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Most popular baby names of 1890

In 1890, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary12,078
  2. 2Anna5,233
  3. 3Elizabeth3,112
  4. 4Margaret3,100
  5. 5Emma2,980
  6. 6Florence2,744
  7. 7Ethel2,718
  8. 8Minnie2,650
  9. 9Clara2,496
  10. 10Bertha2,388
  11. 11Bessie2,370
  12. 12Helen2,312
  13. 13Grace2,278
  14. 14Alice2,271
  15. 15Annie2,220
  16. 16Ida2,178
  17. 17Mabel2,058
  18. 18Edna1,973
  19. 19Lillian1,862
  20. 20Nellie1,821
  21. 21Sarah1,786
  22. 22Martha1,784
  23. 23Ella1,758
  24. 24Pearl1,741
  25. 25Rose1,725
  26. 26Gertrude1,713
  27. 27Laura1,634
  28. 28Marie1,563
  29. 29Carrie1,510
  30. 30Edith1,493
  31. 31Louise1,472
  32. 32Eva1,436
  33. 33Frances1,416
  34. 34Myrtle1,406
  35. 35Lillie1,390
  36. 36Cora1,386
  37. 37Hazel1,366
  38. 38Hattie1,363
  39. 39Maude1,359
  40. 40Julia1,275
  41. 41Jennie1,259
  42. 42Mattie1,256
  43. 43Jessie1,250
  44. 44Catherine1,232
  45. 45Elsie1,220
  46. 46Ruth1,195
  47. 47Lena1,137
  48. 48Lula1,121
  49. 49Josephine1,118
  50. 50Agnes1,095
  51. 51Ada1,074
  52. 52Fannie1,005
  53. 53Lucy973
  54. 54Mamie967
  55. 55Blanche953
  56. 56Stella924
  57. 57Alma922
  58. 58Mae920
  59. 59Katherine900
  60. 60Irene893
  61. 61Maggie891
  62. 62Dora883
  63. 63Nora835
  64. 64Rosa770
  65. 65May751
  66. 66Effie717
  67. 67Nettie707
  68. 68Viola697
  69. 69Sadie680
  70. 70Ellen659
  71. 71Mildred635
  72. 72Della631
  73. 73Susie630
  74. 74Lizzie620
  75. 75Esther619
  76. 76Daisy588
  77. 77Willie578
  78. 78Lydia576
  79. 79Beulah573
  80. 80Sallie571
  81. 81Ruby540
  82. 82Gladys525
  83. 83Georgia513
  84. 84Nancy512
  85. 85Flora510
  86. 86Emily509
  87. 87Katie509
  88. 88Lottie502
  89. 89Olive491
  90. 90Pauline475
  91. 91Kathryn474
  92. 92Addie468
  93. 93Dorothy458
  94. 94Caroline455
  95. 95Etta452
  96. 96Marguerite442
  97. 97Maud439
  98. 98Beatrice417
  99. 99Charlotte417
  100. 100Virginia405

Boys

  1. 1John8,502
  2. 2William7,494
  3. 3James5,097
  4. 4George4,458
  5. 5Charles4,061
  6. 6Frank3,078
  7. 7Joseph2,670
  8. 8Robert2,541
  9. 9Henry2,349
  10. 10Harry2,345
  11. 11Edward2,282
  12. 12Thomas2,200
  13. 13Walter1,905
  14. 14Arthur1,610
  15. 15Fred1,506
  16. 16Albert1,417
  17. 17Clarence1,018
  18. 18Roy941
  19. 19Louis860
  20. 20Samuel815
  21. 21Charlie797
  22. 22Ernest774
  23. 23Willie758
  24. 24Earl744
  25. 25Richard743
  26. 26David731
  27. 27Carl693
  28. 28Joe682
  29. 29Oscar628
  30. 30Will613
  31. 31Paul607
  32. 32Ralph587
  33. 33Jesse576
  34. 34Andrew575
  35. 35Alfred549
  36. 36Raymond546
  37. 37Benjamin537
  38. 38Elmer528
  39. 39Daniel505
  40. 40Howard501
  41. 41Sam489
  42. 42Herbert467
  43. 43Frederick410
  44. 44Lee410
  45. 45Peter410
  46. 46Eugene408
  47. 47Harold408
  48. 48Michael394
  49. 49Leo393
  50. 50Herman382
  51. 51Lewis375
  52. 52Lawrence372
  53. 53Jack368
  54. 54Ben363
  55. 55Francis363
  56. 56Ray349
  57. 57Claude347
  58. 58Martin347
  59. 59Tom347
  60. 60Floyd341
  61. 61Edgar338
  62. 62Jim336
  63. 63Edwin323
  64. 64Clyde317
  65. 65Harvey296
  66. 66Jacob290
  67. 67Leonard275
  68. 68Otto267
  69. 69Chester263
  70. 70Ed262
  71. 71Luther253
  72. 72Guy249
  73. 73Jessie241
  74. 74Leroy236
  75. 75Patrick227
  76. 76Lester226
  77. 77Homer223
  78. 78Stanley223
  79. 79Archie221
  80. 80Hugh219
  81. 81Oliver218
  82. 82Ira209
  83. 83Clifford207
  84. 84August206
  85. 85Alexander202
  86. 86Eddie197
  87. 87Leon197
  88. 88Philip192
  89. 89Theodore190
  90. 90Allen189
  91. 91Anthony189
  92. 92Isaac187
  93. 93Charley183
  94. 94Lloyd182
  95. 95Russell182
  96. 96Leslie181
  97. 97Bert180
  98. 98Bernard178
  99. 99Grover177
  100. 100Sidney176

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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