United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1899

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 6,990 babies =
  2. 2 William 6,086 babies =
  3. 3 James 4,597 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,018 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 3,147 babies =
  6. 6 Joseph 2,679 babies =
  7. 7 Robert 2,609 babies =
  8. 8 Frank 2,550 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 1,901 babies =
  10. 10 Henry 1,831 babies 1
  11. 11 Thomas 1,811 babies 1
  12. 12 Walter 1,750 babies 1
  13. 13 Harry 1,732 babies 1
  14. 14 Arthur 1,357 babies =
  15. 15 Albert 1,210 babies 1
  16. 16 Fred 1,182 babies 1
  17. 17 Clarence 1,139 babies =
  18. 18 Willie 1,088 babies =
  19. 19 Harold 914 babies 3
  20. 20 Roy 912 babies =
  21. 21 Paul 885 babies =
  22. 22 Raymond 869 babies 1
  23. 23 Earl 821 babies 2
  24. 24 Joe 780 babies 5
  25. 25 Carl 774 babies 1
  26. 26 Louis 770 babies 1
  27. 27 Ernest 744 babies 1
  28. 28 Richard 744 babies 2
  29. 29 Ralph 742 babies 2
  30. 30 Samuel 704 babies 2
  31. 31 Charlie 678 babies 2
  32. 32 David 646 babies 2
  33. 33 Herbert 590 babies 1
  34. 34 Howard 589 babies 1
  35. 35 Jack 582 babies 2
  36. 36 Andrew 578 babies 2
  37. 37 Elmer 514 babies 3
  38. 38 Francis 501 babies 5
  39. 39 Dewey 499 babies 20
  40. 40 Lawrence 497 babies 4
  41. 41 Alfred 496 babies 5
  42. 42 Daniel 485 babies 3
  43. 43 Leo 482 babies 4
  44. 44 Sam 469 babies 2
  45. 45 Eugene 449 babies 4
  46. 46 Oscar 447 babies 5
  47. 47 Jesse 423 babies =
  48. 48 Will 414 babies =
  49. 49 Herman 413 babies 1
  50. 50 Lee 388 babies 4
  51. 51 Michael 375 babies 1
  52. 52 Floyd 356 babies 1
  53. 53 Peter 354 babies 1
  54. 54 Lewis 352 babies 8
  55. 55 Frederick 350 babies 5
  56. 56 Russell 338 babies 5
  57. 57 Benjamin 335 babies 2
  58. 58 Clyde 330 babies =
  59. 59 Edwin 329 babies 2
  60. 60 Leonard 321 babies 7
  61. 61 Ray 315 babies 5
  62. 62 Clifford 297 babies 5
  63. 63 Claude 293 babies 4
  64. 64 Anthony 291 babies 1
  65. 65 Lester 290 babies 5
  66. 66 Chester 288 babies =
  67. 67 Tom 288 babies 3
  68. 68 Lloyd 287 babies 11
  69. 69 Leroy 269 babies 1
  70. 70 Jessie 261 babies 8
  71. 71 Jim 261 babies 6
  72. 72 Martin 260 babies 9
  73. 73 Ben 259 babies 4
  74. 74 Donald 258 babies 14
  75. 75 Eddie 258 babies 6
  76. 76 Stanley 258 babies 5
  77. 77 Cecil 256 babies 10
  78. 78 Theodore 252 babies 3
  79. 79 Harvey 251 babies 5
  80. 80 Edgar 249 babies 8
  81. 81 Luther 248 babies 5
  82. 82 Homer 239 babies 3
  83. 83 Norman 223 babies 13
  84. 84 Philip 223 babies 2
  85. 85 Bernard 222 babies 12
  86. 86 Patrick 221 babies 7
  87. 87 Kenneth 214 babies 13
  88. 88 Hugh 209 babies 4
  89. 89 Milton 207 babies 2
  90. 90 Guy 200 babies 4
  91. 91 Allen 191 babies 12
  92. 92 Jacob 189 babies 10
  93. 93 Leon 188 babies 10
  94. 94 Otis 185 babies 13
  95. 95 Everett 181 babies =
  96. 96 Leslie 181 babies 6
  97. 97 Alexander 178 babies 9
  98. 98 Stephen 178 babies 1
  99. 99 Archie 177 babies 7
  100. 100 Victor 175 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 13,172 babies =
