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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in the 1890s, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. Then see which names rose and fell since and what is climbing now.

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The 1890s lists

Girls100

  1. 1Mary131,138
  2. 2Anna55,261
  3. 3Margaret37,937
  4. 4Helen37,802
  5. 5Elizabeth33,879
  6. 6Ruth32,867
  7. 7Florence32,345
  8. 8Ethel31,453
  9. 9Emma28,652
  10. 10Marie25,853
  11. 11Clara25,473
  12. 12Bertha25,125
  13. 13Minnie24,615
  14. 14Bessie24,417
  15. 15Alice24,415
  16. 16Lillian24,106
  17. 17Edna24,068
  18. 18Grace23,804
  19. 19Annie23,122
  20. 20Mabel21,991
  21. 21Ida21,212
  22. 22Rose21,134
  23. 23Hazel20,154
  24. 24Gertrude19,898
  25. 25Martha19,415
  26. 26Pearl19,054
  27. 27Frances18,090
  28. 28Myrtle17,717
  29. 29Edith17,650
  30. 30Nellie17,285
  31. 31Sarah17,154
  32. 32Ella17,072
  33. 33Eva16,460
  34. 34Laura16,433
  35. 35Elsie16,375
  36. 36Louise15,174
  37. 37Esther14,737
  38. 38Catherine14,502
  39. 39Agnes14,429
  40. 40Carrie14,276
  41. 41Lillie14,093
  42. 42Mildred13,792
  43. 43Gladys13,622
  44. 44Irene13,621
  45. 45Julia13,448
  46. 46Hattie12,909
  47. 47Cora12,880
  48. 48Lena12,491
  49. 49Josephine12,463
  50. 50Mattie12,449
  51. 51Jennie11,876
  52. 52Jessie11,870
  53. 53Maude11,304
  54. 54Alma11,184
  55. 55Mae10,918
  56. 56Blanche10,860
  57. 57Dorothy10,846
  58. 58Ada10,379
  59. 59Lucy10,323
  60. 60Lula10,238
  61. 61Mamie10,085
  62. 62Fannie9,898
  63. 63Stella9,807
  64. 64Katherine9,408
  65. 65Viola9,386
  66. 66Ruby8,699
  67. 67Dora8,684
  68. 68Maggie8,607
  69. 69Nora8,293
  70. 70Rosa7,881
  71. 71Beatrice7,500
  72. 72Ellen7,435
  73. 73Sadie7,398
  74. 74Marion7,310
  75. 75Willie7,109
  76. 76Effie6,961
  77. 77May6,880
  78. 78Beulah6,785
  79. 79Pauline6,635
  80. 80Nettie6,538
  81. 81Susie6,530
  82. 82Della6,410
  83. 83Vera6,377
  84. 84Marguerite6,376
  85. 85Daisy6,249
  86. 86Lydia5,942
  87. 87Virginia5,864
  88. 88Olive5,713
  89. 89Kathryn5,653
  90. 90Evelyn5,648
  91. 91Sallie5,580
  92. 92Lizzie5,556
  93. 93Lottie5,499
  94. 94Emily5,476
  95. 95Georgia5,445
  96. 96Flora5,442
  97. 97Nancy5,346
  98. 98Katie5,178
  99. 99Lucille5,105
  100. 100Leona5,083

US babies given each name in the 1890s.

Boys100

  1. 1John80,664
  2. 2William72,244
  3. 3James50,723
  4. 4George43,358
  5. 5Charles36,848
  6. 6Joseph29,000
  7. 7Frank28,718
  8. 8Robert26,147
  9. 9Edward22,033
  10. 10Henry21,664
  11. 11Harry21,330
  12. 12Thomas21,115
  13. 13Walter19,495
  14. 14Arthur16,349
  15. 15Fred14,270
  16. 16Albert13,753
  17. 17Clarence11,901
  18. 18Willie9,849
  19. 19Roy9,779
  20. 20Louis8,442
  21. 21Earl8,297
  22. 22Paul8,181
  23. 23Carl8,047
  24. 24Ernest7,877
  25. 25Samuel7,857
  26. 26Raymond7,572
  27. 27Richard7,572
  28. 28Joe7,482
  29. 29David7,333
  30. 30Charlie7,261
  31. 31Harold7,018
  32. 32Ralph6,951
  33. 33Howard5,949
  34. 34Andrew5,719
  35. 35Herbert5,660
  36. 36Elmer5,647
  37. 37Oscar5,612
  38. 38Jesse5,396
  39. 39Alfred5,373
  40. 40Will5,210
  41. 41Daniel5,185
  42. 42Sam4,941
  43. 43Leo4,691
  44. 44Jack4,635
  45. 45Lawrence4,597
  46. 46Francis4,535
  47. 47Benjamin4,460
  48. 48Lee4,384
  49. 49Eugene4,303
  50. 50Herman4,232
  51. 51Peter4,028
  52. 52Frederick3,994
  53. 53Floyd3,957
  54. 54Michael3,926
  55. 55Ray3,763
  56. 56Lewis3,699
  57. 57Claude3,636
  58. 58Clyde3,625
  59. 59Edwin3,505
  60. 60Tom3,335
  61. 61Martin3,254
  62. 62Leonard3,166
  63. 63Ben3,156
  64. 64Chester3,021
  65. 65Edgar2,982
  66. 66Jim2,841
  67. 67Harvey2,822
  68. 68Russell2,780
  69. 69Lester2,702
  70. 70Clifford2,701
  71. 71Luther2,668
  72. 72Homer2,637
  73. 73Jacob2,551
  74. 74Leroy2,544
  75. 75Otto2,543
  76. 76Guy2,487
  77. 77Lloyd2,480
  78. 78Anthony2,453
  79. 79Jessie2,424
  80. 80Hugh2,405
  81. 81Ed2,346
  82. 82Bernard2,315
  83. 83Theodore2,300
  84. 84Stanley2,297
  85. 85Eddie2,284
  86. 86Patrick2,233
  87. 87Philip2,147
  88. 88Leon2,103
  89. 89Archie2,068
  90. 90Leslie2,063
  91. 91Oliver2,035
  92. 92Allen2,002
  93. 93Alexander1,954
  94. 94Dewey1,921
  95. 95Ira1,916
  96. 96Everett1,902
  97. 97Norman1,891
  98. 98Horace1,814
  99. 99Victor1,811
  100. 100Cecil1,808

US babies given each name in the 1890s.

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What was the most popular girl name in the 1890s?
Mary was the #1 girl name in the US in the 1890s, given to 131,138 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in the 1890s?
John was the #1 boy name in the US in the 1890s, given to 80,664 babies.

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