Most Popular Baby Names in 1898

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	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
30	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