Most Popular Baby Names of 1894
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1894 in the US: 13,151 girls were named Mary and 8,237 boys were named John, about 1 in 17 girls and 1 in 14 boys born that year. It was Mary's 15th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was John's 15th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1880).
Social Security records list 222,922 girls and 115,768 boys born in 1894, with 1,701 different girl names and 1,238 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1893
- Marie joined the girls' top 10; Henry joined the boys' top 10.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Gladys (#58 to #47), Mildred (#60 to #50) and Dorothy (#68 to #58).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Everett (#109 to #86), Floyd (#59 to #46) and Allen (#99 to #89).
- 1 girl name and 4 boy names left the top 100, among them Caroline (#99 to #103) and Julius (#92 to #101).
- 113 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1894
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1893, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1894
| # | Name | Babies | In 1893 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 13,151 | #1 |
| 2 | Anna | 5,565 | #2 |
| 3 | Margaret | 3,700 | #4 |
| 4 | Helen | 3,676 | #6 |
| 5 | Elizabeth | 3,425 | #5 |
| 6 | Ruth | 3,372 | #3 |
| 7 | Ethel | 3,287 | #8 |
| 8 | Florence | 3,233 | #7 |
| 9 | Emma | 2,937 | #9 |
| 10 | Marie | 2,649 | #19 |
| 11 | Clara | 2,603 | #11 |
| 12 | Minnie | 2,592 | #12 |
| 13 | Bessie | 2,520 | #15 |
| 14 | Bertha | 2,496 | #10 |
| 15 | Edna | 2,458 | #14 |
| 16 | Lillian | 2,441 | #20 |
| 17 | Alice | 2,414 | #13 |
| 18 | Annie | 2,393 | #17 |
| 19 | Grace | 2,361 | #16 |
| 20 | Mabel | 2,221 | #21 |
| 21 | Ida | 2,195 | #18 |
| 22 | Rose | 2,126 | #23 |
| 23 | Hazel | 2,103 | #22 |
| 24 | Martha | 1,968 | #25 |
| 25 | Gertrude | 1,908 | #24 |
| 26 | Edith | 1,820 | #30 |
| 27 | Myrtle | 1,818 | #29 |
| 28 | Pearl | 1,789 | #26 |
| 29 | Frances | 1,776 | #34 |
| 30 | Nellie | 1,767 | #27 |
| 31 | Ella | 1,761 | #28 |
| 32 | Laura | 1,730 | #31 |
| 33 | Elsie | 1,716 | #35 |
| 34 | Sarah | 1,701 | #33 |
| 35 | Eva | 1,673 | #32 |
| 36 | Esther | 1,654 | #39 |
| 37 | Louise | 1,571 | #37 |
| 38 | Agnes | 1,470 | #38 |
| 39 | Carrie | 1,452 | #36 |
| 40 | Lillie | 1,432 | #41 |
| 41 | Catherine | 1,430 | #42 |
| 42 | Lena | 1,360 | #46 |
| 43 | Irene | 1,347 | #51 |
| 44 | Hattie | 1,325 | #43 |
| 45 | Julia | 1,320 | #40 |
| 46 | Cora | 1,319 | #44 |
| 47 | Gladys | 1,258 | #58 |
| 48 | Josephine | 1,256 | #50 |
| 49 | Mattie | 1,238 | #47 |
| 50 | Mildred | 1,220 | #60 |
| 51 | Jennie | 1,210 | #45 |
| 52 | Alma | 1,177 | #54 |
| 53 | Maude | 1,144 | #49 |
| 54 | Mae | 1,134 | #53 |
| 55 | Jessie | 1,120 | #48 |
| 56 | Blanche | 1,091 | #52 |
| 57 | Lucy | 1,077 | #56 |
| 58 | Dorothy | 1,052 | #68 |
| 59 | Mamie | 1,043 | #59 |
| 60 | Lula | 1,042 | #57 |
| 61 | Stella | 1,035 | #63 |
| 62 | Ada | 1,018 | #55 |
| 63 | Fannie | 1,003 | #61 |
| 64 | Katherine | 948 | #62 |
| 65 | Viola | 906 | #66 |
| 66 | Maggie | 895 | #64 |
| 67 | Ruby | 874 | #71 |
| 68 | Nora | 854 | #67 |
| 69 | Dora | 827 | #65 |
| 70 | Rosa | 780 | #70 |
| 71 | May | 763 | #73 |
| 72 | Ellen | 759 | #69 |
| 73 | Sadie | 745 | #72 |
| 74 | Effie | 712 | #74 |
| 75 | Willie | 709 | #77 |
| 76 | Beatrice | 684 | #85 |
| 77 | Della | 681 | #76 |
| 78 | Susie | 679 | #78 |
| 79 | Beulah | 675 | #80 |
| 80 | Pauline | 656 | #86 |
| 81 | Daisy | 645 | #84 |
| 82 | Nettie | 630 | #75 |
| 83 | Marguerite | 624 | #79 |
| 84 | Flora | 619 | #89 |
| 85 | Lydia | 618 | #81 |
| 85 | Vera | 618 | #90 |
| 87 | Lottie | 597 | #92 |
| 88 | Olive | 589 | #82 |
| 89 | Marion | 587 | #92 |
