Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1894

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	13,151
2	Anna	5,565
3	Margaret	3,700
4	Helen	3,676
5	Elizabeth	3,425
6	Ruth	3,372
7	Ethel	3,287
8	Florence	3,233
9	Emma	2,937
10	Marie	2,649
11	Clara	2,603
12	Minnie	2,592
13	Bessie	2,520
14	Bertha	2,496
15	Edna	2,458
16	Lillian	2,441
17	Alice	2,414
18	Annie	2,393
19	Grace	2,361
20	Mabel	2,221
21	Ida	2,195
22	Rose	2,126
23	Hazel	2,103
24	Martha	1,968
25	Gertrude	1,908
26	Edith	1,820
27	Myrtle	1,818
28	Pearl	1,789
29	Frances	1,776
30	Nellie	1,767
31	Ella	1,761
32	Laura	1,730
33	Elsie	1,716
34	Sarah	1,701
35	Eva	1,673
36	Esther	1,654
37	Louise	1,571
38	Agnes	1,470
39	Carrie	1,452
40	Lillie	1,432
41	Catherine	1,430
42	Lena	1,360
43	Irene	1,347
44	Hattie	1,325
45	Julia	1,320
46	Cora	1,319
47	Gladys	1,258
48	Josephine	1,256
49	Mattie	1,238
50	Mildred	1,220
51	Jennie	1,210
52	Alma	1,177
53	Maude	1,144
54	Mae	1,134
55	Jessie	1,120
56	Blanche	1,091
57	Lucy	1,077
58	Dorothy	1,052
59	Mamie	1,043
60	Lula	1,042
61	Stella	1,035
62	Ada	1,018
63	Fannie	1,003
64	Katherine	948
65	Viola	906
66	Maggie	895
67	Ruby	874
68	Nora	854
69	Dora	827
70	Rosa	780
71	May	763
72	Ellen	759
73	Sadie	745
74	Effie	712
75	Willie	709
76	Beatrice	684
77	Della	681
78	Susie	679
79	Beulah	675
80	Pauline	656
81	Daisy	645
82	Nettie	630
83	Marguerite	624
84	Flora	619
85	Lydia	618
85	Vera	618
87	Lottie	597
88	Olive	589
89	Marion	587
90	Sallie	584
91	Virginia	583
92	Lizzie	562
93	Emily	551
94	Georgia	535
95	Katie	525
96	Kathryn	520
97	Etta	519
98	Nancy	515
99	Evelyn	491
100	Charlotte	484

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	8,237
2	William	7,274
3	James	5,110
4	George	4,365
5	Charles	3,788
6	Joseph	2,977
7	Frank	2,863
8	Robert	2,497
9	Henry	2,278
10	Harry	2,189
11	Edward	2,179
12	Thomas	2,170
13	Walter	2,010
14	Arthur	1,712
15	Fred	1,475
16	Albert	1,447
17	Clarence	1,185
18	Roy	1,018
19	Willie	986
20	Earl	896
21	Louis	869
22	Carl	861
23	Paul	824
24	Ernest	821
25	Richard	808
26	Samuel	776
27	Raymond	767
28	Joe	741
29	David	729
30	Charlie	704
31	Ralph	692
32	Harold	690
33	Howard	612
34	Oscar	601
35	Andrew	594
36	Herbert	585
37	Elmer	575
38	Jesse	567
39	Will	559
40	Alfred	521
41	Daniel	515
41	Leo	515
43	Sam	507
44	Benjamin	469
45	Lee	455
46	Floyd	445
47	Jack	441
48	Herman	433
49	Lawrence	430
50	Francis	423
50	Michael	423
52	Eugene	421
53	Claude	419
54	Frederick	413
55	Peter	391
56	Clyde	386
57	Ray	379
58	Edwin	366
59	Lewis	359
60	Leonard	343
60	Tom	343
62	Ben	326
63	Chester	325
64	Edgar	313
65	Clifford	307
66	Martin	299
67	Harvey	293
68	Jacob	292
69	Lester	291
70	Jim	287
71	Luther	285
72	Russell	278
73	Homer	273
74	Otto	270
75	Hugh	269
76	Guy	261
77	Anthony	257
78	Bernard	256
79	Jessie	255
80	Lloyd	253
81	Ed	241
81	Theodore	241
83	Leroy	239
84	Leon	236
85	Patrick	229
86	Everett	226
87	Leslie	223
88	Oliver	222
89	Allen	219
90	Stanley	218
91	Philip	214
92	Archie	207
93	Ira	206
94	Eddie	203
95	Alexander	199
95	Norman	199
97	Horace	196
98	Bert	187
99	Charley	186
100	Victor	180