Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1899

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
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	Beatrice	1,061
56	Jennie	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	Hilda	621
87	Kathryn	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

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
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	Ernest	744
27	Richard	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	Chester	288
66	Tom	288
68	Lloyd	287
69	Leroy	269
70	Jessie	261
70	Jim	261
72	Martin	260
73	Ben	259
74	Donald	258
74	Eddie	258
74	Stanley	258
77	Cecil	256
78	Theodore	252
79	Harvey	251
80	Edgar	249
81	Luther	248
82	Homer	239
83	Norman	223
83	Philip	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