1890s
Top Names of the 1890s
The 1890s - Gay Nineties
Ranked by total babies named during 1890-1899
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Girl Names
100 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
31
Sarah
Peak: 1898
17,154
Best: #21
32
Ella
Peak: 1892
17,072
Best: #23
33
Eva
Peak: 1898
16,460
Best: #32
34
Laura
Peak: 1898
16,433
Best: #27
35
Elsie
Peak: 1898
16,375
Best: #31
36
Louise
Peak: 1898
15,174
Best: #31
37
Esther
Peak: 1898
14,737
Best: #27
38
Catherine
Peak: 1898
14,502
Best: #36
39
Agnes
Peak: 1898
14,429
Best: #37
40
Carrie
Peak: 1892
14,276
Best: #29
41
Lillie
Peak: 1898
14,093
Best: #35
42
Mildred
Peak: 1899
13,792
Best: #17
43
Gladys
Peak: 1899
13,622
Best: #20
44
Irene
Peak: 1898
13,621
Best: #34
45
Julia
Peak: 1898
13,448
Best: #40
46
Hattie
Peak: 1890
12,909
Best: #38
47
Cora
Peak: 1892
12,880
Best: #35
48
Lena
Peak: 1894
12,491
Best: #42
49
Josephine
Peak: 1898
12,463
Best: #44
50
Mattie
Peak: 1898
12,449
Best: #42
51
Jennie
Peak: 1893
11,876
Best: #40
52
Jessie
Peak: 1895
11,870
Best: #43
53
Maude
Peak: 1890
11,304
Best: #39
54
Alma
Peak: 1898
11,184
Best: #51
55
Mae
Peak: 1898
10,918
Best: #52
56
Blanche
Peak: 1898
10,860
Best: #52
57
Dorothy
Peak: 1899
10,846
Best: #35
58
Ada
Peak: 1892
10,379
Best: #50
59
Lucy
Peak: 1898
10,323
Best: #53
60
Lula
Peak: 1890
10,238
Best: #48
61
Mamie
Peak: 1895
10,085
Best: #54
62
Fannie
Peak: 1898
9,898
Best: #52
63
Stella
Peak: 1898
9,807
Best: #56
64
Katherine
Peak: 1896
9,408
Best: #59
65
Viola
Peak: 1898
9,386
Best: #50
66
Ruby
Peak: 1898
8,699
Best: #52
67
Dora
Peak: 1892
8,684
Best: #58
68
Maggie
Peak: 1894
8,607
Best: #60
69
Nora
Peak: 1892
8,293
Best: #63
70
Rosa
Peak: 1898
7,881
Best: #64
71
Beatrice
Peak: 1898
7,500
Best: #56
72
Ellen
Peak: 1896
7,435
Best: #69
73
Sadie
Peak: 1895
7,398
Best: #69
74
Marion
Peak: 1898
7,310
Best: #60
75
Willie
Peak: 1898
7,109
Best: #70
76
Effie
Peak: 1892
6,961
Best: #66
77
May
Peak: 1894
6,880
Best: #65
78
Beulah
Peak: 1898
6,785
Best: #74
79
Pauline
Peak: 1898
6,635
Best: #70
80
Nettie
Peak: 1890
6,538
Best: #67
81
Susie
Peak: 1896
6,530
Best: #73
82
Della
Peak: 1894
6,410
Best: #72
83
Vera
Peak: 1898
6,377
Best: #69
84
Marguerite
Peak: 1898
6,376
Best: #78
85
Daisy
Peak: 1898
6,249
Best: #76
86
Lydia
Peak: 1898
5,942
Best: #78
87
Virginia
Peak: 1898
5,864
Best: #75
88
Olive
Peak: 1898
5,713
Best: #82
89
Kathryn
Peak: 1898
5,653
Best: #87
90
Evelyn
Peak: 1898
5,648
Best: #74
91
Sallie
Peak: 1898
5,580
Best: #75
92
Lizzie
Peak: 1890
5,556
Best: #74
93
Lottie
Peak: 1894
5,499
Best: #87
94
Emily
Peak: 1898
5,476
Best: #86
95
Georgia
Peak: 1898
5,445
Best: #83
96
Flora
Peak: 1894
5,442
Best: #82
97
Nancy
Peak: 1892
5,346
Best: #81
98
Katie
Peak: 1898
5,178
Best: #86
99
Lucille
Peak: 1899
5,105
Best: #71
100
Leona
Peak: 1898
