Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1889

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

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1888
1	Mary	11,648	0
2	Anna	5,062	0
3	Elizabeth	3,058	0
4	Margaret	2,917	+1
5	Emma	2,884	-1
6	Minnie	2,624	0
7	Florence	2,465	+1
8	Ethel	2,463	+1
9	Bessie	2,343	+1
10	Clara	2,319	+1
11	Bertha	2,293	-4
12	Alice	2,145	+1
13	Annie	2,123	+1
14	Ida	2,122	-2
15	Grace	2,049	0
16	Mabel	1,947	+1
17	Helen	1,909	-1
18	Edna	1,815	+4
19	Nellie	1,752	+2
20	Sarah	1,730	0
21	Martha	1,711	-2
22	Ella	1,647	-4
23	Lillian	1,640	0
24	Pearl	1,588	+2
25	Laura	1,567	0
26	Rose	1,550	+1
27	Carrie	1,547	-3
28	Gertrude	1,543	0
29	Edith	1,523	0
30	Marie	1,436	+10
31	Eva	1,372	+3
32	Cora	1,365	-1
33	Myrtle	1,361	+2
34	Frances	1,351	-4
35	Hattie	1,328	+1
36	Maude	1,293	-4
37	Lillie	1,289	+4
38	Louise	1,283	-5
39	Jennie	1,252	-3
40	Julia	1,201	-2
41	Elsie	1,199	+6
42	Catherine	1,198	0
43	Jessie	1,196	0
44	Mattie	1,173	-5
45	Lena	1,096	0
46	Ruth	1,073	+13
47	Lula	1,067	-3
48	Hazel	1,056	+6
49	Josephine	1,047	0
50	Agnes	1,033	-2
51	Ada	1,005	-5
52	Blanche	972	0
53	Fannie	909	-3
54	Lucy	893	-3
55	Stella	891	+9
56	Katherine	889	0
57	Mae	883	+3
57	Mamie	883	-4
59	Dora	882	-5
60	Nora	831	+1
61	Maggie	825	-4
62	Alma	819	-4
63	Irene	737	+3
64	May	723	-1
65	Effie	711	0
66	Rosa	707	-5
67	Sadie	664	+1
68	Ellen	653	0
69	Mildred	625	+14
70	Nettie	622	-3
71	Susie	607	0
72	Della	606	-1
73	Daisy	583	0
74	Lizzie	570	+1
75	Esther	553	+2
76	Viola	536	-2
77	Sallie	525	-7
78	Ruby	522	+16
79	Flora	516	-1
80	Katie	502	0
81	Beulah	498	+14
81	Lottie	498	0
83	Lydia	496	+2
84	Caroline	491	+5
85	Willie	488	-6
86	Nancy	470	-10
87	Etta	465	-5
88	Olive	464	-1
89	Charlotte	455	-1
90	Addie	448	+1
91	Georgia	445	-7
92	Maud	432	-6
93	Emily	429	-3
94	Kathryn	415	-2
94	Pauline	415	+4
96	Gladys	414	+21
97	Amanda	413	0
98	Mollie	402	+4
99	Harriet	397	0
100	Nannie	396	+3