Top baby names of 1899

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1899, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John6,990
  2. 2William6,086
  3. 3James4,597
  4. 4George4,018
  5. 5Charles3,147
  6. 6Joseph2,679
  7. 7Robert2,609
  8. 8Frank2,550
  9. 9Edward1,901
  10. 10Henry1,831
  11. 11Thomas1,811
  12. 12Walter1,750
  13. 13Harry1,732
  14. 14Arthur1,357
  15. 15Albert1,210
  16. 16Fred1,182
  17. 17Clarence1,139
  18. 18Willie1,088
  19. 19Harold914
  20. 20Roy912
  21. 21Paul885
  22. 22Raymond869
  23. 23Earl821
  24. 24Joe780
  25. 25Carl774
  26. 26Louis770
  27. 27Ernest744
  28. 28Richard744
  29. 29Ralph742
  30. 30Samuel704
  31. 31Charlie678
  32. 32David646
  33. 33Herbert590
  34. 34Howard589
  35. 35Jack582
  36. 36Andrew578
  37. 37Elmer514
  38. 38Francis501
  39. 39Dewey499
  40. 40Lawrence497
  41. 41Alfred496
  42. 42Daniel485
  43. 43Leo482
  44. 44Sam469
  45. 45Eugene449
  46. 46Oscar447
  47. 47Jesse423
  48. 48Will414
  49. 49Herman413
  50. 50Lee388
  51. 51Michael375
  52. 52Floyd356
  53. 53Peter354
  54. 54Lewis352
  55. 55Frederick350
  56. 56Russell338
  57. 57Benjamin335
  58. 58Clyde330
  59. 59Edwin329
  60. 60Leonard321
  61. 61Ray315
  62. 62Clifford297
  63. 63Claude293
  64. 64Anthony291
  65. 65Lester290
  66. 66Chester288
  67. 67Tom288
  68. 68Lloyd287
  69. 69Leroy269
  70. 70Jessie261
  71. 71Jim261
  72. 72Martin260
  73. 73Ben259
  74. 74Donald258
  75. 75Eddie258
  76. 76Stanley258
  77. 77Cecil256
  78. 78Theodore252
  79. 79Harvey251
  80. 80Edgar249
  81. 81Luther248
  82. 82Homer239
  83. 83Norman223
  84. 84Philip223
  85. 85Bernard222
  86. 86Patrick221
  87. 87Kenneth214
  88. 88Hugh209
  89. 89Milton207
  90. 90Guy200
  91. 91Allen191
  92. 92Jacob189
  93. 93Leon188
  94. 94Otis185
  95. 95Everett181
  96. 96Leslie181
  97. 97Alexander178
  98. 98Stephen178
  99. 99Archie177
  100. 100Victor175

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary13,172
  2. 2Anna5,115
  3. 3Helen5,048
  4. 4Margaret4,249
  5. 5Ruth3,912
  6. 6Florence3,314
  7. 7Elizabeth3,287
  8. 8Marie3,156
  9. 9Ethel2,999
  10. 10Lillian2,703
  11. 11Edna2,534
  12. 12Alice2,523
  13. 13Emma2,445
  14. 14Clara2,441
  15. 15Grace2,353
  16. 16Bertha2,294
  17. 17Mildred2,291
  18. 18Annie2,289
  19. 19Bessie2,280
  20. 20Gladys2,228
  21. 21Rose2,197
  22. 22Mabel2,127
  23. 23Gertrude2,110
  24. 24Frances2,058
  25. 25Minnie2,036
  26. 26Hazel2,033
  27. 27Pearl1,999
  28. 28Martha1,907
  29. 29Esther1,823
  30. 30Myrtle1,821
  31. 31Ida1,804
  32. 32Edith1,794
  33. 33Elsie1,706
  34. 34Irene1,703
  35. 35Dorothy1,687
  36. 36Catherine1,628
  37. 37Agnes1,611
  38. 38Sarah1,587
  39. 39Eva1,582
  40. 40Louise1,536
  41. 41Nellie1,510
  42. 42Ella1,502
  43. 43Laura1,472
  44. 44Josephine1,388
  45. 45Lillie1,350
  46. 46Carrie1,346
  47. 47Julia1,297
  48. 48Mattie1,171
  49. 49Lena1,159
  50. 50Viola1,156
  51. 51Alma1,146
  52. 52Ruby1,103
  53. 53Hattie1,087
  54. 54Jessie1,081
  55. 55Blanche1,063
  56. 56Beatrice1,061
  57. 57Jennie1,061
  58. 58Cora1,056
  59. 59Mae1,035
  60. 60Lucy1,018
  61. 61Ada984
  62. 62Stella975
  63. 63Marion973
  64. 64Mamie966
  65. 65Katherine942
  66. 66Maude908
  67. 67Lula894
  68. 68Fannie886
  69. 69Vera864
  70. 70Maggie814
  71. 71Lucille812
  72. 72Pauline811
  73. 73Willie806
  74. 74Evelyn802
  75. 75Virginia776
  76. 76Beulah770
  77. 77Rosa765
  78. 78Thelma736
  79. 79Dora718
  80. 80Nora709
  81. 81Ellen708
  82. 82Sadie705
  83. 83Marguerite693
  84. 84Leona665
  85. 85Daisy660
  86. 86Susie622
  87. 87Hilda621
  88. 88Kathryn621
  89. 89Nettie611
  90. 90Effie597
  91. 91Della595
  92. 92Ann586
  93. 93Lottie584
  94. 94Eleanor575
  95. 95May571
  96. 96Emily569
  97. 97Lydia566
  98. 98Olive565
  99. 99Georgia553
  100. 100Sallie544