Name.Baby Names by year 1880s 1889 Most Popular Baby Names of 1889 Social Security has card records for 308,250 people born in the U.S. in 1889. Mary was the top girl name (11,648 babies) and John the top boy name (8,548).
Top 100 names of 1889 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1889, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 11,648 #125 2 Anna 5,062 #107 3 Elizabeth 3,058 #17 4 Margaret 2,917 #112 5 Emma 2,884 #3 6 Minnie 2,624 #3,028 7 Florence 2,465 #391 8 Ethel 2,463 #4,172 9 Bessie 2,343 #6,838 10 Clara 2,319 #63 11 Bertha 2,293 #4,546 12 Alice 2,145 #65 13 Annie 2,123 #182 14 Ida 2,122 #1,120 15 Grace 2,049 #38 16 Mabel 1,947 #201 17 Helen 1,909 #461 18 Edna 1,815 #2,458 19 Nellie 1,752 #533 20 Sarah 1,730 #90 21 Martha 1,711 #712 22 Ella 1,647 #29 23 Lillian 1,640 #57 24 Pearl 1,588 #776 25 Laura 1,567 #379 26 Rose 1,550 #114 27 Carrie 1,547 #2,719 28 Gertrude 1,543 #6,546 29 Edith 1,523 #499 30 Marie 1,436 #617 31 Eva 1,372 #134 32 Cora 1,365 #113 33 Myrtle 1,361 #10,917 34 Frances 1,351 #318 35 Hattie 1,328 #334 36 Maude 1,293 #3,342 37 Lillie 1,289 #675 38 Louise 1,283 #514 39 Jennie 1,252 #2,298 40 Julia 1,201 #131 41 Elsie 1,199 #123 42 Catherine 1,198 #313 43 Jessie 1,196 #823 44 Mattie 1,173 #1,004 45 Lena 1,096 #279 46 Ruth 1,073 #173 47 Lula 1,067 #1,927 48 Hazel 1,056 #21 49 Josephine 1,047 #53 50 Agnes 1,033 #1,016
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1889, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ada 1,005 #219 52 Blanche 972 #6,838 53 Fannie 909 #3,342 54 Lucy 893 #24 55 Stella 891 #52 56 Katherine 889 #186 57 Mae 883 #500 57 Mamie 883 #6,116 59 Dora 882 #2,387 60 Nora 831 #20 61 Maggie 825 #294 62 Alma 819 #449 63 Irene 737 #651 64 May 723 #1,229 65 Effie 711 #2,239 66 Rosa 707 #652 67 Sadie 664 #50 68 Ellen 653 #1,062 69 Mildred 625 #1,962 70 Nettie 622 #5,554 71 Susie 607 #1,911 72 Della 606 #563 73 Daisy 583 #75 74 Lizzie 570 #2,139 75 Esther 553 #119 76 Viola 536 #1,013 77 Sallie 525 #4,265 78 Ruby 522 #64 79 Flora 516 #607 80 Katie 502 #646 81 Beulah 498 #5,917 81 Lottie 498 #527 83 Lydia 496 #92 84 Caroline 491 #96 85 Willie 488 #10,107 86 Nancy 470 #965 87 Etta 465 #928 88 Olive 464 #197 89 Charlotte 455 #2 90 Addie 448 #1,272 91 Georgia 445 #99 92 Maud 432 – 93 Emily 429 #34 94 Kathryn 415 #729 94 Pauline 415 #2,957 96 Gladys 414 #3,211 97 Amanda 413 #493 98 Mollie 402 #1,113 99 Harriet 397 #1,071 100 Nannie 396 –
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1889, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,548 #23 2 William 7,772 #9 3 James 5,020 #6 4 George 4,430 #126 5 Charles 4,199 #48 6 Frank 2,975 #513 7 Joseph 2,729 #29 8 Harry 2,559 #775 9 Robert 2,513 #92 10 Edward 2,299 #224 11 Henry 2,286 #5 12 Thomas 2,233 #34 13 Walter 1,916 #251 14 Arthur 1,668 #87 15 Fred 1,554 #1,932 16 Albert 1,353 #614 17 Clarence 984 #1,499 18 Roy 888 #525 19 Louis 837 #249 20 Samuel 810 #18 21 Benjamin 760 #11 22 David 757 #35 23 Ernest 736 #1,038 24 Richard 711 #234 25 Joe 709 #991 26 Willie 708 #1,315 27 Carl 704 #1,132 28 Earl 688 #2,230 29 Charlie 685 #145 30 Will 631 #1,193 31 Jesse 576 #184 32 Oscar 572 #223 33 Andrew 561 #73 34 Elmer 557 #1,222 35 Paul 555 #262 36 Daniel 515 #22 37 Raymond 511 #394 38 Howard 503 #1,002 39 Ralph 495 #1,046 40 Sam 486 #647 41 Alfred 472 #840 41 Herbert 472 #2,641 43 Ben 453 #843 44 Frederick 451 #435 45 Peter 425 #187 46 Lee 415 #725 47 Lewis 414 #433 48 Herman 405 #2,363 49 Claude 386 #3,036 50 Tom 379 #2,183
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1889, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Michael 377 #21 52 Eugene 369 #943 53 Martin 367 #335 54 Ray 355 #791 55 Francis 346 #420 56 Lawrence 342 #518 57 Harold 340 #991 58 Jim 328 #3,128 59 Leo 325 #19 60 Edgar 322 #486 60 Jack 322 #15 62 Clyde 318 #742 63 Floyd 313 #2,230 64 Harvey 311 #251 65 Otto 309 #277 66 Edwin 306 #398 67 Jacob 295 #43 68 Harrison 288 #116 69 Chester 274 #1,585 70 Guy 271 #1,634 71 Ed 270 – 71 Luther 270 #1,459 73 Homer 255 #4,707 74 Patrick 236 #235 75 Bert 231 #10,695 75 Theodore 231 #4 77 Leonard 229 #637 78 Hugh 225 #732 79 Allen 222 #578 80 Anthony 219 #46 81 Bernard 215 #1,362 82 Lester 213 #1,634 83 Grover 210 #4,249 83 Oliver 210 #3 85 Ira 207 #819 85 Jessie 207 #1,425 87 Clifford 202 #1,352 88 Charley 199 #1,826 89 Russell 198 #345 90 Archie 195 #301 91 Isaac 188 #47 92 Leroy 186 #883 93 Alexander 185 #30 94 Leon 184 #138 95 Philip 183 #527 96 August 171 #81 96 Milton 171 #1,436 98 Lloyd 167 #1,547 98 Warren 167 #240 100 Horace 166 #6,143
Entered the top 100 in 1889
