Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1899 Most Popular Baby Names of 1899 Social Security has card records for 362,683 people born in the U.S. in 1899. Mary was the top girl name (13,172 babies) and John the top boy name (6,990).
Top 100 names of 1899 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1899, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 13,172 #125 2 Anna 5,115 #107 3 Helen 5,048 #461 4 Margaret 4,249 #112 5 Ruth 3,912 #173 6 Florence 3,314 #391 7 Elizabeth 3,287 #17 8 Marie 3,156 #617 9 Ethel 2,999 #4,172 10 Lillian 2,703 #57 11 Edna 2,534 #2,458 12 Alice 2,523 #65 13 Emma 2,445 #3 14 Clara 2,441 #63 15 Grace 2,353 #38 16 Bertha 2,294 #4,546 17 Mildred 2,291 #1,962 18 Annie 2,289 #182 19 Bessie 2,280 #6,838 20 Gladys 2,228 #3,211 21 Rose 2,197 #114 22 Mabel 2,127 #201 23 Gertrude 2,110 #6,546 24 Frances 2,058 #318 25 Minnie 2,036 #3,028 26 Hazel 2,033 #21 27 Pearl 1,999 #776 28 Martha 1,907 #712 29 Esther 1,823 #119 30 Myrtle 1,821 #10,917 31 Ida 1,804 #1,120 32 Edith 1,794 #499 33 Elsie 1,706 #123 34 Irene 1,703 #651 35 Dorothy 1,687 #421 36 Catherine 1,628 #313 37 Agnes 1,611 #1,016 38 Sarah 1,587 #90 39 Eva 1,582 #134 40 Louise 1,536 #514 41 Nellie 1,510 #533 42 Ella 1,502 #29 43 Laura 1,472 #379 44 Josephine 1,388 #53 45 Lillie 1,350 #675 46 Carrie 1,346 #2,719 47 Julia 1,297 #131 48 Mattie 1,171 #1,004 49 Lena 1,159 #279 50 Viola 1,156 #1,013
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1899, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Alma 1,146 #449 52 Ruby 1,103 #64 53 Hattie 1,087 #334 54 Jessie 1,081 #823 55 Blanche 1,063 #6,838 56 Beatrice 1,061 #508 56 Jennie 1,061 #2,298 58 Cora 1,056 #113 59 Mae 1,035 #500 60 Lucy 1,018 #24 61 Ada 984 #219 62 Stella 975 #52 63 Marion 973 #2,036 64 Mamie 966 #6,116 65 Katherine 942 #186 66 Maude 908 #3,342 67 Lula 894 #1,927 68 Fannie 886 #3,342 69 Vera 864 #205 70 Maggie 814 #294 71 Lucille 812 #237 72 Pauline 811 #2,957 73 Willie 806 #10,107 74 Evelyn 802 #8 75 Virginia 776 #525 76 Beulah 770 #5,917 77 Rosa 765 #652 78 Thelma 736 #4,661 79 Dora 718 #2,387 80 Nora 709 #20 81 Ellen 708 #1,062 82 Sadie 705 #50 83 Marguerite 693 #2,485 84 Leona 665 #429 85 Daisy 660 #75 86 Susie 622 #1,911 87 Hilda 621 #2,998 87 Kathryn 621 #729 89 Nettie 611 #5,554 90 Effie 597 #2,239 91 Della 595 #563 92 Ann 586 #1,076 93 Lottie 584 #527 94 Eleanor 575 #12 95 May 571 #1,229 96 Emily 569 #34 97 Lydia 566 #92 98 Olive 565 #197 99 Georgia 553 #99 100 Sallie 544 #4,265
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1899, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 6,990 #23 2 William 6,086 #9 3 James 4,597 #6 4 George 4,018 #126 5 Charles 3,147 #48 6 Joseph 2,679 #29 7 Robert 2,609 #92 8 Frank 2,550 #513 9 Edward 1,901 #224 10 Henry 1,831 #5 11 Thomas 1,811 #34 12 Walter 1,750 #251 13 Harry 1,732 #775 14 Arthur 1,357 #87 15 Albert 1,210 #614 16 Fred 1,182 #1,932 17 Clarence 1,139 #1,499 18 Willie 1,088 #1,315 19 Harold 914 #991 20 Roy 912 #525 21 Paul 885 #262 22 Raymond 869 #394 23 Earl 821 #2,230 24 Joe 780 #991 25 Carl 774 #1,132 26 Louis 770 #249 27 Ernest 744 #1,038 27 Richard 744 #234 29 Ralph 742 #1,046 30 Samuel 704 #18 31 Charlie 678 #145 32 David 646 #35 33 Herbert 590 #2,641 34 Howard 589 #1,002 35 Jack 582 #15 36 Andrew 578 #73 37 Elmer 514 #1,222 38 Francis 501 #420 39 Dewey 499 #3,848 40 Lawrence 497 #518 41 Alfred 496 #840 42 Daniel 485 #22 43 Leo 482 #19 44 Sam 469 #647 45 Eugene 449 #943 46 Oscar 447 #223 47 Jesse 423 #184 48 Will 414 #1,193 49 Herman 413 #2,363 50 Lee 388 #725
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1899, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Michael 375 #21 52 Floyd 356 #2,230 53 Peter 354 #187 54 Lewis 352 #433 55 Frederick 350 #435 56 Russell 338 #345 57 Benjamin 335 #11 58 Clyde 330 #742 59 Edwin 329 #398 60 Leonard 321 #637 61 Ray 315 #791 62 Clifford 297 #1,352 63 Claude 293 #3,036 64 Anthony 291 #46 65 Lester 290 #1,634 66 Chester 288 #1,585 66 Tom 288 #2,183 68 Lloyd 287 #1,547 69 Leroy 269 #883 70 Jessie 261 #1,425 70 Jim 261 #3,128 72 Martin 260 #335 73 Ben 259 #843 74 Donald 258 #690 74 Eddie 258 #860 74 Stanley 258 #863 77 Cecil 256 #1,486 78 Theodore 252 #4 79 Harvey 251 #251 80 Edgar 249 #486 81 Luther 248 #1,459 82 Homer 239 #4,707 83 Norman 223 #1,196 83 Philip 223 #527 85 Bernard 222 #1,362 86 Patrick 221 #235 87 Kenneth 214 #294 88 Hugh 209 #732 89 Milton 207 #1,436 90 Guy 200 #1,634 91 Allen 191 #578 92 Jacob 189 #43 93 Leon 188 #138 94 Otis 185 #652 95 Everett 181 #77 95 Leslie 181 #3,513 97 Alexander 178 #30 97 Stephen 178 #383 99 Archie 177 #301 100 Victor 175 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1899
