The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1899

1,842 different girls’ names were recorded in 1899, covering 233,022 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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
9	Ethel	2,999
10	Lillian	2,703
11	Edna	2,534
12	Alice	2,523
13	Emma	2,445
14	Clara	2,441
15	Grace	2,353
16	Bertha	2,294
17	Mildred	2,291
18	Annie	2,289
19	Bessie	2,280
20	Gladys	2,228
21	Rose	2,197
22	Mabel	2,127
23	Gertrude	2,110
24	Frances	2,058
25	Minnie	2,036
26	Hazel	2,033
27	Pearl	1,999
28	Martha	1,907
29	Esther	1,823
30	Myrtle	1,821
31	Ida	1,804
32	Edith	1,794
33	Elsie	1,706
34	Irene	1,703
35	Dorothy	1,687
36	Catherine	1,628
37	Agnes	1,611
38	Sarah	1,587
39	Eva	1,582
40	Louise	1,536
41	Nellie	1,510
42	Ella	1,502
43	Laura	1,472
44	Josephine	1,388
45	Lillie	1,350
46	Carrie	1,346
47	Julia	1,297
48	Mattie	1,171
49	Lena	1,159
50	Viola	1,156
51	Alma	1,146
52	Ruby	1,103
53	Hattie	1,087
54	Jessie	1,081
55	Blanche	1,063
56	Jennie	1,061
56	Beatrice	1,061
58	Cora	1,056
59	Mae	1,035
60	Lucy	1,018
61	Ada	984
62	Stella	975
63	Marion	973
64	Mamie	966
65	Katherine	942
66	Maude	908
67	Lula	894
68	Fannie	886
69	Vera	864
70	Maggie	814
71	Lucille	812
72	Pauline	811
73	Willie	806
74	Evelyn	802
75	Virginia	776
76	Beulah	770
77	Rosa	765
78	Thelma	736
79	Dora	718
80	Nora	709
81	Ellen	708
82	Sadie	705
83	Marguerite	693
84	Leona	665
85	Daisy	660
86	Susie	622
87	Kathryn	621
87	Hilda	621
89	Nettie	611
90	Effie	597
91	Della	595
92	Ann	586
93	Lottie	584
94	Eleanor	575
95	May	571
96	Emily	569
97	Lydia	566
98	Olive	565
99	Georgia	553
100	Sallie	544
101	Theresa	532
102	Flora	520
103	Bernice	515
104	Charlotte	496
105	Lizzie	492
106	Anne	476
107	Nancy	475
108	Katie	459
109	Marjorie	448
110	Lola	437
111	Violet	435
112	Iva	432
113	Harriet	431
113	Inez	431
113	Doris	431
116	Lela	417
117	Lois	415
118	Addie	412
119	Henrietta	410
119	Betty	410
119	Loretta	410
122	Goldie	397
123	Etta	394
124	Caroline	393
125	Nina	390
126	Eunice	385
127	Ollie	383
128	Jane	382
129	Estelle	376
130	Sylvia	371
131	Ora	357
132	Genevieve	356
133	Eula	354
134	Susan	350
135	Rebecca	347
136	Essie	342
137	Mable	339
138	Marian	336
139	Velma	334
140	Amelia	332
140	Rosie	332
142	Nannie	331
143	Verna	329
144	Amanda	326
145	Rachel	324
146	Sara	323
147	Jean	318
148	Madeline	316
149	Matilda	312
150	Frieda	307
151	Lucile	305
152	Alberta	304
153	Mollie	301
154	Christine	299
155	Olga	292
156	Victoria	289
157	Hannah	288
157	Estella	288
159	Amy	281
160	Ola	280
161	Alta	278
161	Sophie	278
161	Opal	278
164	Irma	276
165	Barbara	273
166	Naomi	272
167	Maria	266
167	Freda	266
169	Flossie	265
170	Winnie	264
171	Eliza	256
172	Vivian	250
173	Erma	247
174	Luella	246
175	Maud	244
176	Josie	243
176	Isabel	243
176	Ina	243
179	Winifred	241
180	Sophia	238
181	Wilma	235
182	Fern	232
183	Celia	231
184	Kathleen	230
185	Augusta	228
186	Janie	224
187	Kate	219
187	Allie	219
189	Geneva	218
190	Cecelia	214
190	Norma	214
192	Callie	208
193	Virgie	206
193	Selma	206
195	Cecilia	205
196	Adeline	200
197	Elva	194
198	Rena	193
199	Millie	192
199	Nell	192

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1899 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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