Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1892

John and Mary topped the list in 1892. The 10 most popular names went to 37% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,259 boy names and 1,661 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1892

  1. John 9,039
  2. William 7,782
  3. James 5,398
  4. George 4,760
  5. Charles 4,319
  6. Frank 3,150
  7. Joseph 3,064
  8. Robert 2,710
  9. Harry 2,460
  10. Henry 2,452
  11. Edward 2,416
  12. Thomas 2,413
  13. Walter 2,229
  14. Arthur 1,768
  15. Fred 1,628
  16. Albert 1,500
  17. Clarence 1,276
  18. Roy 1,048
  19. Willie 948
  20. Samuel 902
  21. Earl 888
  22. Louis 865
  23. Joe 819
  24. David 813
  25. Carl 808
  26. Ernest 805
  27. Richard 802
  28. Charlie 761
  29. Paul 747
  30. Ralph 725
  31. Raymond 681
  32. Andrew 637
  33. Oscar 634
  34. Will 607
  35. Jesse 602
  36. Elmer 592
  37. Harold 583
  38. Sam 551
  39. Howard 548
  40. Alfred 542
  41. Daniel 533
  42. Benjamin 525
  43. Herbert 513
  44. Lawrence 468
  45. Peter 465
  46. Lee 460
  47. Grover 454
  48. Frederick 453
  49. Leo 444
  50. Francis 429
  51. Herman 421
  52. Floyd 420
  53. Eugene 414
  54. Jack 401
  55. Lewis 399
  56. Clyde 390
  57. Ray 385
  58. Tom 381
  59. Michael 380
  60. Ben 361
  61. Martin 359
  62. Claude 353
  63. Edwin 338
  64. Jim 334
  65. Guy 315
  66. Ed 306
  67. Edgar 303
  68. Homer 301
  69. Harvey 298
  70. Luther 295
  71. Leonard 294
  72. Chester 285
  73. Jacob 283
  74. Otto 275
  75. Russell 269
  76. Lloyd 268
  77. Hugh 265
  78. Anthony 255
  79. Jessie 251
  80. Clifford 240
  81. Lester 240
  82. Philip 239
  83. Theodore 239
  84. Oliver 238
  85. Bernard 237
  86. Patrick 234
  87. Leroy 233
  88. Ira 231
  89. Allen 224
  90. Eddie 218
  91. Archie 214
  92. Charley 210
  93. Leslie 207
  94. Isaac 203
  95. Alexander 202
  96. Bert 200
  97. Victor 200
  98. Norman 191
  99. Julius 190
  100. Horace 187

Top girl names of 1892

  1. Mary 13,172
  2. Anna 5,542
  3. Elizabeth 3,461
  4. Margaret 3,435
  5. Ruth 3,290
  6. Florence 3,154
  7. Emma 3,128
  8. Ethel 3,035
  9. Helen 2,936
  10. Clara 2,661
  11. Bertha 2,617
  12. Minnie 2,609
  13. Bessie 2,541
  14. Alice 2,373
  15. Annie 2,348
  16. Grace 2,299
  17. Ida 2,259
  18. Edna 2,218
  19. Mabel 2,170
  20. Lillian 2,154
  21. Marie 2,066
  22. Rose 2,023
  23. Gertrude 1,924
  24. Martha 1,915
  25. Hazel 1,897
  26. Pearl 1,831
  27. Ella 1,808
  28. Sarah 1,798
  29. Laura 1,744
  30. Nellie 1,738
  31. Frances 1,670
  32. Myrtle 1,666
  33. Edith 1,625
  34. Eva 1,611
  35. Carrie 1,588
  36. Lillie 1,503
  37. Elsie 1,489
  38. Louise 1,446
  39. Cora 1,419
  40. Hattie 1,363
  41. Julia 1,360
  42. Catherine 1,333
  43. Agnes 1,328
  44. Mattie 1,303
  45. Maude 1,270
  46. Jessie 1,246
  47. Lena 1,234
  48. Jennie 1,212
  49. Josephine 1,210
  50. Ada 1,134
  51. Irene 1,107
  52. Mae 1,101
  53. Lula 1,098
  54. Blanche 1,094
  55. Lucy 1,057
  56. Alma 1,056
  57. Fannie 1,031
  58. Mamie 978
  59. Stella 972
  60. Katherine 961
  61. Dora 960
  62. Mildred 959
  63. Nora 899
  64. Maggie 883
  65. Gladys 867
  66. Viola 833
  67. Esther 824
  68. Rosa 796
  69. Ellen 760
  70. May 753
  71. Sadie 724
  72. Effie 721
  73. Nettie 705
  74. Ruby 695
  75. Susie 669
  76. Della 666
  77. Beulah 638
  78. Willie 631
  79. Dorothy 626
  80. Lizzie 597
  81. Nancy 591
  82. Flora 585
  83. Olive 583
  84. Sallie 582
  85. Daisy 564
  86. Katie 563
  87. Georgia 552
  88. Kathryn 549
  89. Lottie 547
  90. Beatrice 541
  91. Marguerite 535
  92. Pauline 526
  93. Lydia 522
  94. Emily 518
  95. Marion 497
  96. Addie 493
  97. Etta 492
  98. Charlotte 486
  99. Vera 486
  100. Caroline 476

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1892?
John was the #1 boy name in 1892 (9,039 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (13,172 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1892?
Social Security records list 334,374 babies born in 1892 with names given to at least 5 babies: 122,035 boys and 212,339 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.