Top names of 1898

Girls

1Mary14,406– 2Anna5,773– 3Helen5,230– 4Margaret4,696– 5Ruth4,249– 6Florence3,790▲ 1 7Elizabeth3,659▼ 1 8Ethel3,531– 9Marie3,435– 10Lillian3,061▲ 1 11Alice2,846▲ 5 12Edna2,813– 13Emma2,788▼ 3 14Clara2,731▲ 1 15Grace2,726▼ 1 16Bessie2,647▲ 1 17Bertha2,642▼ 4 18Annie2,470▲ 2 19Hazel2,439▼ 1 20Rose2,436▼ 1 21Minnie2,409– 22Frances2,379▲ 5 23Mabel2,331▼ 1 24Gertrude2,302▼ 1 25Martha2,184▲ 1 26Pearl2,158▼ 1 27Gladys2,136▲ 5 28Mildred2,101▲ 5 29Ida2,090▼ 5 30Myrtle2,090▼ 1 31Esther2,047▼ 3 32Edith1,981▼ 2 33Elsie1,919▼ 2 34Irene1,902▲ 4 35Eva1,823– 36Nellie1,810▲ 1 37Sarah1,800▼ 3 38Laura1,768▲ 1 39Ella1,715▼ 3 40Agnes1,708– 41Catherine1,705▲ 1 42Louise1,693▼ 1 43Dorothy1,671– 44Lillie1,522– 45Julia1,462– 46Josephine1,425▲ 1 47Carrie1,371▼ 1 48Hattie1,328– 49Lena1,320▲ 1 50Mattie1,314▲ 3 51Cora1,304▼ 2 52Alma1,299▼ 1 53Viola1,272▲ 5 54Blanche1,269▲ 1 55Jessie1,244▼ 3 56Mae1,239▼ 2 57Jennie1,194▼ 1 58Ruby1,191▼ 1 59Lucy1,144▲ 2 60Beatrice1,122▲ 8 61Fannie1,085▲ 5 62Marion1,085▼ 2 63Mamie1,084▼ 4 64Lula1,069▼ 1 65Stella1,062▼ 1 66Ada1,022– 67Maude1,009▼ 6 68Dora929▲ 1 69Katherine914▼ 4 70Pauline900▲ 2 71Willie878▼ 1 72Maggie876▲ 3 73Vera876– 74Nora868▼ 3 75Rosa841▼ 1 76Evelyn836▲ 4 77Sadie808▼ 1 78Virginia801▲ 6 79Marguerite800▼ 1 80Lucille795▲ 2 81Ellen786▼ 4 82Beulah783▼ 1 83Effie714▼ 4 84Daisy712▲ 2 85Susie702– 86May696▲ 5 87Nettie678▲ 3 88Lydia677▼ 5 89Kathryn671▲ 4 90Leona665▼ 2 91Della656▼ 5 92Georgia654▲ 9 93Olive644▼ 1 94Emily628▼ 6 95Eleanor620– 96Bernice619▲ 7 97Hilda610▼ 3 98Flora607▲ 8 99Thelma605▲ 18 100Sallie598▼ 3

Boys

1John8,159– 2William7,400– 3James5,321– 4George4,853– 5Charles3,557– 6Joseph3,171– 7Robert2,932▲ 1 8Frank2,925▼ 1 9Edward2,337– 10Thomas2,161▲ 1 11Henry2,145▼ 1 12Harry2,129▲ 1 13Walter2,002▼ 1 14Arthur1,619– 15Fred1,447▲ 1 16Albert1,417▼ 1 17Clarence1,326– 18Willie1,134– 19Dewey1,115▲ 92 20Roy1,049▼ 1 21Paul991▼ 1 22Harold963▼ 1 23Raymond929▼ 1 24Carl919▲ 1 25Earl883▼ 1 26Richard871▲ 5 27Louis861▼ 4 28Ernest839▼ 1 29Joe827▼ 3 30David815▼ 1 31Ralph803▲ 1 32Samuel749▼ 4 33Charlie728▼ 3 34Herbert716▲ 1 35Howard706▼ 2 36Alfred645▲ 4 37Jack633▲ 5 38Andrew611▼ 2 39Leo588▲ 7 40Elmer583▼ 6 41Oscar546▼ 4 42Sam543▲ 3 43Francis541– 44Lawrence533▼ 3 45Daniel523▼ 6 46Lee498▲ 1 47Jesse476▼ 9 48Will475▼ 4 49Eugene473– 50Herman467– 51Floyd434▼ 3 52Michael434▲ 5 53Leonard421▲ 8 54Peter409▼ 3 55Benjamin405▼ 1 56Ray394▼ 5 57Edwin391▼ 4 58Clyde383– 59Claude371– 60Frederick368▼ 4 61Russell359▲ 3 62Lewis352▼ 8 63Martin339▼ 3 64Tom337▼ 1 65Anthony325▲ 11 66Chester321▲ 1 67Clifford317▲ 1 68Leroy315▼ 3 69Ben310▼ 4 70Lester298▼ 9 71Stanley295▲ 6 72Edgar285▼ 3 73Bernard284▲ 5 74Harvey284▼ 2 75Theodore281▲ 10 76Luther275▼ 5 77Jim269▼ 2 78Jessie267– 79Lloyd265▼ 5 80Otto259▼ 2 81Eddie256▼ 8 82Jacob256▲ 6 83Leon251▼ 2 84Hugh250▲ 2 85Homer246▼ 16 86Philip244▲ 3 87Cecil243▼ 3 88Donald238▲ 4 89Ed228▲ 1 90Leslie228▼ 7 91Milton225▲ 15 92Archie222▲ 3 93Patrick219▼ 6 94Guy215▼ 2 95Everett212▲ 5 96Norman207▼ 5 97Victor205▼ 2 98Ira195▲ 1 99Stephen195▼ 5 100Kenneth191▲ 5