Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1890

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	12,078
2	Anna	5,233
3	Elizabeth	3,112
4	Margaret	3,100
5	Emma	2,980
6	Florence	2,744
7	Ethel	2,718
8	Minnie	2,650
9	Clara	2,496
10	Bertha	2,388
11	Bessie	2,370
12	Helen	2,312
13	Grace	2,278
14	Alice	2,271
15	Annie	2,220
16	Ida	2,178
17	Mabel	2,058
18	Edna	1,973
19	Lillian	1,862
20	Nellie	1,821
21	Sarah	1,786
22	Martha	1,784
23	Ella	1,758
24	Pearl	1,741
25	Rose	1,725
26	Gertrude	1,713
27	Laura	1,634
28	Marie	1,563
29	Carrie	1,510
30	Edith	1,493
31	Louise	1,472
32	Eva	1,436
33	Frances	1,416
34	Myrtle	1,406
35	Lillie	1,390
36	Cora	1,386
37	Hazel	1,366
38	Hattie	1,363
39	Maude	1,359
40	Julia	1,275
41	Jennie	1,259
42	Mattie	1,256
43	Jessie	1,250
44	Catherine	1,232
45	Elsie	1,220
46	Ruth	1,195
47	Lena	1,137
48	Lula	1,121
49	Josephine	1,118
50	Agnes	1,095
51	Ada	1,074
52	Fannie	1,005
53	Lucy	973
54	Mamie	967
55	Blanche	953
56	Stella	924
57	Alma	922
58	Mae	920
59	Katherine	900
60	Irene	893
61	Maggie	891
62	Dora	883
63	Nora	835
64	Rosa	770
65	May	751
66	Effie	717
67	Nettie	707
68	Viola	697
69	Sadie	680
70	Ellen	659
71	Mildred	635
72	Della	631
73	Susie	630
74	Lizzie	620
75	Esther	619
76	Daisy	588
77	Willie	578
78	Lydia	576
79	Beulah	573
80	Sallie	571
81	Ruby	540
82	Gladys	525
83	Georgia	513
84	Nancy	512
85	Flora	510
86	Emily	509
86	Katie	509
88	Lottie	502
89	Olive	491
90	Pauline	475
91	Kathryn	474
92	Addie	468
93	Dorothy	458
94	Caroline	455
95	Etta	452
96	Marguerite	442
97	Maud	439
98	Beatrice	417
98	Charlotte	417
100	Virginia	405

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	8,502
2	William	7,494
3	James	5,097
4	George	4,458
5	Charles	4,061
6	Frank	3,078
7	Joseph	2,670
8	Robert	2,541
9	Henry	2,349
10	Harry	2,345
11	Edward	2,282
12	Thomas	2,200
13	Walter	1,905
14	Arthur	1,610
15	Fred	1,506
16	Albert	1,417
17	Clarence	1,018
18	Roy	941
19	Louis	860
20	Samuel	815
21	Charlie	797
22	Ernest	774
23	Willie	758
24	Earl	744
25	Richard	743
26	David	731
27	Carl	693
28	Joe	682
29	Oscar	628
30	Will	613
31	Paul	607
32	Ralph	587
33	Jesse	576
34	Andrew	575
35	Alfred	549
36	Raymond	546
37	Benjamin	537
38	Elmer	528
39	Daniel	505
40	Howard	501
41	Sam	489
42	Herbert	467
43	Frederick	410
43	Lee	410
43	Peter	410
46	Eugene	408
46	Harold	408
48	Michael	394
49	Leo	393
50	Herman	382
51	Lewis	375
52	Lawrence	372
53	Jack	368
54	Ben	363
54	Francis	363
56	Ray	349
57	Claude	347
57	Martin	347
57	Tom	347
60	Floyd	341
61	Edgar	338
62	Jim	336
63	Edwin	323
64	Clyde	317
65	Harvey	296
66	Jacob	290
67	Leonard	275
68	Otto	267
69	Chester	263
70	Ed	262
71	Luther	253
72	Guy	249
73	Jessie	241
74	Leroy	236
75	Patrick	227
76	Lester	226
77	Homer	223
77	Stanley	223
79	Archie	221
80	Hugh	219
81	Oliver	218
82	Ira	209
83	Clifford	207
84	August	206
85	Alexander	202
86	Eddie	197
86	Leon	197
88	Philip	192
89	Theodore	190
90	Allen	189
90	Anthony	189
92	Isaac	187
93	Charley	183
94	Lloyd	182
94	Russell	182
96	Leslie	181
97	Bert	180
98	Bernard	178
99	Grover	177
100	Sidney	176