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