The most popular baby names of 1898

SSA recorded 381,454 births in 1898 across all reported names — 258,769 girls and 122,685 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1898

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1897.
#	Name	Births	vs 1897
1	Mary	14,406	—
2	Anna	5,773	—
3	Helen	5,230	—
4	Margaret	4,696	—
5	Ruth	4,249	—
6	Florence	3,790	+1
7	Elizabeth	3,659	-1
8	Ethel	3,531	—
9	Marie	3,435	—
10	Lillian	3,061	+1
11	Alice	2,846	+5
12	Edna	2,813	—
13	Emma	2,788	-3
14	Clara	2,731	+1
15	Grace	2,726	-1
16	Bessie	2,647	+1
17	Bertha	2,642	-4
18	Annie	2,470	+2
19	Hazel	2,439	-1
20	Rose	2,436	-1
21	Minnie	2,409	—
22	Frances	2,379	+5
23	Mabel	2,331	-1
24	Gertrude	2,302	-1
25	Martha	2,184	+1
26	Pearl	2,158	-1
27	Gladys	2,136	+5
28	Mildred	2,101	+5
29	Ida	2,090	-5
29	Myrtle	2,090	—
31	Esther	2,047	-3
32	Edith	1,981	-2
33	Elsie	1,919	-2
34	Irene	1,902	+4
35	Eva	1,823	—
36	Nellie	1,810	+1
37	Sarah	1,800	-3
38	Laura	1,768	+1
39	Ella	1,715	-3
40	Agnes	1,708	—
41	Catherine	1,705	+1
42	Louise	1,693	-1
43	Dorothy	1,671	—
44	Lillie	1,522	—
45	Julia	1,462	—
46	Josephine	1,425	+1
47	Carrie	1,371	-1
48	Hattie	1,328	—
49	Lena	1,320	+1
50	Mattie	1,314	+3
51	Cora	1,304	-2
52	Alma	1,299	-1
53	Viola	1,272	+5
54	Blanche	1,269	+1
55	Jessie	1,244	-3
56	Mae	1,239	-2
57	Jennie	1,194	-1
58	Ruby	1,191	-1
59	Lucy	1,144	+2
60	Beatrice	1,122	+8
61	Fannie	1,085	+5
61	Marion	1,085	-1
63	Mamie	1,084	-4
64	Lula	1,069	-1
65	Stella	1,062	-1
66	Ada	1,022	—
67	Maude	1,009	-6
68	Dora	929	+1
69	Katherine	914	-4
70	Pauline	900	+2
71	Willie	878	-1
72	Maggie	876	+3
72	Vera	876	+1
74	Nora	868	-3
75	Rosa	841	-1
76	Evelyn	836	+4
77	Sadie	808	-1
78	Virginia	801	+6
79	Marguerite	800	-1
80	Lucille	795	+2
81	Ellen	786	-4
82	Beulah	783	-1
83	Effie	714	-4
84	Daisy	712	+2
85	Susie	702	—
86	May	696	+5
87	Nettie	678	+3
88	Lydia	677	-5
89	Kathryn	671	+4
90	Leona	665	-2
91	Della	656	-5
92	Georgia	654	+9
93	Olive	644	-1
94	Emily	628	-6
95	Eleanor	620	—
96	Bernice	619	+7
97	Hilda	610	-3
98	Flora	607	+8
99	Thelma	605	+18
100	Sallie	598	-3

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1897.
#	Name	Births	vs 1897
1	John	8,159	—
2	William	7,400	—
3	James	5,321	—
4	George	4,853	—
5	Charles	3,557	—
6	Joseph	3,171	—
7	Robert	2,932	+1
8	Frank	2,925	-1
9	Edward	2,337	—
10	Thomas	2,161	+1
11	Henry	2,145	-1
12	Harry	2,129	+1
13	Walter	2,002	-1
14	Arthur	1,619	—
15	Fred	1,447	+1
16	Albert	1,417	-1
17	Clarence	1,326	—
18	Willie	1,134	—
19	Dewey	1,115	+92
20	Roy	1,049	-1
21	Paul	991	-1
22	Harold	963	-1
23	Raymond	929	-1
24	Carl	919	+1
25	Earl	883	-1
26	Richard	871	+5
27	Louis	861	-4
28	Ernest	839	-1
29	Joe	827	-3
30	David	815	-1
31	Ralph	803	+1
32	Samuel	749	-4
33	Charlie	728	-3
34	Herbert	716	+1
35	Howard	706	-2
36	Alfred	645	+4
37	Jack	633	+5
38	Andrew	611	-2
39	Leo	588	+7
40	Elmer	583	-6
41	Oscar	546	-4
42	Sam	543	+3
43	Francis	541	—
44	Lawrence	533	-3
45	Daniel	523	-6
46	Lee	498	+1
47	Jesse	476	-9
48	Will	475	-4
49	Eugene	473	—
50	Herman	467	—
51	Floyd	434	-3
51	Michael	434	+6
53	Leonard	421	+8
54	Peter	409	-3
55	Benjamin	405	-1
56	Ray	394	-5
57	Edwin	391	-4
58	Clyde	383	—
59	Claude	371	—
60	Frederick	368	-4
61	Russell	359	+3
62	Lewis	352	-8
63	Martin	339	-3
64	Tom	337	-1
65	Anthony	325	+11
66	Chester	321	+1
67	Clifford	317	+1
68	Leroy	315	-3
69	Ben	310	-4
70	Lester	298	-9
71	Stanley	295	+6
72	Edgar	285	-3
73	Bernard	284	+5
73	Harvey	284	-1
75	Theodore	281	+10
76	Luther	275	-5
77	Jim	269	-2
78	Jessie	267	—
79	Lloyd	265	-5
80	Otto	259	-2
81	Eddie	256	-8
81	Jacob	256	+7
83	Leon	251	-2
84	Hugh	250	+2
85	Homer	246	-16
86	Philip	244	+3
87	Cecil	243	-3
88	Donald	238	+4
89	Ed	228	+1
89	Leslie	228	-6
91	Milton	225	+15
92	Archie	222	+3
93	Patrick	219	-6
94	Guy	215	-2
95	Everett	212	+5
96	Norman	207	-5
97	Victor	205	-2
98	Ira	195	+1
98	Stephen	195	-4
100	Kenneth	191	+5

Ranked by places gained against 1897, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1898	Rank 1897	Change
Jean girls	146	172	+26
Thelma girls	99	117	+18
Harriet girls	110	128	+18
Rachel girls	138	154	+16
Inez girls	112	126	+14
Doris girls	125	139	+14
Vivian girls	162	176	+14
Lucile girls	153	166	+13
Winifred girls	170	183	+13
Luella girls	179	192	+13
Frieda girls	151	162	+11
Ola girls	157	168	+11
Anthony boys	65	76	+11
Verna girls	128	138	+10
Hannah girls	148	158	+10

Name	Rank 1898	Rank 1897	Change
Sophie girls	181	150	-31
Sophia girls	188	162	-26
Olga girls	155	133	-22
Amelia girls	140	121	-19
Janie girls	190	174	-16
Homer boys	85	69	-16
Estelle girls	128	115	-13
Mable girls	143	130	-13
Rosie girls	153	141	-12
Estella girls	159	147	-12
Maud girls	177	165	-12
Barbara girls	164	153	-11
Freda girls	172	161	-11
Isabelle girls	195	184	-11
Nancy girls	106	96	-10

1898 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

For these names, 1898 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.