United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1890

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 8,502 babies =
  2. 2 William 7,494 babies =
  3. 3 James 5,097 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,458 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 4,061 babies =
  6. 6 Frank 3,078 babies =
  7. 7 Joseph 2,670 babies =
  8. 8 Robert 2,541 babies 1
  9. 9 Henry 2,349 babies 2
  10. 10 Harry 2,345 babies 2
  11. 11 Edward 2,282 babies 1
  12. 12 Thomas 2,200 babies =
  13. 13 Walter 1,905 babies =
  14. 14 Arthur 1,610 babies =
  15. 15 Fred 1,506 babies =
  16. 16 Albert 1,417 babies =
  17. 17 Clarence 1,018 babies =
  18. 18 Roy 941 babies =
  19. 19 Louis 860 babies =
  20. 20 Samuel 815 babies =
  21. 21 Charlie 797 babies 8
  22. 22 Ernest 774 babies 1
  23. 23 Willie 758 babies 3
  24. 24 Earl 744 babies 4
  25. 25 Richard 743 babies 1
  26. 26 David 731 babies 4
  27. 27 Carl 693 babies =
  28. 28 Joe 682 babies 3
  29. 29 Oscar 628 babies 3
  30. 30 Will 613 babies =
  31. 31 Paul 607 babies 4
  32. 32 Ralph 587 babies 7
  33. 33 Jesse 576 babies 2
  34. 34 Andrew 575 babies 1
  35. 35 Alfred 549 babies 6
  36. 36 Raymond 546 babies 1
  37. 37 Benjamin 537 babies 16
  38. 38 Elmer 528 babies 4
  39. 39 Daniel 505 babies 3
  40. 40 Howard 501 babies 2
  41. 41 Sam 489 babies 1
  42. 42 Herbert 467 babies =
  43. 43 Frederick 410 babies 1
  44. 44 Lee 410 babies 2
  45. 45 Peter 410 babies =
  46. 46 Eugene 408 babies 6
  47. 47 Harold 408 babies 10
  48. 48 Michael 394 babies 3
  49. 49 Leo 393 babies 10
  50. 50 Herman 382 babies 2
  51. 51 Lewis 375 babies 4
  52. 52 Lawrence 372 babies 4
  53. 53 Jack 368 babies 8
  54. 54 Ben 363 babies 11
  55. 55 Francis 363 babies =
  56. 56 Ray 349 babies 2
  57. 57 Claude 347 babies 8
  58. 58 Martin 347 babies 5
  59. 59 Tom 347 babies 9
  60. 60 Floyd 341 babies 3
  61. 61 Edgar 338 babies 1
  62. 62 Jim 336 babies 4
  63. 63 Edwin 323 babies 3
  64. 64 Clyde 317 babies 2
  65. 65 Harvey 296 babies 1
  66. 66 Jacob 290 babies 1
  67. 67 Leonard 275 babies 10
  68. 68 Otto 267 babies 3
  69. 69 Chester 263 babies =
  70. 70 Ed 262 babies 1
  71. 71 Luther 253 babies 1
  72. 72 Guy 249 babies 2
  73. 73 Jessie 241 babies 13
  74. 74 Leroy 236 babies 18
  75. 75 Patrick 227 babies 1
  76. 76 Lester 226 babies 6
  77. 77 Homer 223 babies 4
  78. 78 Stanley 223 babies 30
  79. 79 Archie 221 babies 11
  80. 80 Hugh 219 babies 2
  81. 81 Oliver 218 babies 3
  82. 82 Ira 209 babies 3
  83. 83 Clifford 207 babies 4
  84. 84 August 206 babies 12
  85. 85 Alexander 202 babies 8
  86. 86 Eddie 197 babies 19
  87. 87 Leon 197 babies 7
  88. 88 Philip 192 babies 7
  89. 89 Theodore 190 babies 13
  90. 90 Allen 189 babies 11
  91. 91 Anthony 189 babies 11
  92. 92 Isaac 187 babies 1
  93. 93 Charley 183 babies 5
  94. 94 Lloyd 182 babies 4
  95. 95 Russell 182 babies 6
  96. 96 Leslie 181 babies 10
  97. 97 Bert 180 babies 22
  98. 98 Bernard 178 babies 17
  99. 99 Grover 177 babies 16
  100. 100 Sidney 176 babies 11

