Top Names of 1899
The most popular names recorded in 1899 were Mary for girls
and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 13,172 |
| 2 | Anna | 5,115 |
| 3 | Helen | 5,048 |
| 4 | Margaret | 4,249 |
| 5 | Ruth | 3,912 |
| 6 | Florence | 3,314 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 3,287 |
| 8 | Marie | 3,156 |
| 9 | Ethel | 2,999 |
| 10 | Lillian | 2,703 |
| 11 | Edna | 2,534 |
| 12 | Alice | 2,523 |
| 13 | Emma | 2,445 |
| 14 | Clara | 2,441 |
| 15 | Grace | 2,353 |
| 16 | Bertha | 2,294 |
| 17 | Mildred | 2,291 |
| 18 | Annie | 2,289 |
| 19 | Bessie | 2,280 |
| 20 | Gladys | 2,228 |
| 21 | Rose | 2,197 |
| 22 | Mabel | 2,127 |
| 23 | Gertrude | 2,110 |
| 24 | Frances | 2,058 |
| 25 | Minnie | 2,036 |
| 26 | Hazel | 2,033 |
| 27 | Pearl | 1,999 |
| 28 | Martha | 1,907 |
| 29 | Esther | 1,823 |
| 30 | Myrtle | 1,821 |
| 31 | Ida | 1,804 |
| 32 | Edith | 1,794 |
| 33 | Elsie | 1,706 |
| 34 | Irene | 1,703 |
| 35 | Dorothy | 1,687 |
| 36 | Catherine | 1,628 |
| 37 | Agnes | 1,611 |
| 38 | Sarah | 1,587 |
| 39 | Eva | 1,582 |
| 40 | Louise | 1,536 |
| 41 | Nellie | 1,510 |
| 42 | Ella | 1,502 |
| 43 | Laura | 1,472 |
| 44 | Josephine | 1,388 |
| 45 | Lillie | 1,350 |
| 46 | Carrie | 1,346 |
| 47 | Julia | 1,297 |
| 48 | Mattie | 1,171 |
| 49 | Lena | 1,159 |
| 50 | Viola | 1,156 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | John | 6,990 |
| 2 | William | 6,086 |
| 3 | James | 4,597 |
| 4 | George | 4,018 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,147 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,679 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,609 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,550 |
| 9 | Edward | 1,901 |
| 10 | Henry | 1,831 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,811 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,750 |
| 13 | Harry | 1,732 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,357 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,210 |
| 16 | Fred | 1,182 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,139 |
| 18 | Willie | 1,088 |
| 19 | Harold | 914 |
| 20 | Roy | 912 |
| 21 | Paul | 885 |
| 22 | Raymond | 869 |
| 23 | Earl | 821 |
| 24 | Joe | 780 |
| 25 | Carl | 774 |
| 26 | Louis | 770 |
| 27 | Ernest | 744 |
| 28 | Richard | 744 |
| 29 | Ralph | 742 |
| 30 | Samuel | 704 |
| 31 | Charlie | 678 |
| 32 | David | 646 |
| 33 | Herbert | 590 |
| 34 | Howard | 589 |
| 35 | Jack | 582 |
| 36 | Andrew | 578 |
| 37 | Elmer | 514 |
| 38 | Francis | 501 |
| 39 | Dewey | 499 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 497 |
| 41 | Alfred | 496 |
| 42 | Daniel | 485 |
| 43 | Leo | 482 |
| 44 | Sam | 469 |
| 45 | Eugene | 449 |
| 46 | Oscar | 447 |
| 47 | Jesse | 423 |
| 48 | Will | 414 |
| 49 | Herman | 413 |
| 50 | Lee | 388 |