Top Baby Names of 1898
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 14,406 2
Anna 5,773 3
Helen 5,230 4
Margaret 4,696 5
Ruth 4,249 6
Florence 3,790 7
Elizabeth 3,659 8
Ethel 3,531 9
Marie 3,435 10
Lillian 3,061 11
Alice 2,846 12
Edna 2,813 13
Emma 2,788 14
Clara 2,731 15
Grace 2,726 16
Bessie 2,647 17
Bertha 2,642 18
Annie 2,470 19
Hazel 2,439 20
Rose 2,436 21
Minnie 2,409 22
Frances 2,379 23
Mabel 2,331 24
Gertrude 2,302 25
Martha 2,184 26
Pearl 2,158 27
Gladys 2,136 28
Mildred 2,101 29
Ida 2,090 29
Myrtle 2,090 31
Esther 2,047 32
Edith 1,981 33
Elsie 1,919 34
Irene 1,902 35
Eva 1,823 36
Nellie 1,810 37
Sarah 1,800 38
Laura 1,768 39
Ella 1,715 40
Agnes 1,708 41
Catherine 1,705 42
Louise 1,693 43
Dorothy 1,671 44
Lillie 1,522 45
Julia 1,462 46
Josephine 1,425 47
Carrie 1,371 48
Hattie 1,328 49
Lena 1,320 50
Mattie 1,314 👦
Boy Names
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John 8,159 2
William 7,400 3
James 5,321 4
George 4,853 5
Charles 3,557 6
Joseph 3,171 7
Robert 2,932 8
Frank 2,925 9
Edward 2,337 10
Thomas 2,161 11
Henry 2,145 12
Harry 2,129 13
Walter 2,002 14
Arthur 1,619 15
Fred 1,447 16
Albert 1,417 17
Clarence 1,326 18
Willie 1,134 19
Dewey 1,115 20
Roy 1,049 21
Paul 991 22
Harold 963 23
Raymond 929 24
Carl 919 25
Earl 883 26
Richard 871 27
Louis 861 28
Ernest 839 29
Joe 827 30
David 815 31
Ralph 803 32
Samuel 749 33
Charlie 728 34
Herbert 716 35
Howard 706 36
Alfred 645 37
Jack 633 38
Andrew 611 39
Leo 588 40
Elmer 583 41
Oscar 546 42
Sam 543 43
Francis 541 44
Lawrence 533 45
Daniel 523 46
Lee 498 47
Jesse 476 48
Will 475 49
Eugene 473 50
Herman 467 About 1898 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1898, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.