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No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 1898 # Top Baby Names of 1898 The most popular baby names in the United States [ 2020s ](/decade/2020s)[ 2010s ](/decade/2010s)[ 2000s ](/decade/2000s)[ 1990s ](/decade/1990s)[ 1980s ](/decade/1980s)[ 1970s ](/decade/1970s)[ 1960s ](/decade/1960s)[ 1950s ](/decade/1950s)[ 1940s ](/decade/1940s)[ 1930s ](/decade/1930s)[ 1920s ](/decade/1920s)[ 1910s ](/decade/1910s)[ 1900s ](/decade/1900s)[ 1890s ](/decade/1890s)[ 1880s ](/decade/1880s) [ 1890 ](/year/1890)[ 1891 ](/year/1891)[ 1892 ](/year/1892)[ 1893 ](/year/1893)[ 1894 ](/year/1894)[ 1895 ](/year/1895)[ 1896 ](/year/1896)[ 1897 ](/year/1897)[ 1898 ](/year/1898)[ 1899 ](/year/1899) 👧 ## Girl Names Top 100 in 1898 [ 1 Mary 14,406 ](/mary)[ 2 Anna 5,773 ](/anna)[ 3 Helen 5,230 ](/helen)[ 4 Margaret 4,696 ](/margaret)[ 5 Ruth 4,249 ](/ruth)[ 6 Florence 3,790 ](/florence)[ 7 Elizabeth 3,659 ](/elizabeth)[ 8 Ethel 3,531 ](/ethel)[ 9 Marie 3,435 ](/marie)[ 10 Lillian 3,061 ](/lillian)[ 11 Alice 2,846 ](/alice)[ 12 Edna 2,813 ](/edna)[ 13 Emma 2,788 ](/emma)[ 14 Clara 2,731 ](/clara)[ 15 Grace 2,726 ](/grace)[ 16 Bessie 2,647 ](/bessie)[ 17 Bertha 2,642 ](/bertha)[ 18 Annie 2,470 ](/annie)[ 19 Hazel 2,439 ](/hazel)[ 20 Rose 2,436 ](/rose)[ 21 Minnie 2,409 ](/minnie)[ 22 Frances 2,379 ](/frances)[ 23 Mabel 2,331 ](/mabel)[ 24 Gertrude 2,302 ](/gertrude)[ 25 Martha 2,184 ](/martha)[ 26 Pearl 2,158 ](/pearl)[ 27 Gladys 2,136 ](/gladys)[ 28 Mildred 2,101 ](/mildred)[ 29 Ida 2,090 ](/ida)[ 29 Myrtle 2,090 ](/myrtle)[ 31 Esther 2,047 ](/esther)[ 32 Edith 1,981 ](/edith)[ 33 Elsie 1,919 ](/elsie)[ 34 Irene 1,902 ](/irene)[ 35 Eva 1,823 ](/eva)[ 36 Nellie 1,810 ](/nellie)[ 37 Sarah 1,800 ](/sarah)[ 38 Laura 1,768 ](/laura)[ 39 Ella 1,715 ](/ella)[ 40 Agnes 1,708 ](/agnes)[ 41 Catherine 1,705 ](/catherine)[ 42 Louise 1,693 ](/louise)[ 43 Dorothy 1,671 ](/dorothy)[ 44 Lillie 1,522 ](/lillie)[ 45 Julia 1,462 ](/julia)[ 46 Josephine 1,425 ](/josephine)[ 47 Carrie 1,371 ](/carrie)[ 48 Hattie 1,328 ](/hattie)[ 49 Lena 1,320 ](/lena)[ 50 Mattie 1,314 ](/mattie)[ 51 Cora 1,304 ](/cora)[ 52 Alma 1,299 ](/alma)[ 53 Viola 1,272 ](/viola)[ 54 Blanche 1,269 ](/blanche)[ 55 Jessie 1,244 ](/jessie)[ 56 Mae 1,239 ](/mae)[ 57 Jennie 1,194 ](/jennie)[ 58 Ruby 1,191 ](/ruby)[ 59 Lucy 1,144 ](/lucy)[ 60 Beatrice 1,122 ](/beatrice)[ 61 Fannie 1,085 ](/fannie)[ 61 Marion 1,085 ](/marion)[ 63 Mamie 1,084 ](/mamie)[ 64 Lula 1,069 ](/lula)[ 65 Stella 1,062 ](/stella)[ 66 Ada 1,022 ](/ada)[ 67 Maude 1,009 ](/maude)[ 68 Dora 929 ](/dora)[ 69 Katherine 914 ](/katherine)[ 70 Pauline 900 ](/pauline)[ 71 Willie 878 ](/willie)[ 72 Maggie 876 ](/maggie)[ 72 Vera 876 ](/vera)[ 74 Nora 868 ](/nora)[ 75 Rosa 841 ](/rosa)[ 76 Evelyn 836 ](/evelyn)[ 77 Sadie 808 ](/sadie)[ 78 Virginia 801 ](/virginia)[ 79 Marguerite 800 ](/marguerite)[ 80 Lucille 795 ](/lucille)[ 81 Ellen 786 ](/ellen)[ 82 Beulah 783 ](/beulah)[ 83 Effie 714 ](/effie)[ 84 Daisy 712 ](/daisy)[ 85 Susie 702 ](/susie)[ 86 May 696 ](/may)[ 87 Nettie 678 ](/nettie)[ 88 Lydia 677 ](/lydia)[ 