Most Popular Baby Names of 1893
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1893 in the US: 12,784 girls were named Mary and 8,049 boys were named John, about 1 in 17 girls and 1 in 14 boys born that year. It was Mary's 14th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 14th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 212,905 girls and 112,318 boys born in 1893, with 1,652 different girl names and 1,178 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1892
- Bertha joined the girls' top 10; Edward joined the boys' top 10.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Esther (#67 to #39), Marguerite (#91 to #79) and Lydia (#93 to #81).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Percy (#116 to #100), Stanley (#102 to #87) and Alexander (#95 to #83).
- 1 girl name and 3 boy names left the top 100, among them Addie (#96 to #106) and Victor (#96 to #103).
- 147 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1893
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1892, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1893
| # | Name | Babies | In 1892 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 12,784 | #1 |
| 2 | Anna | 5,695 | #2 |
| 3 | Ruth | 3,658 | #5 |
| 4 | Margaret | 3,565 | #4 |
| 5 | Elizabeth | 3,360 | #3 |
| 6 | Helen | 3,249 | #9 |
| 7 | Florence | 3,231 | #6 |
| 8 | Ethel | 3,119 | #8 |
| 9 | Emma | 2,968 | #7 |
| 10 | Bertha | 2,623 | #11 |
| 11 | Clara | 2,532 | #10 |
| 12 | Minnie | 2,510 | #12 |
| 13 | Alice | 2,434 | #14 |
| 14 | Edna | 2,378 | #18 |
| 15 | Bessie | 2,352 | #13 |
| 16 | Grace | 2,308 | #16 |
| 17 | Annie | 2,251 | #15 |
| 18 | Ida | 2,247 | #17 |
| 19 | Marie | 2,212 | #21 |
| 20 | Lillian | 2,193 | #20 |
| 21 | Mabel | 2,191 | #19 |
| 22 | Hazel | 2,052 | #25 |
| 23 | Rose | 2,012 | #22 |
| 24 | Gertrude | 1,811 | #23 |
| 25 | Martha | 1,805 | #24 |
| 26 | Pearl | 1,796 | #26 |
| 27 | Nellie | 1,770 | #30 |
| 28 | Ella | 1,760 | #27 |
| 29 | Myrtle | 1,759 | #32 |
| 30 | Edith | 1,733 | #33 |
| 31 | Laura | 1,683 | #29 |
| 32 | Eva | 1,668 | #34 |
| 33 | Sarah | 1,632 | #28 |
| 34 | Frances | 1,622 | #31 |
| 35 | Elsie | 1,586 | #37 |
| 36 | Carrie | 1,451 | #35 |
| 37 | Louise | 1,447 | #38 |
| 38 | Agnes | 1,393 | #43 |
| 39 | Esther | 1,382 | #67 |
| 40 | Julia | 1,367 | #41 |
| 41 | Lillie | 1,351 | #36 |
| 42 | Catherine | 1,336 | #42 |
| 43 | Hattie | 1,315 | #40 |
| 44 | Cora | 1,308 | #39 |
| 45 | Jennie | 1,273 | #48 |
| 46 | Lena | 1,261 | #47 |
| 47 | Mattie | 1,257 | #44 |
| 48 | Jessie | 1,216 | #46 |
| 49 | Maude | 1,202 | #45 |
| 50 | Josephine | 1,178 | #49 |
| 51 | Irene | 1,111 | #51 |
| 52 | Blanche | 1,075 | #54 |
| 53 | Mae | 1,071 | #52 |
| 54 | Alma | 1,055 | #56 |
| 55 | Ada | 1,051 | #50 |
| 56 | Lucy | 1,036 | #55 |
| 57 | Lula | 1,034 | #53 |
| 58 | Gladys | 1,017 | #65 |
| 59 | Mamie | 1,011 | #58 |
| 60 | Mildred | 1,008 | #62 |
| 61 | Fannie | 1,003 | #57 |
| 62 | Katherine | 963 | #60 |
| 63 | Stella | 926 | #59 |
| 64 | Maggie | 886 | #64 |
| 65 | Dora | 877 | #61 |
| 66 | Viola | 839 | #66 |
| 67 | Nora | 825 | #63 |
| 68 | Dorothy | 821 | #79 |
| 69 | Ellen | 798 | #69 |
| 70 | Rosa | 790 | #68 |
| 71 | Ruby | 769 | #74 |
| 72 | Sadie | 706 | #71 |
| 73 | May | 693 | #70 |
| 74 | Effie | 674 | #72 |
| 75 | Nettie | 668 | #73 |
| 76 | Della | 660 | #76 |
| 77 | Willie | 648 | #78 |
| 78 | Susie | 644 | #75 |
| 79 | Marguerite | 638 | #91 |
| 80 | Beulah | 622 | #77 |
| 81 | Lydia | 598 | #93 |
| 82 | Olive | 589 | #83 |
| 83 | Lizzie | 584 | #80 |
| 84 | Daisy | 573 | #85 |
| 85 | Beatrice | 564 | #90 |
| 86 | Pauline | 545 | #92 |
| 87 | Georgia | 541 | #87 |
| 88 | Nancy | 538 | #81 |
| 89 | Flora | 537 | #82 |
| 90 | Kathryn | 534 | #88 |
