Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1899

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	6,990
2	2William	6,086
3	3James	4,598
4	4George	4,018
5	5Charles	3,147
6	6Joseph	2,679
7	7Robert	2,609
8	8Frank	2,550
9	9Edward	1,901
10	10Henry	1,831
11	11Thomas	1,811
12	12Walter	1,749
13	13Harry	1,732
14	14Arthur	1,357
15	15Albert	1,210
16	16Fred	1,182
17	17Clarence	1,139
18	18Willie	1,088
19	19Harold	914
20	20Roy	912
21	21Paul	885
22	22Raymond	869
23	23Earl	821
24	24Joe	780
25	25Carl	774
26	26Louis	770
27	27Ernest	744
28	28Richard	744
29	29Ralph	742
30	30Samuel	704
31	31Charlie	678
32	32David	647
33	33Herbert	590
34	34Howard	589
35	35Jack	582
36	36Andrew	578
37	37Elmer	514
38	38Francis	501
39	39Dewey	499
40	40Lawrence	497
41	41Alfred	496
42	42Daniel	485
43	43Leo	482
44	44Sam	469
45	45Eugene	449
46	46Oscar	447
47	47Jesse	423
48	48Will	414
49	49Herman	413
50	50Lee	388
51	51Michael	375
52	52Floyd	356
53	53Peter	354
54	54Lewis	352
55	55Frederick	350
56	56Russell	338
57	57Benjamin	335
58	58Clyde	330
59	59Edwin	329
60	60Leonard	321
61	61Ray	315
62	62Clifford	297
63	63Claude	293
64	64Anthony	291
65	65Lester	290
66	66Chester	288
67	67Tom	288
68	68Lloyd	287
69	69Leroy	269
70	70Jessie	261
71	71Jim	261
72	72Martin	260
73	73Ben	259
74	74Donald	258
75	75Eddie	258
76	76Stanley	258
77	77Cecil	256
78	78Theodore	252
79	79Harvey	251
80	80Edgar	249
81	81Luther	248
82	82Homer	239
83	83Norman	223
84	84Philip	223
85	85Bernard	222
86	86Patrick	221
87	87Kenneth	214
88	88Hugh	209
89	89Milton	207
90	90Guy	200
91	91Allen	191
92	92Jacob	189
93	93Leon	188
94	94Otis	185
95	95Everett	181
96	96Leslie	181
97	97Alexander	178
98	98Stephen	178
99	99Archie	177
100	100Victor	175

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