Most Popular Baby Names of 1892

Social Security has card records for 356,365 people born in the U.S. in 1892. Mary was the top girl name (13,172 babies) and John the top boy name (9,039).

Top 100 names of 1892

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1892, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Mary	13,172	#125
2	Anna	5,542	#107
3	Elizabeth	3,461	#17
4	Margaret	3,435	#112
5	Ruth	3,290	#173
6	Florence	3,154	#391
7	Emma	3,128	#3
8	Ethel	3,035	#4,172
9	Helen	2,936	#461
10	Clara	2,661	#63
11	Bertha	2,617	#4,546
12	Minnie	2,609	#3,028
13	Bessie	2,541	#6,838
14	Alice	2,373	#65
15	Annie	2,348	#182
16	Grace	2,299	#38
17	Ida	2,259	#1,120
18	Edna	2,218	#2,458
19	Mabel	2,170	#201
20	Lillian	2,154	#57
21	Marie	2,066	#617
22	Rose	2,023	#114
23	Gertrude	1,924	#6,546
24	Martha	1,915	#712
25	Hazel	1,897	#21
26	Pearl	1,831	#776
27	Ella	1,808	#29
28	Sarah	1,798	#90
29	Laura	1,744	#379
30	Nellie	1,738	#533
31	Frances	1,670	#318
32	Myrtle	1,666	#10,917
33	Edith	1,625	#499
34	Eva	1,611	#134
35	Carrie	1,588	#2,719
36	Lillie	1,503	#675
37	Elsie	1,489	#123
38	Louise	1,446	#514
39	Cora	1,419	#113
40	Hattie	1,363	#334
41	Julia	1,360	#131
42	Catherine	1,333	#313
43	Agnes	1,328	#1,016
44	Mattie	1,303	#1,004
45	Maude	1,270	#3,342
46	Jessie	1,246	#823
47	Lena	1,234	#279
48	Jennie	1,212	#2,298
49	Josephine	1,210	#53
50	Ada	1,134	#219

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1892, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Irene	1,107	#651
52	Mae	1,101	#500
53	Lula	1,098	#1,927
54	Blanche	1,094	#6,838
55	Lucy	1,057	#24
56	Alma	1,056	#449
57	Fannie	1,031	#3,342
58	Mamie	978	#6,116
59	Stella	972	#52
60	Katherine	961	#186
61	Dora	960	#2,387
62	Mildred	959	#1,962
63	Nora	899	#20
64	Maggie	883	#294
65	Gladys	867	#3,211
66	Viola	833	#1,013
67	Esther	824	#119
68	Rosa	796	#652
69	Ellen	760	#1,062
70	May	753	#1,229
71	Sadie	724	#50
72	Effie	721	#2,239
73	Nettie	705	#5,554
74	Ruby	695	#64
75	Susie	669	#1,911
76	Della	666	#563
77	Beulah	638	#5,917
78	Willie	631	#10,107
79	Dorothy	626	#421
80	Lizzie	597	#2,139
81	Nancy	591	#965
82	Flora	585	#607
83	Olive	583	#197
84	Sallie	582	#4,265
85	Daisy	564	#75
86	Katie	563	#646
87	Georgia	552	#99
88	Kathryn	549	#729
89	Lottie	547	#527
90	Beatrice	541	#508
91	Marguerite	535	#2,485
92	Pauline	526	#2,957
93	Lydia	522	#92
94	Emily	518	#34
95	Marion	497	#2,036
96	Addie	493	#1,272
97	Etta	492	#928
98	Charlotte	486	#2
98	Vera	486	#205
100	Caroline	476	#96

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1892, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	John	9,039	#23
2	William	7,782	#9
3	James	5,398	#6
4	George	4,760	#126
5	Charles	4,319	#48
6	Frank	3,150	#513
7	Joseph	3,064	#29
8	Robert	2,710	#92
9	Harry	2,460	#775
10	Henry	2,452	#5
11	Edward	2,416	#224
12	Thomas	2,413	#34
13	Walter	2,229	#251
14	Arthur	1,768	#87
15	Fred	1,628	#1,932
16	Albert	1,500	#614
17	Clarence	1,276	#1,499
18	Roy	1,048	#525
19	Willie	948	#1,315
20	Samuel	902	#18
21	Earl	888	#2,230
22	Louis	865	#249
23	Joe	819	#991
24	David	813	#35
25	Carl	808	#1,132
26	Ernest	805	#1,038
27	Richard	802	#234
28	Charlie	761	#145
29	Paul	747	#262
30	Ralph	725	#1,046
31	Raymond	681	#394
32	Andrew	637	#73
33	Oscar	634	#223
34	Will	607	#1,193
35	Jesse	602	#184
36	Elmer	592	#1,222
37	Harold	583	#991
38	Sam	551	#647
39	Howard	548	#1,002
40	Alfred	542	#840
41	Daniel	533	#22
42	Benjamin	525	#11
43	Herbert	513	#2,641
44	Lawrence	468	#518
45	Peter	465	#187
46	Lee	460	#725
47	Grover	454	#4,249
48	Frederick	453	#435
49	Leo	444	#19
50	Francis	429	#420

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1892, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Herman	421	#2,363
52	Floyd	420	#2,230
53	Eugene	414	#943
54	Jack	401	#15
55	Lewis	399	#433
56	Clyde	390	#742
57	Ray	385	#791
58	Tom	381	#2,183
59	Michael	380	#21
60	Ben	361	#843
61	Martin	359	#335
62	Claude	353	#3,036
63	Edwin	338	#398
64	Jim	334	#3,128
65	Guy	315	#1,634
66	Ed	306	–
67	Edgar	303	#486
68	Homer	301	#4,707
69	Harvey	298	#251
70	Luther	295	#1,459
71	Leonard	294	#637
72	Chester	285	#1,585
73	Jacob	283	#43
74	Otto	275	#277
75	Russell	269	#345
76	Lloyd	268	#1,547
77	Hugh	265	#732
78	Anthony	255	#46
79	Jessie	251	#1,425
80	Clifford	240	#1,352
80	Lester	240	#1,634
82	Philip	239	#527
82	Theodore	239	#4
84	Oliver	238	#3
85	Bernard	237	#1,362
86	Patrick	234	#235
87	Leroy	233	#883
88	Ira	231	#819
89	Allen	224	#578
90	Eddie	218	#860
91	Archie	214	#301
92	Charley	210	#1,826
93	Leslie	207	#3,513
94	Isaac	203	#47
95	Alexander	202	#30
96	Bert	200	#10,695
96	Victor	200	#209
98	Norman	191	#1,196
99	Julius	190	#424
100	Horace	187	#6,143
100	Leon	187	#138

Entered the top 100 in 1892

Girls

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