1891
Top Baby Names of 1891
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1891
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Mary 11,704 2
Anna 5,099 3
Margaret 3,065 4
Elizabeth 3,059 5
Emma 2,884 6
Florence 2,716 7
Ethel 2,689 8
Minnie 2,428 9
Helen 2,417 10
Bertha 2,372 11
Clara 2,360 12
Bessie 2,323 13
Annie 2,096 14
Grace 2,088 15
Mabel 2,029 16
Alice 2,015 17
Ida 2,002 18
Edna 1,963 19
Ruth 1,857 20
Lillian 1,812 21
Martha 1,744 22
Rose 1,696 23
Ella 1,685 24
Sarah 1,669 25
Nellie 1,647 26
Gertrude 1,645 27
Pearl 1,605 28
Marie 1,596 29
Laura 1,509 29
Edith 1,509 31
Myrtle 1,458 32
Hazel 1,447 33
Eva 1,412 34
Frances 1,397 35
Cora 1,343 36
Carrie 1,342 37
Louise 1,333 38
Elsie 1,303 39
Lillie 1,247 40
Jennie 1,238 41
Hattie 1,219 41
Catherine 1,219 43
Julia 1,200 44
Maude 1,188 45
Lena 1,174 46
Mattie 1,165 47
Agnes 1,125 48
Jessie 1,119 49
Josephine 1,031 50
Lula 1,010 51
Ada 975 52
Irene 950 53
Lucy 944 54
Mae 933 55
Alma 929 56
Blanche 917 57
Fannie 916 58
Dora 870 59
Stella 867 60
Maggie 841 61
Mamie 830 62
Katherine 803 63
Nora 801 64
Mildred 761 65
Rosa 729 66
Esther 710 67
Effie 704 68
May 696 69
Ellen 675 70
Gladys 633 71
Nettie 620 72
Sadie 617 73
Viola 609 74
Della 607 75
Sallie 569 76
Susie 566 76
Dorothy 566 78
Willie 562 79
Daisy 557 80
Ruby 554 81
Beulah 526 82
Lizzie 525 83
Nancy 523 84
Marguerite 511 85
Olive 509 86
Lydia 507 87
Kathryn 504 88
Lottie 501 89
Flora 497 90
Katie 494 91
Beatrice 485 92
Addie 467 93
Pauline 455 94
Etta 452 95
Georgia 444 95
Emily 444 97
Virginia 439 98
Vera 426 99
Marion 413 100
Caroline 402 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1891
1
John 7,680 2
William 6,763 3
James 4,516 4
George 3,931 5
Charles 3,640 6
Frank 2,652 7
Joseph 2,572 8
Robert 2,240 9
Harry 2,132 10
Henry 2,049 11
Edward 1,989 12
Thomas 1,982 13
Walter 1,668 14
Arthur 1,514 15
Fred 1,362 16
Albert 1,207 17
Clarence 1,007 18
Roy 838 19
Louis 786 20
Samuel 753 21
Willie 739 22
Ernest 715 23
Charlie 707 24
Carl 675 25
Earl 674 26
David 673 27
Richard 609 28
Ralph 587 29
Joe 584 30
Raymond 575 31
Paul 564 32
Oscar 551 33
Andrew 521 34
Will 520 35
Jesse 519 36
Elmer 508 37
Daniel 505 38
Herbert 501 39
Alfred 499 40
Howard 485 41
Benjamin 461 42
Harold 419 43
Sam 418 44
Frederick 412 45
Peter 396 46
Lawrence 389 47
Herman 383 48
Eugene 362 49
Ray 360 50
Lewis 357 51
Leo 353 52
Lee 342 53
Floyd 336 54
Michael 333 54
Francis 333 56
Martin 331 57
Claude 327 57
Edwin 327 57
Clyde 327 60
Tom 318 61
Ben 302 62
Jack 290 63
Jim 288 64
Edgar 277 65
Harvey 274 65
Otto 274 67
Guy 262 68
Chester 252 69
Jacob 238 70
Ed 237 71
Luther 236 72
Leonard 235 73
Hugh 233 74
Homer 230 75
Jessie 227 76
Theodore 224 77
Patrick 212 77
Oliver 212 79
Archie 201 80
Philip 198 81
Clifford 196 82
Charley 193 83
Lester 191 84
Leroy 190 85
Bernard 187 86
August 186 86
Russell 186 88
Lloyd 185 89
Bert 181 90
Ira 179 90
Eddie 179 92
Stanley 178 93
Everett 174 94
Allen 173 95
Alexander 172 96
Anthony 170 97
Horace 165 98
Leslie 164 99
Norman 163 99
Grover 163 About 1891 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1891, 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.