Eras & decades
Names that belong entirely to the 1890s
21 names · 10 girls · 11 boys · records through 2025
Every decade signs its name in the records. These reached their all-time top-100 peak in the 1890s — the years of the Gilded Age's last waltz — and have since stepped out of the mainstream.
This guide has 21 names: 10 girl names and 11 boy names. Names whose all-time top-100 peak fell in the 1890s and which now rank outside the national top-300 (or are unranked). Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
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Girl names
10 names
Boy names
11 names
- Dewey#19 in 1898 · rare today
- Earl#20 in 1894 · rare today
- Carl#22 in 1894 · rare today
- Elmer#32 in 1893 · rare today
- Ray#49 in 1891 · rare today
- Homer#64 in 1893 · rare today
- Guy#65 in 1892 · rare today
- Archie#79 in 1890 · rare today
- Leslie#81 in 1895 · rare today
- Otis#94 in 1899 · rare today
- Percy#98 in 1897 · rare today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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