100 Most popular boy names of 1898, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1898 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1898.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
8159
2.98
-
2
William
7400
2.7
-
3
James
5321
1.94
-
4
George
4853
1.77
-
5
Charles
3557
1.3
-
6
Joseph
3171
1.16
-
7
Robert
2932
1.07
+1
8
Frank
2925
1.07
-1
9
Edward
2337
0.85
-
10
Thomas
2161
0.79
+1
11
Henry
2145
0.78
-1
12
Harry
2129
0.78
+1
13
Walter
2002
0.73
-1
14
Arthur
1619
0.59
-
15
Fred
1447
0.53
+1
16
Albert
1417
0.52
-1
17
Clarence
1326
0.48
-
18
Willie
1134
0.41
-
19
Dewey
1115
0.41
+92
20
Roy
1049
0.38
-1
21
Paul
991
0.36
-1
22
Harold
963
0.35
-1
23
Raymond
929
0.34
-1
24
Carl
919
0.34
+1
25
Earl
883
0.32
-1
26
Richard
871
0.32
+5
27
Louis
861
0.31
-4
28
Ernest
839
0.31
-1
29
Joe
827
0.3
-3
30
David
815
0.3
-1
31
Ralph
803
0.29
+1
32
Samuel
749
0.27
-4
33
Charlie
728
0.27
-3
34
Herbert
716
0.26
+1
35
Howard
706
0.26
-2
36
Alfred
645
0.24
+4
37
Jack
633
0.23
+5
38
Andrew
611
0.22
-2
39
Leo
588
0.21
+7
40
Elmer
583
0.21
-6
41
Oscar
546
0.2
-4
42
Sam
543
0.2
+3
43
Francis
541
0.2
-
44
Lawrence
533
0.19
-3
45
Daniel
523
0.19
-6
46
Lee
498
0.18
+1
47
Jesse
476
0.17
-9
48
Will
475
0.17
-4
49
Eugene
473
0.17
-
50
Herman
467
0.17
-
51
Floyd
434
0.16
-3
51
Michael
434
0.16
+6
53
Leonard
421
0.15
+8
54
Peter
409
0.15
-3
55
Benjamin
405
0.15
-1
56
Ray
394
0.14
-5
57
Edwin
392
0.14
-4
58
Clyde
383
0.14
-
59
Claude
371
0.14
-
60
Frederick
368
0.13
-4
61
Russell
359
0.13
+3
62
Lewis
352
0.13
-8
63
Martin
339
0.12
-3
64
Tom
337
0.12
-1
65
Anthony
325
0.12
+11
66
Chester
321
0.12
+1
67
Clifford
317
0.12
+1
68
Leroy
315
0.11
-3
69
Ben
310
0.11
-4
70
Lester
298
0.11
-9
71
Stanley
295
0.11
+6
72
Edgar
285
0.1
-3
73
Bernard
284
0.1
+5
73
Harvey
284
0.1
-1
75
Theodore
281
0.1
+10
76
Luther
275
0.1
-5
77
Jim
269
0.1
-2
78
Jessie
267
0.1
-
79
Lloyd
265
0.1
-5
80
Otto
259
0.09
-2
81
Eddie
256
0.09
-8
81
Jacob
256
0.09
+7
83
Leon
251
0.09
-2
84
Hugh
250
0.09
+2
85
Homer
246
0.09
-16
86
Philip
244
0.09
+3
87
Cecil
243
0.09
-3
88
Donald
238
0.09
+4
89
Ed
228
0.08
+1
89
Leslie
228
0.08
-6
91
Milton
225
0.08
+15
92
Archie
222
0.08
+3
93
Patrick
219
0.08
-6
94
Guy
215
0.08
-2
95
Everett
212
0.08
+5
96
Norman
207
0.08
-5
97
Victor
205
0.07
-2
98
Ira
195
0.07
+1
98
Stephen
195
0.07
-4
100
Kenneth
191
0.07
+5
101
Horace
189
0.07
+6
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1898)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html