Top Names of 1889

The most popular names recorded in 1889 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary11,648
2Anna5,062
3Elizabeth3,058
4Margaret2,917
5Emma2,884
6Minnie2,624
7Florence2,465
8Ethel2,463
9Bessie2,343
10Clara2,319
11Bertha2,293
12Alice2,145
13Annie2,123
14Ida2,122
15Grace2,049
16Mabel1,947
17Helen1,909
18Edna1,815
19Nellie1,752
20Sarah1,730
21Martha1,711
22Ella1,647
23Lillian1,640
24Pearl1,588
25Laura1,567
26Rose1,550
27Carrie1,547
28Gertrude1,543
29Edith1,523
30Marie1,436
31Eva1,372
32Cora1,365
33Myrtle1,361
34Frances1,351
35Hattie1,328
36Maude1,293
37Lillie1,289
38Louise1,283
39Jennie1,252
40Julia1,201
41Elsie1,199
42Catherine1,198
43Jessie1,196
44Mattie1,173
45Lena1,096
46Ruth1,073
47Lula1,067
48Hazel1,056
49Josephine1,047
50Agnes1,033

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,548
2William7,772
3James5,020
4George4,430
5Charles4,199
6Frank2,975
7Joseph2,729
8Harry2,559
9Robert2,513
10Edward2,299
11Henry2,286
12Thomas2,233
13Walter1,916
14Arthur1,668
15Fred1,554
16Albert1,353
17Clarence984
18Roy888
19Louis837
20Samuel810
21Benjamin760
22David757
23Ernest736
24Richard711
25Joe709
26Willie708
27Carl704
28Earl688
29Charlie685
30Will631
31Jesse576
32Oscar572
33Andrew561
34Elmer557
35Paul555
36Daniel515
37Raymond511
38Howard503
39Ralph495
40Sam486
41Alfred472
42Herbert472
43Ben453
44Frederick451
45Peter425
46Lee415
47Lewis414
48Herman405
49Claude386
50Tom379