Most Popular Baby Names of 1890
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1890 in the US: 12,078 girls were named Mary and 8,502 boys were named John, about 1 in 16 girls and 1 in 13 boys born that year. It was Mary's 11th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 11th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 190,377 girls and 111,024 boys born in 1890, with 1,533 different girl names and 1,160 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1889
- Bertha joined the girls' top 10; Henry joined the boys' top 10.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Marguerite (#120 to #96), Gladys (#96 to #82) and Hazel (#48 to #37).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Stanley (#108 to #77), Eddie (#105 to #86) and Leroy (#92 to #74).
- 4 girl names and 4 boy names left the top 100, among them Harriet (#99 to #102) and Horace (#100 to #103).
- 123 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1890
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1889, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1890
| # | Name | Babies | In 1889 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 12,078 | #1 |
| 2 | Anna | 5,233 | #2 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 3,112 | #3 |
| 4 | Margaret | 3,100 | #4 |
| 5 | Emma | 2,980 | #5 |
| 6 | Florence | 2,744 | #7 |
| 7 | Ethel | 2,718 | #8 |
| 8 | Minnie | 2,650 | #6 |
| 9 | Clara | 2,496 | #10 |
| 10 | Bertha | 2,388 | #11 |
| 11 | Bessie | 2,370 | #9 |
| 12 | Helen | 2,312 | #17 |
| 13 | Grace | 2,278 | #15 |
| 14 | Alice | 2,271 | #12 |
| 15 | Annie | 2,220 | #13 |
| 16 | Ida | 2,178 | #14 |
| 17 | Mabel | 2,058 | #16 |
| 18 | Edna | 1,973 | #18 |
| 19 | Lillian | 1,862 | #23 |
| 20 | Nellie | 1,821 | #19 |
| 21 | Sarah | 1,786 | #20 |
| 22 | Martha | 1,784 | #21 |
| 23 | Ella | 1,758 | #22 |
| 24 | Pearl | 1,741 | #24 |
| 25 | Rose | 1,725 | #26 |
| 26 | Gertrude | 1,713 | #28 |
| 27 | Laura | 1,634 | #25 |
| 28 | Marie | 1,563 | #30 |
| 29 | Carrie | 1,510 | #27 |
| 30 | Edith | 1,493 | #29 |
| 31 | Louise | 1,472 | #38 |
| 32 | Eva | 1,436 | #31 |
| 33 | Frances | 1,416 | #34 |
| 34 | Myrtle | 1,406 | #33 |
| 35 | Lillie | 1,390 | #37 |
| 36 | Cora | 1,386 | #32 |
| 37 | Hazel | 1,366 | #48 |
| 38 | Hattie | 1,363 | #35 |
| 39 | Maude | 1,359 | #36 |
| 40 | Julia | 1,275 | #40 |
| 41 | Jennie | 1,259 | #39 |
| 42 | Mattie | 1,256 | #44 |
| 43 | Jessie | 1,250 | #43 |
| 44 | Catherine | 1,232 | #42 |
| 45 | Elsie | 1,220 | #41 |
| 46 | Ruth | 1,195 | #46 |
| 47 | Lena | 1,137 | #45 |
| 48 | Lula | 1,121 | #47 |
| 49 | Josephine | 1,118 | #49 |
| 50 | Agnes | 1,095 | #50 |
| 51 | Ada | 1,074 | #51 |
| 52 | Fannie | 1,005 | #53 |
| 53 | Lucy | 973 | #54 |
| 54 | Mamie | 967 | #57 |
| 55 | Blanche | 953 | #52 |
| 56 | Stella | 924 | #55 |
| 57 | Alma | 922 | #62 |
| 58 | Mae | 920 | #57 |
| 59 | Katherine | 900 | #56 |
| 60 | Irene | 893 | #63 |
| 61 | Maggie | 891 | #61 |
| 62 | Dora | 883 | #59 |
| 63 | Nora | 835 | #60 |
| 64 | Rosa | 770 | #66 |
| 65 | May | 751 | #64 |
| 66 | Effie | 717 | #65 |
| 67 | Nettie | 707 | #70 |
| 68 | Viola | 697 | #76 |
| 69 | Sadie | 680 | #67 |
| 70 | Ellen | 659 | #68 |
| 71 | Mildred | 635 | #69 |
| 72 | Della | 631 | #72 |
| 73 | Susie | 630 | #71 |
| 74 | Lizzie | 620 | #74 |
| 75 | Esther | 619 | #75 |
| 76 | Daisy | 588 | #73 |
| 77 | Willie | 578 | #85 |
| 78 | Lydia | 576 | #83 |
| 79 | Beulah | 573 | #81 |
| 80 | Sallie | 571 | #77 |
| 81 | Ruby | 540 | #78 |
| 82 | Gladys | 525 | #96 |
| 83 | Georgia | 513 | #91 |
| 84 | Nancy | 512 | #86 |
| 85 | Flora | 510 | #79 |
| 86 | Emily | 509 | #93 |
| 86 | Katie | 509 | #80 |
| 88 | Lottie | 502 | #81 |
| 89 | Olive | 491 | #88 |
