1890s
Top Names of the 1890s
The 1890s - Gay Nineties
Ranked by total babies named during 1890-1899
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Girl Names
30 names ranked
1
Mary
Peak: 1898
131,138
Best: #1
2
Anna
Peak: 1895
55,261
Best: #2
3
Margaret
Peak: 1898
37,937
Best: #3
4
Helen
Peak: 1898
37,802
Best: #3
5
Elizabeth
Peak: 1898
33,879
Best: #3
6
Ruth
Peak: 1898
32,867
Best: #3
7
Florence
Peak: 1898
32,345
Best: #6
8
Ethel
Peak: 1898
31,453
Best: #6
9
Emma
Peak: 1892
28,652
Best: #5
10
Marie
Peak: 1898
25,853
Best: #8
11
Clara
Peak: 1898
25,473
Best: #9
12
Bertha
Peak: 1898
25,125
Best: #10
13
Minnie
Peak: 1890
24,615
Best: #8
14
Bessie
Peak: 1898
24,417
Best: #11
15
Alice
Peak: 1898
24,415
Best: #11
16
Lillian
Peak: 1898
24,106
Best: #10
17
Edna
Peak: 1898
24,068
Best: #11
18
Grace
Peak: 1898
23,804
Best: #13
19
Annie
Peak: 1898
23,122
Best: #13
20
Mabel
Peak: 1895
21,991
Best: #15
21
Ida
Peak: 1892
21,212
Best: #16
22
Rose
Peak: 1898
21,134
Best: #19
23
Hazel
Peak: 1898
20,154
Best: #18
24
Gertrude
Peak: 1898
19,898
Best: #23
25
Martha
Peak: 1898
19,415
Best: #21
26
Pearl
Peak: 1898
19,054
Best: #24
27
Frances
Peak: 1898
18,090
Best: #22
28
Myrtle
Peak: 1898
17,717
Best: #27
29
Edith
Peak: 1898
17,650
Best: #26
30
Nellie
Peak: 1895
17,285
Best: #20
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Boy Names
30 names ranked
1
John
Peak: 1892
80,664
Best: #1
2
William
Peak: 1892
72,244
Best: #2
3
James
Peak: 1892
50,723
Best: #3
4
George
Peak: 1898
43,358
Best: #4
5
Charles
Peak: 1892
36,848
Best: #5
6
Joseph
Peak: 1898
29,000
Best: #6
7
Frank
Peak: 1892
28,718
Best: #6
8
Robert
Peak: 1898
26,147
Best: #7
9
Edward
Peak: 1892
22,033
Best: #9
10
Henry
Peak: 1892
21,664
Best: #9
11
Harry
Peak: 1892
21,330
Best: #9
12
Thomas
Peak: 1892
21,115
Best: #10
13
Walter
Peak: 1892
19,495
Best: #12
14
Arthur
Peak: 1896
16,349
Best: #14
15
Fred
Peak: 1892
14,270
Best: #15
16
Albert
Peak: 1892
13,753
Best: #15
17
Clarence
Peak: 1895
11,901
Best: #17
18
Willie
Peak: 1897
9,849
Best: #18
19
Roy
Peak: 1898
9,779
Best: #18
20
Louis
Peak: 1895
8,442
Best: #19
21
Earl
Peak: 1894
8,297
Best: #20
22
Paul
Peak: 1898
8,181
Best: #20
23
Carl
Peak: 1898
8,047
Best: #22
24
Ernest
Peak: 1898
7,877
Best: #22
25
Samuel
Peak: 1892
7,857
Best: #20
26
Richard
Peak: 1898
7,572
Best: #25
27
Raymond
Peak: 1898
7,572
Best: #22
28
Joe
Peak: 1898
7,482
Best: #23
29
David
Peak: 1898
7,333
Best: #24
30
Charlie
Peak: 1890
7,261
Best: #21
About 1890s Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States during the 1890s (1890-1899), based on Social Security Administration data. Names are ranked by the total number of babies given each name across the entire decade.
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