Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1890
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1889.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1889 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 12,113 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 8,558 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 7,528 | 0 |
| 4 | Anna | 5,253 | 0 |
| 5 | James | 5,130 | 0 |
| 6 | George | 4,495 | 0 |
| 7 | Charles | 4,091 | 0 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 3,124 | 0 |
| 9 | Margaret | 3,115 | +1 |
| 10 | Frank | 3,112 | -1 |
| 11 | Emma | 2,996 | 0 |
| 12 | Florence | 2,758 | +5 |
| 13 | Ethel | 2,726 | +3 |
| 14 | Joseph | 2,681 | -2 |
| 15 | Minnie | 2,666 | -2 |
| 16 | Robert | 2,553 | -1 |
| 17 | Clara | 2,496 | +2 |
| 18 | Bertha | 2,394 | +3 |
| 19 | Bessie | 2,370 | -1 |
| 20 | Henry | 2,368 | +2 |
| 21 | Harry | 2,357 | -7 |
| 22 | Helen | 2,319 | +8 |
| 23 | Edward | 2,295 | -3 |
| 24 | Grace | 2,289 | +3 |
| 25 | Alice | 2,281 | -1 |
| 26 | Annie | 2,226 | -1 |
| 27 | Thomas | 2,209 | -4 |
| 28 | Ida | 2,188 | -2 |
| 29 | Mabel | 2,066 | -1 |
| 30 | Edna | 1,985 | +1 |
| 31 | Walter | 1,917 | -2 |
| 32 | Lillian | 1,872 | +4 |
| 33 | Nellie | 1,830 | -1 |
| 34 | Sarah | 1,791 | -1 |
| 35 | Martha | 1,789 | -1 |
| 35 | Pearl | 1,789 | +3 |
| 37 | Ella | 1,758 | -1 |
| 38 | Rose | 1,733 | +3 |
| 39 | Gertrude | 1,722 | +4 |
| 40 | Laura | 1,643 | 0 |
| 41 | Arthur | 1,618 | -6 |
| 42 | Marie | 1,572 | +3 |
| 43 | Fred | 1,520 | -4 |
| 44 | Carrie | 1,518 | -2 |
| 45 | Edith | 1,502 | -1 |
| 46 | Jessie | 1,491 | 0 |
| 47 | Louise | 1,481 | +8 |
| 48 | Eva | 1,447 | -1 |
| 49 | Albert | 1,428 | +2 |
| 49 | Frances | 1,428 | +1 |
| 51 | Myrtle | 1,411 | -2 |
| 52 | Lillie | 1,396 | +2 |
| 53 | Cora | 1,395 | -5 |
| 54 | Hazel | 1,374 | +11 |
| 55 | Hattie | 1,371 | -3 |
| 56 | Maude | 1,367 | -3 |
| 57 | Willie | 1,336 | +3 |
| 58 | Julia | 1,275 | 0 |
| 59 | Jennie | 1,265 | -3 |
| 60 | Mattie | 1,256 | +1 |
| 61 | Catherine | 1,232 | -2 |
| 62 | Elsie | 1,228 | -5 |
| 63 | Ruth | 1,200 | 0 |
| 64 | Lena | 1,137 | -2 |
| 65 | Lula | 1,126 | -1 |
| 66 | Josephine | 1,124 | 0 |
| 67 | Agnes | 1,095 | 0 |
| 68 | Ada | 1,074 | 0 |
| 69 | Clarence | 1,018 | 0 |
| 70 | Fannie | 1,005 | +1 |
| 71 | Lucy | 973 | +2 |
| 72 | Mamie | 967 | +5 |
| 73 | Blanche | 953 | -3 |
| 74 | Roy | 952 | -2 |
| 75 | Alma | 933 | +5 |
| 76 | Stella | 929 | -2 |
| 77 | Mae | 926 | 0 |
| 78 | Maggie | 901 | +4 |
| 79 | Katherine | 900 | -3 |
| 80 | Irene | 893 | +7 |
| 81 | Dora | 890 | -7 |
| 82 | Louis | 871 | -3 |
| 83 | Nora | 840 | -2 |
| 84 | Samuel | 820 | -1 |
| 85 | Charlie | 809 | +9 |
| 86 | Ernest | 774 | 0 |
| 87 | Rosa | 770 | +6 |
| 88 | May | 756 | 0 |
| 89 | Earl | 744 | +6 |
| 90 | Richard | 743 | +1 |
| 91 | David | 731 | -6 |
| 92 | Effie | 717 | -2 |
| 93 | Nettie | 707 | +7 |
| 94 | Joe | 702 | -5 |
| 95 | Carl | 701 | -3 |
| 96 | Viola | 697 | +15 |
| 97 | Sadie | 680 | -1 |
| 98 | Ellen | 659 | -1 |
| 99 | Mildred | 641 | 0 |
| 100 | Oscar | 635 | +5 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.