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

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1899 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	13,172	5.322	-125	-10,845	1	John	6,990	6.068	-26	2,129
2	Anna	5,115	2.067	-52	-970	2	William	6,086	5.283	-1	8,430
3	Helen	5,048	2.040	-410	-4,303	3	James	4,597	3.991	-1	8,928
4	Margaret	4,249	1.717	-123	-1,937	4	George	4,018	3.488	-123	-959
5	Ruth	3,912	1.581	-260	-2,678	5	Charles	3,147	2.732	-47	3,457
6	Florence	3,314	1.339	-965	-3,045	6	Joseph	2,679	2.326	-17	6,876
7	Elizabeth	3,287	1.328	-6	5,226	7	Robert	2,609	2.265	-64	2,531
8	Marie	3,156	1.275	-568	-2,626	8	Frank	2,550	2.214	-384	-1,747
9	Ethel	2,999	1.212	-4,347	-2,967	9	Edward	1,901	1.650	-160	367
10	Lillian	2,703	1.092	-24	2,831	10	Henry	1,831	1.590	-6	8,818
11	Edna	2,534	1.024	-1,726	-2,417	11	Thomas	1,811	1.572	-38	4,968
12	Alice	2,523	1.019	-59	1,120	12	Walter	1,749	1.518	-259	-446
13	Emma	2,445	0.988	12	16,243	13	Harry	1,732	1.504	-607	-1,305
14	Clara	2,441	0.986	-89	436	14	Arthur	1,357	1.178	-216	285
15	Grace	2,353	0.951	-9	4,371	15	Albert	1,210	1.050	-437	-553
16	Bertha	2,294	0.927	-4,743	-2,266	16	Fred	1,182	1.026	-1,634	-1,085
17	Mildred	2,291	0.926	-2,052	-2,198	17	Clarence	1,139	0.989	-1,099	-967
18	Annie	2,289	0.925	-290	-1,209	18	Willie	1,088	0.945	-916	-864
19	Bessie	2,280	0.921	-10,606	-2,271	19	Harold	914	0.793	-778	-633
20	Gladys	2,228	0.900	-3,419	-2,183	20	Roy	912	0.792	-522	-398
21	Rose	2,197	0.888	-102	235	21	Paul	885	0.768	-213	740
22	Mabel	2,127	0.859	-414	-1,405	22	Raymond	869	0.754	-277	280
23	Gertrude	2,111	0.853	-5,463	-2,088	23	Earl	821	0.713	-1,641	-726
24	Frances	2,058	0.832	-421	-1,343	24	Joe	780	0.677	-671	-435
25	Minnie	2,036	0.823	-2,594	-1,970	25	Carl	774	0.672	-675	-432
26	Hazel	2,033	0.821	-16	2,883	26	Louis	770	0.668	-237	598
27	Pearl	1,999	0.808	-620	-1,544	27	Ernest	744	0.646	-951	-534
28	Martha	1,907	0.771	-769	-1,566	28	Richard	744	0.646	-160	1,375
29	Esther	1,823	0.737	-124	8	29	Ralph	742	0.644	-922	-525
30	Myrtle	1,821	0.736	OLD	-1,821	30	Samuel	704	0.611	9	9,030
31	Ida	1,804	0.729	-1,190	-1,614	31	Charlie	678	0.589	-187	1,038
32	Edith	1,793	0.724	-486	-1,194	32	David	646	0.561	10	9,051
33	Elsie	1,706	0.689	-247	-528	33	Herbert	590	0.512	-1,994	-519
34	Irene	1,703	0.688	-603	-1,239	34	Howard	589	0.511	-934	-376
35	Dorothy	1,687	0.682	-551	-1,170	35	Jack	582	0.505	7	8,252
36	Catherine	1,628	0.658	-168	-130	36	Andrew	578	0.502	-7	6,656
37	Agnes	1,611	0.651	-1,167	-1,416	37	Elmer	514	0.446	-1,222	-369
38	Sarah	1,587	0.641	-29	2,147	38	Francis	501	0.435	-442	105
39	Eva	1,582	0.639	-36	1,960	39	Dewey	499	0.433	-3,949	-473
40	Louise	1,536	0.621	-760	-1,197	40	Lawrence	497	0.431	-458	76
41	Nellie	1,510	0.610	-1,030	-1,274	41	Alfred	496	0.431	-831	-247
42	Ella	1,502	0.607	27	6,553	42	Daniel	485	0.421	27	10,688
43	Laura	1,472	0.595	-297	-537	43	Leo	482	0.418	-7	6,237
44	Josephine	1,388	0.561	-47	1,635	44	Sam	469	0.407	-559	-18
45	Lillie	1,350	0.545	-623	-911	45	Eugene	449	0.390	-817	-197
46	Carrie	1,346	0.544	-1,722	-1,231	46	Oscar	447	0.388	-160	1,498
47	Julia	1,297	0.524	-46	1,692	47	Jesse	423	0.367	-138	1,703
48	Mattie	1,171	0.473	-1,009	-931	48	Will	414	0.359	-844	-172
49	Lena	1,159	0.468	-252	-65	49	Herman	413	0.359	-2,183	-352
50	Viola	1,156	0.467	-1,084	-942	50	Lee	388	0.337	-639	-38

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.