Top baby names of 1890

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

Girls

  1. Mary12,078
  2. Anna5,233
  3. Elizabeth3,112
  4. Margaret3,100
  5. Emma2,980
  6. Florence2,744
  7. Ethel2,718
  8. Minnie2,650
  9. Clara2,496
  10. Bertha2,388
  11. Bessie2,370
  12. Helen2,312
  13. Grace2,278
  14. Alice2,271
  15. Annie2,220
  16. Ida2,178
  17. Mabel2,058
  18. Edna1,973
  19. Lillian1,862
  20. Nellie1,821
  21. Sarah1,786
  22. Martha1,784
  23. Ella1,758
  24. Pearl1,741
  25. Rose1,725
  26. Gertrude1,713
  27. Laura1,634
  28. Marie1,563
  29. Carrie1,510
  30. Edith1,493
  31. Louise1,472
  32. Eva1,436
  33. Frances1,416
  34. Myrtle1,406
  35. Lillie1,390
  36. Cora1,386
  37. Hazel1,366
  38. Hattie1,363
  39. Maude1,359
  40. Julia1,275
  41. Jennie1,259
  42. Mattie1,256
  43. Jessie1,250
  44. Catherine1,232
  45. Elsie1,220
  46. Ruth1,195
  47. Lena1,137
  48. Lula1,121
  49. Josephine1,118
  50. Agnes1,095

Boys

  1. John8,502
  2. William7,494
  3. James5,097
  4. George4,458
  5. Charles4,061
  6. Frank3,078
  7. Joseph2,670
  8. Robert2,541
  9. Henry2,349
  10. Harry2,345
  11. Edward2,282
  12. Thomas2,200
  13. Walter1,905
  14. Arthur1,610
  15. Fred1,506
  16. Albert1,417
  17. Clarence1,018
  18. Roy941
  19. Louis860
  20. Samuel815
  21. Charlie797
  22. Ernest774
  23. Willie758
  24. Earl744
  25. Richard743
  26. David731
  27. Carl693
  28. Joe682
  29. Oscar628
  30. Will613
  31. Paul607
  32. Ralph587
  33. Jesse576
  34. Andrew575
  35. Alfred549
  36. Raymond546
  37. Benjamin537
  38. Elmer528
  39. Daniel505
  40. Howard501
  41. Sam489
  42. Herbert467
  43. Peter410
  44. Lee410
  45. Frederick410
  46. Harold408
  47. Eugene408
  48. Michael394
  49. Leo393
  50. Herman382