| 90 | Vera | 534 | #98 |
| 92 | Lottie | 532 | #89 |
| 92 | Marion | 532 | #95 |
| 94 | Sallie | 516 | #84 |
| 95 | Emily | 506 | #94 |
| 96 | Katie | 504 | #86 |
| 97 | Virginia | 498 | #101 |
| 98 | Etta | 486 | #97 |
| 99 | Caroline | 483 | #100 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 476 | #98 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1893
| # | Name | Babies | In 1892 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,049 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 7,223 | #2 |
| 3 | James | 5,030 | #3 |
| 4 | George | 4,320 | #4 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,723 | #5 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,997 | #7 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,917 | #6 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,563 | #8 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,309 | #11 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,245 | #9 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,162 | #10 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,157 | #12 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,004 | #13 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,635 | #14 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,493 | #15 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,353 | #16 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,169 | #17 |
| 18 | Roy | 919 | #18 |
| 19 | Willie | 882 | #19 |
| 20 | Samuel | 851 | #20 |
| 21 | Earl | 819 | #21 |
| 22 | Louis | 816 | #22 |
| 23 | Ernest | 796 | #26 |
| 24 | Carl | 786 | #25 |
| 25 | Paul | 743 | #29 |
| 26 | Richard | 732 | #27 |
| 27 | David | 724 | #24 |
| 28 | Joe | 721 | #23 |
| 29 | Raymond | 703 | #31 |
| 30 | Charlie | 691 | #28 |
| 31 | Ralph | 636 | #30 |
| 32 | Elmer | 574 | #36 |
| 32 | Oscar | 574 | #33 |
| 34 | Harold | 566 | #37 |
| 35 | Howard | 556 | #39 |
| 36 | Jesse | 541 | #35 |
| 37 | Will | 538 | #34 |
| 38 | Alfred | 530 | #40 |
| 39 | Daniel | 522 | #41 |
| 40 | Andrew | 520 | #32 |
| 41 | Herbert | 519 | #43 |
| 42 | Benjamin | 482 | #42 |
| 43 | Sam | 481 | #38 |
| 44 | Herman | 455 | #51 |
| 45 | Leo | 448 | #49 |
| 46 | Lee | 445 | #46 |
| 47 | Frederick | 432 | #48 |
| 48 | Francis | 418 | #50 |
| 49 | Michael | 407 | #59 |
| 50 | Jack | 405 | #54 |
| 51 | Lawrence | 395 | #44 |
| 52 | Claude | 394 | #62 |
| 53 | Eugene | 392 | #53 |
| 53 | Peter | 392 | #45 |
| 55 | Clyde | 391 | #56 |
| 56 | Ray | 378 | #57 |
| 57 | Lewis | 364 | #55 |
| 58 | Edwin | 354 | #63 |
| 59 | Floyd | 351 | #52 |
| 60 | Tom | 349 | #58 |
| 61 | Martin | 347 | #61 |
| 62 | Ben | 321 | #60 |
| 63 | Edgar | 310 | #67 |
| 64 | Homer | 293 | #68 |
| 65 | Jacob | 292 | #73 |
| 66 | Chester | 291 | #72 |
| 67 | Grover | 289 | #47 |
| 68 | Harvey | 284 | #69 |
| 69 | Leonard | 275 | #71 |
| 70 | Luther | 271 | #70 |
| 71 | Clifford | 269 | #80 |
| 72 | Guy | 267 | #65 |
| 73 | Otto | 257 | #74 |
| 74 | Jim | 255 | #64 |
| 75 | Russell | 246 | #75 |
| 76 | Leroy | 244 | #87 |
| 77 | Lester | 243 | #80 |
| 78 | Hugh | 241 | #77 |
| 79 | Patrick | 234 | #86 |
| 80 | Ed | 225 | #66 |
| 81 | Anthony | 220 | #78 |
| 81 | Eddie | 220 | #90 |
| 83 | Alexander | 218 | #95 |
| 84 | Bernard | 217 | #85 |
| 85 | Jessie | 214 | #79 |
| 85 | Oliver | 214 | #84 |
| 87 | Stanley | 212 | #102 |
| 88 | Leon | 211 | #100 |
| 88 | Lloyd | 211 | #76 |
| 90 | Theodore | 209 | #82 |
| 91 | Philip | 208 | #82 |
| 92 | Julius | 195 | #99 |
| 93 | Archie | 194 | #91 |
| 94 | Charley | 191 | #92 |
| 95 | Leslie | 185 | #93 |
| 96 | Bert | 184 | #96 |
| 97 | Isaac | 182 | #94 |
| 98 | Ira | 181 | #88 |
| 99 | Allen | 180 | #89 |
| 100 | Percy | 177 | #116 |
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