1898
Top Baby Names of 1898
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 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 29
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 61
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 72
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
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Boy Names
Top 100 in 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
Michael 434 51
Floyd 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
Harvey 284 73
Bernard 284 75
Theodore 281 76
Luther 275 77
Jim 269 78
Jessie 267 79
Lloyd 265 80
Otto 259 81
Jacob 256 81
Eddie 256 83
Leon 251 84
Hugh 250 85
Homer 246 86
Philip 244 87
Cecil 243 88
Donald 238 89
Ed 228 89
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 98
Stephen 195 100
Kenneth 191
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About 1898 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1898, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.
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