Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1890

John and Mary topped the list in 1890. The 10 most popular names went to 38% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,160 boy names and 1,533 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1890

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

Top girl names of 1890

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

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1890?
John was the #1 boy name in 1890 (8,502 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (12,078 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1890?
Social Security records list 301,401 babies born in 1890 with names given to at least 5 babies: 111,024 boys and 190,377 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.