Top names of 1899

Girls

1Mary13,172– 2Anna5,115– 3Helen5,048– 4Margaret4,249– 5Ruth3,912– 6Florence3,314– 7Elizabeth3,287– 8Marie3,156▲ 1 9Ethel2,999▼ 1 10Lillian2,703– 11Edna2,534▲ 1 12Alice2,523▼ 1 13Emma2,445– 14Clara2,441– 15Grace2,353– 16Bertha2,294▲ 1 17Mildred2,291▲ 11 18Annie2,289– 19Bessie2,280▼ 3 20Gladys2,228▲ 7 21Rose2,197▼ 1 22Mabel2,127▲ 1 23Gertrude2,110▲ 1 24Frances2,058▼ 2 25Minnie2,036▼ 4 26Hazel2,033▼ 7 27Pearl1,999▼ 1 28Martha1,907▼ 3 29Esther1,823▲ 2 30Myrtle1,821▼ 1 31Ida1,804▼ 2 32Edith1,794– 33Elsie1,706– 34Irene1,703– 35Dorothy1,687▲ 8 36Catherine1,628▲ 5 37Agnes1,611▲ 3 38Sarah1,587▼ 1 39Eva1,582▼ 4 40Louise1,536▲ 2 41Nellie1,510▼ 5 42Ella1,502▼ 3 43Laura1,472▼ 5 44Josephine1,388▲ 2 45Lillie1,350▼ 1 46Carrie1,346▲ 1 47Julia1,297▼ 2 48Mattie1,171▲ 2 49Lena1,159– 50Viola1,156▲ 3 51Alma1,146▲ 1 52Ruby1,103▲ 6 53Hattie1,087▼ 5 54Jessie1,081▲ 1 55Blanche1,063▼ 1 56Beatrice1,061▲ 4 57Jennie1,061– 58Cora1,056▼ 7 59Mae1,035▼ 3 60Lucy1,018▼ 1 61Ada984▲ 5 62Stella975▲ 3 63Marion973▼ 2 64Mamie966▼ 1 65Katherine942▲ 4 66Maude908▲ 1 67Lula894▼ 3 68Fannie886▼ 7 69Vera864▲ 3 70Maggie814▲ 2 71Lucille812▲ 9 72Pauline811▼ 2 73Willie806▼ 2 74Evelyn802▲ 2 75Virginia776▲ 3 76Beulah770▲ 6 77Rosa765▼ 2 78Thelma736▲ 21 79Dora718▼ 11 80Nora709▼ 6 81Ellen708– 82Sadie705▼ 5 83Marguerite693▼ 4 84Leona665▲ 6 85Daisy660▼ 1 86Susie622▼ 1 87Hilda621▲ 10 88Kathryn621▲ 1 89Nettie611▼ 2 90Effie597▼ 7 91Della595– 92Ann586▲ 9 93Lottie584▲ 9 94Eleanor575▲ 1 95May571▼ 9 96Emily569▼ 2 97Lydia566▼ 9 98Olive565▼ 5 99Georgia553▼ 7 100Sallie544–

Boys

1John6,990– 2William6,086– 3James4,597– 4George4,018– 5Charles3,147– 6Joseph2,679– 7Robert2,609– 8Frank2,550– 9Edward1,901– 10Henry1,831▲ 1 11Thomas1,811▼ 1 12Walter1,750▲ 1 13Harry1,732▼ 1 14Arthur1,357– 15Albert1,210▲ 1 16Fred1,182▼ 1 17Clarence1,139– 18Willie1,088– 19Harold914▲ 3 20Roy912– 21Paul885– 22Raymond869▲ 1 23Earl821▲ 2 24Joe780▲ 5 25Carl774▼ 1 26Louis770▲ 1 27Ernest744▲ 1 28Richard744▼ 2 29Ralph742▲ 2 30Samuel704▲ 2 31Charlie678▲ 2 32David646▼ 2 33Herbert590▲ 1 34Howard589▲ 1 35Jack582▲ 2 36Andrew578▲ 2 37Elmer514▲ 3 38Francis501▲ 5 39Dewey499▼ 20 40Lawrence497▲ 4 41Alfred496▼ 5 42Daniel485▲ 3 43Leo482▼ 4 44Sam469▼ 2 45Eugene449▲ 4 46Oscar447▼ 5 47Jesse423– 48Will414– 49Herman413▲ 1 50Lee388▼ 4 51Michael375– 52Floyd356▼ 1 53Peter354▲ 1 54Lewis352▲ 8 55Frederick350▲ 5 56Russell338▲ 5 57Benjamin335▼ 2 58Clyde330– 59Edwin329▼ 2 60Leonard321▼ 7 61Ray315▼ 5 62Clifford297▲ 5 63Claude293▼ 4 64Anthony291▲ 1 65Lester290▲ 5 66Chester288– 67Tom288▼ 3 68Lloyd287▲ 11 69Leroy269▼ 1 70Jessie261▲ 8 71Jim261▲ 6 72Martin260▼ 9 73Ben259▼ 4 74Donald258▲ 14 75Eddie258▲ 6 76Stanley258▼ 5 77Cecil256▲ 10 78Theodore252▼ 3 79Harvey251▼ 6 80Edgar249▼ 8 81Luther248▼ 5 82Homer239▲ 3 83Norman223▲ 13 84Philip223▲ 2 85Bernard222▼ 12 86Patrick221▲ 7 87Kenneth214▲ 13 88Hugh209▼ 4 89Milton207▲ 2 90Guy200▲ 4 91Allen191▲ 12 92Jacob189▼ 11 93Leon188▼ 10 94Otis185▲ 13 95Everett181– 96Leslie181▼ 7 97Alexander178▲ 9 98Stephen178– 99Archie177▼ 7 100Victor175▼ 3