Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1898

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

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1897
1	Mary	14,406	0
2	Anna	5,773	0
3	Helen	5,230	0
4	Margaret	4,696	0
5	Ruth	4,249	0
6	Florence	3,790	+1
7	Elizabeth	3,659	-1
8	Ethel	3,531	0
9	Marie	3,435	0
10	Lillian	3,061	+1
11	Alice	2,846	+5
12	Edna	2,813	0
13	Emma	2,788	-3
14	Clara	2,731	+1
15	Grace	2,726	-1
16	Bessie	2,647	+1
17	Bertha	2,642	-4
18	Annie	2,470	+2
19	Hazel	2,439	-1
20	Rose	2,436	-1
21	Minnie	2,409	0
22	Frances	2,379	+5
23	Mabel	2,331	-1
24	Gertrude	2,302	-1
25	Martha	2,184	+1
26	Pearl	2,158	-1
27	Gladys	2,136	+5
28	Mildred	2,101	+5
29	Ida	2,090	-5
29	Myrtle	2,090	0
31	Esther	2,047	-3
32	Edith	1,981	-2
33	Elsie	1,919	-2
34	Irene	1,902	+4
35	Eva	1,823	0
36	Nellie	1,810	+1
37	Sarah	1,800	-3
38	Laura	1,768	+1
39	Ella	1,715	-3
40	Agnes	1,708	0
41	Catherine	1,705	+1
42	Louise	1,693	-1
43	Dorothy	1,671	0
44	Lillie	1,522	0
45	Julia	1,462	0
46	Josephine	1,425	+1
47	Carrie	1,371	-1
48	Hattie	1,328	0
49	Lena	1,320	+1
50	Mattie	1,314	+3
51	Cora	1,304	-2
52	Alma	1,299	-1
53	Viola	1,272	+5
54	Blanche	1,269	+1
55	Jessie	1,244	-3
56	Mae	1,239	-2
57	Jennie	1,194	-1
58	Ruby	1,191	-1
59	Lucy	1,144	+2
60	Beatrice	1,122	+8
61	Fannie	1,085	+5
61	Marion	1,085	-1
63	Mamie	1,084	-4
64	Lula	1,069	-1
65	Stella	1,062	-1
66	Ada	1,022	0
67	Maude	1,009	-6
68	Dora	929	+1
69	Katherine	914	-4
70	Pauline	900	+2
71	Willie	878	-1
72	Maggie	876	+3
72	Vera	876	+1
74	Nora	868	-3
75	Rosa	841	-1
76	Evelyn	836	+4
77	Sadie	808	-1
78	Virginia	801	+6
79	Marguerite	800	-1
80	Lucille	795	+2
81	Ellen	786	-4
82	Beulah	783	-1
83	Effie	714	-4
84	Daisy	712	+2
85	Susie	702	0
86	May	696	+5
87	Nettie	678	+3
88	Lydia	677	-5
89	Kathryn	671	+4
90	Leona	665	-2
91	Della	656	-5
92	Georgia	654	+9
93	Olive	644	-1
94	Emily	628	-6
95	Eleanor	620	0
96	Bernice	619	+7
97	Hilda	610	-3
98	Flora	607	+8
99	Thelma	605	+18
100	Sallie	598	-3