Top Baby Names of 1899
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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
Richard 744 27
Ernest 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 About 1899 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1899, 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.