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Baby Names from 1898

381,455 registered births | 122,685 boys | 258,770 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1898

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
8,159 births
2 William
7,400 births
3 James
5,321 births
4 George
4,853 births
5 Charles
3,557 births
6 Joseph
3,171 births
7 Robert
2,932 births
8 Frank
2,925 births
9 Edward
2,337 births
10 Thomas
2,161 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
14,406 births
2 Anna
5,773 births
3 Helen
5,230 births
4 Margaret
4,696 births
5 Ruth
4,249 births
6 Florence
3,790 births
7 Elizabeth
3,659 births
8 Ethel
3,531 births
9 Marie
3,435 births
10 Lillian
3,061 births

Top Unisex Names of 1898

Willie
1,134 boys 878 girls
Jessie
267 boys 1,244 girls
Marion
166 boys 1,085 girls
Francis
541 boys 124 girls
Lee
498 boys 111 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1898

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

B Nathaniel
#276 → #176 (+100)
B Dewey
#111 → #19 (+92)
B Wilfred
#261 → #198 (+63)
B Franklin
#208 → #152 (+56)
G Winnie
#220 → #165 (+55)

Biggest Fallers

B Hobart
#148 → #281 (-133)
B Bryan
#159 → #232 (-73)
B Mckinley
#141 → #192 (-51)

New to the Top 200 in 1898

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Ivan #190 Wilfred #198 Veronica #200
1897 All Years 1899