Birth year roster

Top names in 1899

The 100 most common names on 1899 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1899 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, 108 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1890s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered13,172
#2Anna Declining5,115
#3Helen Endangered5,048
#4Margaret Endangered4,249
#5Ruth Endangered3,912
#6Florence Endangered3,314
#7Elizabeth Stable3,287
#8Marie Endangered3,156
#9Ethel Endangered2,999
#10Lillian Declining2,703
#11Edna Endangered2,534
#12Alice Stable2,523
#13Emma Declining2,445
#14Clara Stable2,441
#15Grace Declining2,353
#16Bertha Endangered2,294
#17Mildred Endangered2,291
#18Annie Rising2,289
#19Bessie Endangered2,280
#20Gladys Endangered2,228
#21Rose Stable2,197
#22Mabel Rising2,127
#23Gertrude Endangered2,110
#24Frances Endangered2,058
#25Minnie Endangered2,036
#26Hazel Rising2,033
#27Pearl Endangered1,999
#28Martha Endangered1,907
#29Esther Stable1,823
#30Myrtle Endangered1,821
#31Ida Endangered1,804
#32Edith Endangered1,794
#33Elsie Rising1,706
#34Irene Endangered1,703
#35Dorothy Endangered1,687
#36Catherine Endangered1,628
#37Agnes Endangered1,611
#38Sarah Endangered1,587
#39Eva Declining1,582
#40Louise Endangered1,536
#41Nellie Rising1,510
#42Ella Declining1,502
#43Laura Endangered1,472
#44Josephine Rising1,388
#45Lillie Stable1,350
#46Carrie Endangered1,346
#47Julia Stable1,297
#48Mattie Endangered1,171
#49Lena Stable1,159
#50Viola Endangered1,156
#51Alma Rising1,146
#52Ruby Stable1,103
#53Hattie Rising1,087
#54Jessie Endangered1,081
#55Blanche Endangered1,063
#56Beatrice Endangered1,061
#57Jennie Endangered1,061
#58Cora Stable1,056
#59Mae Stable1,035
#60Lucy Stable1,018
#61Ada Rising984
#62Stella Stable975
#63Marion Endangered973
#64Mamie Endangered966
#65Katherine Declining942
#66Maude Endangered908
#67Lula Endangered894
#68Fannie Endangered886
#69Vera Stable864
#70Maggie Stable814
#71Lucille Stable812
#72Pauline Endangered811
#73Willie Endangered806
#74Evelyn Stable802
#75Virginia Endangered776
#76Beulah Endangered770
#77Rosa Stable765
#78Thelma Endangered736
#79Dora Endangered718
#80Nora Stable709
#81Ellen Endangered708
#82Sadie Stable705
#83Marguerite Endangered693
#84Leona Stable665
#85Daisy Rising660
#86Susie Endangered622
#87Hilda Endangered621
#88Kathryn Endangered621
#89Nettie Endangered611
#90Effie Endangered597
#91Della Rising595
#92Ann Endangered586
#93Lottie Rising584
#94Eleanor Rising575
#95May Rising571
#96Emily Declining569
#97Lydia Stable566
#98Olive Rising565
#99Georgia Rising553
#100Sallie Endangered544

Boys

#1John Past peak6,990
#2William Declining6,086
#3James Stable4,597
#4George Stable4,018
#5Charles Stable3,147
#6Joseph Declining2,679
#7Robert Endangered2,609
#8Frank Endangered2,550
#9Edward Endangered1,901
#10Henry Stable1,831
#11Thomas Stable1,811
#12Walter Stable1,750
#13Harry Endangered1,732
#14Arthur Rising1,357
#15Albert Endangered1,210
#16Fred Endangered1,182
#17Clarence Endangered1,139
#18Willie Endangered1,088
#19Harold Endangered914
#20Roy Endangered912
#21Paul Endangered885
#22Raymond Endangered869
#23Earl Endangered821
#24Joe Endangered780
#25Carl Endangered774
#26Louis Stable770
#27Ernest Endangered744
#28Richard Endangered744
#29Ralph Endangered742
#30Samuel Stable704
#31Charlie Rising678
#32David Past peak646
#33Herbert Endangered590
#34Howard Endangered589
#35Jack Stable582
#36Andrew Declining578
#37Elmer Endangered514
#38Francis Stable501
#39Dewey Endangered499
#40Lawrence Endangered497
#41Alfred Endangered496
#42Daniel Declining485
#43Leo Rising482
#44Sam Stable469
#45Eugene Endangered449
#46Oscar Stable447
#47Jesse Stable423
#48Will Declining414
#49Herman Endangered413
#50Lee Endangered388
#51Michael Past peak375
#52Floyd Endangered356
#53Peter Stable354
#54Lewis Rising352
#55Frederick Stable350
#56Russell Stable338
#57Benjamin Declining335
#58Clyde Stable330
#59Edwin Stable329
#60Leonard Endangered321
#61Ray Endangered315
#62Clifford Endangered297
#63Claude Endangered293
#64Anthony Declining291
#65Lester Endangered290
#66Chester Endangered288
#67Tom Endangered288
#68Lloyd Endangered287
#69Leroy Endangered269
#70Jessie Endangered261
#71Jim Endangered261
#72Martin Stable260
#73Ben Stable259
#74Donald Endangered258
#75Eddie Endangered258
#76Stanley Endangered258
#77Cecil Endangered256
#78Theodore Rising252
#79Harvey Rising251
#80Edgar Declining249
#81Luther Endangered248
#82Homer Endangered239
#83Norman Endangered223
#84Philip Endangered223
#85Bernard Endangered222
#86Patrick Declining221
#87Kenneth Endangered214
#88Hugh Stable209
#89Milton Endangered207
#90Guy Endangered200
#91Allen Endangered191
#92Jacob Declining189
#93Leon Rising188
#94Otis Rising185
#95Everett Stable181
#96Leslie Endangered181
#97Alexander Declining178
#98Stephen Endangered178
#99Archie Rising177
#100Victor Declining175