United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1894

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 8,237 babies =
  2. 2 William 7,274 babies =
  3. 3 James 5,110 babies =
  4. 4 George 4,365 babies =
  5. 5 Charles 3,788 babies =
  6. 6 Joseph 2,977 babies =
  7. 7 Frank 2,863 babies =
  8. 8 Robert 2,497 babies =
  9. 9 Henry 2,278 babies 2
  10. 10 Harry 2,189 babies =
  11. 11 Edward 2,179 babies 2
  12. 12 Thomas 2,170 babies =
  13. 13 Walter 2,010 babies =
  14. 14 Arthur 1,712 babies =
  15. 15 Fred 1,475 babies =
  16. 16 Albert 1,447 babies =
  17. 17 Clarence 1,185 babies =
  18. 18 Roy 1,018 babies =
  19. 19 Willie 986 babies =
  20. 20 Earl 896 babies 1
  21. 21 Louis 869 babies 1
  22. 22 Carl 861 babies 2
  23. 23 Paul 824 babies 2
  24. 24 Ernest 821 babies 1
  25. 25 Richard 808 babies 1
  26. 26 Samuel 776 babies 6
  27. 27 Raymond 767 babies 2
  28. 28 Joe 741 babies =
  29. 29 David 729 babies 2
  30. 30 Charlie 704 babies =
  31. 31 Ralph 692 babies =
  32. 32 Harold 690 babies 2
  33. 33 Howard 612 babies 2
  34. 34 Oscar 601 babies 1
  35. 35 Andrew 594 babies 5
  36. 36 Herbert 585 babies 5
  37. 37 Elmer 575 babies 5
  38. 38 Jesse 567 babies 2
  39. 39 Will 559 babies 2
  40. 40 Alfred 521 babies 2
  41. 41 Daniel 515 babies 2
  42. 42 Leo 515 babies 3
  43. 43 Sam 507 babies =
  44. 44 Benjamin 469 babies 2
  45. 45 Lee 455 babies 1
  46. 46 Floyd 445 babies 13
  47. 47 Jack 441 babies 3
  48. 48 Herman 433 babies 4
  49. 49 Lawrence 430 babies 2
  50. 50 Francis 423 babies 2
  51. 51 Michael 423 babies 2
  52. 52 Eugene 421 babies 1
  53. 53 Claude 419 babies 1
  54. 54 Frederick 413 babies 7
  55. 55 Peter 391 babies 1
  56. 56 Clyde 386 babies 1
  57. 57 Ray 379 babies 1
  58. 58 Edwin 366 babies =
  59. 59 Lewis 359 babies 2
  60. 60 Leonard 343 babies 9
  61. 61 Tom 343 babies 1
  62. 62 Ben 326 babies =
  63. 63 Chester 325 babies 3
  64. 64 Edgar 313 babies 1
  65. 65 Clifford 307 babies 6
  66. 66 Martin 299 babies 5
  67. 67 Harvey 293 babies 1
  68. 68 Jacob 292 babies 3
  69. 69 Lester 291 babies 8
  70. 70 Jim 287 babies 4
  71. 71 Luther 285 babies 1
  72. 72 Russell 278 babies 3
  73. 73 Homer 273 babies 9
  74. 74 Otto 270 babies 1
  75. 75 Hugh 269 babies 3
  76. 76 Guy 261 babies 4
  77. 77 Anthony 257 babies 4
  78. 78 Bernard 256 babies 6
  79. 79 Jessie 255 babies 6
  80. 80 Lloyd 253 babies 9
  81. 81 Ed 241 babies 1
  82. 82 Theodore 241 babies 8
  83. 83 Leroy 239 babies 7
  84. 84 Leon 236 babies 4
  85. 85 Patrick 229 babies 6
  86. 86 Everett 226 babies 23
  87. 87 Leslie 223 babies 8
  88. 88 Oliver 222 babies 2
  89. 89 Allen 219 babies 10
  90. 90 Stanley 218 babies 3
  91. 91 Philip 214 babies =
  92. 92 Archie 207 babies 1
  93. 93 Ira 206 babies 5
  94. 94 Eddie 203 babies 12
  95. 95 Alexander 199 babies 12
  96. 96 Norman 199 babies 10
  97. 97 Horace 196 babies 7
  98. 98 Bert 187 babies 2
  99. 99 Charley 186 babies 5
  100. 100 Victor 180 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 13,151 babies =
