Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1889

John and Mary topped the list in 1889. The 10 most popular names went to 39% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,110 boy names and 1,478 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1889

  1. John 8,548
  2. William 7,772
  3. James 5,020
  4. George 4,430
  5. Charles 4,199
  6. Frank 2,975
  7. Joseph 2,729
  8. Harry 2,559
  9. Robert 2,513
  10. Edward 2,299
  11. Henry 2,286
  12. Thomas 2,233
  13. Walter 1,916
  14. Arthur 1,668
  15. Fred 1,554
  16. Albert 1,353
  17. Clarence 984
  18. Roy 888
  19. Louis 837
  20. Samuel 810
  21. Benjamin 760
  22. David 757
  23. Ernest 736
  24. Richard 711
  25. Joe 709
  26. Willie 708
  27. Carl 704
  28. Earl 688
  29. Charlie 685
  30. Will 631
  31. Jesse 576
  32. Oscar 572
  33. Andrew 561
  34. Elmer 557
  35. Paul 555
  36. Daniel 515
  37. Raymond 511
  38. Howard 503
  39. Ralph 495
  40. Sam 486
  41. Alfred 472
  42. Herbert 472
  43. Ben 453
  44. Frederick 451
  45. Peter 425
  46. Lee 415
  47. Lewis 414
  48. Herman 405
  49. Claude 386
  50. Tom 379
  51. Michael 377
  52. Eugene 369
  53. Martin 367
  54. Ray 355
  55. Francis 346
  56. Lawrence 342
  57. Harold 340
  58. Jim 328
  59. Leo 325
  60. Edgar 322
  61. Jack 322
  62. Clyde 318
  63. Floyd 313
  64. Harvey 311
  65. Otto 309
  66. Edwin 306
  67. Jacob 295
  68. Harrison 288
  69. Chester 274
  70. Guy 271
  71. Ed 270
  72. Luther 270
  73. Homer 255
  74. Patrick 236
  75. Bert 231
  76. Theodore 231
  77. Leonard 229
  78. Hugh 225
  79. Allen 222
  80. Anthony 219
  81. Bernard 215
  82. Lester 213
  83. Grover 210
  84. Oliver 210
  85. Ira 207
  86. Jessie 207
  87. Clifford 202
  88. Charley 199
  89. Russell 198
  90. Archie 195
  91. Isaac 188
  92. Leroy 186
  93. Alexander 185
  94. Leon 184
  95. Philip 183
  96. August 171
  97. Milton 171
  98. Lloyd 167
  99. Warren 167
  100. Horace 166

Top girl names of 1889

  1. Mary 11,648
  2. Anna 5,062
  3. Elizabeth 3,058
  4. Margaret 2,917
  5. Emma 2,884
  6. Minnie 2,624
  7. Florence 2,465
  8. Ethel 2,463
  9. Bessie 2,343
  10. Clara 2,319
  11. Bertha 2,293
  12. Alice 2,145
  13. Annie 2,123
  14. Ida 2,122
  15. Grace 2,049
  16. Mabel 1,947
  17. Helen 1,909
  18. Edna 1,815
  19. Nellie 1,752
  20. Sarah 1,730
  21. Martha 1,711
  22. Ella 1,647
  23. Lillian 1,640
  24. Pearl 1,588
  25. Laura 1,567
  26. Rose 1,550
  27. Carrie 1,547
  28. Gertrude 1,543
  29. Edith 1,523
  30. Marie 1,436
  31. Eva 1,372
  32. Cora 1,365
  33. Myrtle 1,361
  34. Frances 1,351
  35. Hattie 1,328
  36. Maude 1,293
  37. Lillie 1,289
  38. Louise 1,283
  39. Jennie 1,252
  40. Julia 1,201
  41. Elsie 1,199
  42. Catherine 1,198
  43. Jessie 1,196
  44. Mattie 1,173
  45. Lena 1,096
  46. Ruth 1,073
  47. Lula 1,067
  48. Hazel 1,056
  49. Josephine 1,047
  50. Agnes 1,033
  51. Ada 1,005
  52. Blanche 972
  53. Fannie 909
  54. Lucy 893
  55. Stella 891
  56. Katherine 889
  57. Mae 883
  58. Mamie 883
  59. Dora 882
  60. Nora 831
  61. Maggie 825
  62. Alma 819
  63. Irene 737
  64. May 723
  65. Effie 711
  66. Rosa 707
  67. Sadie 664
  68. Ellen 653
  69. Mildred 625
  70. Nettie 622
  71. Susie 607
  72. Della 606
  73. Daisy 583
  74. Lizzie 570
  75. Esther 553
  76. Viola 536
  77. Sallie 525
  78. Ruby 522
  79. Flora 516
  80. Katie 502
  81. Beulah 498
  82. Lottie 498
  83. Lydia 496
  84. Caroline 491
  85. Willie 488
  86. Nancy 470
  87. Etta 465
  88. Olive 464
  89. Charlotte 455
  90. Addie 448
  91. Georgia 445
  92. Maud 432
  93. Emily 429
  94. Kathryn 415
  95. Pauline 415
  96. Gladys 414
  97. Amanda 413
  98. Mollie 402
  99. Harriet 397
  100. Nannie 396

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1889?
John was the #1 boy name in 1889 (8,548 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (11,648 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1889?
Social Security records list 288,946 babies born in 1889 with names given to at least 5 babies: 110,580 boys and 178,366 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.