| 90 | Pauline | 475 | #94 |
| 91 | Kathryn | 474 | #94 |
| 92 | Addie | 468 | #90 |
| 93 | Dorothy | 458 | #102 |
| 94 | Caroline | 455 | #84 |
| 95 | Etta | 452 | #87 |
| 96 | Marguerite | 442 | #120 |
| 97 | Maud | 439 | #92 |
| 98 | Beatrice | 417 | #108 |
| 98 | Charlotte | 417 | #89 |
| 100 | Virginia | 405 | #101 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1890
| # | Name | Babies | In 1889 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,502 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 7,494 | #2 |
| 3 | James | 5,097 | #3 |
| 4 | George | 4,458 | #4 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,061 | #5 |
| 6 | Frank | 3,078 | #6 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,670 | #7 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,541 | #9 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,349 | #11 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,345 | #8 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,282 | #10 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,200 | #12 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,905 | #13 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,610 | #14 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,506 | #15 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,417 | #16 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,018 | #17 |
| 18 | Roy | 941 | #18 |
| 19 | Louis | 860 | #19 |
| 20 | Samuel | 815 | #20 |
| 21 | Charlie | 797 | #29 |
| 22 | Ernest | 774 | #23 |
| 23 | Willie | 758 | #26 |
| 24 | Earl | 744 | #28 |
| 25 | Richard | 743 | #24 |
| 26 | David | 731 | #22 |
| 27 | Carl | 693 | #27 |
| 28 | Joe | 682 | #25 |
| 29 | Oscar | 628 | #32 |
| 30 | Will | 613 | #30 |
| 31 | Paul | 607 | #35 |
| 32 | Ralph | 587 | #39 |
| 33 | Jesse | 576 | #31 |
| 34 | Andrew | 575 | #33 |
| 35 | Alfred | 549 | #41 |
| 36 | Raymond | 546 | #37 |
| 37 | Benjamin | 537 | #21 |
| 38 | Elmer | 528 | #34 |
| 39 | Daniel | 505 | #36 |
| 40 | Howard | 501 | #38 |
| 41 | Sam | 489 | #40 |
| 42 | Herbert | 467 | #41 |
| 43 | Frederick | 410 | #44 |
| 43 | Lee | 410 | #46 |
| 43 | Peter | 410 | #45 |
| 46 | Eugene | 408 | #52 |
| 46 | Harold | 408 | #57 |
| 48 | Michael | 394 | #51 |
| 49 | Leo | 393 | #59 |
| 50 | Herman | 382 | #48 |
| 51 | Lewis | 375 | #47 |
| 52 | Lawrence | 372 | #56 |
| 53 | Jack | 368 | #60 |
| 54 | Ben | 363 | #43 |
| 54 | Francis | 363 | #55 |
| 56 | Ray | 349 | #54 |
| 57 | Claude | 347 | #49 |
| 57 | Martin | 347 | #53 |
| 57 | Tom | 347 | #50 |
| 60 | Floyd | 341 | #63 |
| 61 | Edgar | 338 | #60 |
| 62 | Jim | 336 | #58 |
| 63 | Edwin | 323 | #66 |
| 64 | Clyde | 317 | #62 |
| 65 | Harvey | 296 | #64 |
| 66 | Jacob | 290 | #67 |
| 67 | Leonard | 275 | #77 |
| 68 | Otto | 267 | #65 |
| 69 | Chester | 263 | #69 |
| 70 | Ed | 262 | #71 |
| 71 | Luther | 253 | #71 |
| 72 | Guy | 249 | #70 |
| 73 | Jessie | 241 | #85 |
| 74 | Leroy | 236 | #92 |
| 75 | Patrick | 227 | #74 |
| 76 | Lester | 226 | #82 |
| 77 | Homer | 223 | #73 |
| 77 | Stanley | 223 | #108 |
| 79 | Archie | 221 | #90 |
| 80 | Hugh | 219 | #78 |
| 81 | Oliver | 218 | #83 |
| 82 | Ira | 209 | #85 |
| 83 | Clifford | 207 | #87 |
| 84 | August | 206 | #96 |
| 85 | Alexander | 202 | #93 |
| 86 | Eddie | 197 | #105 |
| 86 | Leon | 197 | #94 |
| 88 | Philip | 192 | #95 |
| 89 | Theodore | 190 | #75 |
| 90 | Allen | 189 | #79 |
| 90 | Anthony | 189 | #80 |
| 92 | Isaac | 187 | #91 |
| 93 | Charley | 183 | #88 |
| 94 | Lloyd | 182 | #98 |
| 94 | Russell | 182 | #89 |
| 96 | Leslie | 181 | #105 |
| 97 | Bert | 180 | #75 |
| 98 | Bernard | 178 | #81 |
| 99 | Grover | 177 | #83 |
| 100 | Sidney | 176 | #110 |
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