Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1891

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1890.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1890
1	Mary	11,743	0
2	John	7,724	0
3	William	6,813	0
4	Anna	5,114	0
5	James	4,547	0
6	George	3,954	0
7	Charles	3,669	0
8	Margaret	3,077	+1
9	Elizabeth	3,065	-1
10	Emma	2,897	+1
11	Florence	2,728	+1
12	Ethel	2,698	+1
13	Frank	2,674	-3
14	Joseph	2,583	0
15	Minnie	2,440	0
16	Helen	2,426	+6
17	Bertha	2,380	+1
18	Clara	2,370	-1
19	Bessie	2,331	0
20	Robert	2,249	-4
21	Harry	2,141	0
22	Annie	2,101	+4
23	Grace	2,099	+1
24	Henry	2,071	-4
25	Mabel	2,037	+4
26	Alice	2,024	-1
27	Ida	2,002	+1
28	Edward	1,995	-5
28	Thomas	1,995	-1
30	Edna	1,971	0
31	Ruth	1,857	+32
32	Lillian	1,821	0
33	Martha	1,744	+2
34	Rose	1,701	+4
35	Ella	1,692	+2
36	Walter	1,678	-5
37	Sarah	1,669	-3
38	Gertrude	1,656	+1
38	Nellie	1,656	-5
40	Pearl	1,636	-5
41	Marie	1,605	+1
42	Arthur	1,521	-1
43	Laura	1,515	-3
44	Edith	1,509	+1
45	Myrtle	1,464	+6
46	Hazel	1,460	+8
47	Eva	1,419	+1
48	Frances	1,407	+1
49	Fred	1,375	-6
50	Carrie	1,350	-6
51	Cora	1,349	+2
52	Jessie	1,346	-6
53	Louise	1,333	-6
54	Elsie	1,311	+8
55	Willie	1,301	+2
56	Lillie	1,255	-4
57	Jennie	1,244	+2
58	Hattie	1,227	-3
59	Catherine	1,225	+2
60	Albert	1,216	-11
61	Julia	1,206	-3
62	Maude	1,200	-6
63	Lena	1,180	+1
64	Mattie	1,165	-4
65	Agnes	1,125	+2
66	Josephine	1,036	0
67	Lula	1,010	-2
68	Clarence	1,007	+1
69	Ada	982	-1
70	Irene	950	+10
71	Lucy	949	0
72	Alma	942	+3
73	Mae	933	+4
74	Blanche	924	-1
75	Fannie	916	-5
76	Dora	875	+5
77	Stella	872	-1
78	Maggie	849	0
78	Roy	849	-4
80	Mamie	830	-8
81	Katherine	808	-2
82	Louis	802	0
83	Nora	801	0
84	Mildred	761	+15
85	Samuel	759	-1
86	Rosa	729	+1
87	Charlie	723	-2
88	Ernest	715	-2
89	Effie	710	+3
89	Esther	710	+14
91	May	701	-3
92	Carl	685	+3
93	Earl	684	-4
94	Ellen	675	+4
95	David	673	-4
96	Gladys	633	+23
97	Nettie	620	-4
98	Sadie	617	-1
99	Viola	614	-3
100	Richard	609	-10