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

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1891 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	11,703	5.954	-125	-9,376	1	John	7,680	7.029	-26	1,439
2	Anna	5,099	2.594	-52	-954	2	William	6,763	6.190	-1	7,753
3	Margaret	3,065	1.559	-124	-753	3	James	4,516	4.133	-1	9,009
4	Elizabeth	3,059	1.556	-9	5,454	4	George	3,931	3.598	-123	-872
5	Emma	2,884	1.467	4	15,804	5	Charles	3,640	3.331	-47	2,964
6	Florence	2,715	1.381	-965	-2,446	6	Frank	2,652	2.427	-386	-1,849
7	Ethel	2,689	1.368	-4,349	-2,657	7	Joseph	2,572	2.354	-16	6,983
8	Minnie	2,428	1.235	-2,611	-2,362	8	Robert	2,240	2.050	-63	2,900
9	Helen	2,417	1.230	-404	-1,672	9	Harry	2,132	1.951	-611	-1,705
10	Bertha	2,372	1.207	-4,749	-2,344	10	Henry	2,049	1.875	-6	8,600
11	Clara	2,360	1.201	-92	517	11	Edward	1,989	1.820	-158	279
12	Bessie	2,323	1.182	-10,613	-2,314	12	Thomas	1,982	1.814	-37	4,797
13	Annie	2,096	1.066	-295	-1,016	13	Walter	1,668	1.527	-258	-365
14	Grace	2,088	1.062	-10	4,636	14	Arthur	1,514	1.386	-216	128
15	Mabel	2,029	1.032	-421	-1,307	15	Fred	1,362	1.247	-1,635	-1,265
16	Alice	2,015	1.025	-55	1,628	16	Albert	1,207	1.105	-436	-550
17	Ida	2,002	1.018	-1,204	-1,812	17	Clarence	1,007	0.922	-1,099	-835
18	Edna	1,963	0.999	-1,719	-1,846	18	Roy	838	0.767	-524	-324
19	Ruth	1,857	0.945	-246	-623	19	Louis	786	0.719	-244	582
20	Lillian	1,812	0.922	-14	3,722	20	Samuel	753	0.689	-1	8,981
21	Martha	1,744	0.887	-776	-1,403	21	Willie	739	0.676	-913	-515
22	Rose	1,696	0.863	-101	736	22	Ernest	715	0.654	-956	-505
23	Ella	1,685	0.857	8	6,370	23	Charlie	707	0.647	-195	1,009
24	Sarah	1,669	0.849	-43	2,065	24	Carl	675	0.618	-676	-333
25	Nellie	1,647	0.838	-1,046	-1,411	25	Earl	674	0.617	-1,639	-579
26	Gertrude	1,645	0.837	-5,460	-1,622	26	David	673	0.616	4	9,024
27	Pearl	1,605	0.817	-620	-1,150	27	Richard	609	0.557	-161	1,510
28	Marie	1,596	0.812	-548	-1,066	28	Ralph	587	0.537	-923	-370
29	Edith	1,509	0.768	-489	-910	29	Joe	584	0.534	-666	-239
30	Laura	1,509	0.768	-310	-574	30	Raymond	575	0.526	-269	574
31	Myrtle	1,458	0.742	OLD	-1,458	31	Paul	564	0.516	-203	1,061
32	Hazel	1,447	0.736	-10	3,469	32	Oscar	551	0.504	-174	1,394
33	Eva	1,412	0.718	-42	2,130	33	Andrew	521	0.477	-10	6,713
34	Frances	1,397	0.711	-411	-682	34	Will	520	0.476	-858	-278
35	Cora	1,343	0.683	-38	2,231	35	Jesse	519	0.475	-150	1,607
36	Carrie	1,342	0.683	-1,732	-1,227	36	Elmer	508	0.465	-1,223	-363
37	Louise	1,333	0.678	-763	-994	37	Daniel	505	0.462	22	10,668
38	Elsie	1,303	0.663	-242	-125	38	Herbert	501	0.459	-1,989	-430
39	Lillie	1,247	0.634	-629	-808	39	Alfred	499	0.457	-833	-250
40	Jennie	1,238	0.630	-3,404	-1,193	40	Howard	485	0.444	-928	-272
41	Catherine	1,219	0.620	-163	279	41	Benjamin	461	0.422	35	12,920
42	Hattie	1,219	0.620	-453	-595	42	Harold	419	0.383	-755	-138
43	Julia	1,200	0.610	-50	1,789	43	Sam	418	0.383	-560	33
44	Maude	1,188	0.604	-5,181	-1,163	44	Frederick	412	0.377	-452	163
45	Lena	1,174	0.597	-256	-80	45	Peter	396	0.362	-166	1,416
46	Mattie	1,165	0.593	-1,011	-925	46	Lawrence	389	0.356	-452	184
47	Agnes	1,125	0.572	-1,157	-930	47	Herman	383	0.351	-2,185	-322
48	Jessie	1,119	0.569	-608	-672	48	Eugene	362	0.331	-814	-110
49	Josephine	1,031	0.525	-42	1,992	49	Ray	360	0.329	-679	-34
50	Lula	1,010	0.514	-1,810	-902	50	Lewis	357	0.327	-496	149

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.