Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1898

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
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	Sallie	598

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
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	Floyd	434
51	Michael	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	Bernard	284
73	Harvey	284
75	Theodore	281
76	Luther	275
77	Jim	269
78	Jessie	267
79	Lloyd	265
80	Otto	259
81	Eddie	256
81	Jacob	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