Popular baby names of 1898

In 1898, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (14,406 babies) and John for boys (8,159). Social Security records show 381,454 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 1,975 girls' names and 1,289 boys' names.

1898 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 20.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 34.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Georgia, Bernice, Flora, Thelma.
New in the boys' top 100: Dewey, Milton, Kenneth.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1898

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1897
1	Mary	14,406	–
2	Anna	5,773	–
3	Helen	5,230	–
4	Margaret	4,696	–
5	Ruth	4,249	–
6	Florence	3,790	↑1
7	Elizabeth	3,659	↓1
8	Ethel	3,531	–
9	Marie	3,435	–
10	Lillian	3,061	↑1
11	Alice	2,846	↑5
12	Edna	2,813	–
13	Emma	2,788	↓3
14	Clara	2,731	↑1
15	Grace	2,726	↓1
16	Bessie	2,647	↑1
17	Bertha	2,642	↓4
18	Annie	2,470	↑2
19	Hazel	2,439	↓1
20	Rose	2,436	↓1
21	Minnie	2,409	–
22	Frances	2,379	↑5
23	Mabel	2,331	↓1
24	Gertrude	2,302	↓1
25	Martha	2,184	↑1
26	Pearl	2,158	↓1
27	Gladys	2,136	↑5
28	Mildred	2,101	↑5
29	Ida	2,090	↓5
30	Myrtle	2,090	↓1
31	Esther	2,047	↓3
32	Edith	1,981	↓2
33	Elsie	1,919	↓2
34	Irene	1,902	↑4
35	Eva	1,823	–
36	Nellie	1,810	↑1
37	Sarah	1,800	↓3
38	Laura	1,768	↑1
39	Ella	1,715	↓3
40	Agnes	1,708	–
41	Catherine	1,705	↑1
42	Louise	1,693	↓1
43	Dorothy	1,671	–
44	Lillie	1,522	–
45	Julia	1,462	–
46	Josephine	1,425	↑1
47	Carrie	1,371	↓1
48	Hattie	1,328	–
49	Lena	1,320	↑1
50	Mattie	1,314	↑3
51	Cora	1,304	↓2
52	Alma	1,299	↓1
53	Viola	1,272	↑5
54	Blanche	1,269	↑1
55	Jessie	1,244	↓3
56	Mae	1,239	↓2
57	Jennie	1,194	↓1
58	Ruby	1,191	↓1
59	Lucy	1,144	↑2
60	Beatrice	1,122	↑8
61	Fannie	1,085	↑6
62	Marion	1,085	↓2
63	Mamie	1,084	↓4
64	Lula	1,069	↓1
65	Stella	1,062	↓1
66	Ada	1,022	–
67	Maude	1,009	↓5
68	Dora	929	↑1
69	Katherine	914	↓4
70	Pauline	900	↑2
71	Willie	878	↓1
72	Maggie	876	↑3
73	Vera	876	–
74	Nora	868	↓3
75	Rosa	841	↓1
76	Evelyn	836	↑4
77	Sadie	808	↓1
78	Virginia	801	↑6
79	Marguerite	800	↓1
80	Lucille	795	↑2
81	Ellen	786	↓4
82	Beulah	783	↓1
83	Effie	714	↓4
84	Daisy	712	↑2
85	Susie	702	–
86	May	696	↑5
87	Nettie	678	↑3
88	Lydia	677	↓5
89	Kathryn	671	↑4
90	Leona	665	↓1
91	Della	656	↓4
92	Georgia	654	new
93	Olive	644	↓1
94	Emily	628	↓6
95	Eleanor	620	–
96	Bernice	619	new
97	Hilda	610	↓3
98	Flora	607	new
99	Thelma	605	new
100	Sallie	598	↓2

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1897
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	↑1
8	Frank	2,925	↓1
9	Edward	2,337	–
10	Thomas	2,161	↑1
11	Henry	2,145	↓1
12	Harry	2,129	↑1
13	Walter	2,002	↓1
14	Arthur	1,619	–
15	Fred	1,447	↑1
16	Albert	1,417	↓1
17	Clarence	1,326	–
18	Willie	1,134	–
19	Dewey	1,115	new
20	Roy	1,049	↓1
21	Paul	991	↓1
22	Harold	963	↓1
23	Raymond	929	↓1
24	Carl	919	↑1
25	Earl	883	↓1
26	Richard	871	↑5
27	Louis	861	↓4
28	Ernest	839	↓1
29	Joe	827	↓3
30	David	815	↓1
31	Ralph	803	↑1
32	Samuel	749	↓4
33	Charlie	728	↓3
34	Herbert	716	↑1
35	Howard	706	↓2
36	Alfred	645	↑4
37	Jack	633	↑5
38	Andrew	611	↓2
39	Leo	588	↑7
40	Elmer	583	↓6
41	Oscar	546	↓4
42	Sam	543	↑3
43	Francis	541	–
44	Lawrence	533	↓3
45	Daniel	523	↓6
46	Lee	498	↑1
47	Jesse	476	↓9
48	Will	475	↓4
49	Eugene	473	–
50	Herman	467	–
51	Floyd	434	↓3
52	Michael	434	↑5
53	Leonard	421	↑8
54	Peter	409	↓3
55	Benjamin	405	↓1
56	Ray	394	↓4
57	Edwin	391	↓4
58	Clyde	383	–
59	Claude	371	–
60	Frederick	368	↓4
61	Russell	359	↑3
62	Lewis	352	↓7
63	Martin	339	↓3
64	Tom	337	↓1
65	Anthony	325	↑11
66	Chester	321	↑1
67	Clifford	317	↑1
68	Leroy	315	↓2
69	Ben	310	↓4
70	Lester	298	↓8
71	Stanley	295	↑6
72	Edgar	285	↓3
73	Bernard	284	↑5
74	Harvey	284	↓2
75	Theodore	281	↑10
76	Luther	275	↓5
77	Jim	269	↓2
78	Jessie	267	↑1
79	Lloyd	265	↓5
80	Otto	259	–
81	Eddie	256	↓8
82	Jacob	256	↑6
83	Leon	251	↓2
84	Hugh	250	↑2
85	Homer	246	↓15
86	Philip	244	↑3
87	Cecil	243	↓3
88	Donald	238	↑4
89	Ed	228	↑1
90	Leslie	228	↓7
91	Milton	225	new
92	Archie	222	↑3
93	Patrick	219	↓6
94	Guy	215	↓1
95	Everett	212	↑5
96	Norman	207	↓5
97	Victor	205	↓1
98	Ira	195	↑1
99	Stephen	195	↓5
100	Kenneth	191	new

Every name given in 1898

All 3,264 names Social Security recorded for 1898, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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