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The most popular names in 1899

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

‹ 18981900 ›

Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #11Edna2,534
  12. #12Alice2,523
  13. #13Emma2,445
  14. #14Clara2,441
  15. #15Grace2,353
  16. #16Bertha2,294
  17. #17Mildred2,291
  18. #18Annie2,289
  19. #19Bessie2,280
  20. #20Gladys2,228
  21. #21Rose2,197
  22. #22Mabel2,127
  23. #23Gertrude2,110
  24. #24Frances2,058
  25. #25Minnie2,036
  26. #26Hazel2,033
  27. #27Pearl1,999
  28. #28Martha1,907
  29. #29Esther1,823
  30. #30Myrtle1,821
  31. #31Ida1,804
  32. #32Edith1,794
  33. #33Elsie1,706
  34. #34Irene1,703
  35. #35Dorothy1,687
  36. #36Catherine1,628
  37. #37Agnes1,611
  38. #38Sarah1,587
  39. #39Eva1,582
  40. #40Louise1,536
  41. #41Nellie1,510
  42. #42Ella1,502
  43. #43Laura1,472
  44. #44Josephine1,388
  45. #45Lillie1,350
  46. #46Carrie1,346
  47. #47Julia1,297
  48. #48Mattie1,171
  49. #49Lena1,159
  50. #50Viola1,156
  51. #51Alma1,146
  52. #52Ruby1,103
  53. #53Hattie1,087
  54. #54Jessie1,081
  55. #55Blanche1,063
  56. #56Beatrice1,061
  57. #56Jennie1,061
  58. #58Cora1,056
  59. #59Mae1,035
  60. #60Lucy1,018
  61. #61Ada984
  62. #62Stella975
  63. #63Marion973
  64. #64Mamie966
  65. #65Katherine942
  66. #66Maude908
  67. #67Lula894
  68. #68Fannie886
  69. #69Vera864
  70. #70Maggie814
  71. #71Lucille812
  72. #72Pauline811
  73. #73Willie806
  74. #74Evelyn802
  75. #75Virginia776
  76. #76Beulah770
  77. #77Rosa765
  78. #78Thelma736
  79. #79Dora718
  80. #80Nora709
  81. #81Ellen708
  82. #82Sadie705
  83. #83Marguerite693
  84. #84Leona665
  85. #85Daisy660
  86. #86Susie622
  87. #87Hilda621
  88. #87Kathryn621
  89. #89Nettie611
  90. #90Effie597
  91. #91Della595
  92. #92Ann586
  93. #93Lottie584
  94. #94Eleanor575
  95. #95May571
  96. #96Emily569
  97. #97Lydia566
  98. #98Olive565
  99. #99Georgia553
  100. #100Sallie544

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #11Thomas1,811
  12. #12Walter1,750
  13. #13Harry1,732
  14. #14Arthur1,357
  15. #15Albert1,210
  16. #16Fred1,182
  17. #17Clarence1,139
  18. #18Willie1,088
  19. #19Harold914
  20. #20Roy912
  21. #21Paul885
  22. #22Raymond869
  23. #23Earl821
  24. #24Joe780
  25. #25Carl774
  26. #26Louis770
  27. #27Ernest744
  28. #27Richard744
  29. #29Ralph742
  30. #30Samuel704
  31. #31Charlie678
  32. #32David646
  33. #33Herbert590
  34. #34Howard589
  35. #35Jack582
  36. #36Andrew578
  37. #37Elmer514
  38. #38Francis501
  39. #39Dewey499
  40. #40Lawrence497
  41. #41Alfred496
  42. #42Daniel485
  43. #43Leo482
  44. #44Sam469
  45. #45Eugene449
  46. #46Oscar447
  47. #47Jesse423
  48. #48Will414
  49. #49Herman413
  50. #50Lee388
  51. #51Michael375
  52. #52Floyd356
  53. #53Peter354
  54. #54Lewis352
  55. #55Frederick350
  56. #56Russell338
  57. #57Benjamin335
  58. #58Clyde330
  59. #59Edwin329
  60. #60Leonard321
  61. #61Ray315
  62. #62Clifford297
  63. #63Claude293
  64. #64Anthony291
  65. #65Lester290
  66. #66Chester288
  67. #66Tom288
  68. #68Lloyd287
  69. #69Leroy269
  70. #70Jessie261
  71. #70Jim261
  72. #72Martin260
  73. #73Ben259
  74. #74Donald258
  75. #74Eddie258
  76. #74Stanley258
  77. #77Cecil256
  78. #78Theodore252
  79. #79Harvey251
  80. #80Edgar249
  81. #81Luther248
  82. #82Homer239
  83. #83Norman223
  84. #83Philip223
  85. #85Bernard222
  86. #86Patrick221
  87. #87Kenneth214
  88. #88Hugh209
  89. #89Milton207
  90. #90Guy200
  91. #91Allen191
  92. #92Jacob189
  93. #93Leon188
  94. #94Otis185
  95. #95Everett181
  96. #95Leslie181
  97. #97Alexander178
  98. #97Stephen178
  99. #99Archie177
  100. #100Victor175