Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1898

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1897.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1897
1	Mary	14,456	0
2	John	8,214	0
3	William	7,441	0
4	Anna	5,804	0
5	James	5,350	0
6	Helen	5,247	0
7	George	4,904	+1
8	Margaret	4,712	-1
9	Ruth	4,264	0
10	Florence	3,809	+1
11	Elizabeth	3,674	-1
12	Charles	3,576	0
13	Ethel	3,555	0
14	Marie	3,445	0
15	Joseph	3,194	0
16	Lillian	3,076	+3
17	Frank	2,944	-1
17	Robert	2,944	0
19	Alice	2,858	+5
20	Edna	2,818	0
21	Emma	2,796	-3
22	Grace	2,741	0
23	Clara	2,731	0
24	Bessie	2,653	+1
25	Bertha	2,652	-4
26	Annie	2,484	+2
27	Hazel	2,451	-1
28	Rose	2,444	-1
29	Minnie	2,417	0
30	Frances	2,400	+8
31	Edward	2,346	+1
32	Mabel	2,338	-2
33	Gertrude	2,316	-2
34	Pearl	2,197	-1
35	Martha	2,191	+1
36	Thomas	2,172	0
37	Henry	2,161	-2
38	Gladys	2,145	+8
39	Harry	2,134	+3
40	Mildred	2,109	+7
41	Ida	2,098	-7
42	Myrtle	2,097	+1
43	Esther	2,054	-3
44	Walter	2,013	-3
45	Willie	2,012	-6
46	Edith	1,989	-2
47	Elsie	1,924	-2
48	Irene	1,911	+5
49	Eva	1,830	0
50	Nellie	1,816	+1
51	Sarah	1,805	-3
52	Laura	1,782	+2
53	Ella	1,726	-3
54	Catherine	1,710	+3
55	Agnes	1,708	0
56	Louise	1,701	0
57	Dorothy	1,671	+1
58	Arthur	1,626	-6
59	Lillie	1,534	+1
60	Jessie	1,511	-1
61	Julia	1,469	0
62	Fred	1,459	+2
63	Albert	1,426	-2
64	Josephine	1,425	+1
65	Carrie	1,376	-2
66	Hattie	1,337	0
67	Clarence	1,332	+3
68	Lena	1,326	0
68	Mattie	1,326	+3
70	Alma	1,309	-1
71	Cora	1,304	-4
72	Blanche	1,276	+2
73	Viola	1,272	+4
74	Marion	1,251	-2
75	Mae	1,245	-2
76	Dewey	1,219	+240
77	Ruby	1,206	-1
78	Jennie	1,194	-3
79	Lucy	1,149	+1
80	Beatrice	1,122	+7
81	Mamie	1,092	-2
82	Fannie	1,085	+4
83	Lula	1,080	-1
84	Stella	1,062	-2
85	Roy	1,059	-7
86	Ada	1,027	-2
87	Maude	1,009	-6
88	Paul	1,000	0
89	Harold	963	0
90	Dora	938	0
91	Raymond	935	0
92	Carl	927	0
93	Katherine	914	-8
94	Pauline	900	+5
95	Earl	890	-3
96	Richard	884	+12
97	Maggie	883	+4
98	Vera	876	0
99	Louis	873	-7
99	Nora	873	-3