Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1898

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1898 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1897						Change from 1897
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	14,406	5.255	0	993	1	John	8,159	6.176	0	609
2	Anna	5,773	2.106	0	344	2	William	7,400	5.602	0	202
3	Helen	5,230	1.908	0	711	3	James	5,321	4.028	0	208
4	Margaret	4,696	1.713	0	550	4	George	4,853	3.674	0	775
5	Ruth	4,249	1.550	0	371	5	Charles	3,557	2.693	0	216
6	Florence	3,790	1.382	1	421	6	Joseph	3,171	2.400	0	344
7	Elizabeth	3,659	1.335	-1	217	7	Robert	2,932	2.219	1	231
8	Ethel	3,531	1.288	0	349	8	Frank	2,925	2.214	-1	199
9	Marie	3,435	1.253	0	357	9	Edward	2,337	1.769	0	216
10	Lillian	3,061	1.117	1	378	10	Thomas	2,161	1.636	1	181
11	Alice	2,846	1.038	5	415	11	Henry	2,145	1.624	-1	151
12	Edna	2,813	1.026	0	246	12	Harry	2,129	1.612	1	250
13	Emma	2,788	1.017	-3	90	13	Walter	2,002	1.515	-1	107
14	Clara	2,731	0.996	1	277	14	Arthur	1,619	1.226	0	-28
15	Grace	2,726	0.994	-1	268	15	Fred	1,447	1.095	1	146
16	Bessie	2,647	0.966	1	240	16	Albert	1,417	1.073	-1	40
17	Bertha	2,642	0.964	-4	140	17	Clarence	1,326	1.004	0	125
18	Annie	2,470	0.901	2	163	18	Willie	1,134	0.858	0	-17
19	Hazel	2,439	0.890	-1	100	19	Dewey	1,115	0.844	92	957
20	Rose	2,436	0.889	-1	120	20	Roy	1,049	0.794	-1	50
21	Minnie	2,409	0.879	0	125	21	Paul	991	0.750	-1	68
22	Frances	2,379	0.868	5	404	22	Harold	963	0.729	-1	103
23	Mabel	2,331	0.850	-1	109	23	Raymond	929	0.703	-1	92
24	Gertrude	2,302	0.840	-1	167	24	Carl	919	0.696	1	91
25	Martha	2,184	0.797	1	194	25	Earl	883	0.668	-1	54
26	Pearl	2,158	0.787	-1	82	26	Richard	872	0.660	5	170
27	Gladys	2,136	0.779	5	399	27	Louis	862	0.653	-4	31
28	Mildred	2,101	0.766	5	378	28	Ernest	839	0.635	-1	54
29	Ida	2,090	0.762	-5	-18	29	Joe	827	0.626	-3	29
30	Myrtle	2,090	0.762	-1	257	30	David	815	0.617	-1	85
31	Esther	2,047	0.747	-3	136	31	Ralph	803	0.608	1	106
32	Edith	1,981	0.723	-2	158	32	Samuel	749	0.567	-4	-10
33	Elsie	1,919	0.700	-2	156	33	Charlie	728	0.551	-3	14
34	Irene	1,902	0.694	4	315	34	Herbert	716	0.542	1	151
35	Eva	1,823	0.665	0	114	35	Howard	706	0.534	-2	72
36	Nellie	1,810	0.660	1	117	36	Alfred	645	0.488	4	132
37	Sarah	1,800	0.657	-3	87	37	Jack	633	0.479	5	136
38	Laura	1,768	0.645	1	183	38	Andrew	611	0.463	-2	56
39	Ella	1,715	0.626	-3	7	39	Leo	588	0.445	7	126
40	Agnes	1,708	0.623	0	129	40	Elmer	583	0.441	-6	-4
41	Catherine	1,705	0.622	1	194	41	Oscar	546	0.413	-4	3
42	Louise	1,693	0.618	-1	130	42	Sam	543	0.411	3	65
43	Dorothy	1,671	0.610	0	199	43	Francis	541	0.410	0	45
44	Lillie	1,522	0.555	0	121	44	Lawrence	533	0.403	-3	28
45	Julia	1,462	0.533	0	82	45	Daniel	523	0.396	-6	3
46	Josephine	1,425	0.520	1	158	46	Lee	498	0.377	1	45
47	Carrie	1,371	0.500	-1	6	47	Jesse	476	0.360	-9	-53
48	Hattie	1,328	0.484	0	77	48	Will	475	0.360	-4	-16
49	Lena	1,320	0.482	1	81	49	Eugene	473	0.358	0	26
50	Mattie	1,314	0.479	3	133	50	Herman	467	0.354	0	55

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.