United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1893

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 8,049 babies =
  2. 2 William 7,223 babies =
  3. 3 James 5,030 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,320 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 3,723 babies =
  6. 6 Joseph 2,997 babies 1
  7. 7 Frank 2,917 babies 1
  8. 8 Robert 2,563 babies =
  9. 9 Edward 2,309 babies 2
  10. 10 Harry 2,245 babies 1
  11. 11 Henry 2,162 babies 1
  12. 12 Thomas 2,157 babies =
  13. 13 Walter 2,004 babies =
  14. 14 Arthur 1,635 babies =
  15. 15 Fred 1,493 babies =
  16. 16 Albert 1,353 babies =
  17. 17 Clarence 1,169 babies =
  18. 18 Roy 919 babies =
  19. 19 Willie 882 babies =
  20. 20 Samuel 851 babies =
  21. 21 Earl 819 babies =
  22. 22 Louis 816 babies =
  23. 23 Ernest 796 babies 3
  24. 24 Carl 786 babies 1
  25. 25 Paul 743 babies 4
  26. 26 Richard 732 babies 1
  27. 27 David 724 babies 3
  28. 28 Joe 721 babies 5
  29. 29 Raymond 703 babies 2
  30. 30 Charlie 691 babies 2
  31. 31 Ralph 636 babies 1
  32. 32 Elmer 574 babies 4
  33. 33 Oscar 574 babies =
  34. 34 Harold 566 babies 3
  35. 35 Howard 556 babies 4
  36. 36 Jesse 541 babies 1
  37. 37 Will 538 babies 3
  38. 38 Alfred 530 babies 2
  39. 39 Daniel 522 babies 2
  40. 40 Andrew 520 babies 8
  41. 41 Herbert 519 babies 2
  42. 42 Benjamin 482 babies =
  43. 43 Sam 481 babies 5
  44. 44 Herman 455 babies 7
  45. 45 Leo 448 babies 4
  46. 46 Lee 445 babies =
  47. 47 Frederick 432 babies 1
  48. 48 Francis 418 babies 2
  49. 49 Michael 407 babies 10
  50. 50 Jack 405 babies 4
  51. 51 Lawrence 395 babies 7
  52. 52 Claude 394 babies 10
  53. 53 Eugene 392 babies =
  54. 54 Peter 392 babies 9
  55. 55 Clyde 391 babies 1
  56. 56 Ray 378 babies 1
  57. 57 Lewis 364 babies 2
  58. 58 Edwin 354 babies 5
  59. 59 Floyd 351 babies 7
  60. 60 Tom 349 babies 2
  61. 61 Martin 347 babies =
  62. 62 Ben 321 babies 2
  63. 63 Edgar 310 babies 4
  64. 64 Homer 293 babies 4
  65. 65 Jacob 292 babies 8
  66. 66 Chester 291 babies 6
  67. 67 Grover 289 babies 20
  68. 68 Harvey 284 babies 1
  69. 69 Leonard 275 babies 2
  70. 70 Luther 271 babies =
  71. 71 Clifford 269 babies 9
  72. 72 Guy 267 babies 7
  73. 73 Otto 257 babies 1
  74. 74 Jim 255 babies 10
  75. 75 Russell 246 babies =
  76. 76 Leroy 244 babies 11
  77. 77 Lester 243 babies 4
  78. 78 Hugh 241 babies 1
  79. 79 Patrick 234 babies 7
  80. 80 Ed 225 babies 14
  81. 81 Anthony 220 babies 3
  82. 82 Eddie 220 babies 8
  83. 83 Alexander 218 babies 12
  84. 84 Bernard 217 babies 1
  85. 85 Jessie 214 babies 6
  86. 86 Oliver 214 babies 2
  87. 87 Stanley 212 babies 16
  88. 88 Leon 211 babies 13
  89. 89 Lloyd 211 babies 13
  90. 90 Theodore 209 babies 7
  91. 91 Philip 208 babies 9
  92. 92 Julius 195 babies 7
  93. 93 Archie 194 babies 2
  94. 94 Charley 191 babies 2
  95. 95 Leslie 185 babies 2
  96. 96 Bert 184 babies =
  97. 97 Isaac 182 babies 3
  98. 98 Ira 181 babies 10
  99. 99 Allen 180 babies 10
  100. 100 Percy 177 babies 17