  2. 2 Anna 5,115 babies =
  3. 3 Helen 5,048 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 4,249 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 3,912 babies =
  6. 6 Florence 3,314 babies =
  7. 7 Elizabeth 3,287 babies =
  8. 8 Marie 3,156 babies 1
  9. 9 Ethel 2,999 babies 1
  10. 10 Lillian 2,703 babies =
  11. 11 Edna 2,534 babies 1
  12. 12 Alice 2,523 babies 1
  13. 13 Emma 2,445 babies =
  14. 14 Clara 2,441 babies =
  15. 15 Grace 2,353 babies =
  16. 16 Bertha 2,294 babies 1
  17. 17 Mildred 2,291 babies 11
  18. 18 Annie 2,289 babies =
  19. 19 Bessie 2,280 babies 3
  20. 20 Gladys 2,228 babies 7
  21. 21 Rose 2,197 babies 1
  22. 22 Mabel 2,127 babies 1
  23. 23 Gertrude 2,110 babies 1
  24. 24 Frances 2,058 babies 2
  25. 25 Minnie 2,036 babies 4
  26. 26 Hazel 2,033 babies 7
  27. 27 Pearl 1,999 babies 1
  28. 28 Martha 1,907 babies 3
  29. 29 Esther 1,823 babies 2
  30. 30 Myrtle 1,821 babies =
  31. 31 Ida 1,804 babies 2
  32. 32 Edith 1,794 babies =
  33. 33 Elsie 1,706 babies =
  34. 34 Irene 1,703 babies =
  35. 35 Dorothy 1,687 babies 8
  36. 36 Catherine 1,628 babies 5
  37. 37 Agnes 1,611 babies 3
  38. 38 Sarah 1,587 babies 1
  39. 39 Eva 1,582 babies 4
  40. 40 Louise 1,536 babies 2
  41. 41 Nellie 1,510 babies 5
  42. 42 Ella 1,502 babies 3
  43. 43 Laura 1,472 babies 5
  44. 44 Josephine 1,388 babies 2
  45. 45 Lillie 1,350 babies 1
  46. 46 Carrie 1,346 babies 1
  47. 47 Julia 1,297 babies 2
  48. 48 Mattie 1,171 babies 2
  49. 49 Lena 1,159 babies =
  50. 50 Viola 1,156 babies 3
  51. 51 Alma 1,146 babies 1
  52. 52 Ruby 1,103 babies 6
  53. 53 Hattie 1,087 babies 5
  54. 54 Jessie 1,081 babies 1
  55. 55 Blanche 1,063 babies 1
  56. 56 Beatrice 1,061 babies 4
  57. 57 Jennie 1,061 babies =
  58. 58 Cora 1,056 babies 7
  59. 59 Mae 1,035 babies 3
  60. 60 Lucy 1,018 babies 1
  61. 61 Ada 984 babies 5
  62. 62 Stella 975 babies 3
  63. 63 Marion 973 babies 1
  64. 64 Mamie 966 babies 1
  65. 65 Katherine 942 babies 4
  66. 66 Maude 908 babies 1
  67. 67 Lula 894 babies 3
  68. 68 Fannie 886 babies 7
  69. 69 Vera 864 babies 4
  70. 70 Maggie 814 babies 2
  71. 71 Lucille 812 babies 9
  72. 72 Pauline 811 babies 2
  73. 73 Willie 806 babies 2
  74. 74 Evelyn 802 babies 2
  75. 75 Virginia 776 babies 3
  76. 76 Beulah 770 babies 6
  77. 77 Rosa 765 babies 2
  78. 78 Thelma 736 babies 21
  79. 79 Dora 718 babies 11
  80. 80 Nora 709 babies 6
  81. 81 Ellen 708 babies =
  82. 82 Sadie 705 babies 5
  83. 83 Marguerite 693 babies 4
  84. 84 Leona 665 babies 6
  85. 85 Daisy 660 babies 1
  86. 86 Susie 622 babies 1
  87. 87 Hilda 621 babies 10
  88. 88 Kathryn 621 babies 1
  89. 89 Nettie 611 babies 2
  90. 90 Effie 597 babies 7
  91. 91 Della 595 babies =
  92. 92 Ann 586 babies 9
  93. 93 Lottie 584 babies 9
  94. 94 Eleanor 575 babies 1
  95. 95 May 571 babies 9
  96. 96 Emily 569 babies 2
  97. 97 Lydia 566 babies 9
  98. 98 Olive 565 babies 5
  99. 99 Georgia 553 babies 7
  100. 100 Sallie 544 babies =

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Source: Social Security Administration

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