Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1894

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1893.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1893
1	Mary	13,199	0
2	John	8,297	0
3	William	7,308	0
4	Anna	5,585	0
5	James	5,135	0
6	George	4,397	0
7	Charles	3,814	0
8	Margaret	3,715	+1
9	Helen	3,684	+2
10	Elizabeth	3,435	0
11	Ruth	3,387	-3
12	Ethel	3,298	+1
13	Florence	3,246	-1
14	Joseph	2,994	0
15	Emma	2,952	0
16	Frank	2,882	0
17	Marie	2,656	+12
18	Clara	2,612	+1
19	Minnie	2,598	+1
20	Bessie	2,535	+3
21	Robert	2,518	-3
22	Bertha	2,510	-5
23	Edna	2,464	-1
24	Lillian	2,448	+6
25	Alice	2,419	-4
26	Annie	2,403	+1
27	Grace	2,367	-2
28	Henry	2,295	+4
29	Mabel	2,227	+2
30	Ida	2,204	-2
31	Harry	2,199	-5
32	Edward	2,192	-8
33	Thomas	2,179	0
34	Rose	2,132	+1
35	Hazel	2,113	-1
36	Walter	2,027	0
37	Martha	1,975	+1
38	Gertrude	1,918	+1
39	Pearl	1,844	-2
40	Edith	1,825	+3
41	Myrtle	1,824	0
42	Frances	1,793	+5
43	Nellie	1,778	-3
44	Ella	1,769	-2
45	Laura	1,730	-1
46	Elsie	1,725	+3
47	Arthur	1,718	-1
48	Sarah	1,711	0
49	Willie	1,695	+1
50	Eva	1,681	-5
51	Esther	1,661	+5
52	Louise	1,581	+1
53	Fred	1,485	-2
54	Agnes	1,477	+1
55	Albert	1,459	+3
56	Carrie	1,458	-4
57	Lillie	1,437	+2
58	Catherine	1,430	+2
59	Jessie	1,375	-5
60	Lena	1,360	+4
61	Irene	1,352	+8
62	Hattie	1,331	-1
63	Cora	1,326	-1
64	Julia	1,325	-7
65	Gladys	1,258	+11
66	Josephine	1,256	+1
67	Mattie	1,245	-2
68	Mildred	1,226	+10
69	Jennie	1,220	-6
70	Clarence	1,193	-2
71	Alma	1,182	+1
72	Maude	1,157	-6
73	Mae	1,134	-3
74	Blanche	1,097	-3
75	Lucy	1,083	0
76	Dorothy	1,059	+14
77	Lula	1,049	-3
78	Mamie	1,043	-1
79	Stella	1,035	+2
80	Roy	1,029	+2
81	Ada	1,024	-8
82	Fannie	1,008	-3
83	Katherine	948	-3
84	Viola	906	+2
85	Earl	905	+2
86	Maggie	895	-3
87	Ruby	887	+8
88	Louis	877	+1
89	Carl	871	+5
90	Nora	861	-3
91	Paul	829	+5
92	Dora	827	-8
93	Ernest	821	-2
94	Richard	808	+4
95	Rosa	780	-2
96	Samuel	776	-11
97	May	771	+6
98	Raymond	767	+3
99	Ellen	765	-7
100	Joe	764	-3