Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1893
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1892.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1892 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 12,839 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 8,110 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 7,255 | 0 |
| 4 | Anna | 5,712 | 0 |
| 5 | James | 5,053 | 0 |
| 6 | George | 4,345 | 0 |
| 7 | Charles | 3,746 | 0 |
| 8 | Ruth | 3,670 | +2 |
| 9 | Margaret | 3,579 | 0 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 3,372 | -2 |
| 11 | Helen | 3,257 | +5 |
| 12 | Florence | 3,242 | 0 |
| 13 | Ethel | 3,131 | +2 |
| 14 | Joseph | 3,023 | 0 |
| 15 | Emma | 2,982 | -2 |
| 16 | Frank | 2,937 | -5 |
| 17 | Bertha | 2,633 | +2 |
| 18 | Robert | 2,580 | -1 |
| 19 | Clara | 2,541 | -1 |
| 20 | Minnie | 2,528 | 0 |
| 21 | Alice | 2,445 | +5 |
| 22 | Edna | 2,388 | +9 |
| 23 | Bessie | 2,360 | -2 |
| 24 | Edward | 2,319 | +1 |
| 25 | Grace | 2,318 | +3 |
| 26 | Harry | 2,264 | -3 |
| 27 | Annie | 2,261 | 0 |
| 28 | Ida | 2,256 | +1 |
| 29 | Marie | 2,222 | +5 |
| 30 | Lillian | 2,202 | +3 |
| 31 | Mabel | 2,201 | +1 |
| 32 | Henry | 2,186 | -10 |
| 33 | Thomas | 2,173 | -9 |
| 34 | Hazel | 2,065 | +4 |
| 35 | Rose | 2,020 | 0 |
| 36 | Walter | 2,019 | -6 |
| 37 | Pearl | 1,858 | +2 |
| 38 | Martha | 1,813 | -1 |
| 39 | Gertrude | 1,811 | -3 |
| 40 | Nellie | 1,786 | +4 |
| 41 | Myrtle | 1,767 | +5 |
| 42 | Ella | 1,760 | -2 |
| 43 | Edith | 1,740 | +5 |
| 44 | Laura | 1,690 | -1 |
| 45 | Eva | 1,668 | +4 |
| 46 | Arthur | 1,645 | -4 |
| 47 | Frances | 1,642 | -2 |
| 48 | Sarah | 1,638 | -7 |
| 49 | Elsie | 1,596 | +5 |
| 50 | Willie | 1,530 | +1 |
| 51 | Fred | 1,502 | -4 |
| 52 | Carrie | 1,464 | -2 |
| 53 | Louise | 1,459 | +3 |
| 54 | Jessie | 1,430 | +1 |
| 55 | Agnes | 1,399 | +5 |
| 56 | Esther | 1,387 | +34 |
| 57 | Julia | 1,378 | +2 |
| 58 | Albert | 1,362 | -6 |
| 59 | Lillie | 1,358 | -6 |
| 60 | Catherine | 1,341 | 0 |
| 61 | Hattie | 1,326 | -3 |
| 62 | Cora | 1,308 | -5 |
| 63 | Jennie | 1,273 | +3 |
| 64 | Lena | 1,261 | +1 |
| 65 | Mattie | 1,257 | -3 |
| 66 | Maude | 1,208 | -2 |
| 67 | Josephine | 1,178 | 0 |
| 68 | Clarence | 1,175 | -5 |
| 69 | Irene | 1,117 | 0 |
| 70 | Mae | 1,077 | 0 |
| 71 | Blanche | 1,075 | +1 |
| 72 | Alma | 1,065 | +1 |
| 73 | Ada | 1,051 | -5 |
| 74 | Lula | 1,039 | -3 |
| 75 | Lucy | 1,036 | -1 |
| 76 | Gladys | 1,017 | +11 |
| 77 | Mamie | 1,011 | 0 |
| 78 | Mildred | 1,008 | +3 |
| 79 | Fannie | 1,003 | -3 |
| 80 | Katherine | 963 | -1 |
| 81 | Stella | 932 | -3 |
| 82 | Roy | 925 | -7 |
| 83 | Maggie | 886 | +2 |
| 84 | Dora | 877 | -4 |
| 85 | Samuel | 856 | -2 |
| 86 | Viola | 839 | +2 |
| 87 | Earl | 831 | -4 |
| 87 | Nora | 831 | -5 |
| 89 | Louis | 828 | -3 |
| 90 | Dorothy | 821 | +22 |
| 91 | Ernest | 801 | 0 |
| 92 | Ellen | 798 | +6 |
| 93 | Rosa | 795 | +2 |
| 94 | Carl | 793 | -2 |
| 95 | Ruby | 778 | +9 |
| 96 | Paul | 751 | +3 |
| 97 | Joe | 745 | -8 |
| 98 | Richard | 732 | -4 |
| 99 | David | 730 | -7 |
| 100 | Sadie | 706 | +2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.
