100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1889

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 8,548
2 William 0 7,772
3 James 0 5,020
4 George 0 4,430
5 Charles 0 4,199
6 Frank 0 2,975
7 Joseph 0 2,729
8 Harry +1 2,559
9 Robert -1 2,514
10 Edward +1 2,299
11 Henry -1 2,286
12 Thomas 0 2,233
13 Walter 0 1,916
14 Arthur 0 1,668
15 Fred 0 1,554
16 Albert 0 1,353
17 Clarence 0 984
18 Roy +2 888
19 Louis 0 837
20 Samuel -2 810
21 Benjamin +4 760
22 David -1 757
23 Ernest +4 736
24 Richard +2 712
25 Joe -2 708
26 Willie -2 708
27 Carl +2 704
28 Earl +2 688
29 Charlie -7 685
30 Will -2 631
31 Jesse +1 576
32 Oscar -1 572
33 Andrew 0 561
34 Elmer +5 557
35 Paul +3 556
36 Daniel -1 515
37 Raymond +8 512
38 Howard +2 503
39 Ralph -3 495
40 Sam -6 486
41 Alfred -4 472
42 Herbert +1 472
43 Ben +4 453
44 Frederick -2 451
45 Peter -4 425
46 Lee +2 415
47 Lewis +3 414
48 Herman +3 405
49 Claude +6 386
50 Tom -1 379
51 Michael -5 378
52 Eugene +1 369
53 Martin +1 367
54 Ray +9 355
55 Francis +2 346
56 Lawrence +5 343
57 Harold +13 340
58 Jim -2 328
59 Leo 0 325
60 Edgar +5 322
61 Jack +3 322
62 Clyde -2 318
63 Floyd +4 313
64 Harvey -2 311
65 Otto +1 309
66 Edwin +3 306
67 Jacob -9 295
68 Harrison -16 288
69 Chester +3 275
70 Guy +1 271
71 Ed -3 270
72 Luther +2 270
73 Homer +3 255
74 Patrick +7 236
75 Bert -2 231
76 Theodore +4 231
77 Leonard +6 229
78 Hugh +1 225
79 Allen -4 222
80 Anthony +13 219
81 Bernard +6 215
82 Lester +15 214
83 Grover -39 210
84 Oliver +4 210
85 Ira -1 207
86 Jessie -8 207
87 Clifford +5 202
88 Charley -11 199
89 Russell +26 198
90 Archie +6 195
91 Isaac -6 188
92 Leroy +3 186
93 Alexander -11 185
94 Leon -4 184
95 Philip -4 183
96 August -10 171
97 Milton +7 171
98 Lloyd +2 167
99 Warren +13 167
100 Horace +3 166
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 11,649
2 Anna 0 5,062
3 Elizabeth 0 3,058
4 Margaret +1 2,917
5 Emma -1 2,884
6 Minnie 0 2,624
7 Florence +1 2,465
8 Ethel +1 2,463
9 Bessie +1 2,342
10 Clara +1 2,319
11 Bertha -4 2,293
12 Alice +1 2,145
13 Annie +1 2,123
14 Ida -2 2,122
15 Grace 0 2,049
16 Mabel +1 1,947
17 Helen -1 1,909
18 Edna +4 1,815
19 Nellie +2 1,752
20 Sarah 0 1,730
21 Martha -2 1,711
22 Ella -4 1,647
23 Lillian 0 1,640
24 Pearl +2 1,588
25 Laura 0 1,567
26 Rose +1 1,551
27 Carrie -3 1,547
28 Gertrude 0 1,543
29 Edith 0 1,523
30 Marie +10 1,436
31 Eva +3 1,372
32 Cora -1 1,365
33 Myrtle +2 1,361
34 Frances -4 1,351
35 Hattie +1 1,328
36 Maude -4 1,293
37 Lillie +4 1,289
38 Louise -5 1,283
39 Jennie -2 1,252
40 Julia -2 1,201
41 Elsie +6 1,199
42 Catherine 0 1,198
43 Jessie 0 1,196
44 Mattie -5 1,173
45 Lena 0 1,096
46 Ruth +13 1,073
47 Lula -3 1,067
48 Hazel +7 1,056
49 Josephine 0 1,047
50 Agnes -2 1,033
51 Ada -5 1,005
52 Blanche 0 972
53 Fannie -3 909
54 Lucy -3 893
55 Stella +9 891
56 Katherine 0 889
57 Mae +3 883
58 Mamie -5 883
59 Dora -5 882
60 Nora +1 831
61 Maggie -4 825
62 Alma -4 819
63 Irene +3 737
64 May -1 723
65 Effie 0 711
66 Rosa -4 707
67 Sadie +2 664
68 Ellen 0 653
69 Mildred +14 625
70 Nettie -3 622
71 Susie +1 607
72 Della -1 606
73 Daisy 0 583
74 Lizzie +1 570
75 Esther +2 553
76 Viola -2 536
77 Sallie -7 525
78 Ruby +16 522
79 Flora -1 516
80 Katie 0 502
81 Beulah +14 498
82 Lottie -1 498
83 Lydia +2 496
84 Caroline +5 491
85 Willie -6 488
86 Nancy -10 470
87 Etta -5 465
88 Olive -1 464
89 Charlotte -1 455
90 Addie +1 448
91 Georgia -7 445
92 Maud -6 432
93 Emily -3 429
94 Kathryn -1 415
95 Pauline +3 415
96 Gladys +21 414
97 Amanda 0 413
98 Mollie +4 402
99 Harriet 0 397
100 Nannie +4 396