Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1898

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	8,159
2	2William	7,400
3	3James	5,321
4	4George	4,853
5	5Charles	3,557
6	6Joseph	3,171
7	7Robert	2,932
8	8Frank	2,925
9	9Edward	2,337
10	10Thomas	2,161
11	11Henry	2,145
12	12Harry	2,129
13	13Walter	2,002
14	14Arthur	1,619
15	15Fred	1,447
16	16Albert	1,417
17	17Clarence	1,326
18	18Willie	1,134
19	19Dewey	1,115
20	20Roy	1,049
21	21Paul	991
22	22Harold	963
23	23Raymond	929
24	24Carl	919
25	25Earl	883
26	26Richard	872
27	27Louis	862
28	28Ernest	839
29	29Joe	827
30	30David	815
31	31Ralph	803
32	32Samuel	749
33	33Charlie	728
34	34Herbert	716
35	35Howard	706
36	36Alfred	645
37	37Jack	633
38	38Andrew	611
39	39Leo	588
40	40Elmer	583
41	41Oscar	546
42	42Sam	543
43	43Francis	541
44	44Lawrence	533
45	45Daniel	523
46	46Lee	498
47	47Jesse	476
48	48Will	475
49	49Eugene	473
50	50Herman	467
51	51Floyd	434
52	52Michael	434
53	53Leonard	421
54	54Peter	409
55	55Benjamin	405
56	56Ray	394
57	57Edwin	392
58	58Clyde	383
59	59Claude	371
60	60Frederick	368
61	61Russell	359
62	62Lewis	352
63	63Martin	339
64	64Tom	337
65	65Anthony	325
66	66Chester	321
67	67Clifford	317
68	68Leroy	315
69	69Ben	310
70	70Lester	298
71	71Stanley	295
72	72Edgar	285
73	73Bernard	284
74	74Harvey	284
75	75Theodore	281
76	76Luther	275
77	77Jim	269
78	78Jessie	267
79	79Lloyd	265
80	80Otto	259
81	81Eddie	256
82	82Jacob	256
83	83Leon	252
84	84Hugh	250
85	85Homer	246
86	86Philip	244
87	87Cecil	243
88	88Donald	238
89	89Ed	228
90	90Leslie	228
91	91Milton	225
92	92Archie	222
93	93Patrick	219
94	94Guy	215
95	95Everett	212
96	96Norman	207
97	97Victor	205
98	98Ira	195
99	99Stephen	195
100	100Kenneth	191

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.