Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1899
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |