United States · 339,233 recorded births
Top baby names of 1899
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Thelma (up 21), Sophie (up 19), Perry (up 40), Ross (up 40).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1898 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Ethel | 2,999 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Lillian | 2,703 | · |
| 11 | Edna | 2,534 | ▲ 1 |
| 12 | Alice | 2,523 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Emma | 2,445 | · |
| 14 | Clara | 2,441 | · |
| 15 | Grace | 2,353 | · |
| 16 | Bertha | 2,294 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Mildred | 2,291 | ▲ 11 |
| 18 | Annie | 2,289 | · |
| 19 | Bessie | 2,280 | ▼ 3 |
| 20 | Gladys | 2,228 | ▲ 7 |
| 21 | Rose | 2,197 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Mabel | 2,127 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Gertrude | 2,110 | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Frances | 2,058 | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Minnie | 2,036 | ▼ 4 |
| 26 | Hazel | 2,033 | ▼ 7 |
| 27 | Pearl | 1,999 | ▼ 1 |
| 28 | Martha | 1,907 | ▼ 3 |
| 29 | Esther | 1,823 | ▲ 2 |
| 30 | Myrtle | 1,821 | · |
| 31 | Ida | 1,804 | ▼ 2 |
| 32 | Edith | 1,794 | · |
| 33 | Elsie | 1,706 | · |
| 34 | Irene | 1,703 | · |
| 35 | Dorothy | 1,687 | ▲ 8 |
| 36 | Catherine | 1,628 | ▲ 5 |
| 37 | Agnes | 1,611 | ▲ 3 |
| 38 | Sarah | 1,587 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Eva | 1,582 | ▼ 4 |
| 40 | Louise | 1,536 | ▲ 2 |
| 41 | Nellie | 1,510 | ▼ 5 |
| 42 | Ella | 1,502 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Laura | 1,472 | ▼ 5 |
| 44 | Josephine | 1,388 | ▲ 2 |
| 45 | Lillie | 1,350 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Carrie | 1,346 | ▲ 1 |
| 47 | Julia | 1,297 | ▼ 2 |
| 48 | Mattie | 1,171 | ▲ 2 |
| 49 | Lena | 1,159 | · |
| 50 | Viola | 1,156 | ▲ 3 |
| 51 | Alma | 1,146 | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Ruby | 1,103 | ▲ 6 |
| 53 | Hattie | 1,087 | ▼ 5 |
| 54 | Jessie | 1,081 | ▲ 1 |
| 55 | Blanche | 1,063 | ▼ 1 |
| 56 | Beatrice | 1,061 | ▲ 4 |
| 57 | Jennie | 1,061 | · |
| 58 | Cora | 1,056 | ▼ 7 |
| 59 | Mae | 1,035 | ▼ 3 |
| 60 | Lucy | 1,018 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Ada | 984 | ▲ 5 |
| 62 | Stella | 975 | ▲ 3 |
| 63 | Marion | 973 | ▼ 1 |
| 64 | Mamie | 966 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Katherine | 942 | ▲ 4 |
| 66 | Maude | 908 | ▲ 1 |
| 67 | Lula | 894 | ▼ 3 |
| 68 | Fannie | 886 | ▼ 7 |
| 69 | Vera | 864 | ▲ 4 |
| 70 | Maggie | 814 | ▲ 2 |
| 71 | Lucille | 812 | ▲ 9 |
| 72 | Pauline | 811 | ▼ 2 |
| 73 | Willie | 806 | ▼ 2 |
| 74 | Evelyn | 802 | ▲ 2 |
| 75 | Virginia | 776 | ▲ 3 |
| 76 | Beulah | 770 | ▲ 6 |
| 77 | Rosa | 765 | ▼ 2 |
| 78 | Thelma | 736 | ▲ 21 |
| 79 | Dora | 718 | ▼ 11 |
| 80 | Nora | 709 | ▼ 6 |
| 81 | Ellen | 708 | · |
| 82 | Sadie | 705 | ▼ 5 |
| 83 | Marguerite | 693 | ▼ 4 |
| 84 | Leona | 665 | ▲ 6 |
| 85 | Daisy | 660 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Susie | 622 | ▼ 1 |
| 87 | Hilda | 621 | ▲ 10 |
| 88 | Kathryn | 621 | ▲ 1 |
| 89 | Nettie | 611 | ▼ 2 |
| 90 | Effie | 597 | ▼ 7 |
| 91 | Della | 595 | · |
| 92 | Ann | 586 | ▲ 9 |
| 93 | Lottie | 584 | ▲ 9 |
| 94 | Eleanor | 575 | ▲ 1 |
| 95 | May | 571 | ▼ 9 |
| 96 | Emily | 569 | ▼ 2 |
| 97 | Lydia | 566 | ▼ 9 |
