Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1891

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1891 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1890						Change from 1890
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	11,703	5.954	0	-375	1	John	7,680	7.029	0	-822
2	Anna	5,099	2.594	0	-134	2	William	6,763	6.190	0	-731
3	Margaret	3,065	1.559	1	-35	3	James	4,516	4.133	0	-581
4	Elizabeth	3,059	1.556	-1	-53	4	George	3,931	3.598	0	-527
5	Emma	2,884	1.467	0	-96	5	Charles	3,640	3.331	0	-421
6	Florence	2,715	1.381	0	-29	6	Frank	2,652	2.427	0	-426
7	Ethel	2,689	1.368	0	-29	7	Joseph	2,572	2.354	0	-98
8	Minnie	2,428	1.235	0	-222	8	Robert	2,240	2.050	0	-301
9	Helen	2,417	1.230	3	105	9	Harry	2,132	1.951	1	-213
10	Bertha	2,372	1.207	0	-16	10	Henry	2,049	1.875	-1	-300
11	Clara	2,360	1.201	-2	-136	11	Edward	1,989	1.820	0	-293
12	Bessie	2,323	1.182	-1	-47	12	Thomas	1,982	1.814	0	-218
13	Annie	2,096	1.066	2	-124	13	Walter	1,668	1.527	0	-237
14	Grace	2,088	1.062	-1	-190	14	Arthur	1,514	1.386	0	-96
15	Mabel	2,029	1.032	2	-29	15	Fred	1,362	1.247	0	-144
16	Alice	2,015	1.025	-2	-256	16	Albert	1,207	1.105	0	-210
17	Ida	2,002	1.018	-1	-176	17	Clarence	1,007	0.922	0	-11
18	Edna	1,963	0.999	0	-10	18	Roy	838	0.767	0	-103
19	Ruth	1,857	0.945	27	662	19	Louis	786	0.719	0	-74
20	Lillian	1,812	0.922	-1	-50	20	Samuel	753	0.689	0	-62
21	Martha	1,744	0.887	1	-40	21	Willie	739	0.676	2	-19
22	Rose	1,696	0.863	3	-29	22	Ernest	715	0.654	0	-59
23	Ella	1,685	0.857	0	-73	23	Charlie	707	0.647	-2	-90
24	Sarah	1,669	0.849	-3	-117	24	Carl	675	0.618	3	-18
25	Nellie	1,647	0.838	-5	-174	25	Earl	674	0.617	-1	-70
26	Gertrude	1,645	0.837	0	-68	26	David	673	0.616	0	-58
27	Pearl	1,605	0.817	-3	-136	27	Richard	609	0.557	-2	-135
28	Marie	1,596	0.812	0	33	28	Ralph	587	0.537	4	0
29	Edith	1,509	0.768	1	16	29	Joe	584	0.534	-1	-98
30	Laura	1,509	0.768	-3	-125	30	Raymond	575	0.526	6	29
31	Myrtle	1,458	0.742	3	52	31	Paul	564	0.516	0	-43
32	Hazel	1,447	0.736	5	81	32	Oscar	551	0.504	-3	-77
33	Eva	1,412	0.718	-1	-24	33	Andrew	521	0.477	1	-54
34	Frances	1,397	0.711	-1	-19	34	Will	520	0.476	-4	-93
35	Cora	1,343	0.683	1	-43	35	Jesse	519	0.475	-2	-57
36	Carrie	1,342	0.683	-7	-168	36	Elmer	508	0.465	2	-20
37	Louise	1,333	0.678	-6	-139	37	Daniel	505	0.462	2	0
38	Elsie	1,303	0.663	7	83	38	Herbert	501	0.459	4	34
39	Lillie	1,247	0.634	-4	-143	39	Alfred	499	0.457	-4	-50
40	Jennie	1,238	0.630	1	-21	40	Howard	485	0.444	0	-16
41	Catherine	1,219	0.620	3	-13	41	Benjamin	461	0.422	-4	-76
42	Hattie	1,219	0.620	-4	-144	42	Harold	419	0.383	5	11
43	Julia	1,200	0.610	-3	-75	43	Sam	418	0.383	-2	-71
44	Maude	1,188	0.604	-5	-171	44	Frederick	412	0.377	-1	2
45	Lena	1,174	0.597	2	37	45	Peter	396	0.362	0	-14
46	Mattie	1,165	0.593	-4	-91	46	Lawrence	389	0.356	6	17
47	Agnes	1,125	0.572	3	30	47	Herman	383	0.351	3	1
48	Jessie	1,119	0.569	-5	-131	48	Eugene	362	0.331	-2	-46
49	Josephine	1,031	0.525	0	-87	49	Ray	360	0.329	7	11
50	Lula	1,010	0.514	-2	-111	50	Lewis	357	0.327	1	-18

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.