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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1898
1,289 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1898, covering
122,685 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 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 8 Frank 2,925 9 Edward 2,337 10 Thomas 2,161 11 Henry 2,145 12 Harry 2,129 13 Walter 2,002 14 Arthur 1,619 15 Fred 1,447 16 Albert 1,417 17 Clarence 1,326 18 Willie 1,134 19 Dewey 1,115 20 Roy 1,049 21 Paul 991 22 Harold 963 23 Raymond 929 24 Carl 919 25 Earl 883 26 Richard 871 27 Louis 861 28 Ernest 839 29 Joe 827 30 David 815 31 Ralph 803 32 Samuel 749 33 Charlie 728 34 Herbert 716 35 Howard 706 36 Alfred 645 37 Jack 633 38 Andrew 611 39 Leo 588 40 Elmer 583 41 Oscar 546 42 Sam 543 43 Francis 541 44 Lawrence 533 45 Daniel 523 46 Lee 498 47 Jesse 476 48 Will 475 49 Eugene 473 50 Herman 467 51 Michael 434 51 Floyd 434 53 Leonard 421 54 Peter 409 55 Benjamin 405 56 Ray 394 57 Edwin 391 58 Clyde 383 59 Claude 371 60 Frederick 368 61 Russell 359 62 Lewis 352 63 Martin 339 64 Tom 337 65 Anthony 325 66 Chester 321 67 Clifford 317 68 Leroy 315 69 Ben 310 70 Lester 298 71 Stanley 295 72 Edgar 285 73 Harvey 284 73 Bernard 284 75 Theodore 281 76 Luther 275 77 Jim 269 78 Jessie 267 79 Lloyd 265 80 Otto 259 81 Eddie 256 81 Jacob 256 83 Leon 251 84 Hugh 250 85 Homer 246 86 Philip 244 87 Cecil 243 88 Donald 238 89 Leslie 228 89 Ed 228 91 Milton 225 92 Archie 222 93 Patrick 219 94 Guy 215 95 Everett 212 96 Norman 207 97 Victor 205 98 Ira 195 98 Stephen 195 100 Kenneth 191 101 Horace 189 102 Oliver 186 103 Allen 185 104 Alvin 184 105 Julius 181 106 Alexander 180 107 Otis 179 108 Glenn 178 109 Sidney 171 110 Charley 170 111 Marion 166 112 August 164 112 Morris 164 114 Earnest 161 115 Melvin 159 116 Emil 158 117 Isaac 156 117 Wilbur 156 119 Percy 155 119 Virgil 155 121 Johnnie 153 121 Mack 153 123 Warren 151 123 Wesley 151 125 Alex 149 126 Bert 143 126 Jerry 143 126 Gilbert 143 126 Maurice 143 126 Vernon 143 131 Rufus 141 132 Vincent 140 133 Wallace 138 134 Willard 137 135 Matthew 133 136 Max 132 137 Emmett 131 138 Lonnie 129 139 Curtis 128 140 Dave 127 140 Marvin 127 142 Dan 125 143 Willis 121 143 Calvin 121 145 Jake 117 146 Bennie 116 147 Sylvester 115 147 Rudolph 115 149 Hubert 114 150 Irving 113 151 Franklin 112 151 Nelson 112 151 Arnold 112 154 Glen 111 155 Jose 110 155 Gordon 110 157 Marshall 109 158 Jess 108 158 Mark 108 160 Mike 106 161 Alonzo 104 162 Felix 103 163 Edmund 101 163 Orville 101 165 Gerald 100 166 Dennis 99 166 Nathan 99 168 Roland 97 169 Amos 96 169 Ellis 96 171 Manuel 95 172 Nicholas 94 173 Abraham 92 173 Clinton 92 175 Nathaniel 90 175 Bill 90 177 Aaron 89 178 Ollie 88 179 Adam 87 179 Elbert 87 179 Clayton 87 179 Steve 87 183 Phillip 86 184 Jay 85 185 Adolph 84 186 Perry 83 186 Harrison 83 186 Clifton 83 189 Forrest 80 189 Ivan 80 191 Irvin 79 191 Mckinley 79 193 Gus 78 193 Cornelius 78 193 Reuben 78 196 Johnie 77 197 Elijah 76 197 Wilfred 76 199 Timothy 75 199 Ross 75
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1898 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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