Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1899

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1898.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1898
1	Mary	13,222	0
2	John	7,030	0
3	William	6,109	0
4	Anna	5,138	0
5	Helen	5,064	+1
6	James	4,624	-1
7	Margaret	4,262	+1
8	George	4,051	-1
9	Ruth	3,921	0
10	Florence	3,334	0
11	Elizabeth	3,300	0
12	Charles	3,170	0
13	Marie	3,165	+1
14	Ethel	3,014	-1
15	Lillian	2,711	+1
16	Joseph	2,698	-1
17	Robert	2,627	0
18	Frank	2,571	-1
19	Edna	2,548	+1
20	Alice	2,530	-1
21	Emma	2,455	0
22	Clara	2,448	+1
23	Grace	2,362	-1
24	Annie	2,300	+2
25	Bertha	2,299	0
26	Mildred	2,297	+14
27	Bessie	2,280	-3
28	Gladys	2,236	+10
29	Rose	2,210	-1
30	Mabel	2,133	+2
31	Gertrude	2,117	+2
32	Frances	2,070	-2
33	Minnie	2,046	-4
34	Hazel	2,045	-7
35	Pearl	2,028	-1
36	Martha	1,915	-1
37	Edward	1,910	-6
38	Willie	1,894	+7
39	Henry	1,852	-2
40	Myrtle	1,828	+2
41	Esther	1,823	+2
42	Thomas	1,819	-6
43	Ida	1,814	-2
44	Edith	1,805	+2
45	Walter	1,756	-1
46	Harry	1,732	-7
47	Elsie	1,716	0
48	Irene	1,712	0
49	Dorothy	1,695	+8
50	Catherine	1,633	+4
51	Agnes	1,619	+4
52	Sarah	1,598	-1
53	Eva	1,591	-4
54	Louise	1,547	+2
55	Nellie	1,516	-5
56	Ella	1,510	-3
57	Laura	1,472	-5
58	Josephine	1,394	+6
59	Arthur	1,368	-1
60	Lillie	1,360	-1
61	Carrie	1,354	+4
62	Jessie	1,342	-2
63	Julia	1,297	-2
64	Albert	1,217	-1
65	Fred	1,192	-3
66	Mattie	1,179	+2
67	Viola	1,163	+6
68	Lena	1,159	0
69	Alma	1,155	+1
70	Clarence	1,148	-3
71	Marion	1,125	+3
72	Ruby	1,114	+5
73	Hattie	1,097	-7
74	Blanche	1,071	-2
75	Beatrice	1,067	+5
76	Jennie	1,066	+2
77	Cora	1,056	-6
78	Mae	1,035	-3
79	Lucy	1,026	0
80	Ada	984	+6
81	Stella	975	+3
82	Mamie	966	-1
83	Katherine	942	+10
84	Harold	919	+5
84	Roy	919	+1
86	Maude	908	+1
87	Fannie	897	-5
88	Lula	894	-5
89	Paul	891	-1
90	Raymond	869	+1
91	Vera	864	+7
92	Earl	827	+3
93	Pauline	817	+1
94	Maggie	814	+3
95	Lucille	812	+15
96	Evelyn	802	+8
97	Joe	798	+4
98	Carl	781	-6
99	Louis	779	0
100	Virginia	776	+7