89 Kathryn 671 ](/kathryn)[ 90 Leona 665 ](/leona)[ 91 Della 656 ](/della)[ 92 Georgia 654 ](/georgia)[ 93 Olive 644 ](/olive)[ 94 Emily 628 ](/emily)[ 95 Eleanor 620 ](/eleanor)[ 96 Bernice 619 ](/bernice)[ 97 Hilda 610 ](/hilda)[ 98 Flora 607 ](/flora)[ 99 Thelma 605 ](/thelma)[ 100 Sallie 598 ](/sallie) 👦 ## Boy Names Top 100 in 1898 [ 1 John 8,159 ](/john)[ 2 William 7,400 ](/william)[ 3 James 5,321 ](/james)[ 4 George 4,853 ](/george)[ 5 Charles 3,557 ](/charles)[ 6 Joseph 3,171 ](/joseph)[ 7 Robert 2,932 ](/robert)[ 8 Frank 2,925 ](/frank)[ 9 Edward 2,337 ](/edward)[ 10 Thomas 2,161 ](/thomas)[ 11 Henry 2,145 ](/henry)[ 12 Harry 2,129 ](/harry)[ 13 Walter 2,002 ](/walter)[ 14 Arthur 1,619 ](/arthur)[ 15 Fred 1,447 ](/fred)[ 16 Albert 1,417 ](/albert)[ 17 Clarence 1,326 ](/clarence)[ 18 Willie 1,134 ](/willie)[ 19 Dewey 1,115 ](/dewey)[ 20 Roy 1,049 ](/roy)[ 21 Paul 991 ](/paul)[ 22 Harold 963 ](/harold)[ 23 Raymond 929 ](/raymond)[ 24 Carl 919 ](/carl)[ 25 Earl 883 ](/earl)[ 26 Richard 871 ](/richard)[ 27 Louis 861 ](/louis)[ 28 Ernest 839 ](/ernest)[ 29 Joe 827 ](/joe)[ 30 David 815 ](/david)[ 31 Ralph 803 ](/ralph)[ 32 Samuel 749 ](/samuel)[ 33 Charlie 728 ](/charlie)[ 34 Herbert 716 ](/herbert)[ 35 Howard 706 ](/howard)[ 36 Alfred 645 ](/alfred)[ 37 Jack 633 ](/jack)[ 38 Andrew 611 ](/andrew)[ 39 Leo 588 ](/leo)[ 40 Elmer 583 ](/elmer)[ 41 Oscar 546 ](/oscar)[ 42 Sam 543 ](/sam)[ 43 Francis 541 ](/francis)[ 44 Lawrence 533 ](/lawrence)[ 45 Daniel 523 ](/daniel)[ 46 Lee 498 ](/lee)[ 47 Jesse 476 ](/jesse)[ 48 Will 475 ](/will)[ 49 Eugene 473 ](/eugene)[ 50 Herman 467 ](/herman)[ 51 Michael 434 ](/michael)[ 51 Floyd 434 ](/floyd)[ 53 Leonard 421 ](/leonard)[ 54 Peter 409 ](/peter)[ 55 Benjamin 405 ](/benjamin)[ 56 Ray 394 ](/ray)[ 57 Edwin 391 ](/edwin)[ 58 Clyde 383 ](/clyde)[ 59 Claude 371 ](/claude)[ 60 Frederick 368 ](/frederick)[ 61 Russell 359 ](/russell)[ 62 Lewis 352 ](/lewis)[ 63 Martin 339 ](/martin)[ 64 Tom 337 ](/tom)[ 65 Anthony 325 ](/anthony)[ 66 Chester 321 ](/chester)[ 67 Clifford 317 ](/clifford)[ 68 Leroy 315 ](/leroy)[ 69 Ben 310 ](/ben)[ 70 Lester 298 ](/lester)[ 71 Stanley 295 ](/stanley)[ 72 Edgar 285 ](/edgar)[ 73 Harvey 284 ](/harvey)[ 73 Bernard 284 ](/bernard)[ 75 Theodore 281 ](/theodore)[ 76 Luther 275 ](/luther)[ 77 Jim 269 ](/jim)[ 78 Jessie 267 ](/jessie)[ 79 Lloyd 265 ](/lloyd)[ 80 Otto 259 ](/otto)[ 81 Jacob 256 ](/jacob)[ 81 Eddie 256 ](/eddie)[ 83 Leon 251 ](/leon)[ 84 Hugh 250 ](/hugh)[ 85 Homer 246 ](/homer)[ 86 Philip 244 ](/philip)[ 87 Cecil 243 ](/cecil)[ 88 Donald 238 ](/donald)[ 89 Ed 228 ](/ed)[ 89 Leslie 228 ](/leslie)[ 91 Milton 225 ](/milton)[ 92 Archie 222 ](/archie)[ 93 Patrick 219 ](/patrick)[ 94 Guy 215 ](/guy)[ 95 Everett 212 ](/everett)[ 96 Norman 207 ](/norman)[ 97 Victor 205 ](/victor)[ 98 Ira 195 ](/ira)[ 98 Stephen 195 ](/stephen)[ 100 Kenneth 191 ](/kenneth) [ 1897 ](/year/1897) 1898 [ 1899 ](/year/1899) ## 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. ### Explore More [ 1890s Decade ](/decade/1890s) [Rankings Overview ](/rankings) [Trending Names ](/trends) [Browse All Names ](/names)