Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1891 Most Popular Baby Names of 1891 Social Security has card records for 305,830 people born in the U.S. in 1891. Mary was the top girl name (11,704 babies) and John the top boy name (7,680).
Top 100 names of 1891 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1891, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 11,704 #125 2 Anna 5,099 #107 3 Margaret 3,065 #112 4 Elizabeth 3,059 #17 5 Emma 2,884 #3 6 Florence 2,716 #391 7 Ethel 2,689 #4,172 8 Minnie 2,428 #3,028 9 Helen 2,417 #461 10 Bertha 2,372 #4,546 11 Clara 2,360 #63 12 Bessie 2,323 #6,838 13 Annie 2,096 #182 14 Grace 2,088 #38 15 Mabel 2,029 #201 16 Alice 2,015 #65 17 Ida 2,002 #1,120 18 Edna 1,963 #2,458 19 Ruth 1,857 #173 20 Lillian 1,812 #57 21 Martha 1,744 #712 22 Rose 1,696 #114 23 Ella 1,685 #29 24 Sarah 1,669 #90 25 Nellie 1,647 #533 26 Gertrude 1,645 #6,546 27 Pearl 1,605 #776 28 Marie 1,596 #617 29 Edith 1,509 #499 29 Laura 1,509 #379 31 Myrtle 1,458 #10,917 32 Hazel 1,447 #21 33 Eva 1,412 #134 34 Frances 1,397 #318 35 Cora 1,343 #113 36 Carrie 1,342 #2,719 37 Louise 1,333 #514 38 Elsie 1,303 #123 39 Lillie 1,247 #675 40 Jennie 1,238 #2,298 41 Catherine 1,219 #313 41 Hattie 1,219 #334 43 Julia 1,200 #131 44 Maude 1,188 #3,342 45 Lena 1,174 #279 46 Mattie 1,165 #1,004 47 Agnes 1,125 #1,016 48 Jessie 1,119 #823 49 Josephine 1,031 #53 50 Lula 1,010 #1,927
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1891, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ada 975 #219 52 Irene 950 #651 53 Lucy 944 #24 54 Mae 933 #500 55 Alma 929 #449 56 Blanche 917 #6,838 57 Fannie 916 #3,342 58 Dora 870 #2,387 59 Stella 867 #52 60 Maggie 841 #294 61 Mamie 830 #6,116 62 Katherine 803 #186 63 Nora 801 #20 64 Mildred 761 #1,962 65 Rosa 729 #652 66 Esther 710 #119 67 Effie 704 #2,239 68 May 696 #1,229 69 Ellen 675 #1,062 70 Gladys 633 #3,211 71 Nettie 620 #5,554 72 Sadie 617 #50 73 Viola 609 #1,013 74 Della 607 #563 75 Sallie 569 #4,265 76 Dorothy 566 #421 76 Susie 566 #1,911 78 Willie 562 #10,107 79 Daisy 557 #75 80 Ruby 554 #64 81 Beulah 526 #5,917 82 Lizzie 525 #2,139 83 Nancy 523 #965 84 Marguerite 511 #2,485 85 Olive 509 #197 86 Lydia 507 #92 87 Kathryn 504 #729 88 Lottie 501 #527 89 Flora 497 #607 90 Katie 494 #646 91 Beatrice 485 #508 92 Addie 467 #1,272 93 Pauline 455 #2,957 94 Etta 452 #928 95 Emily 444 #34 95 Georgia 444 #99 97 Virginia 439 #525 98 Vera 426 #205 99 Marion 413 #2,036 100 Caroline 402 #96
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1891, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 7,680 #23 2 William 6,763 #9 3 James 4,516 #6 4 George 3,931 #126 5 Charles 3,640 #48 6 Frank 2,652 #513 7 Joseph 2,572 #29 8 Robert 2,240 #92 9 Harry 2,132 #775 10 Henry 2,049 #5 11 Edward 1,989 #224 12 Thomas 1,982 #34 13 Walter 1,668 #251 14 Arthur 1,514 #87 15 Fred 1,362 #1,932 16 Albert 1,207 #614 17 Clarence 1,007 #1,499 18 Roy 838 #525 19 Louis 786 #249 20 Samuel 753 #18 21 Willie 739 #1,315 22 Ernest 715 #1,038 23 Charlie 707 #145 24 Carl 675 #1,132 25 Earl 674 #2,230 26 David 673 #35 27 Richard 609 #234 28 Ralph 587 #1,046 29 Joe 584 #991 30 Raymond 575 #394 31 Paul 564 #262 32 Oscar 551 #223 33 Andrew 521 #73 34 Will 520 #1,193 35 Jesse 519 #184 36 Elmer 508 #1,222 37 Daniel 505 #22 38 Herbert 501 #2,641 39 Alfred 499 #840 40 Howard 485 #1,002 41 Benjamin 461 #11 42 Harold 419 #991 43 Sam 418 #647 44 Frederick 412 #435 45 Peter 396 #187 46 Lawrence 389 #518 47 Herman 383 #2,363 48 Eugene 362 #943 49 Ray 360 #791 50 Lewis 357 #433
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1891, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leo 353 #19 52 Lee 342 #725 53 Floyd 336 #2,230 54 Francis 333 #420 54 Michael 333 #21 56 Martin 331 #335 57 Claude 327 #3,036 57 Clyde 327 #742 57 Edwin 327 #398 60 Tom 318 #2,183 61 Ben 302 #843 62 Jack 290 #15 63 Jim 288 #3,128 64 Edgar 277 #486 65 Harvey 274 #251 65 Otto 274 #277 67 Guy 262 #1,634 68 Chester 252 #1,585 69 Jacob 238 #43 70 Ed 237 – 71 Luther 236 #1,459 72 Leonard 235 #637 73 Hugh 233 #732 74 Homer 230 #4,707 75 Jessie 227 #1,425 76 Theodore 224 #4 77 Oliver 212 #3 77 Patrick 212 #235 79 Archie 201 #301 80 Philip 198 #527 81 Clifford 196 #1,352 82 Charley 193 #1,826 83 Lester 191 #1,634 84 Leroy 190 #883 85 Bernard 187 #1,362 86 August 186 #81 86 Russell 186 #345 88 Lloyd 185 #1,547 89 Bert 181 #10,695 90 Eddie 179 #860 90 Ira 179 #819 92 Stanley 178 #863 93 Everett 174 #77 94 Allen 173 #578 95 Alexander 172 #30 96 Anthony 170 #46 97 Horace 165 #6,143 98 Leslie 164 #3,513 99 Grover 163 #4,249 99 Norman 163 #1,196
Entered the top 100 in 1891
