Birth year roster

Top names in 1898

The 100 most common names on 1898 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1898 baby-name charts, the top names among late-19th-century births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 107 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1890s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered14,406
#2Anna Declining5,773
#3Helen Endangered5,230
#4Margaret Endangered4,696
#5Ruth Endangered4,249
#6Florence Endangered3,790
#7Elizabeth Stable3,659
#8Ethel Endangered3,531
#9Marie Endangered3,435
#10Lillian Declining3,061
#11Alice Stable2,846
#12Edna Endangered2,813
#13Emma Declining2,788
#14Clara Stable2,731
#15Grace Declining2,726
#16Bessie Endangered2,647
#17Bertha Endangered2,642
#18Annie Rising2,470
#19Hazel Rising2,439
#20Rose Stable2,436
#21Minnie Endangered2,409
#22Frances Endangered2,379
#23Mabel Rising2,331
#24Gertrude Endangered2,302
#25Martha Endangered2,184
#26Pearl Endangered2,158
#27Gladys Endangered2,136
#28Mildred Endangered2,101
#29Ida Endangered2,090
#30Myrtle Endangered2,090
#31Esther Stable2,047
#32Edith Endangered1,981
#33Elsie Rising1,919
#34Irene Endangered1,902
#35Eva Declining1,823
#36Nellie Rising1,810
#37Sarah Endangered1,800
#38Laura Endangered1,768
#39Ella Declining1,715
#40Agnes Endangered1,708
#41Catherine Endangered1,705
#42Louise Endangered1,693
#43Dorothy Endangered1,671
#44Lillie Stable1,522
#45Julia Stable1,462
#46Josephine Rising1,425
#47Carrie Endangered1,371
#48Hattie Rising1,328
#49Lena Stable1,320
#50Mattie Endangered1,314
#51Cora Stable1,304
#52Alma Rising1,299
#53Viola Endangered1,272
#54Blanche Endangered1,269
#55Jessie Endangered1,244
#56Mae Stable1,239
#57Jennie Endangered1,194
#58Ruby Stable1,191
#59Lucy Stable1,144
#60Beatrice Endangered1,122
#61Fannie Endangered1,085
#62Marion Endangered1,085
#63Mamie Endangered1,084
#64Lula Endangered1,069
#65Stella Stable1,062
#66Ada Rising1,022
#67Maude Endangered1,009
#68Dora Endangered929
#69Katherine Declining914
#70Pauline Endangered900
#71Willie Endangered878
#72Maggie Stable876
#73Vera Stable876
#74Nora Stable868
#75Rosa Stable841
#76Evelyn Stable836
#77Sadie Stable808
#78Virginia Endangered801
#79Marguerite Endangered800
#80Lucille Stable795
#81Ellen Endangered786
#82Beulah Endangered783
#83Effie Endangered714
#84Daisy Rising712
#85Susie Endangered702
#86May Rising696
#87Nettie Endangered678
#88Lydia Stable677
#89Kathryn Endangered671
#90Leona Stable665
#91Della Rising656
#92Georgia Rising654
#93Olive Rising644
#94Emily Declining628
#95Eleanor Rising620
#96Bernice Endangered619
#97Hilda Endangered610
#98Flora Rising607
#99Thelma Endangered605
#100Sallie Endangered598

Boys

#1John Past peak8,159
#2William Declining7,400
#3James Stable5,321
#4George Stable4,853
#5Charles Stable3,557
#6Joseph Declining3,171
#7Robert Endangered2,932
#8Frank Endangered2,925
#9Edward Endangered2,337
#10Thomas Stable2,161
#11Henry Stable2,145
#12Harry Endangered2,129
#13Walter Stable2,002
#14Arthur Rising1,619
#15Fred Endangered1,447
#16Albert Endangered1,417
#17Clarence Endangered1,326
#18Willie Endangered1,134
#19Dewey Endangered1,115
#20Roy Endangered1,049
#21Paul Endangered991
#22Harold Endangered963
#23Raymond Endangered929
#24Carl Endangered919
#25Earl Endangered883
#26Richard Endangered871
#27Louis Stable861
#28Ernest Endangered839
#29Joe Endangered827
#30David Past peak815
#31Ralph Endangered803
#32Samuel Stable749
#33Charlie Rising728
#34Herbert Endangered716
#35Howard Endangered706
#36Alfred Endangered645
#37Jack Stable633
#38Andrew Declining611
#39Leo Rising588
#40Elmer Endangered583
#41Oscar Stable546
#42Sam Stable543
#43Francis Stable541
#44Lawrence Endangered533
#45Daniel Declining523
#46Lee Endangered498
#47Jesse Stable476
#48Will Declining475
#49Eugene Endangered473
#50Herman Endangered467
#51Floyd Endangered434
#52Michael Past peak434
#53Leonard Endangered421
#54Peter Stable409
#55Benjamin Declining405
#56Ray Endangered394
#57Edwin Stable391
#58Clyde Stable383
#59Claude Endangered371
#60Frederick Stable368
#61Russell Stable359
#62Lewis Rising352
#63Martin Stable339
#64Tom Endangered337
#65Anthony Declining325
#66Chester Endangered321
#67Clifford Endangered317
#68Leroy Endangered315
#69Ben Stable310
#70Lester Endangered298
#71Stanley Endangered295
#72Edgar Declining285
#73Bernard Endangered284
#74Harvey Rising284
#75Theodore Rising281
#76Luther Endangered275
#77Jim Endangered269
#78Jessie Endangered267
#79Lloyd Endangered265
#80Otto Rising259
#81Eddie Endangered256
#82Jacob Declining256
#83Leon Rising251
#84Hugh Stable250
#85Homer Endangered246
#86Philip Endangered244
#87Cecil Endangered243
#88Donald Endangered238
#89Ed Declining228
#90Leslie Endangered228
#91Milton Endangered225
#92Archie Rising222
#93Patrick Declining219
#94Guy Endangered215
#95Everett Stable212
#96Norman Endangered207
#97Victor Declining205
#98Ira Stable195
#99Stephen Endangered195
#100Kenneth Endangered191