Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1898

John and Mary topped the list in 1898. The 10 most popular names went to 35% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,288 boy names and 1,974 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1898

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

Top girl names of 1898

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

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1898?
John was the #1 boy name in 1898 (8,159 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (14,406 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1898?
Social Security records list 381,454 babies born in 1898 with names given to at least 5 babies: 122,685 boys and 258,769 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.