By year

The top names of 1898

Mary led the girls and John the boys, out of 381,454 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1898

#NameBabiesShare
1Mary14,4065.57%
2Anna5,7732.23%
3Helen5,2302.02%
4Margaret4,6961.81%
5Ruth4,2491.64%
6Florence3,7901.46%
7Elizabeth3,6591.41%
8Ethel3,5311.36%
9Marie3,4351.33%
10Lillian3,0611.18%
11Alice2,8461.10%
12Edna2,8131.09%
13Emma2,7881.08%
14Clara2,7311.06%
15Grace2,7261.05%
16Bessie2,6471.02%
17Bertha2,6421.02%
18Annie2,4700.95%
19Hazel2,4390.94%
20Rose2,4360.94%
21Minnie2,4090.93%
22Frances2,3790.92%
23Mabel2,3310.90%
24Gertrude2,3020.89%
25Martha2,1840.84%
26Pearl2,1580.83%
27Gladys2,1360.83%
28Mildred2,1010.81%
29Ida2,0900.81%
30Myrtle2,0900.81%
31Esther2,0470.79%
32Edith1,9810.77%
33Elsie1,9190.74%
34Irene1,9020.74%
35Eva1,8230.70%
36Nellie1,8100.70%
37Sarah1,8000.70%
38Laura1,7680.68%
39Ella1,7150.66%
40Agnes1,7080.66%
41Catherine1,7050.66%
42Louise1,6930.65%
43Dorothy1,6710.65%
44Lillie1,5220.59%
45Julia1,4620.56%
46Josephine1,4250.55%
47Carrie1,3710.53%
48Hattie1,3280.51%
49Lena1,3200.51%
50Mattie1,3140.51%

Boys, 1898

#NameBabiesShare
1John8,1596.65%
2William7,4006.03%
3James5,3214.34%
4George4,8533.96%
5Charles3,5572.90%
6Joseph3,1712.58%
7Robert2,9322.39%
8Frank2,9252.38%
9Edward2,3371.90%
10Thomas2,1611.76%
11Henry2,1451.75%
12Harry2,1291.74%
13Walter2,0021.63%
14Arthur1,6191.32%
15Fred1,4471.18%
16Albert1,4171.15%
17Clarence1,3261.08%
18Willie1,1340.92%
19Dewey1,1150.91%
20Roy1,0490.86%
21Paul9910.81%
22Harold9630.78%
23Raymond9290.76%
24Carl9190.75%
25Earl8830.72%
26Richard8710.71%
27Louis8610.70%
28Ernest8390.68%
29Joe8270.67%
30David8150.66%
31Ralph8030.65%
32Samuel7490.61%
33Charlie7280.59%
34Herbert7160.58%
35Howard7060.58%
36Alfred6450.53%
37Jack6330.52%
38Andrew6110.50%
39Leo5880.48%
40Elmer5830.48%
41Oscar5460.45%
42Sam5430.44%
43Francis5410.44%
44Lawrence5330.43%
45Daniel5230.43%
46Lee4980.41%
47Jesse4760.39%
48Will4750.39%
49Eugene4730.39%
50Herman4670.38%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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