100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1890

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 8,502
2 William 0 7,494
3 James 0 5,097
4 George 0 4,458
5 Charles 0 4,061
6 Frank 0 3,078
7 Joseph 0 2,670
8 Robert +1 2,542
9 Henry +2 2,349
10 Harry -2 2,345
11 Edward -1 2,282
12 Thomas 0 2,200
13 Walter 0 1,905
14 Arthur 0 1,610
15 Fred 0 1,507
16 Albert 0 1,417
17 Clarence 0 1,018
18 Roy 0 941
19 Louis 0 860
20 Samuel 0 815
21 Charlie +8 797
22 Ernest +1 774
23 Willie +3 758
24 Earl +4 744
25 Richard -1 744
26 David -4 731
27 Carl 0 693
28 Joe -3 682
29 Oscar +3 628
30 Will 0 613
31 Paul +4 607
32 Ralph +7 587
33 Jesse -2 576
34 Andrew -1 575
35 Alfred +6 549
36 Raymond +1 546
37 Benjamin -16 537
38 Elmer -4 528
39 Daniel -3 505
40 Howard -2 501
41 Sam -1 489
42 Herbert 0 467
43 Frederick +1 410
44 Lee +2 410
45 Peter 0 410
46 Eugene +6 408
47 Harold +10 408
48 Michael +3 394
49 Leo +10 393
50 Herman -2 382
51 Lewis -4 375
52 Lawrence +4 372
53 Jack +8 368
54 Ben -11 363
55 Francis 0 363
56 Ray -2 349
57 Claude -8 347
58 Martin -5 347
59 Tom -9 347
60 Floyd +3 341
61 Edgar -1 338
62 Jim -4 336
63 Edwin +3 323
64 Clyde -2 317
65 Harvey -1 296
66 Jacob +1 290
67 Leonard +10 275
68 Otto -3 267
69 Chester 0 263
70 Ed +1 262
71 Luther +1 253
72 Guy -2 249
73 Jessie +13 241
74 Leroy +18 236
75 Patrick -1 227
76 Lester +6 225
77 Homer -4 223
78 Stanley +30 223
79 Archie +11 221
80 Hugh -2 219
81 Oliver +3 218
82 Ira +3 209
83 Clifford +4 207
84 August +12 206
85 Alexander +8 202
86 Eddie +19 197
87 Leon +7 197
88 Philip +7 192
89 Theodore -13 190
90 Allen -11 189
91 Anthony -11 189
92 Isaac -1 187
93 Charley -5 183
94 Lloyd +4 182
95 Russell -6 182
96 Leslie +10 181
97 Bert -22 180
98 Bernard -17 178
99 Grover -16 177
100 Sidney +11 176
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 12,078
2 Anna 0 5,233
3 Elizabeth 0 3,112
4 Margaret 0 3,100
5 Emma 0 2,980
6 Florence +1 2,745
7 Ethel +1 2,718
8 Minnie -2 2,650
9 Clara +1 2,496
10 Bertha +1 2,388
11 Bessie -2 2,370
12 Helen +5 2,312
13 Grace +2 2,278
14 Alice -2 2,271
15 Annie -2 2,220
16 Ida -2 2,178
17 Mabel -1 2,058
18 Edna 0 1,973
19 Lillian +4 1,862
20 Nellie -1 1,821
21 Sarah -1 1,786
22 Martha -1 1,785
23 Ella -1 1,758
24 Pearl 0 1,741
25 Rose +1 1,725
26 Gertrude +2 1,713
27 Laura -2 1,634
28 Marie +2 1,563
29 Carrie -2 1,510
30 Edith -1 1,493
31 Louise +7 1,472
32 Eva -1 1,436
33 Frances +1 1,416
34 Myrtle -1 1,406
35 Lillie +2 1,390
36 Cora -4 1,386
37 Hazel +11 1,366
38 Hattie -3 1,363
39 Maude -3 1,359
40 Julia 0 1,275
41 Jennie -2 1,259
42 Mattie +2 1,256
43 Jessie 0 1,250
44 Catherine -2 1,232
45 Elsie -4 1,220
46 Ruth 0 1,195
47 Lena -2 1,137
48 Lula -1 1,121
49 Josephine 0 1,118
50 Agnes 0 1,095
51 Ada 0 1,074
52 Fannie +1 1,005
53 Lucy +1 973
54 Mamie +4 967
55 Blanche -3 953
56 Stella -1 924
57 Alma +5 922
58 Mae -1 920
59 Katherine -3 900
60 Irene +3 893
61 Maggie 0 891
62 Dora -3 883
63 Nora -3 835
64 Rosa +2 770
65 May -1 751
66 Effie -1 717
67 Nettie +3 707
68 Viola +8 697
69 Sadie -2 680
70 Ellen -2 659
71 Mildred -2 635
72 Della 0 631
73 Susie -2 630
74 Lizzie 0 620
75 Esther 0 619
76 Daisy -3 588
77 Willie +8 578
78 Lydia +5 576
79 Beulah +2 573
80 Sallie -3 571
81 Ruby -3 540
82 Gladys +14 525
83 Georgia +8 512
84 Nancy +2 512
85 Flora -6 510
86 Emily +7 509
87 Katie -7 509
88 Lottie -6 502
89 Olive -1 491
90 Pauline +5 475
91 Kathryn +3 474
92 Addie -2 468
93 Dorothy +9 458
94 Caroline -10 455
95 Etta -8 452
96 Marguerite +24 442
97 Maud -5 439
98 Beatrice +10 417
99 Charlotte -10 417
100 Virginia +1 405