The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1898

1,975 different girls’ names were recorded in 1898, covering 258,769 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	14,406
2	Anna	5,773
3	Helen	5,230
4	Margaret	4,696
5	Ruth	4,249
6	Florence	3,790
7	Elizabeth	3,659
8	Ethel	3,531
9	Marie	3,435
10	Lillian	3,061
11	Alice	2,846
12	Edna	2,813
13	Emma	2,788
14	Clara	2,731
15	Grace	2,726
16	Bessie	2,647
17	Bertha	2,642
18	Annie	2,470
19	Hazel	2,439
20	Rose	2,436
21	Minnie	2,409
22	Frances	2,379
23	Mabel	2,331
24	Gertrude	2,302
25	Martha	2,184
26	Pearl	2,158
27	Gladys	2,136
28	Mildred	2,101
29	Ida	2,090
29	Myrtle	2,090
31	Esther	2,047
32	Edith	1,981
33	Elsie	1,919
34	Irene	1,902
35	Eva	1,823
36	Nellie	1,810
37	Sarah	1,800
38	Laura	1,768
39	Ella	1,715
40	Agnes	1,708
41	Catherine	1,705
42	Louise	1,693
43	Dorothy	1,671
44	Lillie	1,522
45	Julia	1,462
46	Josephine	1,425
47	Carrie	1,371
48	Hattie	1,328
49	Lena	1,320
50	Mattie	1,314
51	Cora	1,304
52	Alma	1,299
53	Viola	1,272
54	Blanche	1,269
55	Jessie	1,244
56	Mae	1,239
57	Jennie	1,194
58	Ruby	1,191
59	Lucy	1,144
60	Beatrice	1,122
61	Fannie	1,085
61	Marion	1,085
63	Mamie	1,084
64	Lula	1,069
65	Stella	1,062
66	Ada	1,022
67	Maude	1,009
68	Dora	929
69	Katherine	914
70	Pauline	900
71	Willie	878
72	Maggie	876
72	Vera	876
74	Nora	868
75	Rosa	841
76	Evelyn	836
77	Sadie	808
78	Virginia	801
79	Marguerite	800
80	Lucille	795
81	Ellen	786
82	Beulah	783
83	Effie	714
84	Daisy	712
85	Susie	702
86	May	696
87	Nettie	678
88	Lydia	677
89	Kathryn	671
90	Leona	665
91	Della	656
92	Georgia	654
93	Olive	644
94	Emily	628
95	Eleanor	620
96	Bernice	619
97	Hilda	610
98	Flora	607
99	Thelma	605
100	Sallie	598
101	Ann	593
102	Lottie	586
103	Lizzie	582
104	Katie	580
105	Charlotte	569
106	Nancy	546
107	Theresa	540
108	Lola	534
109	Anne	496
110	Harriet	491
111	Addie	481
112	Etta	479
112	Inez	479
114	Lois	466
115	Ollie	459
115	Lela	459
117	Marjorie	457
118	Loretta	454
119	Iva	451
120	Ora	447
121	Goldie	446
122	Caroline	441
123	Eunice	437
124	Henrietta	430
125	Doris	429
126	Betty	421
127	Violet	411
128	Estelle	410
128	Verna	410
130	Jane	406
131	Eula	400
132	Sylvia	391
132	Genevieve	391
134	Nina	383
135	Susan	382
136	Rebecca	376
137	Amanda	371
138	Rachel	367
139	Sara	362
140	Amelia	360
141	Nannie	359
142	Mollie	357
143	Mable	356
144	Matilda	349
145	Marian	343
146	Amy	341
146	Jean	341
148	Hannah	338
149	Madeline	337
150	Essie	336
151	Frieda	335
152	Velma	331
153	Rosie	330
153	Lucile	330
155	Maria	329
155	Olga	329
157	Ola	327
158	Flossie	320
159	Estella	319
159	Irma	319
161	Alta	317
162	Vivian	308
163	Kathleen	306
164	Barbara	304
164	Winnie	304
166	Christine	302
166	Alberta	302
168	Kate	297
168	Ina	297
170	Winifred	289
171	Victoria	276
172	Freda	273
173	Allie	271
174	Celia	265
174	Fern	265
176	Naomi	264
177	Maud	262
177	Opal	262
179	Luella	261
179	Elva	261
181	Eliza	259
181	Sophie	259
183	Belle	257
184	Isabel	252
185	Augusta	248
186	Nell	246
187	Norma	241
188	Sophia	240
188	Erma	240
190	Callie	235
190	Janie	235
192	Cecelia	229
192	Selma	229
194	Tillie	225
195	Isabelle	221
196	Geneva	220
197	Josie	219
198	Rena	218
199	Teresa	217
200	Veronica	216

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1898 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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