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

#NameBabies
1Mary13,172
2Anna5,115
3Helen5,048
4Margaret4,249
5Ruth3,912
6Florence3,314
7Elizabeth3,287
8Marie3,156
9Ethel2,999
10Lillian2,703
11Edna2,534
12Alice2,523
13Emma2,445
14Clara2,441
15Grace2,353
16Bertha2,294
17Mildred2,291
18Annie2,289
19Bessie2,280
20Gladys2,228
21Rose2,197
22Mabel2,127
23Gertrude2,110
24Frances2,058
25Minnie2,036
26Hazel2,033
27Pearl1,999
28Martha1,907
29Esther1,823
30Myrtle1,821
31Ida1,804
32Edith1,794
33Elsie1,706
34Irene1,703
35Dorothy1,687
36Catherine1,628
37Agnes1,611
38Sarah1,587
39Eva1,582
40Louise1,536
41Nellie1,510
42Ella1,502
43Laura1,472
44Josephine1,388
45Lillie1,350
46Carrie1,346
47Julia1,297
48Mattie1,171
49Lena1,159
50Viola1,156

Boys

#NameBabies
1John6,990
2William6,086
3James4,597
4George4,018
5Charles3,147
6Joseph2,679
7Robert2,609
8Frank2,550
9Edward1,901
10Henry1,831
11Thomas1,811
12Walter1,750
13Harry1,732
14Arthur1,357
15Albert1,210
16Fred1,182
17Clarence1,139
18Willie1,088
19Harold914
20Roy912
21Paul885
22Raymond869
23Earl821
24Joe780
25Carl774
26Louis770
27Ernest744
28Richard744
29Ralph742
30Samuel704
31Charlie678
32David646
33Herbert590
34Howard589
35Jack582
36Andrew578
37Elmer514
38Francis501
39Dewey499
40Lawrence497
41Alfred496
42Daniel485
43Leo482
44Sam469
45Eugene449
46Oscar447
47Jesse423
48Will414
49Herman413
50Lee388