Top 200 Boy Names of 1898

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1898 with 8,159 births. The list ends at 75 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1898
Rank	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	Floyd	434
51	Michael	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	Bernard	284
73	Harvey	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	Ed	228
89	Leslie	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	Gilbert	143
126	Jerry	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	Calvin	121
143	Willis	121
145	Jake	117
146	Bennie	116
147	Rudolph	115
147	Sylvester	115
149	Hubert	114
150	Irving	113
151	Arnold	112
151	Franklin	112
151	Nelson	112
154	Glen	111
155	Gordon	110
155	Jose	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	Bill	90
175	Nathaniel	90
177	Aaron	89
178	Ollie	88
179	Adam	87
179	Clayton	87
179	Elbert	87
179	Steve	87
183	Phillip	86
184	Jay	85
185	Adolph	84
186	Clifton	83
186	Harrison	83
186	Perry	83
189	Forrest	80
189	Ivan	80
191	Irvin	79
191	Mckinley	79
193	Cornelius	78
193	Gus	78
193	Reuben	78
196	Johnie	77
197	Elijah	76
197	Wilfred	76
199	Ross	75
199	Timothy	75

Top 200 Boy Names of 1898

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1898 with 8,159 births. The list ends at 75 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1898
Rank	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	Floyd	434
51	Michael	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	Bernard	284
73	Harvey	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	Ed	228
89	Leslie	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	Gilbert	143
126	Jerry	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	Calvin	121
143	Willis	121
145	Jake	117
146	Bennie	116
147	Rudolph	115
147	Sylvester	115
149	Hubert	114
150	Irving	113
151	Arnold	112
151	Franklin	112
151	Nelson	112
154	Glen	111
155	Gordon	110
155	Jose	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	Bill	90
175	Nathaniel	90
177	Aaron	89
178	Ollie	88
179	Adam	87
179	Clayton	87
179	Elbert	87
179	Steve	87
183	Phillip	86
184	Jay	85
185	Adolph	84
186	Clifton	83
186	Harrison	83
186	Perry	83
189	Forrest	80
189	Ivan	80
191	Irvin	79
191	Mckinley	79
193	Cornelius	78
193	Gus	78
193	Reuben	78
196	Johnie	77
197	Elijah	76
197	Wilfred	76
199	Ross	75
199	Timothy	75