Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1898
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |