Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1898 Most Popular Baby Names of 1898 Social Security has card records for 406,246 people born in the U.S. in 1898. Mary was the top girl name (14,406 babies) and John the top boy name (8,159).
Top 100 names of 1898 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1898, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 14,406 #125 2 Anna 5,773 #107 3 Helen 5,230 #461 4 Margaret 4,696 #112 5 Ruth 4,249 #173 6 Florence 3,790 #391 7 Elizabeth 3,659 #17 8 Ethel 3,531 #4,172 9 Marie 3,435 #617 10 Lillian 3,061 #57 11 Alice 2,846 #65 12 Edna 2,813 #2,458 13 Emma 2,788 #3 14 Clara 2,731 #63 15 Grace 2,726 #38 16 Bessie 2,647 #6,838 17 Bertha 2,642 #4,546 18 Annie 2,470 #182 19 Hazel 2,439 #21 20 Rose 2,436 #114 21 Minnie 2,409 #3,028 22 Frances 2,379 #318 23 Mabel 2,331 #201 24 Gertrude 2,302 #6,546 25 Martha 2,184 #712 26 Pearl 2,158 #776 27 Gladys 2,136 #3,211 28 Mildred 2,101 #1,962 29 Ida 2,090 #1,120 29 Myrtle 2,090 #10,917 31 Esther 2,047 #119 32 Edith 1,981 #499 33 Elsie 1,919 #123 34 Irene 1,902 #651 35 Eva 1,823 #134 36 Nellie 1,810 #533 37 Sarah 1,800 #90 38 Laura 1,768 #379 39 Ella 1,715 #29 40 Agnes 1,708 #1,016 41 Catherine 1,705 #313 42 Louise 1,693 #514 43 Dorothy 1,671 #421 44 Lillie 1,522 #675 45 Julia 1,462 #131 46 Josephine 1,425 #53 47 Carrie 1,371 #2,719 48 Hattie 1,328 #334 49 Lena 1,320 #279 50 Mattie 1,314 #1,004
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1898, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Cora 1,304 #113 52 Alma 1,299 #449 53 Viola 1,272 #1,013 54 Blanche 1,269 #6,838 55 Jessie 1,244 #823 56 Mae 1,239 #500 57 Jennie 1,194 #2,298 58 Ruby 1,191 #64 59 Lucy 1,144 #24 60 Beatrice 1,122 #508 61 Fannie 1,085 #3,342 61 Marion 1,085 #2,036 63 Mamie 1,084 #6,116 64 Lula 1,069 #1,927 65 Stella 1,062 #52 66 Ada 1,022 #219 67 Maude 1,009 #3,342 68 Dora 929 #2,387 69 Katherine 914 #186 70 Pauline 900 #2,957 71 Willie 878 #10,107 72 Maggie 876 #294 72 Vera 876 #205 74 Nora 868 #20 75 Rosa 841 #652 76 Evelyn 836 #8 77 Sadie 808 #50 78 Virginia 801 #525 79 Marguerite 800 #2,485 80 Lucille 795 #237 81 Ellen 786 #1,062 82 Beulah 783 #5,917 83 Effie 714 #2,239 84 Daisy 712 #75 85 Susie 702 #1,911 86 May 696 #1,229 87 Nettie 678 #5,554 88 Lydia 677 #92 89 Kathryn 671 #729 90 Leona 665 #429 91 Della 656 #563 92 Georgia 654 #99 93 Olive 644 #197 94 Emily 628 #34 95 Eleanor 620 #12 96 Bernice 619 #4,067 97 Hilda 610 #2,998 98 Flora 607 #607 99 Thelma 605 #4,661 100 Sallie 598 #4,265
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1898, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,159 #23 2 William 7,400 #9 3 James 5,321 #6 4 George 4,853 #126 5 Charles 3,557 #48 6 Joseph 3,171 #29 7 Robert 2,932 #92 8 Frank 2,925 #513 9 Edward 2,337 #224 10 Thomas 2,161 #34 11 Henry 2,145 #5 12 Harry 2,129 #775 13 Walter 2,002 #251 14 Arthur 1,619 #87 15 Fred 1,447 #1,932 16 Albert 1,417 #614 17 Clarence 1,326 #1,499 18 Willie 1,134 #1,315 19 Dewey 1,115 #3,848 20 Roy 1,049 #525 21 Paul 991 #262 22 Harold 963 #991 23 Raymond 929 #394 24 Carl 919 #1,132 25 Earl 883 #2,230 26 Richard 871 #234 27 Louis 861 #249 28 Ernest 839 #1,038 29 Joe 827 #991 30 David 815 #35 31 Ralph 803 #1,046 32 Samuel 749 #18 33 Charlie 728 #145 34 Herbert 716 #2,641 35 Howard 706 #1,002 36 Alfred 645 #840 37 Jack 633 #15 38 Andrew 611 #73 39 Leo 588 #19 40 Elmer 583 #1,222 41 Oscar 546 #223 42 Sam 543 #647 43 Francis 541 #420 44 Lawrence 533 #518 45 Daniel 523 #22 46 Lee 498 #725 47 Jesse 476 #184 48 Will 475 #1,193 49 Eugene 473 #943 50 Herman 467 #2,363
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1898, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Floyd 434 #2,230 51 Michael 434 #21 53 Leonard 421 #637 54 Peter 409 #187 55 Benjamin 405 #11 56 Ray 394 #791 57 Edwin 391 #398 58 Clyde 383 #742 59 Claude 371 #3,036 60 Frederick 368 #435 61 Russell 359 #345 62 Lewis 352 #433 63 Martin 339 #335 64 Tom 337 #2,183 65 Anthony 325 #46 66 Chester 321 #1,585 67 Clifford 317 #1,352 68 Leroy 315 #883 69 Ben 310 #843 70 Lester 298 #1,634 71 Stanley 295 #863 72 Edgar 285 #486 73 Bernard 284 #1,362 73 Harvey 284 #251 75 Theodore 281 #4 76 Luther 275 #1,459 77 Jim 269 #3,128 78 Jessie 267 #1,425 79 Lloyd 265 #1,547 80 Otto 259 #277 81 Eddie 256 #860 81 Jacob 256 #43 83 Leon 251 #138 84 Hugh 250 #732 85 Homer 246 #4,707 86 Philip 244 #527 87 Cecil 243 #1,486 88 Donald 238 #690 89 Ed 228 – 89 Leslie 228 #3,513 91 Milton 225 #1,436 92 Archie 222 #301 93 Patrick 219 #235 94 Guy 215 #1,634 95 Everett 212 #77 96 Norman 207 #1,196 97 Victor 205 #209 98 Ira 195 #819 98 Stephen 195 #383 100 Kenneth 191 #294
Entered the top 100 in 1898
