Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1891

John and Mary topped the list in 1891. The 10 most popular names went to 38% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,126 boy names and 1,533 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1891

  1. John 7,680
  2. William 6,763
  3. James 4,516
  4. George 3,931
  5. Charles 3,640
  6. Frank 2,652
  7. Joseph 2,572
  8. Robert 2,240
  9. Harry 2,132
  10. Henry 2,049
  11. Edward 1,989
  12. Thomas 1,982
  13. Walter 1,668
  14. Arthur 1,514
  15. Fred 1,362
  16. Albert 1,207
  17. Clarence 1,007
  18. Roy 838
  19. Louis 786
  20. Samuel 753
  21. Willie 739
  22. Ernest 715
  23. Charlie 707
  24. Carl 675
  25. Earl 674
  26. David 673
  27. Richard 609
  28. Ralph 587
  29. Joe 584
  30. Raymond 575
  31. Paul 564
  32. Oscar 551
  33. Andrew 521
  34. Will 520
  35. Jesse 519
  36. Elmer 508
  37. Daniel 505
  38. Herbert 501
  39. Alfred 499
  40. Howard 485
  41. Benjamin 461
  42. Harold 419
  43. Sam 418
  44. Frederick 412
  45. Peter 396
  46. Lawrence 389
  47. Herman 383
  48. Eugene 362
  49. Ray 360
  50. Lewis 357
  51. Leo 353
  52. Lee 342
  53. Floyd 336
  54. Francis 333
  55. Michael 333
  56. Martin 331
  57. Claude 327
  58. Clyde 327
  59. Edwin 327
  60. Tom 318
  61. Ben 302
  62. Jack 290
  63. Jim 288
  64. Edgar 277
  65. Harvey 274
  66. Otto 274
  67. Guy 262
  68. Chester 252
  69. Jacob 238
  70. Ed 237
  71. Luther 236
  72. Leonard 235
  73. Hugh 233
  74. Homer 230
  75. Jessie 227
  76. Theodore 224
  77. Oliver 212
  78. Patrick 212
  79. Archie 201
  80. Philip 198
  81. Clifford 196
  82. Charley 193
  83. Lester 191
  84. Leroy 190
  85. Bernard 187
  86. August 186
  87. Russell 186
  88. Lloyd 185
  89. Bert 181
  90. Eddie 179
  91. Ira 179
  92. Stanley 178
  93. Everett 174
  94. Allen 173
  95. Alexander 172
  96. Anthony 170
  97. Horace 165
  98. Leslie 164
  99. Grover 163
  100. Norman 163

Top girl names of 1891

  1. Mary 11,704
  2. Anna 5,099
  3. Margaret 3,065
  4. Elizabeth 3,059
  5. Emma 2,884
  6. Florence 2,716
  7. Ethel 2,689
  8. Minnie 2,428
  9. Helen 2,417
  10. Bertha 2,372
  11. Clara 2,360
  12. Bessie 2,323
  13. Annie 2,096
  14. Grace 2,088
  15. Mabel 2,029
  16. Alice 2,015
  17. Ida 2,002
  18. Edna 1,963
  19. Ruth 1,857
  20. Lillian 1,812
  21. Martha 1,744
  22. Rose 1,696
  23. Ella 1,685
  24. Sarah 1,669
  25. Nellie 1,647
  26. Gertrude 1,645
  27. Pearl 1,605
  28. Marie 1,596
  29. Edith 1,509
  30. Laura 1,509
  31. Myrtle 1,458
  32. Hazel 1,447
  33. Eva 1,412
  34. Frances 1,397
  35. Cora 1,343
  36. Carrie 1,342
  37. Louise 1,333
  38. Elsie 1,303
  39. Lillie 1,247
  40. Jennie 1,238
  41. Catherine 1,219
  42. Hattie 1,219
  43. Julia 1,200
  44. Maude 1,188
  45. Lena 1,174
  46. Mattie 1,165
  47. Agnes 1,125
  48. Jessie 1,119
  49. Josephine 1,031
  50. Lula 1,010
  51. Ada 975
  52. Irene 950
  53. Lucy 944
  54. Mae 933
  55. Alma 929
  56. Blanche 917
  57. Fannie 916
  58. Dora 870
  59. Stella 867
  60. Maggie 841
  61. Mamie 830
  62. Katherine 803
  63. Nora 801
  64. Mildred 761
  65. Rosa 729
  66. Esther 710
  67. Effie 704
  68. May 696
  69. Ellen 675
  70. Gladys 633
  71. Nettie 620
  72. Sadie 617
  73. Viola 609
  74. Della 607
  75. Sallie 569
  76. Dorothy 566
  77. Susie 566
  78. Willie 562
  79. Daisy 557
  80. Ruby 554
  81. Beulah 526
  82. Lizzie 525
  83. Nancy 523
  84. Marguerite 511
  85. Olive 509
  86. Lydia 507
  87. Kathryn 504
  88. Lottie 501
  89. Flora 497
  90. Katie 494
  91. Beatrice 485
  92. Addie 467
  93. Pauline 455
  94. Etta 452
  95. Emily 444
  96. Georgia 444
  97. Virginia 439
  98. Vera 426
  99. Marion 413
  100. Caroline 402

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1891?
John was the #1 boy name in 1891 (7,680 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (11,704 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1891?
Social Security records list 286,673 babies born in 1891 with names given to at least 5 babies: 101,191 boys and 185,482 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.