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

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1889 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	11,648	6.156	-125	-9,321	1	John	8,548	7.181	-26	571
2	Anna	5,062	2.675	-52	-917	2	William	7,772	6.529	-1	6,744
3	Elizabeth	3,058	1.616	-10	5,455	3	James	5,020	4.217	-1	8,505
4	Margaret	2,917	1.542	-123	-605	4	George	4,430	3.722	-123	-1,371
5	Emma	2,884	1.524	4	15,804	5	Charles	4,199	3.528	-47	2,405
6	Minnie	2,624	1.387	-2,613	-2,558	6	Frank	2,975	2.499	-386	-2,172
7	Florence	2,465	1.303	-964	-2,196	7	Joseph	2,729	2.293	-16	6,826
8	Ethel	2,463	1.302	-4,348	-2,431	8	Harry	2,559	2.150	-612	-2,132
9	Bessie	2,343	1.238	-10,616	-2,334	9	Robert	2,513	2.111	-62	2,627
10	Clara	2,319	1.226	-93	558	10	Edward	2,299	1.931	-159	-31
11	Bertha	2,293	1.212	-4,748	-2,265	11	Henry	2,286	1.920	-5	8,363
12	Alice	2,145	1.134	-59	1,498	12	Thomas	2,233	1.876	-37	4,546
13	Annie	2,123	1.122	-295	-1,043	13	Walter	1,916	1.610	-258	-613
14	Ida	2,122	1.121	-1,207	-1,932	14	Arthur	1,668	1.401	-216	-26
15	Grace	2,049	1.083	-9	4,675	15	Fred	1,554	1.306	-1,635	-1,457
16	Mabel	1,947	1.029	-420	-1,225	16	Albert	1,353	1.137	-436	-696
17	Helen	1,909	1.009	-396	-1,164	17	Clarence	984	0.827	-1,099	-812
18	Edna	1,815	0.959	-1,719	-1,698	18	Roy	888	0.746	-524	-374
19	Nellie	1,752	0.926	-1,052	-1,516	19	Louis	837	0.703	-244	531
20	Sarah	1,730	0.914	-47	2,004	20	Samuel	810	0.680	-1	8,924
21	Martha	1,711	0.904	-776	-1,370	21	Benjamin	760	0.638	15	12,621
22	Ella	1,647	0.870	7	6,408	22	David	757	0.636	0	8,940
23	Lillian	1,640	0.867	-11	3,894	23	Ernest	736	0.618	-955	-526
24	Pearl	1,588	0.839	-623	-1,133	24	Richard	711	0.597	-164	1,408
25	Laura	1,567	0.828	-315	-632	25	Joe	708	0.595	-670	-363
26	Rose	1,550	0.819	-97	882	26	Willie	708	0.595	-908	-484
27	Carrie	1,547	0.818	-1,741	-1,432	27	Carl	704	0.591	-673	-362
28	Gertrude	1,543	0.815	-5,458	-1,520	28	Earl	688	0.578	-1,636	-593
29	Edith	1,523	0.805	-489	-924	29	Charlie	685	0.575	-189	1,031
30	Marie	1,436	0.759	-546	-906	30	Will	631	0.530	-862	-389
31	Eva	1,372	0.725	-44	2,170	31	Jesse	576	0.484	-154	1,550
32	Cora	1,365	0.721	-41	2,209	32	Oscar	572	0.481	-174	1,373
33	Myrtle	1,361	0.719	OLD	-1,361	33	Andrew	561	0.471	-10	6,673
34	Frances	1,351	0.714	-411	-636	34	Elmer	557	0.468	-1,225	-412
35	Hattie	1,328	0.702	-460	-704	35	Paul	556	0.467	-199	1,069
36	Maude	1,293	0.683	-5,189	-1,268	36	Daniel	515	0.433	21	10,658
37	Lillie	1,289	0.681	-631	-850	37	Raymond	511	0.429	-262	638
38	Louise	1,283	0.678	-762	-944	38	Howard	503	0.423	-930	-290
39	Jennie	1,252	0.662	-3,405	-1,207	39	Ralph	495	0.416	-912	-278
40	Julia	1,201	0.635	-53	1,788	40	Sam	486	0.408	-563	-35
41	Elsie	1,199	0.634	-239	-21	41	Alfred	472	0.397	-831	-223
42	Catherine	1,198	0.633	-162	300	42	Herbert	472	0.397	-1,985	-401
43	Jessie	1,196	0.632	-613	-749	43	Ben	453	0.381	-649	-106
44	Mattie	1,173	0.620	-1,013	-933	44	Frederick	451	0.379	-452	124
45	Lena	1,096	0.579	-256	-2	45	Peter	425	0.357	-166	1,387
46	Ruth	1,073	0.567	-219	161	46	Lee	415	0.349	-643	-65
47	Lula	1,067	0.564	-1,813	-959	47	Lewis	414	0.348	-499	92
48	Hazel	1,056	0.558	6	3,860	48	Herman	405	0.340	-2,184	-344
49	Josephine	1,047	0.553	-42	1,976	49	Claude	386	0.324	-2,450	-335
50	Agnes	1,033	0.546	-1,154	-838	50	Tom	379	0.318	-2,080	-313

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.