Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1890 Most Popular Baby Names of 1890 Social Security has card records for 321,362 people born in the U.S. in 1890. Mary was the top girl name (12,078 babies) and John the top boy name (8,502).
Top 100 names of 1890 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1890, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 12,078 #125 2 Anna 5,233 #107 3 Elizabeth 3,112 #17 4 Margaret 3,100 #112 5 Emma 2,980 #3 6 Florence 2,744 #391 7 Ethel 2,718 #4,172 8 Minnie 2,650 #3,028 9 Clara 2,496 #63 10 Bertha 2,388 #4,546 11 Bessie 2,370 #6,838 12 Helen 2,312 #461 13 Grace 2,278 #38 14 Alice 2,271 #65 15 Annie 2,220 #182 16 Ida 2,178 #1,120 17 Mabel 2,058 #201 18 Edna 1,973 #2,458 19 Lillian 1,862 #57 20 Nellie 1,821 #533 21 Sarah 1,786 #90 22 Martha 1,784 #712 23 Ella 1,758 #29 24 Pearl 1,741 #776 25 Rose 1,725 #114 26 Gertrude 1,713 #6,546 27 Laura 1,634 #379 28 Marie 1,563 #617 29 Carrie 1,510 #2,719 30 Edith 1,493 #499 31 Louise 1,472 #514 32 Eva 1,436 #134 33 Frances 1,416 #318 34 Myrtle 1,406 #10,917 35 Lillie 1,390 #675 36 Cora 1,386 #113 37 Hazel 1,366 #21 38 Hattie 1,363 #334 39 Maude 1,359 #3,342 40 Julia 1,275 #131 41 Jennie 1,259 #2,298 42 Mattie 1,256 #1,004 43 Jessie 1,250 #823 44 Catherine 1,232 #313 45 Elsie 1,220 #123 46 Ruth 1,195 #173 47 Lena 1,137 #279 48 Lula 1,121 #1,927 49 Josephine 1,118 #53 50 Agnes 1,095 #1,016
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1890, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ada 1,074 #219 52 Fannie 1,005 #3,342 53 Lucy 973 #24 54 Mamie 967 #6,116 55 Blanche 953 #6,838 56 Stella 924 #52 57 Alma 922 #449 58 Mae 920 #500 59 Katherine 900 #186 60 Irene 893 #651 61 Maggie 891 #294 62 Dora 883 #2,387 63 Nora 835 #20 64 Rosa 770 #652 65 May 751 #1,229 66 Effie 717 #2,239 67 Nettie 707 #5,554 68 Viola 697 #1,013 69 Sadie 680 #50 70 Ellen 659 #1,062 71 Mildred 635 #1,962 72 Della 631 #563 73 Susie 630 #1,911 74 Lizzie 620 #2,139 75 Esther 619 #119 76 Daisy 588 #75 77 Willie 578 #10,107 78 Lydia 576 #92 79 Beulah 573 #5,917 80 Sallie 571 #4,265 81 Ruby 540 #64 82 Gladys 525 #3,211 83 Georgia 513 #99 84 Nancy 512 #965 85 Flora 510 #607 86 Emily 509 #34 86 Katie 509 #646 88 Lottie 502 #527 89 Olive 491 #197 90 Pauline 475 #2,957 91 Kathryn 474 #729 92 Addie 468 #1,272 93 Dorothy 458 #421 94 Caroline 455 #96 95 Etta 452 #928 96 Marguerite 442 #2,485 97 Maud 439 – 98 Beatrice 417 #508 98 Charlotte 417 #2 100 Virginia 405 #525
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1890, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,502 #23 2 William 7,494 #9 3 James 5,097 #6 4 George 4,458 #126 5 Charles 4,061 #48 6 Frank 3,078 #513 7 Joseph 2,670 #29 8 Robert 2,541 #92 9 Henry 2,349 #5 10 Harry 2,345 #775 11 Edward 2,282 #224 12 Thomas 2,200 #34 13 Walter 1,905 #251 14 Arthur 1,610 #87 15 Fred 1,506 #1,932 16 Albert 1,417 #614 17 Clarence 1,018 #1,499 18 Roy 941 #525 19 Louis 860 #249 20 Samuel 815 #18 21 Charlie 797 #145 22 Ernest 774 #1,038 23 Willie 758 #1,315 24 Earl 744 #2,230 25 Richard 743 #234 26 David 731 #35 27 Carl 693 #1,132 28 Joe 682 #991 29 Oscar 628 #223 30 Will 613 #1,193 31 Paul 607 #262 32 Ralph 587 #1,046 33 Jesse 576 #184 34 Andrew 575 #73 35 Alfred 549 #840 36 Raymond 546 #394 37 Benjamin 537 #11 38 Elmer 528 #1,222 39 Daniel 505 #22 40 Howard 501 #1,002 41 Sam 489 #647 42 Herbert 467 #2,641 43 Frederick 410 #435 43 Lee 410 #725 43 Peter 410 #187 46 Eugene 408 #943 46 Harold 408 #991 48 Michael 394 #21 49 Leo 393 #19 50 Herman 382 #2,363
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1890, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lewis 375 #433 52 Lawrence 372 #518 53 Jack 368 #15 54 Ben 363 #843 54 Francis 363 #420 56 Ray 349 #791 57 Claude 347 #3,036 57 Martin 347 #335 57 Tom 347 #2,183 60 Floyd 341 #2,230 61 Edgar 338 #486 62 Jim 336 #3,128 63 Edwin 323 #398 64 Clyde 317 #742 65 Harvey 296 #251 66 Jacob 290 #43 67 Leonard 275 #637 68 Otto 267 #277 69 Chester 263 #1,585 70 Ed 262 – 71 Luther 253 #1,459 72 Guy 249 #1,634 73 Jessie 241 #1,425 74 Leroy 236 #883 75 Patrick 227 #235 76 Lester 226 #1,634 77 Homer 223 #4,707 77 Stanley 223 #863 79 Archie 221 #301 80 Hugh 219 #732 81 Oliver 218 #3 82 Ira 209 #819 83 Clifford 207 #1,352 84 August 206 #81 85 Alexander 202 #30 86 Eddie 197 #860 86 Leon 197 #138 88 Philip 192 #527 89 Theodore 190 #4 90 Allen 189 #578 90 Anthony 189 #46 92 Isaac 187 #47 93 Charley 183 #1,826 94 Lloyd 182 #1,547 94 Russell 182 #345 96 Leslie 181 #3,513 97 Bert 180 #10,695 98 Bernard 178 #1,362 99 Grover 177 #4,249 100 Sidney 176 #1,323
Entered the top 100 in 1890
