Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1899

John and Mary topped the list in 1899. The 10 most popular names went to 34% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,199 boy names and 1,841 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1899

  1. John 6,990
  2. William 6,086
  3. James 4,597
  4. George 4,018
  5. Charles 3,147
  6. Joseph 2,679
  7. Robert 2,609
  8. Frank 2,550
  9. Edward 1,901
  10. Henry 1,831
  11. Thomas 1,811
  12. Walter 1,750
  13. Harry 1,732
  14. Arthur 1,357
  15. Albert 1,210
  16. Fred 1,182
  17. Clarence 1,139
  18. Willie 1,088
  19. Harold 914
  20. Roy 912
  21. Paul 885
  22. Raymond 869
  23. Earl 821
  24. Joe 780
  25. Carl 774
  26. Louis 770
  27. Ernest 744
  28. Richard 744
  29. Ralph 742
  30. Samuel 704
  31. Charlie 678
  32. David 646
  33. Herbert 590
  34. Howard 589
  35. Jack 582
  36. Andrew 578
  37. Elmer 514
  38. Francis 501
  39. Dewey 499
  40. Lawrence 497
  41. Alfred 496
  42. Daniel 485
  43. Leo 482
  44. Sam 469
  45. Eugene 449
  46. Oscar 447
  47. Jesse 423
  48. Will 414
  49. Herman 413
  50. Lee 388
  51. Michael 375
  52. Floyd 356
  53. Peter 354
  54. Lewis 352
  55. Frederick 350
  56. Russell 338
  57. Benjamin 335
  58. Clyde 330
  59. Edwin 329
  60. Leonard 321
  61. Ray 315
  62. Clifford 297
  63. Claude 293
  64. Anthony 291
  65. Lester 290
  66. Chester 288
  67. Tom 288
  68. Lloyd 287
  69. Leroy 269
  70. Jessie 261
  71. Jim 261
  72. Martin 260
  73. Ben 259
  74. Donald 258
  75. Eddie 258
  76. Stanley 258
  77. Cecil 256
  78. Theodore 252
  79. Harvey 251
  80. Edgar 249
  81. Luther 248
  82. Homer 239
  83. Norman 223
  84. Philip 223
  85. Bernard 222
  86. Patrick 221
  87. Kenneth 214
  88. Hugh 209
  89. Milton 207
  90. Guy 200
  91. Allen 191
  92. Jacob 189
  93. Leon 188
  94. Otis 185
  95. Everett 181
  96. Leslie 181
  97. Alexander 178
  98. Stephen 178
  99. Archie 177
  100. Victor 175

Top girl names of 1899

  1. Mary 13,172
  2. Anna 5,115
  3. Helen 5,048
  4. Margaret 4,249
  5. Ruth 3,912
  6. Florence 3,314
  7. Elizabeth 3,287
  8. Marie 3,156
  9. Ethel 2,999
  10. Lillian 2,703
  11. Edna 2,534
  12. Alice 2,523
  13. Emma 2,445
  14. Clara 2,441
  15. Grace 2,353
  16. Bertha 2,294
  17. Mildred 2,291
  18. Annie 2,289
  19. Bessie 2,280
  20. Gladys 2,228
  21. Rose 2,197
  22. Mabel 2,127
  23. Gertrude 2,110
  24. Frances 2,058
  25. Minnie 2,036
  26. Hazel 2,033
  27. Pearl 1,999
  28. Martha 1,907
  29. Esther 1,823
  30. Myrtle 1,821
  31. Ida 1,804
  32. Edith 1,794
  33. Elsie 1,706
  34. Irene 1,703
  35. Dorothy 1,687
  36. Catherine 1,628
  37. Agnes 1,611
  38. Sarah 1,587
  39. Eva 1,582
  40. Louise 1,536
  41. Nellie 1,510
  42. Ella 1,502
  43. Laura 1,472
  44. Josephine 1,388
  45. Lillie 1,350
  46. Carrie 1,346
  47. Julia 1,297
  48. Mattie 1,171
  49. Lena 1,159
  50. Viola 1,156
  51. Alma 1,146
  52. Ruby 1,103
  53. Hattie 1,087
  54. Jessie 1,081
  55. Blanche 1,063
  56. Beatrice 1,061
  57. Jennie 1,061
  58. Cora 1,056
  59. Mae 1,035
  60. Lucy 1,018
  61. Ada 984
  62. Stella 975
  63. Marion 973
  64. Mamie 966
  65. Katherine 942
  66. Maude 908
  67. Lula 894
  68. Fannie 886
  69. Vera 864
  70. Maggie 814
  71. Lucille 812
  72. Pauline 811
  73. Willie 806
  74. Evelyn 802
  75. Virginia 776
  76. Beulah 770
  77. Rosa 765
  78. Thelma 736
  79. Dora 718
  80. Nora 709
  81. Ellen 708
  82. Sadie 705
  83. Marguerite 693
  84. Leona 665
  85. Daisy 660
  86. Susie 622
  87. Hilda 621
  88. Kathryn 621
  89. Nettie 611
  90. Effie 597
  91. Della 595
  92. Ann 586
  93. Lottie 584
  94. Eleanor 575
  95. May 571
  96. Emily 569
  97. Lydia 566
  98. Olive 565
  99. Georgia 553
  100. Sallie 544

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1899?
John was the #1 boy name in 1899 (6,990 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (13,172 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1899?
Social Security records list 339,233 babies born in 1899 with names given to at least 5 babies: 106,211 boys and 233,022 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.