The most popular baby names of 1899

SSA recorded 339,233 births in 1899 across all reported names — 233,022 girls and 106,211 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1899

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1898.
#	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	-1
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
56	Jennie	1,061	+1
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	-2
64	Mamie	966	-1
65	Katherine	942	+4
66	Maude	908	+1
67	Lula	894	-3
68	Fannie	886	-7
69	Vera	864	+3
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
87	Kathryn	621	+2
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	—

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1898.
#	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
27	Richard	744	-1
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	—
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	—
66	Tom	288	-2
68	Lloyd	287	+11
69	Leroy	269	-1
70	Jessie	261	+8
70	Jim	261	+7
72	Martin	260	-9
73	Ben	259	-4
74	Donald	258	+14
74	Eddie	258	+7
74	Stanley	258	-3
77	Cecil	256	+10
78	Theodore	252	-3
79	Harvey	251	-6
80	Edgar	249	-8
81	Luther	248	-5
82	Homer	239	+3
83	Norman	223	+13
83	Philip	223	+3
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	-11
93	Leon	188	-10
94	Otis	185	+13
95	Everett	181	—
95	Leslie	181	-6
97	Alexander	178	+9
97	Stephen	178	+1
99	Archie	177	-7
100	Victor	175	-3

Ranked by places gained against 1898, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1899	Rank 1898	Change
Thelma girls	78	99	+21
Josie girls	176	197	+21
Sophie girls	161	181	+20
Violet girls	111	127	+16
Opal girls	161	177	+16
Victoria girls	156	171	+15
Erma girls	173	188	+15
Essie girls	136	150	+14
Alberta girls	152	166	+14
Donald boys	74	88	+14
Velma girls	139	152	+13
Rosie girls	140	153	+13
Norman boys	83	96	+13
Doris girls	113	125	+12
Christine girls	154	166	+12

Name	Rank 1899	Rank 1898	Change
Kathleen girls	184	163	-21
Dewey boys	39	19	-20
Kate girls	187	168	-19
Verna girls	143	128	-15
Allie girls	187	173	-14
Amy girls	159	146	-13
Ollie girls	127	115	-12
Maria girls	167	155	-12
Bernard boys	85	73	-12
Dora girls	79	68	-11
Etta girls	123	112	-11
Ora girls	131	120	-11
Mollie girls	153	142	-11
Flossie girls	169	158	-11
Vivian girls	172	162	-10

1899 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.