| 98 | Olive | 565 | ▼ 5 |
| 99 | Georgia | 553 | ▼ 7 |
| 100 | Sallie | 544 | · |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1898 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,811 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,750 | ▲ 1 |
| 13 | Harry | 1,732 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,357 | · |
| 15 | Albert | 1,210 | ▲ 1 |
| 16 | Fred | 1,182 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,139 | · |
| 18 | Willie | 1,088 | · |
| 19 | Harold | 914 | ▲ 3 |
| 20 | Roy | 912 | · |
| 21 | Paul | 885 | · |
| 22 | Raymond | 869 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Earl | 821 | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | Joe | 780 | ▲ 5 |
| 25 | Carl | 774 | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Louis | 770 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Ernest | 744 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Richard | 744 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | Ralph | 742 | ▲ 2 |
| 30 | Samuel | 704 | ▲ 2 |
| 31 | Charlie | 678 | ▲ 2 |
| 32 | David | 646 | ▼ 2 |
| 33 | Herbert | 590 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Howard | 589 | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Jack | 582 | ▲ 2 |
| 36 | Andrew | 578 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Elmer | 514 | ▲ 3 |
| 38 | Francis | 501 | ▲ 5 |
| 39 | Dewey | 499 | ▼ 20 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 497 | ▲ 4 |
| 41 | Alfred | 496 | ▼ 5 |
| 42 | Daniel | 485 | ▲ 3 |
| 43 | Leo | 482 | ▼ 4 |
| 44 | Sam | 469 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Eugene | 449 | ▲ 4 |
| 46 | Oscar | 447 | ▼ 5 |
| 47 | Jesse | 423 | · |
| 48 | Will | 414 | · |
| 49 | Herman | 413 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Lee | 388 | ▼ 4 |
| 51 | Michael | 375 | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Floyd | 356 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Peter | 354 | ▲ 1 |
| 54 | Lewis | 352 | ▲ 8 |
| 55 | Frederick | 350 | ▲ 5 |
| 56 | Russell | 338 | ▲ 5 |
| 57 | Benjamin | 335 | ▼ 2 |
| 58 | Clyde | 330 | · |
| 59 | Edwin | 329 | ▼ 2 |
| 60 | Leonard | 321 | ▼ 7 |
| 61 | Ray | 315 | ▼ 5 |
| 62 | Clifford | 297 | ▲ 5 |
| 63 | Claude | 293 | ▼ 4 |
| 64 | Anthony | 291 | ▲ 1 |
| 65 | Lester | 290 | ▲ 5 |
| 66 | Chester | 288 | · |
| 67 | Tom | 288 | ▼ 3 |
| 68 | Lloyd | 287 | ▲ 11 |
| 69 | Leroy | 269 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Jessie | 261 | ▲ 8 |
| 71 | Jim | 261 | ▲ 6 |
| 72 | Martin | 260 | ▼ 9 |
| 73 | Ben | 259 | ▼ 4 |
| 74 | Donald | 258 | ▲ 14 |
| 75 | Eddie | 258 | ▲ 6 |
| 76 | Stanley | 258 | ▼ 5 |
| 77 | Cecil | 256 | ▲ 10 |
| 78 | Theodore | 252 | ▼ 3 |
| 79 | Harvey | 251 | ▼ 5 |
| 80 | Edgar | 249 | ▼ 8 |
| 81 | Luther | 248 | ▼ 5 |
| 82 | Homer | 239 | ▲ 3 |
| 83 | Norman | 223 | ▲ 13 |
| 84 | Philip | 223 | ▲ 2 |
| 85 | Bernard | 222 | ▼ 12 |
| 86 | Patrick | 221 | ▲ 7 |
| 87 | Kenneth | 214 | ▲ 13 |
| 88 | Hugh | 209 | ▼ 4 |
| 89 | Milton | 207 | ▲ 2 |
| 90 | Guy | 200 | ▲ 4 |
| 91 | Allen | 191 | ▲ 12 |
| 92 | Jacob | 189 | ▼ 10 |
| 93 | Leon | 188 | ▼ 10 |
| 94 | Otis | 185 | ▲ 13 |
| 95 | Everett | 181 | · |
| 96 | Leslie | 181 | ▼ 6 |
| 97 | Alexander | 178 | ▲ 9 |
| 98 | Stephen | 178 | ▲ 1 |
| 99 | Archie | 177 | ▼ 7 |
| 100 | Victor | 175 | ▼ 3 |