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 12,078 babies =
  2. 2 Anna 5,233 babies =
  3. 3 Elizabeth 3,112 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 3,100 babies =
  5. 5 Emma 2,980 babies =
  6. 6 Florence 2,744 babies 1
  7. 7 Ethel 2,718 babies 1
  8. 8 Minnie 2,650 babies 2
  9. 9 Clara 2,496 babies 1
  10. 10 Bertha 2,388 babies 1
  11. 11 Bessie 2,370 babies 2
  12. 12 Helen 2,312 babies 5
  13. 13 Grace 2,278 babies 2
  14. 14 Alice 2,271 babies 2
  15. 15 Annie 2,220 babies 2
  16. 16 Ida 2,178 babies 2
  17. 17 Mabel 2,058 babies 1
  18. 18 Edna 1,973 babies =
  19. 19 Lillian 1,862 babies 4
  20. 20 Nellie 1,821 babies 1
  21. 21 Sarah 1,786 babies 1
  22. 22 Martha 1,784 babies 1
  23. 23 Ella 1,758 babies 1
  24. 24 Pearl 1,741 babies =
  25. 25 Rose 1,725 babies 1
  26. 26 Gertrude 1,713 babies 2
  27. 27 Laura 1,634 babies 2
  28. 28 Marie 1,563 babies 2
  29. 29 Carrie 1,510 babies 2
  30. 30 Edith 1,493 babies 1
  31. 31 Louise 1,472 babies 7
  32. 32 Eva 1,436 babies 1
  33. 33 Frances 1,416 babies 1
  34. 34 Myrtle 1,406 babies 1
  35. 35 Lillie 1,390 babies 2
  36. 36 Cora 1,386 babies 4
  37. 37 Hazel 1,366 babies 11
  38. 38 Hattie 1,363 babies 3
  39. 39 Maude 1,359 babies 3
  40. 40 Julia 1,275 babies =
  41. 41 Jennie 1,259 babies 2
  42. 42 Mattie 1,256 babies 2
  43. 43 Jessie 1,250 babies =
  44. 44 Catherine 1,232 babies 2
  45. 45 Elsie 1,220 babies 4
  46. 46 Ruth 1,195 babies =
  47. 47 Lena 1,137 babies 2
  48. 48 Lula 1,121 babies 1
  49. 49 Josephine 1,118 babies =
  50. 50 Agnes 1,095 babies =
  51. 51 Ada 1,074 babies =
  52. 52 Fannie 1,005 babies 1
  53. 53 Lucy 973 babies 1
  54. 54 Mamie 967 babies 4
  55. 55 Blanche 953 babies 3
  56. 56 Stella 924 babies 1
  57. 57 Alma 922 babies 5
  58. 58 Mae 920 babies 1
  59. 59 Katherine 900 babies 3
  60. 60 Irene 893 babies 3
  61. 61 Maggie 891 babies =
  62. 62 Dora 883 babies 3
  63. 63 Nora 835 babies 3
  64. 64 Rosa 770 babies 2
  65. 65 May 751 babies 1
  66. 66 Effie 717 babies 1
  67. 67 Nettie 707 babies 3
  68. 68 Viola 697 babies 8
  69. 69 Sadie 680 babies 2
  70. 70 Ellen 659 babies 2
  71. 71 Mildred 635 babies 2
  72. 72 Della 631 babies =
  73. 73 Susie 630 babies 2
  74. 74 Lizzie 620 babies =
  75. 75 Esther 619 babies =
  76. 76 Daisy 588 babies 3
  77. 77 Willie 578 babies 8
  78. 78 Lydia 576 babies 5
  79. 79 Beulah 573 babies 2
  80. 80 Sallie 571 babies 3
  81. 81 Ruby 540 babies 3
  82. 82 Gladys 525 babies 14
  83. 83 Georgia 513 babies 8
  84. 84 Nancy 512 babies 2
  85. 85 Flora 510 babies 6
  86. 86 Emily 509 babies 7
  87. 87 Katie 509 babies 7
  88. 88 Lottie 502 babies 6
  89. 89 Olive 491 babies 1
  90. 90 Pauline 475 babies 5
  91. 91 Kathryn 474 babies 3
  92. 92 Addie 468 babies 2
  93. 93 Dorothy 458 babies 9
  94. 94 Caroline 455 babies 10
  95. 95 Etta 452 babies 8
  96. 96 Marguerite 442 babies 24
  97. 97 Maud 439 babies 5
  98. 98 Beatrice 417 babies 10
  99. 99 Charlotte 417 babies 10
  100. 100 Virginia 405 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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