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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1899
1,200 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1899, covering
106,211 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 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 11 Thomas 1,811 12 Walter 1,750 13 Harry 1,732 14 Arthur 1,357 15 Albert 1,210 16 Fred 1,182 17 Clarence 1,139 18 Willie 1,088 19 Harold 914 20 Roy 912 21 Paul 885 22 Raymond 869 23 Earl 821 24 Joe 780 25 Carl 774 26 Louis 770 27 Richard 744 27 Ernest 744 29 Ralph 742 30 Samuel 704 31 Charlie 678 32 David 646 33 Herbert 590 34 Howard 589 35 Jack 582 36 Andrew 578 37 Elmer 514 38 Francis 501 39 Dewey 499 40 Lawrence 497 41 Alfred 496 42 Daniel 485 43 Leo 482 44 Sam 469 45 Eugene 449 46 Oscar 447 47 Jesse 423 48 Will 414 49 Herman 413 50 Lee 388 51 Michael 375 52 Floyd 356 53 Peter 354 54 Lewis 352 55 Frederick 350 56 Russell 338 57 Benjamin 335 58 Clyde 330 59 Edwin 329 60 Leonard 321 61 Ray 315 62 Clifford 297 63 Claude 293 64 Anthony 291 65 Lester 290 66 Tom 288 66 Chester 288 68 Lloyd 287 69 Leroy 269 70 Jessie 261 70 Jim 261 72 Martin 260 73 Ben 259 74 Eddie 258 74 Stanley 258 74 Donald 258 77 Cecil 256 78 Theodore 252 79 Harvey 251 80 Edgar 249 81 Luther 248 82 Homer 239 83 Philip 223 83 Norman 223 85 Bernard 222 86 Patrick 221 87 Kenneth 214 88 Hugh 209 89 Milton 207 90 Guy 200 91 Allen 191 92 Jacob 189 93 Leon 188 94 Otis 185 95 Leslie 181 95 Everett 181 97 Alexander 178 97 Stephen 178 99 Archie 177 100 Victor 175 101 Ed 174 101 Otto 174 103 Warren 173 103 Alvin 173 105 Horace 169 106 Melvin 166 107 Glenn 161 107 Oliver 161 107 Julius 161 110 Mack 160 111 Virgil 154 112 Marion 152 113 Johnnie 151 114 Earnest 146 115 Sidney 144 115 Willard 144 117 August 142 117 Percy 142 119 Isaac 139 120 Ira 138 120 Marvin 138 122 Alex 133 123 Vernon 130 124 Emil 128 125 Bert 127 125 Rufus 127 125 Max 127 128 Willis 126 129 Hubert 125 129 Vincent 125 131 Wallace 121 132 Charley 120 132 Dave 120 134 Lonnie 119 134 Dan 119 134 Wesley 119 137 Maurice 117 138 Franklin 116 138 Morris 116 140 Wilbur 115 141 Nathan 112 142 Jerry 111 143 Calvin 108 143 Gerald 108 145 Gilbert 107 145 Nelson 107 145 Gordon 107 148 Perry 104 149 Curtis 103 150 Matthew 101 150 Roland 101 150 Glen 101 153 Rudolph 100 154 Ellis 98 154 Arnold 98 156 Manuel 97 156 Emmett 97 158 Ross 95 158 Irving 95 160 Bennie 94 160 Sylvester 94 160 Orville 94 160 Clifton 94 164 Felix 93 165 Jose 90 166 Mark 89 167 Phillip 88 168 Edmund 87 169 Dennis 86 169 Jess 86 171 Abraham 85 172 Roscoe 84 172 Johnie 84 174 Mike 83 174 Bill 83 174 Forrest 83 177 Elbert 81 178 Adolph 80 179 Amos 79 180 Ollie 78 180 Alonzo 78 180 Steve 78 183 Moses 77 184 Jake 76 185 Adam 74 185 Pete 74 187 Irvin 73 187 Douglas 73 189 Nathaniel 72 189 Mckinley 72 191 Aaron 71 191 Gus 71 193 Cornelius 70 193 Clinton 70 193 Marshall 70 196 Nicholas 69 197 Claud 68 197 Simon 68 199 Roger 67 200 Owen 66
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1899 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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