EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1898

United States · 381,454 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

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

Top 100 — Boys

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