Top Baby Names of 1890
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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
Peter 410 43
Frederick 410 43
Lee 410 46
Eugene 408 46
Harold 408 48
Michael 394 49
Leo 393 50
Herman 382 About 1890 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1890, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.