Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1899

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1899 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1898						Change from 1898
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	13,172	5.322	0	-1,234	1	John	6,990	6.068	0	-1,169
2	Anna	5,115	2.067	0	-658	2	William	6,086	5.283	0	-1,314
3	Helen	5,048	2.040	0	-182	3	James	4,597	3.991	0	-724
4	Margaret	4,249	1.717	0	-447	4	George	4,018	3.488	0	-835
5	Ruth	3,912	1.581	0	-337	5	Charles	3,147	2.732	0	-410
6	Florence	3,314	1.339	0	-476	6	Joseph	2,679	2.326	0	-492
7	Elizabeth	3,287	1.328	0	-372	7	Robert	2,609	2.265	0	-323
8	Marie	3,156	1.275	1	-279	8	Frank	2,550	2.214	0	-375
9	Ethel	2,999	1.212	-1	-532	9	Edward	1,901	1.650	0	-436
10	Lillian	2,703	1.092	0	-358	10	Henry	1,831	1.590	1	-314
11	Edna	2,534	1.024	1	-279	11	Thomas	1,811	1.572	-1	-350
12	Alice	2,523	1.019	-1	-323	12	Walter	1,749	1.518	1	-253
13	Emma	2,445	0.988	0	-343	13	Harry	1,732	1.504	-1	-397
14	Clara	2,441	0.986	0	-290	14	Arthur	1,357	1.178	0	-262
15	Grace	2,353	0.951	0	-373	15	Albert	1,210	1.050	1	-207
16	Bertha	2,294	0.927	1	-348	16	Fred	1,182	1.026	-1	-265
17	Mildred	2,291	0.926	11	190	17	Clarence	1,139	0.989	0	-187
18	Annie	2,289	0.925	0	-181	18	Willie	1,088	0.945	0	-46
19	Bessie	2,280	0.921	-3	-367	19	Harold	914	0.793	3	-49
20	Gladys	2,228	0.900	7	92	20	Roy	912	0.792	0	-137
21	Rose	2,197	0.888	-1	-239	21	Paul	885	0.768	0	-106
22	Mabel	2,127	0.859	1	-204	22	Raymond	869	0.754	1	-60
23	Gertrude	2,111	0.853	1	-191	23	Earl	821	0.713	2	-62
24	Frances	2,058	0.832	-2	-321	24	Joe	780	0.677	5	-47
25	Minnie	2,036	0.823	-4	-373	25	Carl	774	0.672	-1	-145
26	Hazel	2,033	0.821	-7	-406	26	Louis	770	0.668	1	-92
27	Pearl	1,999	0.808	-1	-159	27	Ernest	744	0.646	1	-95
28	Martha	1,907	0.771	-3	-277	28	Richard	744	0.646	-2	-128
29	Esther	1,823	0.737	2	-224	29	Ralph	742	0.644	2	-61
30	Myrtle	1,821	0.736	0	-269	30	Samuel	704	0.611	2	-45
31	Ida	1,804	0.729	-2	-286	31	Charlie	678	0.589	2	-50
32	Edith	1,793	0.724	0	-188	32	David	646	0.561	-2	-169
33	Elsie	1,706	0.689	0	-213	33	Herbert	590	0.512	1	-126
34	Irene	1,703	0.688	0	-199	34	Howard	589	0.511	1	-117
35	Dorothy	1,687	0.682	8	16	35	Jack	582	0.505	2	-51
36	Catherine	1,628	0.658	5	-77	36	Andrew	578	0.502	2	-33
37	Agnes	1,611	0.651	3	-97	37	Elmer	514	0.446	3	-69
38	Sarah	1,587	0.641	-1	-213	38	Francis	501	0.435	5	-40
39	Eva	1,582	0.639	-4	-241	39	Dewey	499	0.433	-20	-616
40	Louise	1,536	0.621	2	-157	40	Lawrence	497	0.431	4	-36
41	Nellie	1,510	0.610	-5	-300	41	Alfred	496	0.431	-5	-149
42	Ella	1,502	0.607	-3	-213	42	Daniel	485	0.421	3	-38
43	Laura	1,472	0.595	-5	-296	43	Leo	482	0.418	-4	-106
44	Josephine	1,388	0.561	2	-37	44	Sam	469	0.407	-2	-74
45	Lillie	1,350	0.545	-1	-172	45	Eugene	449	0.390	4	-24
46	Carrie	1,346	0.544	1	-25	46	Oscar	447	0.388	-5	-99
47	Julia	1,297	0.524	-2	-165	47	Jesse	423	0.367	0	-53
48	Mattie	1,171	0.473	2	-143	48	Will	414	0.359	0	-61
49	Lena	1,159	0.468	0	-161	49	Herman	413	0.359	1	-54
50	Viola	1,156	0.467	3	-116	50	Lee	388	0.337	-4	-110

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.