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The most popular names in 1898

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

‹ 18971899 ›

Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #11Alice2,846
  12. #12Edna2,813
  13. #13Emma2,788
  14. #14Clara2,731
  15. #15Grace2,726
  16. #16Bessie2,647
  17. #17Bertha2,642
  18. #18Annie2,470
  19. #19Hazel2,439
  20. #20Rose2,436
  21. #21Minnie2,409
  22. #22Frances2,379
  23. #23Mabel2,331
  24. #24Gertrude2,302
  25. #25Martha2,184
  26. #26Pearl2,158
  27. #27Gladys2,136
  28. #28Mildred2,101
  29. #29Ida2,090
  30. #29Myrtle2,090
  31. #31Esther2,047
  32. #32Edith1,981
  33. #33Elsie1,919
  34. #34Irene1,902
  35. #35Eva1,823
  36. #36Nellie1,810
  37. #37Sarah1,800
  38. #38Laura1,768
  39. #39Ella1,715
  40. #40Agnes1,708
  41. #41Catherine1,705
  42. #42Louise1,693
  43. #43Dorothy1,671
  44. #44Lillie1,522
  45. #45Julia1,462
  46. #46Josephine1,425
  47. #47Carrie1,371
  48. #48Hattie1,328
  49. #49Lena1,320
  50. #50Mattie1,314
  51. #51Cora1,304
  52. #52Alma1,299
  53. #53Viola1,272
  54. #54Blanche1,269
  55. #55Jessie1,244
  56. #56Mae1,239
  57. #57Jennie1,194
  58. #58Ruby1,191
  59. #59Lucy1,144
  60. #60Beatrice1,122
  61. #61Fannie1,085
  62. #61Marion1,085
  63. #63Mamie1,084
  64. #64Lula1,069
  65. #65Stella1,062
  66. #66Ada1,022
  67. #67Maude1,009
  68. #68Dora929
  69. #69Katherine914
  70. #70Pauline900
  71. #71Willie878
  72. #72Maggie876
  73. #72Vera876
  74. #74Nora868
  75. #75Rosa841
  76. #76Evelyn836
  77. #77Sadie808
  78. #78Virginia801
  79. #79Marguerite800
  80. #80Lucille795
  81. #81Ellen786
  82. #82Beulah783
  83. #83Effie714
  84. #84Daisy712
  85. #85Susie702
  86. #86May696
  87. #87Nettie678
  88. #88Lydia677
  89. #89Kathryn671
  90. #90Leona665
  91. #91Della656
  92. #92Georgia654
  93. #93Olive644
  94. #94Emily628
  95. #95Eleanor620
  96. #96Bernice619
  97. #97Hilda610
  98. #98Flora607
  99. #99Thelma605
  100. #100Sallie598

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
  11. #11Henry2,145
  12. #12Harry2,129
  13. #13Walter2,002
  14. #14Arthur1,619
  15. #15Fred1,447
  16. #16Albert1,417
  17. #17Clarence1,326
  18. #18Willie1,134
  19. #19Dewey1,115
  20. #20Roy1,049
  21. #21Paul991
  22. #22Harold963
  23. #23Raymond929
  24. #24Carl919
  25. #25Earl883
  26. #26Richard871
  27. #27Louis861
  28. #28Ernest839
  29. #29Joe827
  30. #30David815
  31. #31Ralph803
  32. #32Samuel749
  33. #33Charlie728
  34. #34Herbert716
  35. #35Howard706
  36. #36Alfred645
  37. #37Jack633
  38. #38Andrew611
  39. #39Leo588
  40. #40Elmer583
  41. #41Oscar546
  42. #42Sam543
  43. #43Francis541
  44. #44Lawrence533
  45. #45Daniel523
  46. #46Lee498
  47. #47Jesse476
  48. #48Will475
  49. #49Eugene473
  50. #50Herman467
  51. #51Floyd434
  52. #51Michael434
  53. #53Leonard421
  54. #54Peter409
  55. #55Benjamin405
  56. #56Ray394
  57. #57Edwin391
  58. #58Clyde383
  59. #59Claude371
  60. #60Frederick368
  61. #61Russell359
  62. #62Lewis352
  63. #63Martin339
  64. #64Tom337
  65. #65Anthony325
  66. #66Chester321
  67. #67Clifford317
  68. #68Leroy315
  69. #69Ben310
  70. #70Lester298
  71. #71Stanley295
  72. #72Edgar285
  73. #73Bernard284
  74. #73Harvey284
  75. #75Theodore281
  76. #76Luther275
  77. #77Jim269
  78. #78Jessie267
  79. #79Lloyd265
  80. #80Otto259
  81. #81Eddie256
  82. #81Jacob256
  83. #83Leon251
  84. #84Hugh250
  85. #85Homer246
  86. #86Philip244
  87. #87Cecil243
  88. #88Donald238
  89. #89Ed228
  90. #89Leslie228
  91. #91Milton225
  92. #92Archie222
  93. #93Patrick219
  94. #94Guy215
  95. #95Everett212
  96. #96Norman207
  97. #97Victor205
  98. #98Ira195
  99. #98Stephen195
  100. #100Kenneth191