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 12,784 babies =
  2. 2 Anna 5,695 babies =
  3. 3 Ruth 3,658 babies 2
  4. 4 Margaret 3,565 babies =
  5. 5 Elizabeth 3,360 babies 2
  6. 6 Helen 3,249 babies 3
  7. 7 Florence 3,231 babies 1
  8. 8 Ethel 3,119 babies =
  9. 9 Emma 2,968 babies 2
  10. 10 Bertha 2,623 babies 1
  11. 11 Clara 2,532 babies 1
  12. 12 Minnie 2,510 babies =
  13. 13 Alice 2,434 babies 1
  14. 14 Edna 2,378 babies 4
  15. 15 Bessie 2,352 babies 2
  16. 16 Grace 2,308 babies =
  17. 17 Annie 2,251 babies 2
  18. 18 Ida 2,247 babies 1
  19. 19 Marie 2,212 babies 2
  20. 20 Lillian 2,193 babies =
  21. 21 Mabel 2,191 babies 2
  22. 22 Hazel 2,052 babies 3
  23. 23 Rose 2,012 babies 1
  24. 24 Gertrude 1,811 babies 1
  25. 25 Martha 1,805 babies 1
  26. 26 Pearl 1,796 babies =
  27. 27 Nellie 1,770 babies 3
  28. 28 Ella 1,760 babies 1
  29. 29 Myrtle 1,759 babies 3
  30. 30 Edith 1,733 babies 3
  31. 31 Laura 1,683 babies 2
  32. 32 Eva 1,668 babies 2
  33. 33 Sarah 1,632 babies 5
  34. 34 Frances 1,622 babies 3
  35. 35 Elsie 1,586 babies 2
  36. 36 Carrie 1,451 babies 1
  37. 37 Louise 1,447 babies 1
  38. 38 Agnes 1,393 babies 5
  39. 39 Esther 1,382 babies 28
  40. 40 Julia 1,367 babies 1
  41. 41 Lillie 1,351 babies 5
  42. 42 Catherine 1,336 babies =
  43. 43 Hattie 1,315 babies 3
  44. 44 Cora 1,308 babies 5
  45. 45 Jennie 1,273 babies 3
  46. 46 Lena 1,261 babies 1
  47. 47 Mattie 1,257 babies 3
  48. 48 Jessie 1,216 babies 2
  49. 49 Maude 1,202 babies 4
  50. 50 Josephine 1,178 babies 1
  51. 51 Irene 1,111 babies =
  52. 52 Blanche 1,075 babies 2
  53. 53 Mae 1,071 babies 1
  54. 54 Alma 1,055 babies 2
  55. 55 Ada 1,051 babies 5
  56. 56 Lucy 1,036 babies 1
  57. 57 Lula 1,034 babies 4
  58. 58 Gladys 1,017 babies 7
  59. 59 Mamie 1,011 babies 1
  60. 60 Mildred 1,008 babies 2
  61. 61 Fannie 1,003 babies 4
  62. 62 Katherine 963 babies 2
  63. 63 Stella 926 babies 4
  64. 64 Maggie 886 babies =
  65. 65 Dora 877 babies 4
  66. 66 Viola 839 babies =
  67. 67 Nora 825 babies 4
  68. 68 Dorothy 821 babies 11
  69. 69 Ellen 798 babies =
  70. 70 Rosa 790 babies 2
  71. 71 Ruby 769 babies 3
  72. 72 Sadie 706 babies 1
  73. 73 May 693 babies 3
  74. 74 Effie 674 babies 2
  75. 75 Nettie 668 babies 2
  76. 76 Della 660 babies =
  77. 77 Willie 648 babies 1
  78. 78 Susie 644 babies 3
  79. 79 Marguerite 638 babies 12
  80. 80 Beulah 622 babies 3
  81. 81 Lydia 598 babies 12
  82. 82 Olive 589 babies 1
  83. 83 Lizzie 584 babies 3
  84. 84 Daisy 573 babies 1
  85. 85 Beatrice 564 babies 5
  86. 86 Pauline 545 babies 6
  87. 87 Georgia 541 babies =
  88. 88 Nancy 538 babies 7
  89. 89 Flora 537 babies 7
  90. 90 Kathryn 534 babies 2
  91. 91 Vera 534 babies 8
  92. 92 Lottie 532 babies 3
  93. 93 Marion 532 babies 2
  94. 94 Sallie 516 babies 10
  95. 95 Emily 506 babies 1
  96. 96 Katie 504 babies 10
  97. 97 Virginia 498 babies 4
  98. 98 Etta 486 babies 1
  99. 99 Caroline 483 babies 1
  100. 100 Charlotte 476 babies 2

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Source: Social Security Administration

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