Top Names of 1894

The most popular names recorded in 1894 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary13,151
2Anna5,565
3Margaret3,700
4Helen3,676
5Elizabeth3,425
6Ruth3,372
7Ethel3,287
8Florence3,233
9Emma2,937
10Marie2,649
11Clara2,603
12Minnie2,592
13Bessie2,520
14Bertha2,496
15Edna2,458
16Lillian2,441
17Alice2,414
18Annie2,393
19Grace2,361
20Mabel2,221
21Ida2,195
22Rose2,126
23Hazel2,103
24Martha1,968
25Gertrude1,908
26Edith1,820
27Myrtle1,818
28Pearl1,789
29Frances1,776
30Nellie1,767
31Ella1,761
32Laura1,730
33Elsie1,716
34Sarah1,701
35Eva1,673
36Esther1,654
37Louise1,571
38Agnes1,470
39Carrie1,452
40Lillie1,432
41Catherine1,430
42Lena1,360
43Irene1,347
44Hattie1,325
45Julia1,320
46Cora1,319
47Gladys1,258
48Josephine1,256
49Mattie1,238
50Mildred1,220

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,237
2William7,274
3James5,110
4George4,365
5Charles3,788
6Joseph2,977
7Frank2,863
8Robert2,497
9Henry2,278
10Harry2,189
11Edward2,179
12Thomas2,170
13Walter2,010
14Arthur1,712
15Fred1,475
16Albert1,447
17Clarence1,185
18Roy1,018
19Willie986
20Earl896
21Louis869
22Carl861
23Paul824
24Ernest821
25Richard808
26Samuel776
27Raymond767
28Joe741
29David729
30Charlie704
31Ralph692
32Harold690
33Howard612
34Oscar601
35Andrew594
36Herbert585
37Elmer575
38Jesse567
39Will559
40Alfred521
41Daniel515
42Leo515
43Sam507
44Benjamin469
45Lee455
46Floyd445
47Jack441
48Herman433
49Lawrence430
50Francis423