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

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1890 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1889						Change from 1889
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	12,078	5.989	0	430	1	John	8,502	7.103	0	-46
2	Anna	5,233	2.595	0	171	2	William	7,494	6.261	0	-278
3	Elizabeth	3,112	1.543	0	54	3	James	5,097	4.258	0	77
4	Margaret	3,100	1.537	0	183	4	George	4,458	3.724	0	28
5	Emma	2,980	1.478	0	96	5	Charles	4,061	3.393	0	-138
6	Florence	2,744	1.361	1	279	6	Frank	3,078	2.571	0	103
7	Ethel	2,718	1.348	1	255	7	Joseph	2,670	2.231	0	-59
8	Minnie	2,650	1.314	-2	26	8	Robert	2,541	2.123	1	28
9	Clara	2,496	1.238	1	177	9	Henry	2,349	1.962	2	63
10	Bertha	2,388	1.184	1	95	10	Harry	2,345	1.959	-2	-214
11	Bessie	2,370	1.175	-2	27	11	Edward	2,282	1.906	-1	-17
12	Helen	2,312	1.146	5	403	12	Thomas	2,200	1.838	0	-33
13	Grace	2,278	1.130	2	229	13	Walter	1,905	1.591	0	-11
14	Alice	2,271	1.126	-2	126	14	Arthur	1,610	1.345	0	-58
15	Annie	2,220	1.101	-2	97	15	Fred	1,506	1.258	0	-48
16	Ida	2,178	1.080	-2	56	16	Albert	1,417	1.184	0	64
17	Mabel	2,058	1.021	-1	111	17	Clarence	1,018	0.850	0	34
18	Edna	1,973	0.978	0	158	18	Roy	941	0.786	0	53
19	Lillian	1,862	0.923	4	222	19	Louis	860	0.718	0	23
20	Nellie	1,821	0.903	-1	69	20	Samuel	815	0.681	0	5
21	Sarah	1,786	0.886	-1	56	21	Charlie	797	0.666	8	112
22	Martha	1,784	0.885	-1	73	22	Ernest	774	0.647	1	38
23	Ella	1,758	0.872	-1	111	23	Willie	758	0.633	3	50
24	Pearl	1,741	0.863	0	153	24	Earl	744	0.622	4	56
25	Rose	1,725	0.855	1	175	25	Richard	744	0.622	-1	33
26	Gertrude	1,713	0.849	2	170	26	David	731	0.611	-4	-26
27	Laura	1,634	0.810	-2	67	27	Carl	693	0.579	0	-11
28	Marie	1,563	0.775	2	127	28	Joe	682	0.570	-3	-26
29	Carrie	1,510	0.749	-2	-37	29	Oscar	628	0.525	3	56
30	Edith	1,493	0.740	-1	-30	30	Will	613	0.512	0	-18
31	Louise	1,472	0.730	7	189	31	Paul	607	0.507	4	51
32	Eva	1,436	0.712	-1	64	32	Ralph	587	0.490	7	92
33	Frances	1,416	0.702	1	65	33	Jesse	576	0.481	-2	0
34	Myrtle	1,406	0.697	-1	45	34	Andrew	575	0.480	-1	14
35	Lillie	1,390	0.689	2	101	35	Alfred	549	0.459	6	77
36	Cora	1,386	0.687	-4	21	36	Raymond	546	0.456	1	35
37	Hazel	1,366	0.677	11	310	37	Benjamin	537	0.449	-16	-223
38	Hattie	1,363	0.676	-3	35	38	Elmer	528	0.441	-4	-29
39	Maude	1,359	0.674	-3	66	39	Daniel	505	0.422	-3	-10
40	Julia	1,275	0.632	0	74	40	Howard	501	0.419	-2	-2
41	Jennie	1,259	0.624	-2	7	41	Sam	489	0.409	-1	3
42	Mattie	1,256	0.623	2	83	42	Herbert	467	0.390	0	-5
43	Jessie	1,250	0.620	0	54	43	Frederick	410	0.343	1	-41
44	Catherine	1,232	0.611	-2	34	44	Lee	410	0.343	2	-5
45	Elsie	1,220	0.605	-4	21	45	Peter	410	0.343	0	-15
46	Ruth	1,195	0.593	0	122	46	Eugene	408	0.341	6	39
47	Lena	1,137	0.564	-2	41	47	Harold	408	0.341	10	68
48	Lula	1,121	0.556	-1	54	48	Michael	394	0.329	3	17
49	Josephine	1,118	0.554	0	71	49	Leo	393	0.328	10	68
50	Agnes	1,095	0.543	0	62	50	Herman	382	0.319	-2	-23

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.