Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1899

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

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1898
1	Mary	13,172	0
2	Anna	5,115	0
3	Helen	5,048	0
4	Margaret	4,249	0
5	Ruth	3,912	0
6	Florence	3,314	0
7	Elizabeth	3,287	0
8	Marie	3,156	+1
9	Ethel	2,999	-1
10	Lillian	2,703	0
11	Edna	2,534	+1
12	Alice	2,523	-1
13	Emma	2,445	0
14	Clara	2,441	0
15	Grace	2,353	0
16	Bertha	2,294	+1
17	Mildred	2,291	+11
18	Annie	2,289	0
19	Bessie	2,280	-3
20	Gladys	2,228	+7
21	Rose	2,197	-1
22	Mabel	2,127	+1
23	Gertrude	2,110	+1
24	Frances	2,058	-2
25	Minnie	2,036	-4
26	Hazel	2,033	-7
27	Pearl	1,999	-1
28	Martha	1,907	-3
29	Esther	1,823	+2
30	Myrtle	1,821	-1
31	Ida	1,804	-2
32	Edith	1,794	0
33	Elsie	1,706	0
34	Irene	1,703	0
35	Dorothy	1,687	+8
36	Catherine	1,628	+5
37	Agnes	1,611	+3
38	Sarah	1,587	-1
39	Eva	1,582	-4
40	Louise	1,536	+2
41	Nellie	1,510	-5
42	Ella	1,502	-3
43	Laura	1,472	-5
44	Josephine	1,388	+2
45	Lillie	1,350	-1
46	Carrie	1,346	+1
47	Julia	1,297	-2
48	Mattie	1,171	+2
49	Lena	1,159	0
50	Viola	1,156	+3
51	Alma	1,146	+1
52	Ruby	1,103	+6
53	Hattie	1,087	-5
54	Jessie	1,081	+1
55	Blanche	1,063	-1
56	Beatrice	1,061	+4
56	Jennie	1,061	+1
58	Cora	1,056	-7
59	Mae	1,035	-3
60	Lucy	1,018	-1
61	Ada	984	+5
62	Stella	975	+3
63	Marion	973	-2
64	Mamie	966	-1
65	Katherine	942	+4
66	Maude	908	+1
67	Lula	894	-3
68	Fannie	886	-7
69	Vera	864	+3
70	Maggie	814	+2
71	Lucille	812	+9
72	Pauline	811	-2
73	Willie	806	-2
74	Evelyn	802	+2
75	Virginia	776	+3
76	Beulah	770	+6
77	Rosa	765	-2
78	Thelma	736	+21
79	Dora	718	-11
80	Nora	709	-6
81	Ellen	708	0
82	Sadie	705	-5
83	Marguerite	693	-4
84	Leona	665	+6
85	Daisy	660	-1
86	Susie	622	-1
87	Hilda	621	+10
87	Kathryn	621	+2
89	Nettie	611	-2
90	Effie	597	-7
91	Della	595	0
92	Ann	586	+9
93	Lottie	584	+9
94	Eleanor	575	+1
95	May	571	-9
96	Emily	569	-2
97	Lydia	566	-9
98	Olive	565	-5
99	Georgia	553	-7
100	Sallie	544	0