1890
Top Baby Names of 1890
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1890
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Mary 12,078 2
Anna 5,233 3
Elizabeth 3,112 4
Margaret 3,100 5
Emma 2,980 6
Florence 2,744 7
Ethel 2,718 8
Minnie 2,650 9
Clara 2,496 10
Bertha 2,388 11
Bessie 2,370 12
Helen 2,312 13
Grace 2,278 14
Alice 2,271 15
Annie 2,220 16
Ida 2,178 17
Mabel 2,058 18
Edna 1,973 19
Lillian 1,862 20
Nellie 1,821 21
Sarah 1,786 22
Martha 1,784 23
Ella 1,758 24
Pearl 1,741 25
Rose 1,725 26
Gertrude 1,713 27
Laura 1,634 28
Marie 1,563 29
Carrie 1,510 30
Edith 1,493 31
Louise 1,472 32
Eva 1,436 33
Frances 1,416 34
Myrtle 1,406 35
Lillie 1,390 36
Cora 1,386 37
Hazel 1,366 38
Hattie 1,363 39
Maude 1,359 40
Julia 1,275 41
Jennie 1,259 42
Mattie 1,256 43
Jessie 1,250 44
Catherine 1,232 45
Elsie 1,220 46
Ruth 1,195 47
Lena 1,137 48
Lula 1,121 49
Josephine 1,118 50
Agnes 1,095 51
Ada 1,074 52
Fannie 1,005 53
Lucy 973 54
Mamie 967 55
Blanche 953 56
Stella 924 57
Alma 922 58
Mae 920 59
Katherine 900 60
Irene 893 61
Maggie 891 62
Dora 883 63
Nora 835 64
Rosa 770 65
May 751 66
Effie 717 67
Nettie 707 68
Viola 697 69
Sadie 680 70
Ellen 659 71
Mildred 635 72
Della 631 73
Susie 630 74
Lizzie 620 75
Esther 619 76
Daisy 588 77
Willie 578 78
Lydia 576 79
Beulah 573 80
Sallie 571 81
Ruby 540 82
Gladys 525 83
Georgia 513 84
Nancy 512 85
Flora 510 86
Katie 509 86
Emily 509 88
Lottie 502 89
Olive 491 90
Pauline 475 91
Kathryn 474 92
Addie 468 93
Dorothy 458 94
Caroline 455 95
Etta 452 96
Marguerite 442 97
Maud 439 98
Charlotte 417 98
Beatrice 417 100
Virginia 405 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1890
1
John 8,502 2
William 7,494 3
James 5,097 4
George 4,458 5
Charles 4,061 6
Frank 3,078 7
Joseph 2,670 8
Robert 2,541 9
Henry 2,349 10
Harry 2,345 11
Edward 2,282 12
Thomas 2,200 13
Walter 1,905 14
Arthur 1,610 15
Fred 1,506 16
Albert 1,417 17
Clarence 1,018 18
Roy 941 19
Louis 860 20
Samuel 815 21
Charlie 797 22
Ernest 774 23
Willie 758 24
Earl 744 25
Richard 743 26
David 731 27
Carl 693 28
Joe 682 29
Oscar 628 30
Will 613 31
Paul 607 32
Ralph 587 33
Jesse 576 34
Andrew 575 35
Alfred 549 36
Raymond 546 37
Benjamin 537 38
Elmer 528 39
Daniel 505 40
Howard 501 41
Sam 489 42
Herbert 467 43
Peter 410 43
Frederick 410 43
Lee 410 46
Eugene 408 46
Harold 408 48
Michael 394 49
Leo 393 50
Herman 382 51
Lewis 375 52
Lawrence 372 53
Jack 368 54
Francis 363 54
Ben 363 56
Ray 349 57
Tom 347 57
Martin 347 57
Claude 347 60
Floyd 341 61
Edgar 338 62
Jim 336 63
Edwin 323 64
Clyde 317 65
Harvey 296 66
Jacob 290 67
Leonard 275 68
Otto 267 69
Chester 263 70
Ed 262 71
Luther 253 72
Guy 249 73
Jessie 241 74
Leroy 236 75
Patrick 227 76
Lester 226 77
Homer 223 77
Stanley 223 79
Archie 221 80
Hugh 219 81
Oliver 218 82
Ira 209 83
Clifford 207 84
August 206 85
Alexander 202 86
Eddie 197 86
Leon 197 88
Philip 192 89
Theodore 190 90
Allen 189 90
Anthony 189 92
Isaac 187 93
Charley 183 94
Lloyd 182 94
Russell 182 96
Leslie 181 97
Bert 180 98
Bernard 178 99
Grover 177 100
Sidney 176 About 1890 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1890, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.