Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1894 Most Popular Baby Names of 1894 Social Security has card records for 360,864 people born in the U.S. in 1894. Mary was the top girl name (13,151 babies) and John the top boy name (8,237).
Top 100 names of 1894 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1894, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 13,151 #125 2 Anna 5,565 #107 3 Margaret 3,700 #112 4 Helen 3,676 #461 5 Elizabeth 3,425 #17 6 Ruth 3,372 #173 7 Ethel 3,287 #4,172 8 Florence 3,233 #391 9 Emma 2,937 #3 10 Marie 2,649 #617 11 Clara 2,603 #63 12 Minnie 2,592 #3,028 13 Bessie 2,520 #6,838 14 Bertha 2,496 #4,546 15 Edna 2,458 #2,458 16 Lillian 2,441 #57 17 Alice 2,414 #65 18 Annie 2,393 #182 19 Grace 2,361 #38 20 Mabel 2,221 #201 21 Ida 2,195 #1,120 22 Rose 2,126 #114 23 Hazel 2,103 #21 24 Martha 1,968 #712 25 Gertrude 1,908 #6,546 26 Edith 1,820 #499 27 Myrtle 1,818 #10,917 28 Pearl 1,789 #776 29 Frances 1,776 #318 30 Nellie 1,767 #533 31 Ella 1,761 #29 32 Laura 1,730 #379 33 Elsie 1,716 #123 34 Sarah 1,701 #90 35 Eva 1,673 #134 36 Esther 1,654 #119 37 Louise 1,571 #514 38 Agnes 1,470 #1,016 39 Carrie 1,452 #2,719 40 Lillie 1,432 #675 41 Catherine 1,430 #313 42 Lena 1,360 #279 43 Irene 1,347 #651 44 Hattie 1,325 #334 45 Julia 1,320 #131 46 Cora 1,319 #113 47 Gladys 1,258 #3,211 48 Josephine 1,256 #53 49 Mattie 1,238 #1,004 50 Mildred 1,220 #1,962
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1894, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jennie 1,210 #2,298 52 Alma 1,177 #449 53 Maude 1,144 #3,342 54 Mae 1,134 #500 55 Jessie 1,120 #823 56 Blanche 1,091 #6,838 57 Lucy 1,077 #24 58 Dorothy 1,052 #421 59 Mamie 1,043 #6,116 60 Lula 1,042 #1,927 61 Stella 1,035 #52 62 Ada 1,018 #219 63 Fannie 1,003 #3,342 64 Katherine 948 #186 65 Viola 906 #1,013 66 Maggie 895 #294 67 Ruby 874 #64 68 Nora 854 #20 69 Dora 827 #2,387 70 Rosa 780 #652 71 May 763 #1,229 72 Ellen 759 #1,062 73 Sadie 745 #50 74 Effie 712 #2,239 75 Willie 709 #10,107 76 Beatrice 684 #508 77 Della 681 #563 78 Susie 679 #1,911 79 Beulah 675 #5,917 80 Pauline 656 #2,957 81 Daisy 645 #75 82 Nettie 630 #5,554 83 Marguerite 624 #2,485 84 Flora 619 #607 85 Lydia 618 #92 85 Vera 618 #205 87 Lottie 597 #527 88 Olive 589 #197 89 Marion 587 #2,036 90 Sallie 584 #4,265 91 Virginia 583 #525 92 Lizzie 562 #2,139 93 Emily 551 #34 94 Georgia 535 #99 95 Katie 525 #646 96 Kathryn 520 #729 97 Etta 519 #928 98 Nancy 515 #965 99 Evelyn 491 #8 100 Charlotte 484 #2 100 Theresa 484 #1,548
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1894, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,237 #23 2 William 7,274 #9 3 James 5,110 #6 4 George 4,365 #126 5 Charles 3,788 #48 6 Joseph 2,977 #29 7 Frank 2,863 #513 8 Robert 2,497 #92 9 Henry 2,278 #5 10 Harry 2,189 #775 11 Edward 2,179 #224 12 Thomas 2,170 #34 13 Walter 2,010 #251 14 Arthur 1,712 #87 15 Fred 1,475 #1,932 16 Albert 1,447 #614 17 Clarence 1,185 #1,499 18 Roy 1,018 #525 19 Willie 986 #1,315 20 Earl 896 #2,230 21 Louis 869 #249 22 Carl 861 #1,132 23 Paul 824 #262 24 Ernest 821 #1,038 25 Richard 808 #234 26 Samuel 776 #18 27 Raymond 767 #394 28 Joe 741 #991 29 David 729 #35 30 Charlie 704 #145 31 Ralph 692 #1,046 32 Harold 690 #991 33 Howard 612 #1,002 34 Oscar 601 #223 35 Andrew 594 #73 36 Herbert 585 #2,641 37 Elmer 575 #1,222 38 Jesse 567 #184 39 Will 559 #1,193 40 Alfred 521 #840 41 Daniel 515 #22 41 Leo 515 #19 43 Sam 507 #647 44 Benjamin 469 #11 45 Lee 455 #725 46 Floyd 445 #2,230 47 Jack 441 #15 48 Herman 433 #2,363 49 Lawrence 430 #518 50 Francis 423 #420 50 Michael 423 #21
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1894, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 52 Eugene 421 #943 53 Claude 419 #3,036 54 Frederick 413 #435 55 Peter 391 #187 56 Clyde 386 #742 57 Ray 379 #791 58 Edwin 366 #398 59 Lewis 359 #433 60 Leonard 343 #637 60 Tom 343 #2,183 62 Ben 326 #843 63 Chester 325 #1,585 64 Edgar 313 #486 65 Clifford 307 #1,352 66 Martin 299 #335 67 Harvey 293 #251 68 Jacob 292 #43 69 Lester 291 #1,634 70 Jim 287 #3,128 71 Luther 285 #1,459 72 Russell 278 #345 73 Homer 273 #4,707 74 Otto 270 #277 75 Hugh 269 #732 76 Guy 261 #1,634 77 Anthony 257 #46 78 Bernard 256 #1,362 79 Jessie 255 #1,425 80 Lloyd 253 #1,547 81 Ed 241 – 81 Theodore 241 #4 83 Leroy 239 #883 84 Leon 236 #138 85 Patrick 229 #235 86 Everett 226 #77 87 Leslie 223 #3,513 88 Oliver 222 #3 89 Allen 219 #578 90 Stanley 218 #863 91 Philip 214 #527 92 Archie 207 #301 93 Ira 206 #819 94 Eddie 203 #860 95 Alexander 199 #30 95 Norman 199 #1,196 97 Horace 196 #6,143 98 Bert 187 #10,695 99 Charley 186 #1,826 100 Victor 180 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1894
