Most Popular Baby Names of the 1890s

The top U.S. baby names across the 1890s (1890–1899), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Mary for girls and John for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	131,138
2	Anna	55,261
3	Margaret	37,937
4	Helen	37,802
5	Elizabeth	33,879
6	Ruth	32,867
7	Florence	32,345
8	Ethel	31,453
9	Emma	28,652
10	Marie	25,853
11	Clara	25,473
12	Bertha	25,125
13	Minnie	24,615
14	Bessie	24,417
15	Alice	24,415
16	Lillian	24,106
17	Edna	24,068
18	Grace	23,804
19	Annie	23,122
20	Mabel	21,991
21	Ida	21,212
22	Rose	21,134
23	Hazel	20,154
24	Gertrude	19,898
25	Martha	19,415
26	Pearl	19,054
27	Frances	18,090
28	Myrtle	17,717
29	Edith	17,650
30	Nellie	17,285
31	Sarah	17,154
32	Ella	17,072
33	Eva	16,460
34	Laura	16,433
35	Elsie	16,375
36	Louise	15,174
37	Esther	14,737
38	Catherine	14,502
39	Agnes	14,429
40	Carrie	14,276
41	Lillie	14,093
42	Mildred	13,792
43	Gladys	13,622
44	Irene	13,621
45	Julia	13,448
46	Hattie	12,909
47	Cora	12,880
48	Lena	12,491
49	Josephine	12,463
50	Mattie	12,449

Boys — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	John	80,664
2	William	72,244
3	James	50,723
4	George	43,358
5	Charles	36,848
6	Joseph	29,000
7	Frank	28,718
8	Robert	26,147
9	Edward	22,033
10	Henry	21,664
11	Harry	21,330
12	Thomas	21,115
13	Walter	19,495
14	Arthur	16,349
15	Fred	14,270
16	Albert	13,753
17	Clarence	11,901
18	Willie	9,849
19	Roy	9,779
20	Louis	8,442
21	Earl	8,297
22	Paul	8,181
23	Carl	8,047
24	Ernest	7,877
25	Samuel	7,857
26	Raymond	7,572
27	Richard	7,572
28	Joe	7,482
29	David	7,333
30	Charlie	7,261
31	Harold	7,018
32	Ralph	6,951
33	Howard	5,949
34	Andrew	5,719
35	Herbert	5,660
36	Elmer	5,647
37	Oscar	5,612
38	Jesse	5,396
39	Alfred	5,373
40	Will	5,210
41	Daniel	5,185
42	Sam	4,941
43	Leo	4,691
44	Jack	4,635
45	Lawrence	4,597
46	Francis	4,535
47	Benjamin	4,460
48	Lee	4,384
49	Eugene	4,303
50	Herman	4,232