1
  67. 67 Clifford 317 babies 1
  68. 68 Leroy 315 babies 2
  69. 69 Ben 310 babies 4
  70. 70 Lester 298 babies 8
  71. 71 Stanley 295 babies 6
  72. 72 Edgar 285 babies 3
  73. 73 Bernard 284 babies 5
  74. 74 Harvey 284 babies 2
  75. 75 Theodore 281 babies 10
  76. 76 Luther 275 babies 5
  77. 77 Jim 269 babies 2
  78. 78 Jessie 267 babies 1
  79. 79 Lloyd 265 babies 5
  80. 80 Otto 259 babies =
  81. 81 Eddie 256 babies 8
  82. 82 Jacob 256 babies 6
  83. 83 Leon 251 babies 2
  84. 84 Hugh 250 babies 2
  85. 85 Homer 246 babies 15
  86. 86 Philip 244 babies 3
  87. 87 Cecil 243 babies 3
  88. 88 Donald 238 babies 4
  89. 89 Ed 228 babies 1
  90. 90 Leslie 228 babies 7
  91. 91 Milton 225 babies 15
  92. 92 Archie 222 babies 3
  93. 93 Patrick 219 babies 6
  94. 94 Guy 215 babies 1
  95. 95 Everett 212 babies 5
  96. 96 Norman 207 babies 5
  97. 97 Victor 205 babies 1
  98. 98 Ira 195 babies 1
  99. 99 Stephen 195 babies 5
  100. 100 Kenneth 191 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 14,406 babies =
  2. 2 Anna 5,773 babies =
  3. 3 Helen 5,230 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 4,696 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 4,249 babies =
  6. 6 Florence 3,790 babies 1
  7. 7 Elizabeth 3,659 babies 1
  8. 8 Ethel 3,531 babies =
  9. 9 Marie 3,435 babies =
  10. 10 Lillian 3,061 babies 1
  11. 11 Alice 2,846 babies 5
  12. 12 Edna 2,813 babies =
  13. 13 Emma 2,788 babies 3
  14. 14 Clara 2,731 babies 1
  15. 15 Grace 2,726 babies 1
  16. 16 Bessie 2,647 babies 1
  17. 17 Bertha 2,642 babies 4
  18. 18 Annie 2,470 babies 2
  19. 19 Hazel 2,439 babies 1
  20. 20 Rose 2,436 babies 1
  21. 21 Minnie 2,409 babies =
  22. 22 Frances 2,379 babies 5
  23. 23 Mabel 2,331 babies 1
  24. 24 Gertrude 2,302 babies 1
  25. 25 Martha 2,184 babies 1
  26. 26 Pearl 2,158 babies 1
  27. 27 Gladys 2,136 babies 5
  28. 28 Mildred 2,101 babies 5
  29. 29 Ida 2,090 babies 5
  30. 30 Myrtle 2,090 babies 1
  31. 31 Esther 2,047 babies 3
  32. 32 Edith 1,981 babies 2
  33. 33 Elsie 1,919 babies 2
  34. 34 Irene 1,902 babies 4
  35. 35 Eva 1,823 babies =
  36. 36 Nellie 1,810 babies 1
  37. 37 Sarah 1,800 babies 3
  38. 38 Laura 1,768 babies 1
  39. 39 Ella 1,715 babies 3
  40. 40 Agnes 1,708 babies =
  41. 41 Catherine 1,705 babies 1
  42. 42 Louise 1,693 babies 1
  43. 43 Dorothy 1,671 babies =
  44. 44 Lillie 1,522 babies =
  45. 45 Julia 1,462 babies =
  46. 46 Josephine 1,425 babies 1
  47. 47 Carrie 1,371 babies 1
  48. 48 Hattie 1,328 babies =
  49. 49 Lena 1,320 babies 1
  50. 50 Mattie 1,314 babies 3
  51. 51 Cora 1,304 babies 2
  52. 52 Alma 1,299 babies 1
  53. 53 Viola 1,272 babies 5
  54. 54 Blanche 1,269 babies 1
  55. 55 Jessie 1,244 babies 3
  56. 56 Mae 1,239 babies 2
  57. 57 Jennie 1,194 babies 1
  58. 58 Ruby 1,191 babies 1
  59. 59 Lucy 1,144 babies 2
  60. 60 Beatrice 1,122 babies 8
  61. 61 Fannie 1,085 babies 6
  62. 62 Marion 1,085 babies 2
  63. 63 Mamie 1,084 babies 4
  64. 64 Lula 1,069 babies 1
  65. 65 Stella 1,062 babies 1
  66. 66 Ada 1,022 babies =
  67. 67 Maude 1,009 babies 5
  68. 68 Dora 929 babies 1
  69. 69 Katherine 914 babies 4
  70. 70 Pauline 900 babies 2
  71. 71 Willie 878 babies 1
  72. 72 Maggie 876 babies 3
  73. 73 Vera 876 babies =
  74. 74 Nora 868 babies 3
  75. 75 Rosa 841 babies 1
  76. 76 Evelyn 836 babies 4
  77. 77 Sadie 808 babies 1
  78. 78 Virginia 801 babies 6
  79. 79 Marguerite 800 babies 1
  80. 80 Lucille 795 babies 2
  81. 81 Ellen 786 babies 4
  82. 82 Beulah 783 babies 1
  83. 83 Effie 714 babies 4
  84. 84 Daisy 712 babies 2
  85. 85 Susie 702 babies =
  86. 86 May 696 babies 5
  87. 87 Nettie 678 babies 3
  88. 88 Lydia 677 babies 5
  89. 89 Kathryn 671 babies 4
  90. 90 Leona 665 babies 1
  91. 91 Della 656 babies 4
  92. 92 Georgia 654 babies 9
  93. 93 Olive 644 babies 1
  94. 94 Emily 628 babies 6
  95. 95 Eleanor 620 babies =
  96. 96 Bernice 619 babies 7
  97. 97 Hilda 610 babies 3
  98. 98 Flora 607 babies 8
  99. 99 Thelma 605 babies 18
  100. 100 Sallie 598 babies 2

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Source: Social Security Administration

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