1899
Top Baby Names of 1899
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1899
1
Mary 13,172 2
Anna 5,115 3
Helen 5,048 4
Margaret 4,249 5
Ruth 3,912 6
Florence 3,314 7
Elizabeth 3,287 8
Marie 3,156 9
Ethel 2,999 10
Lillian 2,703 11
Edna 2,534 12
Alice 2,523 13
Emma 2,445 14
Clara 2,441 15
Grace 2,353 16
Bertha 2,294 17
Mildred 2,291 18
Annie 2,289 19
Bessie 2,280 20
Gladys 2,228 21
Rose 2,197 22
Mabel 2,127 23
Gertrude 2,110 24
Frances 2,058 25
Minnie 2,036 26
Hazel 2,033 27
Pearl 1,999 28
Martha 1,907 29
Esther 1,823 30
Myrtle 1,821 31
Ida 1,804 32
Edith 1,794 33
Elsie 1,706 34
Irene 1,703 35
Dorothy 1,687 36
Catherine 1,628 37
Agnes 1,611 38
Sarah 1,587 39
Eva 1,582 40
Louise 1,536 41
Nellie 1,510 42
Ella 1,502 43
Laura 1,472 44
Josephine 1,388 45
Lillie 1,350 46
Carrie 1,346 47
Julia 1,297 48
Mattie 1,171 49
Lena 1,159 50
Viola 1,156 51
Alma 1,146 52
Ruby 1,103 53
Hattie 1,087 54
Jessie 1,081 55
Blanche 1,063 56
Jennie 1,061 56
Beatrice 1,061 58
Cora 1,056 59
Mae 1,035 60
Lucy 1,018 61
Ada 984 62
Stella 975 63
Marion 973 64
Mamie 966 65
Katherine 942 66
Maude 908 67
Lula 894 68
Fannie 886 69
Vera 864 70
Maggie 814 71
Lucille 812 72
Pauline 811 73
Willie 806 74
Evelyn 802 75
Virginia 776 76
Beulah 770 77
Rosa 765 78
Thelma 736 79
Dora 718 80
Nora 709 81
Ellen 708 82
Sadie 705 83
Marguerite 693 84
Leona 665 85
Daisy 660 86
Susie 622 87
Kathryn 621 87
Hilda 621 89
Nettie 611 90
Effie 597 91
Della 595 92
Ann 586 93
Lottie 584 94
Eleanor 575 95
May 571 96
Emily 569 97
Lydia 566 98
Olive 565 99
Georgia 553 100
Sallie 544 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1899
1
John 6,990 2
William 6,086 3
James 4,597 4
George 4,018 5
Charles 3,147 6
Joseph 2,679 7
Robert 2,609 8
Frank 2,550 9
Edward 1,901 10
Henry 1,831 11
Thomas 1,811 12
Walter 1,750 13
Harry 1,732 14
Arthur 1,357 15
Albert 1,210 16
Fred 1,182 17
Clarence 1,139 18
Willie 1,088 19
Harold 914 20
Roy 912 21
Paul 885 22
Raymond 869 23
Earl 821 24
Joe 780 25
Carl 774 26
Louis 770 27
Richard 744 27
Ernest 744 29
Ralph 742 30
Samuel 704 31
Charlie 678 32
David 646 33
Herbert 590 34
Howard 589 35
Jack 582 36
Andrew 578 37
Elmer 514 38
Francis 501 39
Dewey 499 40
Lawrence 497 41
Alfred 496 42
Daniel 485 43
Leo 482 44
Sam 469 45
Eugene 449 46
Oscar 447 47
Jesse 423 48
Will 414 49
Herman 413 50
Lee 388 51
Michael 375 52
Floyd 356 53
Peter 354 54
Lewis 352 55
Frederick 350 56
Russell 338 57
Benjamin 335 58
Clyde 330 59
Edwin 329 60
Leonard 321 61
Ray 315 62
Clifford 297 63
Claude 293 64
Anthony 291 65
Lester 290 66
Tom 288 66
Chester 288 68
Lloyd 287 69
Leroy 269 70
Jim 261 70
Jessie 261 72
Martin 260 73
Ben 259 74
Eddie 258 74
Stanley 258 74
Donald 258 77
Cecil 256 78
Theodore 252 79
Harvey 251 80
Edgar 249 81
Luther 248 82
Homer 239 83
Philip 223 83
Norman 223 85
Bernard 222 86
Patrick 221 87
Kenneth 214 88
Hugh 209 89
Milton 207 90
Guy 200 91
Allen 191 92
Jacob 189 93
Leon 188 94
Otis 185 95
Everett 181 95
Leslie 181 97
Alexander 178 97
Stephen 178 99
Archie 177 100
Victor 175 About 1899 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1899, 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.