Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1890

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1890 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	12,078	5.989	-125	-9,751	1	John	8,502	7.103	-26	617
2	Anna	5,233	2.595	-52	-1,088	2	William	7,494	6.261	-1	7,022
3	Elizabeth	3,112	1.543	-10	5,401	3	James	5,097	4.258	-1	8,428
4	Margaret	3,100	1.537	-123	-788	4	George	4,458	3.724	-123	-1,399
5	Emma	2,980	1.478	4	15,708	5	Charles	4,061	3.393	-47	2,543
6	Florence	2,744	1.361	-965	-2,475	6	Frank	3,078	2.571	-386	-2,275
7	Ethel	2,718	1.348	-4,349	-2,686	7	Joseph	2,670	2.231	-16	6,885
8	Minnie	2,650	1.314	-2,611	-2,584	8	Robert	2,541	2.123	-63	2,599
9	Clara	2,496	1.238	-94	381	9	Henry	2,349	1.962	-7	8,300
10	Bertha	2,388	1.184	-4,749	-2,360	10	Harry	2,345	1.959	-610	-1,918
11	Bessie	2,370	1.175	-10,614	-2,361	11	Edward	2,282	1.906	-158	-14
12	Helen	2,312	1.146	-401	-1,567	12	Thomas	2,200	1.838	-37	4,579
13	Grace	2,278	1.130	-11	4,446	13	Walter	1,905	1.591	-258	-602
14	Alice	2,271	1.126	-57	1,372	14	Arthur	1,610	1.345	-216	32
15	Annie	2,220	1.101	-293	-1,140	15	Fred	1,506	1.258	-1,635	-1,409
16	Ida	2,178	1.080	-1,205	-1,988	16	Albert	1,417	1.184	-436	-760
17	Mabel	2,058	1.021	-419	-1,336	17	Clarence	1,018	0.850	-1,099	-846
18	Edna	1,973	0.978	-1,719	-1,856	18	Roy	941	0.786	-524	-427
19	Lillian	1,862	0.923	-15	3,672	19	Louis	860	0.718	-244	508
20	Nellie	1,821	0.903	-1,051	-1,585	20	Samuel	815	0.681	-1	8,919
21	Sarah	1,786	0.886	-46	1,948	21	Charlie	797	0.666	-197	919
22	Martha	1,784	0.885	-775	-1,443	22	Ernest	774	0.647	-956	-564
23	Ella	1,758	0.872	8	6,297	23	Willie	758	0.633	-911	-534
24	Pearl	1,741	0.863	-623	-1,286	24	Earl	744	0.622	-1,640	-649
25	Rose	1,725	0.855	-98	707	25	Richard	744	0.622	-163	1,375
26	Gertrude	1,713	0.849	-5,460	-1,690	26	David	731	0.611	4	8,966
27	Laura	1,634	0.810	-313	-699	27	Carl	693	0.579	-673	-351
28	Marie	1,563	0.775	-548	-1,033	28	Joe	682	0.570	-667	-337
29	Carrie	1,510	0.749	-1,739	-1,395	29	Oscar	628	0.525	-177	1,317
30	Edith	1,493	0.740	-488	-894	30	Will	613	0.512	-862	-371
31	Louise	1,472	0.730	-769	-1,133	31	Paul	607	0.507	-203	1,018
32	Eva	1,436	0.712	-43	2,106	32	Ralph	587	0.490	-919	-370
33	Frances	1,416	0.702	-412	-701	33	Jesse	576	0.481	-152	1,550
34	Myrtle	1,406	0.697	OLD	-1,406	34	Andrew	575	0.480	-9	6,659
35	Lillie	1,390	0.689	-633	-951	35	Alfred	549	0.459	-837	-300
36	Cora	1,386	0.687	-37	2,188	36	Raymond	546	0.456	-263	603
37	Hazel	1,366	0.677	-5	3,550	37	Benjamin	537	0.449	31	12,844
38	Hattie	1,363	0.676	-457	-739	38	Elmer	528	0.441	-1,221	-383
39	Maude	1,359	0.674	-5,186	-1,334	39	Daniel	505	0.422	24	10,668
40	Julia	1,275	0.632	-53	1,714	40	Howard	501	0.419	-928	-288
41	Jennie	1,259	0.624	-3,403	-1,214	41	Sam	489	0.409	-562	-38
42	Mattie	1,256	0.623	-1,015	-1,016	42	Herbert	467	0.390	-1,985	-396
43	Jessie	1,250	0.620	-613	-803	43	Frederick	410	0.343	-453	165
44	Catherine	1,232	0.611	-160	266	44	Lee	410	0.343	-645	-60
45	Elsie	1,220	0.605	-235	-42	45	Peter	410	0.343	-166	1,402
46	Ruth	1,195	0.593	-219	39	46	Eugene	408	0.341	-816	-156
47	Lena	1,137	0.564	-254	-43	47	Harold	408	0.341	-750	-127
48	Lula	1,121	0.556	-1,812	-1,013	48	Michael	394	0.329	34	11,226
49	Josephine	1,118	0.554	-42	1,905	49	Leo	393	0.328	-1	6,326
50	Agnes	1,095	0.543	-1,154	-900	50	Herman	382	0.319	-2,182	-321

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.