Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1889

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1889 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1888						Change from 1888
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	11,648	6.156	0	-106	1	John	8,548	7.181	0	-699
2	Anna	5,062	2.675	0	80	2	William	7,772	6.529	0	-933
3	Elizabeth	3,058	1.616	0	-166	3	James	5,020	4.217	0	-542
4	Margaret	2,917	1.542	1	13	4	George	4,430	3.722	0	-482
5	Emma	2,884	1.524	-1	-203	5	Charles	4,199	3.528	0	-392
6	Minnie	2,624	1.387	0	-30	6	Frank	2,975	2.499	0	-484
7	Florence	2,465	1.303	1	21	7	Joseph	2,729	2.293	0	-264
8	Ethel	2,463	1.302	1	89	8	Harry	2,559	2.150	1	-200
9	Bessie	2,343	1.238	1	65	9	Robert	2,513	2.111	-1	-301
10	Clara	2,319	1.226	1	89	10	Edward	2,299	1.931	1	-171
11	Bertha	2,293	1.212	-4	-157	11	Henry	2,286	1.920	-1	-310
12	Alice	2,145	1.134	1	-57	12	Thomas	2,233	1.876	0	-216
13	Annie	2,123	1.122	1	-65	13	Walter	1,916	1.610	0	-124
14	Ida	2,122	1.121	-2	-107	14	Arthur	1,668	1.401	0	-42
15	Grace	2,049	1.083	0	-41	15	Fred	1,554	1.306	0	-111
16	Mabel	1,947	1.029	1	117	16	Albert	1,353	1.137	0	-216
17	Helen	1,909	1.009	-1	62	17	Clarence	984	0.827	0	-38
18	Edna	1,815	0.959	4	128	18	Roy	888	0.746	2	32
19	Nellie	1,752	0.926	2	16	19	Louis	837	0.703	0	-47
20	Sarah	1,730	0.914	0	-25	20	Samuel	810	0.680	-2	-121
21	Martha	1,711	0.904	-2	-58	21	Benjamin	760	0.638	4	-21
22	Ella	1,647	0.870	-4	-127	22	David	757	0.636	-1	-44
23	Lillian	1,640	0.867	0	-16	23	Ernest	736	0.618	4	-30
24	Pearl	1,588	0.839	2	-3	24	Richard	711	0.597	2	-61
25	Laura	1,567	0.828	0	-57	25	Joe	708	0.595	-2	-81
26	Rose	1,550	0.819	1	-40	26	Willie	708	0.595	-2	-78
27	Carrie	1,547	0.818	-3	-100	27	Carl	704	0.591	2	29
28	Gertrude	1,543	0.815	0	75	28	Earl	688	0.578	2	13
29	Edith	1,523	0.805	0	70	29	Charlie	685	0.575	-7	-111
30	Marie	1,436	0.759	10	178	30	Will	631	0.530	-2	-76
31	Eva	1,372	0.725	3	43	31	Jesse	576	0.484	1	-61
32	Cora	1,365	0.721	-1	-68	32	Oscar	572	0.481	-1	-75
33	Myrtle	1,361	0.719	2	51	33	Andrew	561	0.471	0	-54
34	Frances	1,351	0.714	-4	-101	34	Elmer	557	0.468	5	30
35	Hattie	1,328	0.702	1	30	35	Paul	556	0.467	3	27
36	Maude	1,293	0.683	-4	-103	36	Daniel	515	0.433	-1	-51
37	Lillie	1,289	0.681	4	40	37	Raymond	511	0.429	8	42
38	Louise	1,283	0.678	-5	-51	38	Howard	503	0.423	2	-10
39	Jennie	1,252	0.662	-2	-46	39	Ralph	495	0.416	-3	-52
40	Julia	1,201	0.635	-2	-91	40	Sam	486	0.408	-6	-121
41	Elsie	1,199	0.634	6	87	41	Alfred	472	0.397	-4	-64
42	Catherine	1,198	0.633	0	-14	42	Herbert	472	0.397	1	-13
43	Jessie	1,196	0.632	0	-4	43	Ben	453	0.381	4	-10
44	Mattie	1,173	0.620	-5	-95	44	Frederick	451	0.379	-2	-45
45	Lena	1,096	0.579	0	-66	45	Peter	425	0.357	-4	-73
46	Ruth	1,073	0.567	13	223	46	Lee	415	0.349	2	-15
47	Lula	1,067	0.564	-3	-106	47	Lewis	414	0.348	3	2
48	Hazel	1,056	0.558	7	158	48	Herman	405	0.340	3	2
49	Josephine	1,047	0.553	0	46	49	Claude	386	0.324	6	12
50	Agnes	1,033	0.546	-2	-13	50	Tom	379	0.318	-1	-37

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.