EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1899

United States · 339,233 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary13,172—
#2Anna5,115—
#3Helen5,048—
#4Margaret4,249—
#5Ruth3,912—
#6Florence3,314—
#7Elizabeth3,287—
#8Marie3,156↑1
#9Ethel2,999↓1
#10Lillian2,703—
#11Edna2,534↑1
#12Alice2,523↓1
#13Emma2,445—
#14Clara2,441—
#15Grace2,353—
#16Bertha2,294↑1
#17Mildred2,291↑11
#18Annie2,289—
#19Bessie2,280↓3
#20Gladys2,228↑7
#21Rose2,197↓1
#22Mabel2,127↑1
#23Gertrude2,110↑1
#24Frances2,058↓2
#25Minnie2,036↓4
#26Hazel2,033↓7
#27Pearl1,999↓1
#28Martha1,907↓3
#29Esther1,823↑2
#30Myrtle1,821↓1
#31Ida1,804↓2
#32Edith1,794—
#33Elsie1,706—
#34Irene1,703—
#35Dorothy1,687↑8
#36Catherine1,628↑5
#37Agnes1,611↑3
#38Sarah1,587↓1
#39Eva1,582↓4
#40Louise1,536↑2
#41Nellie1,510↓5
#42Ella1,502↓3
#43Laura1,472↓5
#44Josephine1,388↑2
#45Lillie1,350↓1
#46Carrie1,346↑1
#47Julia1,297↓2
#48Mattie1,171↑2
#49Lena1,159—
#50Viola1,156↑3
#51Alma1,146↑1
#52Ruby1,103↑6
#53Hattie1,087↓5
#54Jessie1,081↑1
#55Blanche1,063↓1
#56Beatrice1,061↑4
#56Jennie1,061↑1
#58Cora1,056↓7
#59Mae1,035↓3
#60Lucy1,018↓1
#61Ada984↑5
#62Stella975↑3
#63Marion973↓2
#64Mamie966↓1
#65Katherine942↑4
#66Maude908↑1
#67Lula894↓3
#68Fannie886↓7
#69Vera864↑3
#70Maggie814↑2
#71Lucille812↑9
#72Pauline811↓2
#73Willie806↓2
#74Evelyn802↑2
#75Virginia776↑3
#76Beulah770↑6
#77Rosa765↓2
#78Thelma736↑21
#79Dora718↓11
#80Nora709↓6
#81Ellen708—
#82Sadie705↓5
#83Marguerite693↓4
#84Leona665↑6
#85Daisy660↓1
#86Susie622↓1
#87Hilda621↑10
#87Kathryn621↑2
#89Nettie611↓2
#90Effie597↓7
#91Della595—
#92Ann586
#93Lottie584
#94Eleanor575↑1
#95May571↓9
#96Emily569↓2
#97Lydia566↓9
#98Olive565↓5
#99Georgia553↓7
#100Sallie544—

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1John6,990—
#2William6,086—
#3James4,597—
#4George4,018—
#5Charles3,147—
#6Joseph2,679—
#7Robert2,609—
#8Frank2,550—
#9Edward1,901—
#10Henry1,831↑1
#11Thomas1,811↓1
#12Walter1,750↑1
#13Harry1,732↓1
#14Arthur1,357—
#15Albert1,210↑1
#16Fred1,182↓1
#17Clarence1,139—
#18Willie1,088—
#19Harold914↑3
#20Roy912—
#21Paul885—
#22Raymond869↑1
#23Earl821↑2
#24Joe780↑5
#25Carl774↓1
#26Louis770↑1
#27Ernest744↑1
#27Richard744↓1
#29Ralph742↑2
#30Samuel704↑2
#31Charlie678↑2
#32David646↓2
#33Herbert590↑1
#34Howard589↑1
#35Jack582↑2
#36Andrew578↑2
#37Elmer514↑3
#38Francis501↑5
#39Dewey499↓20
#40Lawrence497↑4
#41Alfred496↓5
#42Daniel485↑3
#43Leo482↓4
#44Sam469↓2
#45Eugene449↑4
#46Oscar447↓5
#47Jesse423—
#48Will414—
#49Herman413↑1
#50Lee388↓4
#51Michael375—
#52Floyd356↓1
#53Peter354↑1
#54Lewis352↑8
#55Frederick350↑5
#56Russell338↑5
#57Benjamin335↓2
#58Clyde330—
#59Edwin329↓2
#60Leonard321↓7
#61Ray315↓5
#62Clifford297↑5
#63Claude293↓4
#64Anthony291↑1
#65Lester290↑5
#66Chester288—
#66Tom288↓2
#68Lloyd287↑11
#69Leroy269↓1
#70Jessie261↑8
#70Jim261↑7
#72Martin260↓9
#73Ben259↓4
#74Donald258↑14
#74Eddie258↑7
#74Stanley258↓3
#77Cecil256↑10
#78Theodore252↓3
#79Harvey251↓6
#80Edgar249↓8
#81Luther248↓5
#82Homer239↑3
#83Norman223↑13
#83Philip223↑3
#85Bernard222↓12
#86Patrick221↑7
#87Kenneth214↑13
#88Hugh209↓4
#89Milton207↑2
#90Guy200↑4
#91Allen191
#92Jacob189↓11
#93Leon188↓10
#94Otis185
#95Everett181—
#95Leslie181↓6
#97Alexander178
#97Stephen178↑1
#99Archie177↓7
#100Victor175↓3