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

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1898 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	14,406	5.255	-125	-12,079	1	John	8,159	6.176	-26	960
2	Anna	5,773	2.106	-52	-1,628	2	William	7,400	5.602	-1	7,116
3	Helen	5,230	1.908	-410	-4,485	3	James	5,321	4.028	-1	8,204
4	Margaret	4,696	1.713	-123	-2,384	4	George	4,853	3.674	-123	-1,794
5	Ruth	4,249	1.550	-260	-3,015	5	Charles	3,557	2.693	-47	3,047
6	Florence	3,790	1.382	-965	-3,521	6	Joseph	3,171	2.400	-17	6,384
7	Elizabeth	3,659	1.335	-6	4,854	7	Robert	2,932	2.219	-64	2,208
8	Ethel	3,531	1.288	-4,348	-3,499	8	Frank	2,925	2.214	-384	-2,122
9	Marie	3,435	1.253	-567	-2,905	9	Edward	2,337	1.769	-160	-69
10	Lillian	3,061	1.117	-24	2,473	10	Thomas	2,161	1.636	-39	4,618
11	Alice	2,846	1.038	-60	797	11	Henry	2,145	1.624	-5	8,504
12	Edna	2,813	1.026	-1,725	-2,696	12	Harry	2,129	1.612	-608	-1,702
13	Emma	2,788	1.017	12	15,900	13	Walter	2,002	1.515	-258	-699
14	Clara	2,731	0.996	-89	146	14	Arthur	1,619	1.226	-216	23
15	Grace	2,726	0.994	-9	3,998	15	Fred	1,447	1.095	-1,635	-1,350
16	Bessie	2,647	0.966	-10,609	-2,638	16	Albert	1,417	1.073	-436	-760
17	Bertha	2,642	0.964	-4,742	-2,614	17	Clarence	1,326	1.004	-1,099	-1,154
18	Annie	2,470	0.901	-290	-1,390	18	Willie	1,134	0.858	-916	-910
19	Hazel	2,439	0.890	-23	2,477	19	Dewey	1,115	0.844	-3,969	-1,089
20	Rose	2,436	0.889	-103	-4	20	Roy	1,049	0.794	-522	-535
21	Minnie	2,409	0.879	-2,598	-2,343	21	Paul	991	0.750	-213	634
22	Frances	2,379	0.868	-423	-1,664	22	Harold	963	0.729	-775	-682
23	Mabel	2,331	0.850	-413	-1,609	23	Raymond	929	0.703	-276	220
24	Gertrude	2,302	0.840	-5,462	-2,279	24	Carl	919	0.696	-676	-577
25	Martha	2,184	0.797	-772	-1,843	25	Earl	883	0.668	-1,639	-788
26	Pearl	2,158	0.787	-621	-1,703	26	Richard	872	0.660	-162	1,247
27	Gladys	2,136	0.779	-3,412	-2,091	27	Louis	862	0.653	-236	506
28	Mildred	2,101	0.766	-2,041	-2,008	28	Ernest	839	0.635	-950	-629
29	Ida	2,090	0.762	-1,192	-1,900	29	Joe	827	0.626	-666	-482
30	Myrtle	2,090	0.762	OLD	-2,090	30	David	815	0.617	8	8,882
31	Esther	2,047	0.747	-122	-216	31	Ralph	803	0.608	-920	-586
32	Edith	1,981	0.723	-486	-1,382	32	Samuel	749	0.567	11	8,985
33	Elsie	1,919	0.700	-247	-741	33	Charlie	728	0.551	-185	988
34	Irene	1,902	0.694	-603	-1,438	34	Herbert	716	0.542	-1,993	-645
35	Eva	1,823	0.665	-40	1,719	35	Howard	706	0.534	-933	-493
36	Nellie	1,810	0.660	-1,035	-1,574	36	Alfred	645	0.488	-836	-396
37	Sarah	1,800	0.657	-30	1,934	37	Jack	633	0.479	9	8,201
38	Laura	1,768	0.645	-302	-833	38	Andrew	611	0.463	-5	6,623
39	Ella	1,715	0.626	24	6,340	39	Leo	588	0.445	-11	6,131
40	Agnes	1,708	0.623	-1,164	-1,513	40	Elmer	583	0.441	-1,219	-438
41	Catherine	1,705	0.622	-163	-207	41	Oscar	546	0.413	-165	1,399
42	Louise	1,693	0.618	-758	-1,354	42	Sam	543	0.411	-561	-92
43	Dorothy	1,671	0.610	-543	-1,154	43	Francis	541	0.410	-437	65
44	Lillie	1,522	0.555	-624	-1,083	44	Lawrence	533	0.403	-454	40
45	Julia	1,462	0.533	-48	1,527	45	Daniel	523	0.396	30	10,650
46	Josephine	1,425	0.520	-45	1,598	46	Lee	498	0.377	-643	-148
47	Carrie	1,371	0.500	-1,721	-1,256	47	Jesse	476	0.360	-138	1,650
48	Hattie	1,328	0.484	-447	-704	48	Will	475	0.360	-844	-233
49	Lena	1,320	0.482	-252	-226	49	Eugene	473	0.358	-813	-221
50	Mattie	1,314	0.479	-1,007	-1,074	50	Herman	467	0.354	-2,182	-406

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.