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Most popular baby names of 1898

In 1898, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary14,406
  2. 2Anna5,773
  3. 3Helen5,230
  4. 4Margaret4,696
  5. 5Ruth4,249
  6. 6Florence3,790
  7. 7Elizabeth3,659
  8. 8Ethel3,531
  9. 9Marie3,435
  10. 10Lillian3,061
  11. 11Alice2,846
  12. 12Edna2,813
  13. 13Emma2,788
  14. 14Clara2,731
  15. 15Grace2,726
  16. 16Bessie2,647
  17. 17Bertha2,642
  18. 18Annie2,470
  19. 19Hazel2,439
  20. 20Rose2,436
  21. 21Minnie2,409
  22. 22Frances2,379
  23. 23Mabel2,331
  24. 24Gertrude2,302
  25. 25Martha2,184
  26. 26Pearl2,158
  27. 27Gladys2,136
  28. 28Mildred2,101
  29. 29Ida2,090
  30. 30Myrtle2,090
  31. 31Esther2,047
  32. 32Edith1,981
  33. 33Elsie1,919
  34. 34Irene1,902
  35. 35Eva1,823
  36. 36Nellie1,810
  37. 37Sarah1,800
  38. 38Laura1,768
  39. 39Ella1,715
  40. 40Agnes1,708
  41. 41Catherine1,705
  42. 42Louise1,693
  43. 43Dorothy1,671
  44. 44Lillie1,522
  45. 45Julia1,462
  46. 46Josephine1,425
  47. 47Carrie1,371
  48. 48Hattie1,328
  49. 49Lena1,320
  50. 50Mattie1,314
  51. 51Cora1,304
  52. 52Alma1,299
  53. 53Viola1,272
  54. 54Blanche1,269
  55. 55Jessie1,244
  56. 56Mae1,239
  57. 57Jennie1,194
  58. 58Ruby1,191
  59. 59Lucy1,144
  60. 60Beatrice1,122
  61. 61Fannie1,085
  62. 62Marion1,085
  63. 63Mamie1,084
  64. 64Lula1,069
  65. 65Stella1,062
  66. 66Ada1,022
  67. 67Maude1,009
  68. 68Dora929
  69. 69Katherine914
  70. 70Pauline900
  71. 71Willie878
  72. 72Maggie876
  73. 73Vera876
  74. 74Nora868
  75. 75Rosa841
  76. 76Evelyn836
  77. 77Sadie808
  78. 78Virginia801
  79. 79Marguerite800
  80. 80Lucille795
  81. 81Ellen786
  82. 82Beulah783
  83. 83Effie714
  84. 84Daisy712
  85. 85Susie702
  86. 86May696
  87. 87Nettie678
  88. 88Lydia677
  89. 89Kathryn671
  90. 90Leona665
  91. 91Della656
  92. 92Georgia654
  93. 93Olive644
  94. 94Emily628
  95. 95Eleanor620
  96. 96Bernice619
  97. 97Hilda610
  98. 98Flora607
  99. 99Thelma605
  100. 100Sallie598

Boys

  1. 1John8,159
  2. 2William7,400
  3. 3James5,321
  4. 4George4,853
  5. 5Charles3,557
  6. 6Joseph3,171
  7. 7Robert2,932
  8. 8Frank2,925
  9. 9Edward2,337
  10. 10Thomas2,161
  11. 11Henry2,145
  12. 12Harry2,129
  13. 13Walter2,002
  14. 14Arthur1,619
  15. 15Fred1,447
  16. 16Albert1,417
  17. 17Clarence1,326
  18. 18Willie1,134
  19. 19Dewey1,115
  20. 20Roy1,049
  21. 21Paul991
  22. 22Harold963
  23. 23Raymond929
  24. 24Carl919
  25. 25Earl883
  26. 26Richard871
  27. 27Louis861
  28. 28Ernest839
  29. 29Joe827
  30. 30David815
  31. 31Ralph803
  32. 32Samuel749
  33. 33Charlie728
  34. 34Herbert716
  35. 35Howard706
  36. 36Alfred645
  37. 37Jack633
  38. 38Andrew611
  39. 39Leo588
  40. 40Elmer583
  41. 41Oscar546
  42. 42Sam543
  43. 43Francis541
  44. 44Lawrence533
  45. 45Daniel523
  46. 46Lee498
  47. 47Jesse476
  48. 48Will475
  49. 49Eugene473
  50. 50Herman467
  51. 51Floyd434
  52. 52Michael434
  53. 53Leonard421
  54. 54Peter409
  55. 55Benjamin405
  56. 56Ray394
  57. 57Edwin391
  58. 58Clyde383
  59. 59Claude371
  60. 60Frederick368
  61. 61Russell359
  62. 62Lewis352
  63. 63Martin339
  64. 64Tom337
  65. 65Anthony325
  66. 66Chester321
  67. 67Clifford317
  68. 68Leroy315
  69. 69Ben310
  70. 70Lester298
  71. 71Stanley295
  72. 72Edgar285
  73. 73Bernard284
  74. 74Harvey284
  75. 75Theodore281
  76. 76Luther275
  77. 77Jim269
  78. 78Jessie267
  79. 79Lloyd265
  80. 80Otto259
  81. 81Eddie256
  82. 82Jacob256
  83. 83Leon251
  84. 84Hugh250
  85. 85Homer246
  86. 86Philip244
  87. 87Cecil243
  88. 88Donald238
  89. 89Ed228
  90. 90Leslie228
  91. 91Milton225
  92. 92Archie222
  93. 93Patrick219
  94. 94Guy215
  95. 95Everett212
  96. 96Norman207
  97. 97Victor205
  98. 98Ira195
  99. 99Stephen195
  100. 100Kenneth191

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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