Most Popular Baby Names of 1893

Social Security has card records for 346,273 people born in the U.S. in 1893. Mary was the top girl name (12,784 babies) and John the top boy name (8,049).

Top 100 names of 1893

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1893, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Mary	12,784	#125
2	Anna	5,695	#107
3	Ruth	3,658	#173
4	Margaret	3,565	#112
5	Elizabeth	3,360	#17
6	Helen	3,249	#461
7	Florence	3,231	#391
8	Ethel	3,119	#4,172
9	Emma	2,968	#3
10	Bertha	2,623	#4,546
11	Clara	2,532	#63
12	Minnie	2,510	#3,028
13	Alice	2,434	#65
14	Edna	2,378	#2,458
15	Bessie	2,352	#6,838
16	Grace	2,308	#38
17	Annie	2,251	#182
18	Ida	2,247	#1,120
19	Marie	2,212	#617
20	Lillian	2,193	#57
21	Mabel	2,191	#201
22	Hazel	2,052	#21
23	Rose	2,012	#114
24	Gertrude	1,811	#6,546
25	Martha	1,805	#712
26	Pearl	1,796	#776
27	Nellie	1,770	#533
28	Ella	1,760	#29
29	Myrtle	1,759	#10,917
30	Edith	1,733	#499
31	Laura	1,683	#379
32	Eva	1,668	#134
33	Sarah	1,632	#90
34	Frances	1,622	#318
35	Elsie	1,586	#123
36	Carrie	1,451	#2,719
37	Louise	1,447	#514
38	Agnes	1,393	#1,016
39	Esther	1,382	#119
40	Julia	1,367	#131
41	Lillie	1,351	#675
42	Catherine	1,336	#313
43	Hattie	1,315	#334
44	Cora	1,308	#113
45	Jennie	1,273	#2,298
46	Lena	1,261	#279
47	Mattie	1,257	#1,004
48	Jessie	1,216	#823
49	Maude	1,202	#3,342
50	Josephine	1,178	#53

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1893, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Irene	1,111	#651
52	Blanche	1,075	#6,838
53	Mae	1,071	#500
54	Alma	1,055	#449
55	Ada	1,051	#219
56	Lucy	1,036	#24
57	Lula	1,034	#1,927
58	Gladys	1,017	#3,211
59	Mamie	1,011	#6,116
60	Mildred	1,008	#1,962
61	Fannie	1,003	#3,342
62	Katherine	963	#186
63	Stella	926	#52
64	Maggie	886	#294
65	Dora	877	#2,387
66	Viola	839	#1,013
67	Nora	825	#20
68	Dorothy	821	#421
69	Ellen	798	#1,062
70	Rosa	790	#652
71	Ruby	769	#64
72	Sadie	706	#50
73	May	693	#1,229
74	Effie	674	#2,239
75	Nettie	668	#5,554
76	Della	660	#563
77	Willie	648	#10,107
78	Susie	644	#1,911
79	Marguerite	638	#2,485
80	Beulah	622	#5,917
81	Lydia	598	#92
82	Olive	589	#197
83	Lizzie	584	#2,139
84	Daisy	573	#75
85	Beatrice	564	#508
86	Pauline	545	#2,957
87	Georgia	541	#99
88	Nancy	538	#965
89	Flora	537	#607
90	Kathryn	534	#729
90	Vera	534	#205
92	Lottie	532	#527
92	Marion	532	#2,036
94	Sallie	516	#4,265
95	Emily	506	#34
96	Katie	504	#646
97	Virginia	498	#525
98	Etta	486	#928
99	Caroline	483	#96
100	Charlotte	476	#2

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1893, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	John	8,049	#23
2	William	7,223	#9
3	James	5,030	#6
4	George	4,320	#126
5	Charles	3,723	#48
6	Joseph	2,997	#29
7	Frank	2,917	#513
8	Robert	2,563	#92
9	Edward	2,309	#224
10	Harry	2,245	#775
11	Henry	2,162	#5
12	Thomas	2,157	#34
13	Walter	2,004	#251
14	Arthur	1,635	#87
15	Fred	1,493	#1,932
16	Albert	1,353	#614
17	Clarence	1,169	#1,499
18	Roy	919	#525
19	Willie	882	#1,315
20	Samuel	851	#18
21	Earl	819	#2,230
22	Louis	816	#249
23	Ernest	796	#1,038
24	Carl	786	#1,132
25	Paul	743	#262
26	Richard	732	#234
27	David	724	#35
28	Joe	721	#991
29	Raymond	703	#394
30	Charlie	691	#145
31	Ralph	636	#1,046
32	Elmer	574	#1,222
32	Oscar	574	#223
34	Harold	566	#991
35	Howard	556	#1,002
36	Jesse	541	#184
37	Will	538	#1,193
38	Alfred	530	#840
39	Daniel	522	#22
40	Andrew	520	#73
41	Herbert	519	#2,641
42	Benjamin	482	#11
43	Sam	481	#647
44	Herman	455	#2,363
45	Leo	448	#19
46	Lee	445	#725
47	Frederick	432	#435
48	Francis	418	#420
49	Michael	407	#21
50	Jack	405	#15

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1893, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Lawrence	395	#518
52	Claude	394	#3,036
53	Eugene	392	#943
53	Peter	392	#187
55	Clyde	391	#742
56	Ray	378	#791
57	Lewis	364	#433
58	Edwin	354	#398
59	Floyd	351	#2,230
60	Tom	349	#2,183
61	Martin	347	#335
62	Ben	321	#843
63	Edgar	310	#486
64	Homer	293	#4,707
65	Jacob	292	#43
66	Chester	291	#1,585
67	Grover	289	#4,249
68	Harvey	284	#251
69	Leonard	275	#637
70	Luther	271	#1,459
71	Clifford	269	#1,352
72	Guy	267	#1,634
73	Otto	257	#277
74	Jim	255	#3,128
75	Russell	246	#345
76	Leroy	244	#883
77	Lester	243	#1,634
78	Hugh	241	#732
79	Patrick	234	#235
80	Ed	225	–
81	Anthony	220	#46
81	Eddie	220	#860
83	Alexander	218	#30
84	Bernard	217	#1,362
85	Jessie	214	#1,425
85	Oliver	214	#3
87	Stanley	212	#863
88	Leon	211	#138
88	Lloyd	211	#1,547
90	Theodore	209	#4
91	Philip	208	#527
92	Julius	195	#424
93	Archie	194	#301
94	Charley	191	#1,826
95	Leslie	185	#3,513
96	Bert	184	#10,695
97	Isaac	182	#47
98	Ira	181	#819
99	Allen	180	#578
100	Percy	177	#1,276

Entered the top 100 in 1893

Girls

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