5,083
Best: #84
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Boy Names
100 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
31
Harold
Peak: 1898
7,018
Best: #19
32
Ralph
Peak: 1898
6,951
Best: #28
33
Howard
Peak: 1898
5,949
Best: #33
34
Andrew
Peak: 1892
5,719
Best: #32
35
Herbert
Peak: 1898
5,660
Best: #33
36
Elmer
Peak: 1895
5,647
Best: #32
37
Oscar
Peak: 1892
5,612
Best: #29
38
Jesse
Peak: 1892
5,396
Best: #33
39
Alfred
Peak: 1898
5,373
Best: #35
40
Will
Peak: 1890
5,210
Best: #30
41
Daniel
Peak: 1896
5,185
Best: #37
42
Sam
Peak: 1892
4,941
Best: #38
43
Leo
Peak: 1898
4,691
Best: #39
44
Jack
Peak: 1898
4,635
Best: #35
45
Lawrence
Peak: 1898
4,597
Best: #40
46
Francis
Peak: 1896
4,535
Best: #38
47
Benjamin
Peak: 1890
4,460
Best: #37
48
Lee
Peak: 1898
4,384
Best: #43
49
Eugene
Peak: 1896
4,303
Best: #45
50
Herman
Peak: 1898
4,232
Best: #44
51
Peter
Peak: 1892
4,028
Best: #43
52
Frederick
Peak: 1892
3,994
Best: #43
53
Floyd
Peak: 1897
3,957
Best: #46
54
Michael
Peak: 1898
3,926
Best: #48
55
Ray
Peak: 1896
3,763
Best: #49
56
Lewis
Peak: 1892
3,699
Best: #50
57
Claude
Peak: 1894
3,636
Best: #52
58
Clyde
Peak: 1893
3,625
Best: #55
59
Edwin
Peak: 1898
3,505
Best: #53
60
Tom
Peak: 1892
3,335
Best: #57
61
Martin
Peak: 1892
3,254
Best: #56
62
Leonard
Peak: 1898
3,166
Best: #53
63
Ben
Peak: 1890
3,156
Best: #54
64
Chester
Peak: 1895
3,021
Best: #57
65
Edgar
Peak: 1890
2,982
Best: #61
66
Jim
Peak: 1890
2,841
Best: #62
67
Harvey
Peak: 1892
2,822
Best: #65
68
Russell
Peak: 1898
2,780
Best: #56
69
Lester
Peak: 1896
2,702
Best: #61
70
Clifford
Peak: 1898
2,701
Best: #62
71
Luther
Peak: 1892
2,668
Best: #70
72
Homer
Peak: 1892
2,637
Best: #64
73
Jacob
Peak: 1893
2,551
Best: #65
74
Leroy
Peak: 1898
2,544
Best: #65
75
Otto
Peak: 1895
2,543
Best: #65
76
Guy
Peak: 1892
2,487
Best: #65
77
Lloyd
Peak: 1896
2,480
Best: #67
78
Anthony
Peak: 1898
2,453
Best: #64
79
Jessie
Peak: 1898
2,424
Best: #70
80
Hugh
Peak: 1894
2,405
Best: #73
81
Ed
Peak: 1892
2,346
Best: #66
82
Bernard
Peak: 1898
2,315
Best: #73
83
Theodore
Peak: 1898
2,300
Best: #75
84
Stanley
Peak: 1898
2,297
Best: #71
85
Eddie
Peak: 1897
2,284
Best: #73
86
Patrick
Peak: 1892
2,233
Best: #75
87
Philip
Peak: 1898
2,147
Best: #80
88
Leon
Peak: 1898
2,103
Best: #81
89
Archie
Peak: 1896
2,068
Best: #79
90
Leslie
Peak: 1896
2,063
Best: #81
91
Oliver
Peak: 1892
2,035
Best: #77
92
Allen
Peak: 1897
2,002
Best: #82
93
Alexander
Peak: 1896
1,954
Best: #83
94
Dewey
Peak: 1898
1,921
Best: #19
95
Ira
Peak: 1892
1,916
Best: #82
96
Everett
Peak: 1894
1,902
Best: #86
97
Norman
Peak: 1899
1,891
Best: #83
98
Horace
Peak: 1895
1,814
Best: #90
99
Victor
Peak: 1898
1,811
Best: #95
100
Cecil
Peak: 1899
1,808
Best: #77
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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