Most Popular Baby Names in 1899

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	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	Ernest	744
28	Richard	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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	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