Names by year · United States
The names of 1898
In 1898, the SSA recorded 381,454 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 18 | 14,406 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 45 | 5,773 | #107 |
| 3 | Helen1 in 49 | 5,230 | #462 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 55 | 4,696 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 61 | 4,249 | #173 |
| 6 | Florence1 in 68 | 3,790 | #391 |
| 7 | Elizabeth1 in 71 | 3,659 | #17 |
| 8 | Ethel1 in 73 | 3,531 | #4,211 |
| 9 | Marie1 in 75 | 3,435 | #618 |
| 10 | Lillian1 in 85 | 3,061 | #57 |
| 11 | Alice1 in 91 | 2,846 | #65 |
| 12 | Edna1 in 92 | 2,813 | #2,463 |
| 13 | Emma1 in 93 | 2,788 | #3 |
| 14 | Clara1 in 95 | 2,731 | #63 |
| 15 | Grace1 in 95 | 2,726 | #38 |
| 16 | Bessie1 in 98 | 2,647 | #6,889 |
| 17 | Bertha1 in 98 | 2,642 | #4,569 |
| 18 | Annie1 in 105 | 2,470 | #182 |
| 19 | Hazel1 in 106 | 2,439 | #21 |
| 20 | Rose1 in 106 | 2,436 | #114 |
| 21 | Minnie1 in 107 | 2,409 | #3,060 |
| 22 | Frances1 in 109 | 2,379 | #318 |
| 23 | Mabel1 in 111 | 2,331 | #201 |
| 24 | Gertrude1 in 112 | 2,302 | #6,632 |
| 25 | Martha1 in 118 | 2,184 | #713 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 15 | 8,159 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 17 | 7,400 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 23 | 5,321 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 25 | 4,853 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 34 | 3,557 | #48 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 39 | 3,171 | #29 |
| 7 | Robert1 in 42 | 2,932 | #92 |
| 8 | Frank1 in 42 | 2,925 | #514 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 52 | 2,337 | #224 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 57 | 2,161 | #34 |
| 11 | Henry1 in 57 | 2,145 | #5 |
| 12 | Harry1 in 58 | 2,129 | #775 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 61 | 2,002 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 76 | 1,619 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 85 | 1,447 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 87 | 1,417 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 93 | 1,326 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Willie1 in 108 | 1,134 | #1,322 |
| 19 | Dewey1 in 110 | 1,115 | #3,870 |
| 20 | Roy1 in 117 | 1,049 | #525 |
| 21 | Paul1 in 124 | 991 | #262 |
| 22 | Harold1 in 127 | 963 | #993 |
| 23 | Raymond1 in 132 | 929 | #395 |
| 24 | Carl1 in 133 | 919 | #1,134 |
| 25 | Earl1 in 139 | 883 | #2,236 |
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