Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1889

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1888.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1888
1	Mary	11,689	0
2	John	8,600	0
3	William	7,818	0
4	Anna	5,085	+1
5	James	5,046	-1
6	George	4,472	0
7	Charles	4,227	0
8	Elizabeth	3,074	+1
9	Frank	2,992	-1
10	Margaret	2,930	+2
11	Emma	2,894	-1
12	Joseph	2,736	-1
13	Minnie	2,637	+2
14	Harry	2,564	0
15	Robert	2,527	-2
16	Ethel	2,477	+5
17	Florence	2,475	+3
18	Bessie	2,350	+4
19	Clara	2,328	+5
20	Edward	2,311	-3
21	Bertha	2,305	-3
22	Henry	2,304	-6
23	Thomas	2,245	-5
24	Alice	2,154	+1
25	Annie	2,137	+1
26	Ida	2,130	-3
27	Grace	2,049	0
28	Mabel	1,954	+2
29	Walter	1,925	-1
30	Helen	1,917	-1
31	Edna	1,823	+5
32	Nellie	1,760	+2
33	Sarah	1,735	0
34	Martha	1,711	-2
35	Arthur	1,677	0
36	Ella	1,647	-5
36	Lillian	1,647	+2
38	Pearl	1,638	+1
39	Fred	1,568	-2
40	Laura	1,567	+1
41	Rose	1,561	+1
42	Carrie	1,553	-2
43	Gertrude	1,550	+1
44	Edith	1,530	+2
45	Marie	1,444	+13
46	Jessie	1,403	+1
47	Eva	1,377	+4
48	Cora	1,372	0
49	Myrtle	1,371	+3
50	Frances	1,366	-5
51	Albert	1,353	-8
52	Hattie	1,328	+2
53	Maude	1,302	-4
54	Lillie	1,295	+5
55	Louise	1,289	-5
56	Jennie	1,261	-2
57	Elsie	1,204	+7
58	Julia	1,201	-4
59	Catherine	1,198	+1
60	Willie	1,196	-7
61	Mattie	1,184	-4
62	Lena	1,096	0
63	Ruth	1,073	+17
64	Lula	1,072	-3
65	Hazel	1,064	+8
66	Josephine	1,053	+1
67	Agnes	1,033	-2
68	Ada	1,012	-5
69	Clarence	984	-3
70	Blanche	978	0
71	Fannie	916	-3
72	Roy	894	+6
73	Lucy	893	-4
74	Dora	891	0
74	Stella	891	+16
76	Katherine	889	-1
77	Mae	883	+5
77	Mamie	883	-5
79	Louis	846	-3
80	Alma	832	-1
81	Nora	831	0
82	Maggie	825	-5
83	Samuel	810	-12
84	Benjamin	760	+4
85	David	757	+1
86	Ernest	745	+5
87	Irene	737	+6
88	May	732	-1
89	Joe	727	-5
90	Effie	719	+2
91	Richard	716	-2
92	Carl	710	+6
93	Rosa	707	-10
94	Charlie	696	-9
95	Earl	688	+4
96	Sadie	669	0
97	Ellen	653	-1
98	Will	637	-4
99	Mildred	630	+23
100	Nettie	622	-5