Top baby names of 1889

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Mary11,648
  2. Anna5,062
  3. Elizabeth3,058
  4. Margaret2,917
  5. Emma2,884
  6. Minnie2,624
  7. Florence2,465
  8. Ethel2,463
  9. Bessie2,343
  10. Clara2,319
  11. Bertha2,293
  12. Alice2,145
  13. Annie2,123
  14. Ida2,122
  15. Grace2,049
  16. Mabel1,947
  17. Helen1,909
  18. Edna1,815
  19. Nellie1,752
  20. Sarah1,730
  21. Martha1,711
  22. Ella1,647
  23. Lillian1,640
  24. Pearl1,588
  25. Laura1,567
  26. Rose1,550
  27. Carrie1,547
  28. Gertrude1,543
  29. Edith1,523
  30. Marie1,436
  31. Eva1,372
  32. Cora1,365
  33. Myrtle1,361
  34. Frances1,351
  35. Hattie1,328
  36. Maude1,293
  37. Lillie1,289
  38. Louise1,283
  39. Jennie1,252
  40. Julia1,201
  41. Elsie1,199
  42. Catherine1,198
  43. Jessie1,196
  44. Mattie1,173
  45. Lena1,096
  46. Ruth1,073
  47. Lula1,067
  48. Hazel1,056
  49. Josephine1,047
  50. Agnes1,033

Boys

  1. John8,548
  2. William7,772
  3. James5,020
  4. George4,430
  5. Charles4,199
  6. Frank2,975
  7. Joseph2,729
  8. Harry2,559
  9. Robert2,513
  10. Edward2,299
  11. Henry2,286
  12. Thomas2,233
  13. Walter1,916
  14. Arthur1,668
  15. Fred1,554
  16. Albert1,353
  17. Clarence984
  18. Roy888
  19. Louis837
  20. Samuel810
  21. Benjamin760
  22. David757
  23. Ernest736
  24. Richard711
  25. Joe709
  26. Willie708
  27. Carl704
  28. Earl688
  29. Charlie685
  30. Will631
  31. Jesse576
  32. Oscar572
  33. Andrew561
  34. Elmer557
  35. Paul555
  36. Daniel515
  37. Raymond511
  38. Howard503
  39. Ralph495
  40. Sam486
  41. Herbert472
  42. Alfred472
  43. Ben453
  44. Frederick451
  45. Peter425
  46. Lee415
  47. Lewis414
  48. Herman405
  49. Claude386
  50. Tom379