Popular Baby Names in 1898
The most popular baby names in 1898.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 14,406 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 8,159 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 7,400 |
| 2 | Anna | Girl | 5,773 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 5,321 |
| 3 | Helen | Girl | 5,230 |
| 4 | George | Boy | 4,853 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 4,696 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 4,249 |
| 6 | Florence | Girl | 3,790 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | Girl | 3,659 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 3,557 |
| 8 | Ethel | Girl | 3,531 |
| 9 | Marie | Girl | 3,435 |
| 6 | Joseph | Boy | 3,171 |
| 10 | Lillian | Girl | 3,061 |
| 7 | Robert | Boy | 2,932 |
| 8 | Frank | Boy | 2,925 |
| 11 | Alice | Girl | 2,846 |
| 12 | Edna | Girl | 2,813 |
| 13 | Emma | Girl | 2,788 |
| 14 | Clara | Girl | 2,731 |
| 15 | Grace | Girl | 2,726 |
| 16 | Bessie | Girl | 2,647 |
| 17 | Bertha | Girl | 2,642 |
| 18 | Annie | Girl | 2,470 |
| 19 | Hazel | Girl | 2,439 |
| 20 | Rose | Girl | 2,436 |
| 21 | Minnie | Girl | 2,409 |
| 22 | Frances | Girl | 2,379 |
| 9 | Edward | Boy | 2,337 |
| 23 | Mabel | Girl | 2,331 |
| 24 | Gertrude | Girl | 2,302 |
| 25 | Martha | Girl | 2,184 |
| 10 | Thomas | Boy | 2,161 |
| 26 | Pearl | Girl | 2,158 |
| 11 | Henry | Boy | 2,145 |
| 27 | Gladys | Girl | 2,136 |
| 12 | Harry | Boy | 2,129 |
| 28 | Mildred | Girl | 2,101 |
| 30 | Myrtle | Girl | 2,090 |
| 29 | Ida | Girl | 2,090 |
| 31 | Esther | Girl | 2,047 |
| 13 | Walter | Boy | 2,002 |
| 32 | Edith | Girl | 1,981 |
| 33 | Elsie | Girl | 1,919 |
| 34 | Irene | Girl | 1,902 |
| 35 | Eva | Girl | 1,823 |
| 36 | Nellie | Girl | 1,810 |
| 37 | Sarah | Girl | 1,800 |
| 38 | Laura | Girl | 1,768 |
| 39 | Ella | Girl | 1,715 |
| 40 | Agnes | Girl | 1,708 |
| 41 | Catherine | Girl | 1,705 |
| 42 | Louise | Girl | 1,693 |
| 43 | Dorothy | Girl | 1,671 |
| 14 | Arthur | Boy | 1,619 |
| 44 | Lillie | Girl | 1,522 |
| 45 | Julia | Girl | 1,462 |
| 15 | Fred | Boy | 1,447 |
| 46 | Josephine | Girl | 1,425 |
| 16 | Albert | Boy | 1,417 |
| 47 | Carrie | Girl | 1,371 |
| 48 | Hattie | Girl | 1,328 |
| 17 | Clarence | Boy | 1,326 |
| 49 | Lena | Girl | 1,320 |
| 50 | Mattie | Girl | 1,314 |
| 51 | Cora | Girl | 1,304 |
| 52 | Alma | Girl | 1,299 |
| 53 | Viola | Girl | 1,272 |
| 54 | Blanche | Girl | 1,269 |
| 55 | Jessie | Girl | 1,244 |
| 56 | Mae | Girl | 1,239 |
| 57 | Jennie | Girl | 1,194 |
| 58 | Ruby | Girl | 1,191 |
| 59 | Lucy | Girl | 1,144 |
| 18 | Willie | Boy | 1,134 |
| 60 | Beatrice | Girl | 1,122 |
| 19 | Dewey | Boy | 1,115 |
| 62 | Marion | Girl | 1,085 |
| 61 | Fannie | Girl | 1,085 |
| 63 | Mamie | Girl | 1,084 |
| 64 | Lula | Girl | 1,069 |
| 65 | Stella | Girl | 1,062 |
| 20 | Roy | Boy | 1,049 |
| 66 | Ada | Girl | 1,022 |
| 67 | Maude | Girl | 1,009 |
| 21 | Paul | Boy | 991 |
| 22 | Harold | Boy | 963 |
| 23 | Raymond | Boy | 929 |
| 68 | Dora | Girl | 929 |
| 24 | Carl | Boy | 919 |
| 69 | Katherine | Girl | 914 |
| 70 | Pauline | Girl | 900 |
| 25 | Earl | Boy | 883 |
| 71 | Willie | Girl | 878 |
| 72 | Maggie | Girl | 876 |
| 73 | Vera | Girl | 876 |
| 26 | Richard | Boy | 871 |
| 74 | Nora | Girl | 868 |