Top Names of 1898

The most popular names recorded in 1898 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary14,406
2Anna5,773
3Helen5,230
4Margaret4,696
5Ruth4,249
6Florence3,790
7Elizabeth3,659
8Ethel3,531
9Marie3,435
10Lillian3,061
11Alice2,846
12Edna2,813
13Emma2,788
14Clara2,731
15Grace2,726
16Bessie2,647
17Bertha2,642
18Annie2,470
19Hazel2,439
20Rose2,436
21Minnie2,409
22Frances2,379
23Mabel2,331
24Gertrude2,302
25Martha2,184
26Pearl2,158
27Gladys2,136
28Mildred2,101
29Ida2,090
30Myrtle2,090
31Esther2,047
32Edith1,981
33Elsie1,919
34Irene1,902
35Eva1,823
36Nellie1,810
37Sarah1,800
38Laura1,768
39Ella1,715
40Agnes1,708
41Catherine1,705
42Louise1,693
43Dorothy1,671
44Lillie1,522
45Julia1,462
46Josephine1,425
47Carrie1,371
48Hattie1,328
49Lena1,320
50Mattie1,314

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,159
2William7,400
3James5,321
4George4,853
5Charles3,557
6Joseph3,171
7Robert2,932
8Frank2,925
9Edward2,337
10Thomas2,161
11Henry2,145
12Harry2,129
13Walter2,002
14Arthur1,619
15Fred1,447
16Albert1,417
17Clarence1,326
18Willie1,134
19Dewey1,115
20Roy1,049
21Paul991
22Harold963
23Raymond929
24Carl919
25Earl883
26Richard871
27Louis861
28Ernest839
29Joe827
30David815
31Ralph803
32Samuel749
33Charlie728
34Herbert716
35Howard706
36Alfred645
37Jack633
38Andrew611
39Leo588
40Elmer583
41Oscar546
42Sam543
43Francis541
44Lawrence533
45Daniel523
46Lee498
47Jesse476
48Will475
49Eugene473
50Herman467