Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1893

John and Mary topped the list in 1893. The 10 most popular names went to 37% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,178 boy names and 1,652 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1893

  1. John 8,049
  2. William 7,223
  3. James 5,030
  4. George 4,320
  5. Charles 3,723
  6. Joseph 2,997
  7. Frank 2,917
  8. Robert 2,563
  9. Edward 2,309
  10. Harry 2,245
  11. Henry 2,162
  12. Thomas 2,157
  13. Walter 2,004
  14. Arthur 1,635
  15. Fred 1,493
  16. Albert 1,353
  17. Clarence 1,169
  18. Roy 919
  19. Willie 882
  20. Samuel 851
  21. Earl 819
  22. Louis 816
  23. Ernest 796
  24. Carl 786
  25. Paul 743
  26. Richard 732
  27. David 724
  28. Joe 721
  29. Raymond 703
  30. Charlie 691
  31. Ralph 636
  32. Elmer 574
  33. Oscar 574
  34. Harold 566
  35. Howard 556
  36. Jesse 541
  37. Will 538
  38. Alfred 530
  39. Daniel 522
  40. Andrew 520
  41. Herbert 519
  42. Benjamin 482
  43. Sam 481
  44. Herman 455
  45. Leo 448
  46. Lee 445
  47. Frederick 432
  48. Francis 418
  49. Michael 407
  50. Jack 405
  51. Lawrence 395
  52. Claude 394
  53. Eugene 392
  54. Peter 392
  55. Clyde 391
  56. Ray 378
  57. Lewis 364
  58. Edwin 354
  59. Floyd 351
  60. Tom 349
  61. Martin 347
  62. Ben 321
  63. Edgar 310
  64. Homer 293
  65. Jacob 292
  66. Chester 291
  67. Grover 289
  68. Harvey 284
  69. Leonard 275
  70. Luther 271
  71. Clifford 269
  72. Guy 267
  73. Otto 257
  74. Jim 255
  75. Russell 246
  76. Leroy 244
  77. Lester 243
  78. Hugh 241
  79. Patrick 234
  80. Ed 225
  81. Anthony 220
  82. Eddie 220
  83. Alexander 218
  84. Bernard 217
  85. Jessie 214
  86. Oliver 214
  87. Stanley 212
  88. Leon 211
  89. Lloyd 211
  90. Theodore 209
  91. Philip 208
  92. Julius 195
  93. Archie 194
  94. Charley 191
  95. Leslie 185
  96. Bert 184
  97. Isaac 182
  98. Ira 181
  99. Allen 180
  100. Percy 177

Top girl names of 1893

  1. Mary 12,784
  2. Anna 5,695
  3. Ruth 3,658
  4. Margaret 3,565
  5. Elizabeth 3,360
  6. Helen 3,249
  7. Florence 3,231
  8. Ethel 3,119
  9. Emma 2,968
  10. Bertha 2,623
  11. Clara 2,532
  12. Minnie 2,510
  13. Alice 2,434
  14. Edna 2,378
  15. Bessie 2,352
  16. Grace 2,308
  17. Annie 2,251
  18. Ida 2,247
  19. Marie 2,212
  20. Lillian 2,193
  21. Mabel 2,191
  22. Hazel 2,052
  23. Rose 2,012
  24. Gertrude 1,811
  25. Martha 1,805
  26. Pearl 1,796
  27. Nellie 1,770
  28. Ella 1,760
  29. Myrtle 1,759
  30. Edith 1,733
  31. Laura 1,683
  32. Eva 1,668
  33. Sarah 1,632
  34. Frances 1,622
  35. Elsie 1,586
  36. Carrie 1,451
  37. Louise 1,447
  38. Agnes 1,393
  39. Esther 1,382
  40. Julia 1,367
  41. Lillie 1,351
  42. Catherine 1,336
  43. Hattie 1,315
  44. Cora 1,308
  45. Jennie 1,273
  46. Lena 1,261
  47. Mattie 1,257
  48. Jessie 1,216
  49. Maude 1,202
  50. Josephine 1,178
  51. Irene 1,111
  52. Blanche 1,075
  53. Mae 1,071
  54. Alma 1,055
  55. Ada 1,051
  56. Lucy 1,036
  57. Lula 1,034
  58. Gladys 1,017
  59. Mamie 1,011
  60. Mildred 1,008
  61. Fannie 1,003
  62. Katherine 963
  63. Stella 926
  64. Maggie 886
  65. Dora 877
  66. Viola 839
  67. Nora 825
  68. Dorothy 821
  69. Ellen 798
  70. Rosa 790
  71. Ruby 769
  72. Sadie 706
  73. May 693
  74. Effie 674
  75. Nettie 668
  76. Della 660
  77. Willie 648
  78. Susie 644
  79. Marguerite 638
  80. Beulah 622
  81. Lydia 598
  82. Olive 589
  83. Lizzie 584
  84. Daisy 573
  85. Beatrice 564
  86. Pauline 545
  87. Georgia 541
  88. Nancy 538
  89. Flora 537
  90. Kathryn 534
  91. Vera 534
  92. Lottie 532
  93. Marion 532
  94. Sallie 516
  95. Emily 506
  96. Katie 504
  97. Virginia 498
  98. Etta 486
  99. Caroline 483
  100. Charlotte 476

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1893?
John was the #1 boy name in 1893 (8,049 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (12,784 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1893?
Social Security records list 325,223 babies born in 1893 with names given to at least 5 babies: 112,318 boys and 212,905 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.