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Top baby names of the 1890s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1890 and 1899, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 John 80,664
  2. 2 William 72,244
  3. 3 James 50,723
  4. 4 George 43,358
  5. 5 Charles 36,848
  6. 6 Joseph 29,000
  7. 7 Frank 28,718
  8. 8 Robert 26,147
  9. 9 Edward 22,033
  10. 10 Henry 21,664
  11. 11 Harry 21,330
  12. 12 Thomas 21,115
  13. 13 Walter 19,495
  14. 14 Arthur 16,349
  15. 15 Fred 14,270
  16. 16 Albert 13,753
  17. 17 Clarence 11,901
  18. 18 Willie 9,849
  19. 19 Roy 9,779
  20. 20 Louis 8,442
  21. 21 Earl 8,297
  22. 22 Paul 8,181
  23. 23 Carl 8,047
  24. 24 Ernest 7,877
  25. 25 Samuel 7,857
  26. 26 Richard 7,572
  27. 27 Raymond 7,572
  28. 28 Joe 7,482
  29. 29 David 7,333
  30. 30 Charlie 7,261
  31. 31 Harold 7,018
  32. 32 Ralph 6,951
  33. 33 Howard 5,949
  34. 34 Andrew 5,719
  35. 35 Herbert 5,660
  36. 36 Elmer 5,647
  37. 37 Oscar 5,612
  38. 38 Jesse 5,396
  39. 39 Alfred 5,373
  40. 40 Will 5,210
  41. 41 Daniel 5,185
  42. 42 Sam 4,941
  43. 43 Leo 4,691
  44. 44 Jack 4,635
  45. 45 Lawrence 4,597
  46. 46 Francis 4,535
  47. 47 Benjamin 4,460
  48. 48 Lee 4,384
  49. 49 Eugene 4,303
  50. 50 Herman 4,232

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Mary 131,138
  2. 2 Anna 55,261
  3. 3 Margaret 37,937
  4. 4 Helen 37,802
  5. 5 Elizabeth 33,879
  6. 6 Ruth 32,867
  7. 7 Florence 32,345
  8. 8 Ethel 31,453
  9. 9 Emma 28,652
  10. 10 Marie 25,853
  11. 11 Clara 25,473
  12. 12 Bertha 25,125
  13. 13 Minnie 24,615
  14. 14 Bessie 24,417
  15. 15 Alice 24,415
  16. 16 Lillian 24,106
  17. 17 Edna 24,068
  18. 18 Grace 23,804
  19. 19 Annie 23,122
  20. 20 Mabel 21,991
  21. 21 Ida 21,212
  22. 22 Rose 21,134
  23. 23 Hazel 20,154
  24. 24 Gertrude 19,898
  25. 25 Martha 19,415
  26. 26 Pearl 19,054
  27. 27 Frances 18,090
  28. 28 Myrtle 17,717
  29. 29 Edith 17,650
  30. 30 Nellie 17,285
  31. 31 Sarah 17,154
  32. 32 Ella 17,072
  33. 33 Eva 16,460
  34. 34 Laura 16,433
  35. 35 Elsie 16,375
  36. 36 Louise 15,174
  37. 37 Esther 14,737
  38. 38 Catherine 14,502
  39. 39 Agnes 14,429
  40. 40 Carrie 14,276
  41. 41 Lillie 14,093
  42. 42 Mildred 13,792
  43. 43 Gladys 13,622
  44. 44 Irene 13,621
  45. 45 Julia 13,448
  46. 46 Hattie 12,909
  47. 47 Cora 12,880
  48. 48 Lena 12,491
  49. 49 Josephine 12,463
  50. 50 Mattie 12,449