| 90 | Sallie | 584 | #94 |
| 91 | Virginia | 583 | #97 |
| 92 | Lizzie | 562 | #83 |
| 93 | Emily | 551 | #95 |
| 94 | Georgia | 535 | #87 |
| 95 | Katie | 525 | #96 |
| 96 | Kathryn | 520 | #90 |
| 97 | Etta | 519 | #98 |
| 98 | Nancy | 515 | #88 |
| 99 | Evelyn | 491 | #104 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 484 | #100 |
| 100 | Theresa | 484 | #101 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1894
| # | Name | Babies | In 1893 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,237 | #1 |
| 2 | William | 7,274 | #2 |
| 3 | James | 5,110 | #3 |
| 4 | George | 4,365 | #4 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,788 | #5 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,977 | #6 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,863 | #7 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,497 | #8 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,278 | #11 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,189 | #10 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,179 | #9 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,170 | #12 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,010 | #13 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,712 | #14 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,475 | #15 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,447 | #16 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,185 | #17 |
| 18 | Roy | 1,018 | #18 |
| 19 | Willie | 986 | #19 |
| 20 | Earl | 896 | #21 |
| 21 | Louis | 869 | #22 |
| 22 | Carl | 861 | #24 |
| 23 | Paul | 824 | #25 |
| 24 | Ernest | 821 | #23 |
| 25 | Richard | 808 | #26 |
| 26 | Samuel | 776 | #20 |
| 27 | Raymond | 767 | #29 |
| 28 | Joe | 741 | #28 |
| 29 | David | 729 | #27 |
| 30 | Charlie | 704 | #30 |
| 31 | Ralph | 692 | #31 |
| 32 | Harold | 690 | #34 |
| 33 | Howard | 612 | #35 |
| 34 | Oscar | 601 | #32 |
| 35 | Andrew | 594 | #40 |
| 36 | Herbert | 585 | #41 |
| 37 | Elmer | 575 | #32 |
| 38 | Jesse | 567 | #36 |
| 39 | Will | 559 | #37 |
| 40 | Alfred | 521 | #38 |
| 41 | Daniel | 515 | #39 |
| 41 | Leo | 515 | #45 |
| 43 | Sam | 507 | #43 |
| 44 | Benjamin | 469 | #42 |
| 45 | Lee | 455 | #46 |
| 46 | Floyd | 445 | #59 |
| 47 | Jack | 441 | #50 |
| 48 | Herman | 433 | #44 |
| 49 | Lawrence | 430 | #51 |
| 50 | Francis | 423 | #48 |
| 50 | Michael | 423 | #49 |
| 52 | Eugene | 421 | #53 |
| 53 | Claude | 419 | #52 |
| 54 | Frederick | 413 | #47 |
| 55 | Peter | 391 | #53 |
| 56 | Clyde | 386 | #55 |
| 57 | Ray | 379 | #56 |
| 58 | Edwin | 366 | #58 |
| 59 | Lewis | 359 | #57 |
| 60 | Leonard | 343 | #69 |
| 60 | Tom | 343 | #60 |
| 62 | Ben | 326 | #62 |
| 63 | Chester | 325 | #66 |
| 64 | Edgar | 313 | #63 |
| 65 | Clifford | 307 | #71 |
| 66 | Martin | 299 | #61 |
| 67 | Harvey | 293 | #68 |
| 68 | Jacob | 292 | #65 |
| 69 | Lester | 291 | #77 |
| 70 | Jim | 287 | #74 |
| 71 | Luther | 285 | #70 |
| 72 | Russell | 278 | #75 |
| 73 | Homer | 273 | #64 |
| 74 | Otto | 270 | #73 |
| 75 | Hugh | 269 | #78 |
| 76 | Guy | 261 | #72 |
| 77 | Anthony | 257 | #81 |
| 78 | Bernard | 256 | #84 |
| 79 | Jessie | 255 | #85 |
| 80 | Lloyd | 253 | #88 |
| 81 | Ed | 241 | #80 |
| 81 | Theodore | 241 | #90 |
| 83 | Leroy | 239 | #76 |
| 84 | Leon | 236 | #88 |
| 85 | Patrick | 229 | #79 |
| 86 | Everett | 226 | #109 |
| 87 | Leslie | 223 | #95 |
| 88 | Oliver | 222 | #85 |
| 89 | Allen | 219 | #99 |
| 90 | Stanley | 218 | #87 |
| 91 | Philip | 214 | #91 |
| 92 | Archie | 207 | #93 |
| 93 | Ira | 206 | #98 |
| 94 | Eddie | 203 | #81 |
| 95 | Alexander | 199 | #83 |
| 95 | Norman | 199 | #105 |
| 97 | Horace | 196 | #104 |
| 98 | Bert | 187 | #96 |
| 99 | Charley | 186 | #94 |
| 100 | Victor | 180 | #103 |
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