  2. 2 Anna 5,565 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 3,700 babies 1
  4. 4 Helen 3,676 babies 2
  5. 5 Elizabeth 3,425 babies =
  6. 6 Ruth 3,372 babies 3
  7. 7 Ethel 3,287 babies 1
  8. 8 Florence 3,233 babies 1
  9. 9 Emma 2,937 babies =
  10. 10 Marie 2,649 babies 9
  11. 11 Clara 2,603 babies =
  12. 12 Minnie 2,592 babies =
  13. 13 Bessie 2,520 babies 2
  14. 14 Bertha 2,496 babies 4
  15. 15 Edna 2,458 babies 1
  16. 16 Lillian 2,441 babies 4
  17. 17 Alice 2,414 babies 4
  18. 18 Annie 2,393 babies 1
  19. 19 Grace 2,361 babies 3
  20. 20 Mabel 2,221 babies 1
  21. 21 Ida 2,195 babies 3
  22. 22 Rose 2,126 babies 1
  23. 23 Hazel 2,103 babies 1
  24. 24 Martha 1,968 babies 1
  25. 25 Gertrude 1,908 babies 1
  26. 26 Edith 1,820 babies 4
  27. 27 Myrtle 1,818 babies 2
  28. 28 Pearl 1,789 babies 2
  29. 29 Frances 1,776 babies 5
  30. 30 Nellie 1,767 babies 3
  31. 31 Ella 1,761 babies 3
  32. 32 Laura 1,730 babies 1
  33. 33 Elsie 1,716 babies 2
  34. 34 Sarah 1,701 babies 1
  35. 35 Eva 1,673 babies 3
  36. 36 Esther 1,654 babies 3
  37. 37 Louise 1,571 babies =
  38. 38 Agnes 1,470 babies =
  39. 39 Carrie 1,452 babies 3
  40. 40 Lillie 1,432 babies 1
  41. 41 Catherine 1,430 babies 1
  42. 42 Lena 1,360 babies 4
  43. 43 Irene 1,347 babies 8
  44. 44 Hattie 1,325 babies 1
  45. 45 Julia 1,320 babies 5
  46. 46 Cora 1,319 babies 2
  47. 47 Gladys 1,258 babies 11
  48. 48 Josephine 1,256 babies 2
  49. 49 Mattie 1,238 babies 2
  50. 50 Mildred 1,220 babies 10
  51. 51 Jennie 1,210 babies 6
  52. 52 Alma 1,177 babies 2
  53. 53 Maude 1,144 babies 4
  54. 54 Mae 1,134 babies 1
  55. 55 Jessie 1,120 babies 7
  56. 56 Blanche 1,091 babies 4
  57. 57 Lucy 1,077 babies 1
  58. 58 Dorothy 1,052 babies 10
  59. 59 Mamie 1,043 babies =
  60. 60 Lula 1,042 babies 3
  61. 61 Stella 1,035 babies 2
  62. 62 Ada 1,018 babies 7
  63. 63 Fannie 1,003 babies 2
  64. 64 Katherine 948 babies 2
  65. 65 Viola 906 babies 1
  66. 66 Maggie 895 babies 2
  67. 67 Ruby 874 babies 4
  68. 68 Nora 854 babies 1
  69. 69 Dora 827 babies 4
  70. 70 Rosa 780 babies =
  71. 71 May 763 babies 2
  72. 72 Ellen 759 babies 3
  73. 73 Sadie 745 babies 1
  74. 74 Effie 712 babies =
  75. 75 Willie 709 babies 2
  76. 76 Beatrice 684 babies 9
  77. 77 Della 681 babies 1
  78. 78 Susie 679 babies =
  79. 79 Beulah 675 babies 1
  80. 80 Pauline 656 babies 6
  81. 81 Daisy 645 babies 3
  82. 82 Nettie 630 babies 7
  83. 83 Marguerite 624 babies 4
  84. 84 Flora 619 babies 5
  85. 85 Lydia 618 babies 4
  86. 86 Vera 618 babies 5
  87. 87 Lottie 597 babies 5
  88. 88 Olive 589 babies 6
  89. 89 Marion 587 babies 4
  90. 90 Sallie 584 babies 4
  91. 91 Virginia 583 babies 6
  92. 92 Lizzie 562 babies 9
  93. 93 Emily 551 babies 2
  94. 94 Georgia 535 babies 7
  95. 95 Katie 525 babies 1
  96. 96 Kathryn 520 babies 6
  97. 97 Etta 519 babies 1
  98. 98 Nancy 515 babies 10
  99. 99 Evelyn 491 babies 5
  100. 100 Charlotte 484 babies =

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Source: Social Security Administration

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